There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation.
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I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive and I'm living and I'm experiencing different things every day, the show will always change.
Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.
If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.
Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.
I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human.
I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes.
The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.
You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.