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🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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If you want to design your own sitcom you’ve come to the right place! This week we build new sitcoms from scratch using common formulas and tropes. Which of these shows is the next big hit?
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0:00.0 | Hello everybody |
0:04.3 | And welcome to build a sitcom |
0:08.0 | It's like build a bear at the mall |
0:10.2 | But instead of a bear, it's a sitcom |
0:11.9 | I'm here with my four friends |
0:14.5 | My name's Elizabeth |
0:17.5 | Sorry |
0:19.5 | My name's Wolleed. |
0:23.1 | My name's Fluffy Bear. |
0:26.0 | And I'm just Ben. |
0:29.4 | Sean, I hope you are happier committing to that voice for the entire episode. |
0:34.1 | Who's Sean? |
0:35.1 | I'm Fluffy Bear. |
0:36.8 | Good. |
0:38.7 | So I, we've been thinking a lot about sitcoms and sitcom tropes and classic sitcoms since starting this podcast. |
0:46.6 | So each of you is going to build your own sitcom based on five common sitcom structure tropes. |
0:55.1 | And I'll basically interview you about the show, this made-up show that you're making up on the spot. |
1:01.5 | And then at the end of it, you're going to give me the title. |
1:03.7 | And then you're going to roll a D5 to decide what kind of special or like classic episode that happens on sitcoms that we're going to see a scene from. |
1:15.0 | And then you get to like the improv form the scene, call for a scene you want to see from that using us as performers. |
1:22.5 | It will make sense. |
1:23.7 | We'll go over each step as it happens. |
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