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Sitcom Titles Advent Calendar Day Nine

December 9, 2014
About Writing: Taxi is Hi-De-Hi

I’ve just finished watching Hi-De-Hi on DVD, and it occurred to me that it’s the same sitcom as Taxi. That might sound daft to your ears, but bear with me. When I say it’s the same sitcom, I mean that’s it’s the same situation used to fuel the comedy. The basic premise of both shows is…

July 30, 2014
About Writing: Ira Glass on Storytelling

Here’s Ira Glass, host and producer of This American Life, talking about the power of narrative: http://youtu.be/K1NQKrbVslk Enjoy.

March 27, 2014
About Writing: The Tyranny Of Reasonable Voices

J. Michael Straczynski has some wise words on failure and how to keep your writing output up.

February 26, 2014
About Writing: How To Develop Strong (Sitcom) Characters

Developing strong sitcom characters is just as important as developing strong dramatic characters, and you should approach them in similar ways. Character is not the same as characteristics – just compare the different versions of Blackadder across the centuries and you will see he has different characteristics, but always the same character. To me, character…

January 24, 2014

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Nineteen 90s Shows

I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…