stackyFACTSIf an ancient crowd heavily disliked your terrible jokes, they hurled literal garbage at your face. Modern stand-up performers should be incredibly thankful people only throw out mean verbal insults now.
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Why do stand-up comedy specials constantly cut away from the comic to show random people in the audience laughing?
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That incredibly witty, off-the-cuff response to a front-row audience member is probably older than you are. Comedians extensively test and polish seemingly…
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When modern hit comedy shows abandoned the cheesy laugh track, what specific technique did they use to tell audiences when to laugh?
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You aren't crazy; big-budget funny movies really did vanish. Studios realized that clever, dialogue-heavy comedies do not translate well to international box…
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Warner Brothers strictly forbade the creators of the hit cartoon Animaniacs from explicitly stating that the main characters were any specific type of animal…
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Despite being an iconic pillar of early nineties pop culture, Wayne's World was filmed at a staggeringly chaotic pace. The director rushed the actors through…
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