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Re: ISIHAC TV pilot

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Dean BedfordMay 16, 2008
 

 
On Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 11:16 PM, thomaswake16 wrote:

> Fair point. It just seems to me that most of the audio-only gags (e.g.
> Samantha) are running jokes that the live audience would have
> understood. I can't imagine it would have played as well with a TV
> audience, which would presumably include a reasonable number of people
> who had never listened to the radio show.
>
> Of course, the same was true of the radio series when it first
> started. I suppose it's like the JAM TV series - it seems to me that
> there's something fundamental about it that just wouldn't feel "right"
> on TV, but I can't really put my finger on what it is.

I think it's just static - nothing happening visually. Word games don't
work on the telly unless they have a visual element - Call My Bluff
you're wanting to see if they can keep a straight face - Countdown has a
variety of visual devices. that's why they tried to introduce an object
round into JAM on TV - but it doesn't work...

 
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