Screenwriting 101. Episode 21, The Sitcom: The Simpsons
(2019, original release: 2017)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6725853
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In the first of three lectures focused on successful TV genres, look at the longest running sitcom in television history, The Simpsons. This lecture shows you why jokes are not the key to humor; it's all in the characters and their ongoing conflict with the world around them. Look at the episode "Duffless" and see how it works as a great example of sitcom writing
Film
In Process Record
Angus Fletcher
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English