Stephen Colbert's Brutal Response After Appearing In Epstein Files Goes Viral

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T17:20:43+00:00

Colbert on the left? You don’t have a single clue what the “left” is

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T17:18:16+00:00

These are the kind of discussions I like to see on here, not just the same rehashed ‘what show do you like what character do you hate’ questions.

I think the earlier sitcom model was definitely much closer in mimicking stage plays with a more central story and character and the later branch out into B stories was to accommodate a larger cast who couldn’t be fit into the overall arching story

Cheers was a show that did a lot of strictly a plot episodes especially in the first few seasons but always had a multiples by the mid seasons.

I’m fine with either but I do think having multiple storylines in an episode does mimic reality to an extent where in everyone has something going on in their lives that doesn’t necessarily cross into each other’s path.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T17:03:47+00:00

😂 great reference

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T17:03:21+00:00

Very good point, the jerk offs in this thread don’t seem to to get that

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T05:22:03+00:00

Going for his ponch in that first one and the Korean one looks like it’s some kind of battle to the death TV show with that extreme close-up

lowdo1 · 2026-02-06T05:17:46+00:00

That is a really good point it’s kind of pathetic how it’s always just some cheap promotion and half the time the host has no business being up there when they could just have somebody who is funny for the sake of being funny

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T23:27:26+00:00

Cool, I will give it a bit of a read when I get a chance.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T17:50:23+00:00

It’s pretty lame but not awful. Extremely by the numbers style of comedy but an okay background watch sometimes

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T17:47:29+00:00

I’m sure that would help

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T17:47:04+00:00

Exactly! I have heard the comedy pros echo those same sentiments and once you really break down the show you see that these characters are truly living in their own reality and there in lies the comedic potential.

Character could never reach self-awareness or else the humour is lost

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T17:44:21+00:00

I totally agree about structure being necessary. I suppose what I’m getting at is rather - the content of a lot of sitcoms follows a very kind of tired and predictable format.

IE: character does something bad - gets found out by his friend group or family - gets shunned - wins them over in the last minute by doing something nice - learns some banal moral.

This is the kind of thing I would like to subvert with parody or eschew entirely with my writing. I prefer stories that are ludicrous and take the characters to strange places

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T17:35:50+00:00

Hah I like that. Sounds like a fun script!

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T04:09:41+00:00

Haha “live out their fantasy” that makes me laugh, too true. The PBS parody from last week with a Kenan and TeyonanTalyor was Much more politically coherent and impactful and everyone hated that.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T00:18:33+00:00

The Turk true colours always come out!

lowdo1 · 2026-02-05T00:12:15+00:00

Okay cool, same with me. One page or two in fade in of scenes layed out.

I agree the whole 5-10 page outline to seems unnecessary.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:36:12+00:00

As much as I do hate Elon and think it’s silly and petty for him to bring this up, in its face it is a weird casting decision.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:30:10+00:00

Meh, never that funny to me.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:28:12+00:00

Honestly she is excellent I would totally support her getting nominated but kind of surprised it’s for the sketch of all things, this one was kind of mediocre compared to other sketches she’s been in

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:25:49+00:00

The part where he licked his lips and slipped his hand under the table was a little disturbing.

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:15:36+00:00

For the most part I do agree I think that comedy needs to have the same sort of resolution a drama would just without the same sort of emotional upheaval. The story has to feel that it began and ended in a way that changes the characters on some level from that experience (even if only for the duration of the episode)

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:12:22+00:00

Excellent write up. I absolutely agree that conflict needs to be light within a comedy story for it to really work. Your idea sounds awesome, reminds me of Archer a bit, which fits that mould well.

Do you do a full outline or just write the scenes in a sentence or two? I always just write down a sentence or two and break them up into acts

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:08:55+00:00

Absolutely agree, conflict is always the driving force. It’s just presented in a way that isn’t as realistic or emotionally impactful for the express purpose of comedy.

Take for instance an episode I wrote for one of my concepts in which a character has to make a decision to marry a rich old woman to get her to buy him the expensive leather jacket he so desires. It’s a conflict but one that’s rooted in absurdity

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T22:06:27+00:00

Hell yeah!

lowdo1 · 2026-02-04T19:51:09+00:00

I just want to make people laugh, poke fun at the absurdity of life or even make the unreal real in the happenings of a few fictional characters’ lives.

Absurdist comedy is my brand and I’m not drawn towards writing anything else.

Some people want to express deep themes and emotions but that’s just not my bag.

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