On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Probably one of the biggest complaints that have been made about the NBC > musical telecasts are the lack of a studio audience (the producers have > repeatedly stated that their models, the 50s and 60s telecasts of "Peter > Pan" and "Cinderella," didn't have audiences). I've always felt that > having an audience is going to get social media attacks that they're using > a laugh track, since people are so unconvinced about studio audiences > unless the fourth wall is broken and a late-night talk show host or cable > standup special star is speaking directly to the audience (and those > specials are sweetened, including, surprisingly, Bill Maher's live show > from last fall). I do wonder that on the night of the telecast, either Mr. > LaMasney, Mr. Bickelhaput, Mr. Donato or Mr. Schrader (Bobby Douglass, > Charlie's son, seems to have retired) will be in a booth in one of the > trucks outside the Paramount soundstage with their laff box sweetening the > actual audience response. > I don't blame NBC for not having a live audience. Their plays are tightly timed and they figure in time for laughter and applause breaks. Plus I recorded The Wiz on Saturday night and watched it yesterday FFing through the commercial breaks. The commercial breaks ran 4:30 or 5 minutes and it would be a chore to keep a live audience engaged for that long a time. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
