10-12-2003 10:52									#241
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quote: Originally posted by OzzyKP Sorry I missed ya AH. Deity and Raz kept me up late Sat. night. Too exhausted to make the haul down to Dupont. Not the best excuse, but I'm sticking to it.

no problem

	10-12-2003 12:10									#242
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yeah aH too busy partying to miss ya ozzy LOL

	10-12-2003 12:43									#243
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey I wouldn't

Trust me. You would in preference to writing American sitcoms.

	10-12-2003 21:19									#244
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aww gee finbar cant even you improve them

	10-12-2003 22:32									#245
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hmmm, $10,000 a week to write US sitcoms versus cultural purity.

	11-12-2003 03:21									#246
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$10,000 a week and brain damage. The pressure within that system is mindboggling. Scripts can be completely rewritten two or three times between the first readthrough and taping five days later. The rewriting is done overnight. The constant, ongoing demand is to produce funny material under the direst circumstances. That's why, if you watch the credits on a show like "The Simpsons", you'll notice completely new Writer/Producer names every season. That's why they're paid so much - they burn out. That's why there are so many on-screen Producer credits at the start of American sitcoms, they're all mainly the writers who do all the rewriting. And if anything ever goes wrong, who gets shafted first? And if the star has a tantrum, who gets shafted? And if you get shafted, there are at least 3000 other aspiring types desperate for your job. There are 4000+ fully professional TV writers in LA alone, about 2500 on the East Coast. In this country, there are maybe 75 fully professional TV writers, and about half that number whom you can rely on to produce the goods.

Case closed.

	11-12-2003 05:06									#247
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hmm no wonder aussie sitcoms so boring then, they ran out of ideas, need more writers... maybe those american ones should come here

	11-12-2003 05:15									#248
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brilliant!

	11-12-2003 05:55									#249
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The problem with sitcom writing in this country is that there's no history or culture of it. Added to which, there is absolutely no money invested in trying to develop same. Any sitcoms attempted here are expected to be developed in 3 weeks and written in 10 days. Added to which, our humour is entirely different from that of the Americans, so it's arguable that trying to write sitcoms - as the Americans have defined them - is a futile exercise anyway. Our strength is in the style of people like John Clarke, who did "The Games", et al.

	11-12-2003 07:38									#250
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yes the aussie sitcons like kingswood country and hey dad need to answer for a lot

	11-12-2003 12:34									#251
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Have you ever considered a career as a talkback radio caller?

	11-12-2003 13:54									#252
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finbar the talkback caller!!!!!

	12-12-2003 01:38									#253
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no, you

	12-12-2003 02:14									#254
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I might or might not be around tonight. We have a wedding to attend. Depends what time it wraps up. By which I mean the reception. I expect the marriage to wrap up within about six months.

	12-12-2003 11:44									#256
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hmmm maybe i should never called a radio sohw before, must let the world know my opinions LOL

	16-12-2003 19:22									#257
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You guys still not talking to non-aussies in this thread?

Carolus (realising he sets the stage...)

	17-12-2003 00:55									#258
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no

	17-12-2003 02:18									#259
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Finbar should write a sitcom about a group of nutty gamers who travel great distances just to have dinner.

	17-12-2003 02:28									#260
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Credibility would be the problem.

	17-12-2003 03:18									#261
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I'm not nutty, more fruity.

And I'm finding that other game involving deity and ras compelling reading.

	17-12-2003 13:54									#262
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LOL

Why can't us Aussies get a good diplo going some time?

Maybe if we finish some of our games we could!

	18-12-2003 03:26									#263
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I doubt it.

	18-12-2003 04:42									#264
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Added to which, the warmonger - I'd been toying with making that plural, but couldn't muster the evidence to support the plural - in our midst quickly reduces a Diplo game to just another typical Civ game anyway.

	18-12-2003 06:31									#265
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Maybe we could have a Christmas truce.

	18-12-2003 07:35									#266
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Yeah, with Onion Island Tart on the menu for Christmas lunch.

	18-12-2003 07:38									#267
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very tart indeed

	18-12-2003 08:22									#268
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Horse and Makeo are the true war mongers.
finbar and deity are essentially peace mongers although deity is occassionally mis-undestood.
hydey swings both ways.
Raz is a diplo war monger.
Trev is peaceful builder but retaliates quickly in war.

	18-12-2003 10:20									#269
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quote: Originally posted by deity hydey swings both ways.

Like a sh*thouse door, I've heard.

	18-12-2003 10:36									#270
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and so it begins.....

nah - I need rest - I got 2 more weeks with those American C*nts in January.

It's enough to make you want to join the Fedayeen Saddam.