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Why Do Sketch Shows Used The Same Gags Everyweek

posted 18 years ago by ml012a4860
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This and Little Britain have the same gags week in week out, funny at first but really lazy in the long run. Normally after the 1st Ep.

[–] bigmouth365 18 years ago

Because repetition is the food of morons and the morons are hungry.

" DON'T TRY "
Henry Charles Bukowski 1920 - 1994

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[–] willywoo_fumanchoo 18 years ago

It's called 'Ratings Chase' Ricky Gervais' 'Extras' rips it out of these programmes because he doesn't like the fact people try to chase ratings. That's why he's kept his shows to BBC2 instead of BBC1 where a high viewing rate is a must, whereas BBC2 doesn't worry so much about ratings