Businessmen and corporate men watch 'Hee Haw.' With that kind of audience, how can they take it off?
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You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
'Hee Haw' began about the same time as 'Laugh-In,' but the difference was that the material on 'Laugh-In' was more sophisticated: people looked out windows. On 'Hee Haw,' they look out of cornfields.
You have to be aware of what the audience's expectations are, and then you have to pervert them, basically, and hit them upside the head from a direction they weren't looking.
For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.
And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.
Television viewers, they've been around a long time. They've been watching this thing now for 50 years. I mean, they know exactly what's happening when it comes to television programming. You can't put anything over on them anymore.
What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that out and keep trying.
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