Saturday Night Live, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Carol Brunette Show, et cetera. These were all classics, and these were all sketch comedies. Sketch comedies are definitely the most adaptable of the TV shows, due to the fact that they have no central plots whatsoever (except for maybe who's hosting every show). Cast member quits? So what? You can replace him without the writers changing so much as a grammatical error. Also, you can write anything for a laugh. You don't have to worry about the character's "integrity" because they're (usually) in just one episode. Basically, they give you total freedom.
Yes, sketch comedies are an example of Hollywood Evolutionary Perfection... in the real world. But here at the good ol' Script Frenzy Asylum, are they the writer's paradise, or do their anything goes basis make anyone who dares to sketch skits dirty rotten cheaters?
What do you think?
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