I heard an interview with Al Franken and Tom Davis (back when they were still a comedy team) where they mentioned the biggest criticism they got from the NBC censors was that when comedy is applied to serious or controversial issues, it trivializes them. Cartoons probably do that more because of the need to simplify things into a panel.
On the other hand, I am (as far as I know) the only person ever to write, produce and put on air the funniest 60-second radio PSA about date rape. Which either means it's all in the execution, or people thought date rape was funny in 1994. I hope it was the former.
(For the record, I did the PSA because I was production manager, and the person in charge of PSAs asked me to come up with something on the topic of date rape that was informative, but not a bummer. Tricky. But I did it, by God.)
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on 2009-03-11 12:08 pm (UTC)On the other hand, I am (as far as I know) the only person ever to write, produce and put on air the funniest 60-second radio PSA about date rape. Which either means it's all in the execution, or people thought date rape was funny in 1994. I hope it was the former.
(For the record, I did the PSA because I was production manager, and the person in charge of PSAs asked me to come up with something on the topic of date rape that was informative, but not a bummer. Tricky. But I did it, by God.)