Responding to "Company is Coming"
Hello again, wonderful people! I'm so happy that you are back, once again to check out my post for the week.
I think this all goes back to the discussions we've had in previous weeks about the presence or lack of a laugh track (be it a true track or from a live audience) in the video. Apparently, I'm a laugh track kind of gal! Who knew?
I have seen a video in the past with a very similar premise that was hilarious (and, if I'm remembering correctly, had a laugh track), so I knew this one was "supposed to be" funny. But I didn't find myself laughing.
I guess, in the future, I will pay more attention to this fact as I seek out comedy purely for my own amusement. Isn't it nice to learn something about yourself?
What about y'all? Do you prefer comedy with or without a laugh track? Let me know down in the comments below!
Thank you for joining me yet again!
This week I will be responding to Elizabeth's post in which she focuses on the sketch "Company is Coming.
This sketch is made by creator Chris Flemming and he plays a character named Gayle. Take a look down below.
Right. Now where to begin?
Well, for starters, as Elizabeth pointed out in her post, this sketch is relatable.
I mean, let's be real here. Who hasn't seen their mom do this when company was coming over?
You live in the house! Of course, it's not going to be perfect 24/7. But heaven forbid anyone else knows that!
While cleaning on a regular basis for expected company may look a little more organized than this, this scene reminds me of exactly what happens in my house when we've all just been laying around on a lazy weekend and suddenly get the call that someone will be over to drop something off in 10 minutes. The whole house has to be perfect, just in case they want to sit, or use the bathroom, or eat food, or - I don't know - go for a tour of our bedrooms?? (see above) And then the company obviously never comes in off the front porch because they were in a hurry, but you know how it goes.
This sketch has an extremely funny and relatable premise sure to make anyone chuckle...but I didn't.
I think this all goes back to the discussions we've had in previous weeks about the presence or lack of a laugh track (be it a true track or from a live audience) in the video. Apparently, I'm a laugh track kind of gal! Who knew?
I have seen a video in the past with a very similar premise that was hilarious (and, if I'm remembering correctly, had a laugh track), so I knew this one was "supposed to be" funny. But I didn't find myself laughing.
I guess, in the future, I will pay more attention to this fact as I seek out comedy purely for my own amusement. Isn't it nice to learn something about yourself?
What about y'all? Do you prefer comedy with or without a laugh track? Let me know down in the comments below!
Thank you for joining me yet again!
Until next time,
Always Laugh Lots!!!
- Anna Kathleen Spitler <3
I also found it kind of dragging after the first few jokes. I wonder if maybe it went slower but made more of a narrative it would have worked better? Perhaps laugh tracks then are ways of compensating for a lack of narrative, by mimicking the interaction between a stand up comic doing a stream of jokes and an audience?
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