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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2279274, member: 1992"] We have a problem in Australia that has it's roots in the early years of American night time variety. Matty Johns' show is not the only show that suffers from it ,many others have come and gone as a result of it. Put simply, it is the notion that to win widespread appeal a show must be understood by all. Naturally this is impossible, many people are just not that bright (through no fault of their own mind you) and this desire to make all viewers understand means that even the most obvious joke/skit/satire must be crystal clear to even the thickest of viewers. Years ago we referred to it as ba boom or boom tish these days. The yanks used to hit the cymbal/drums when the audience was supposed to respond and the audiences responded accordingly. Much like conditioning an animal for obedience they sort to condition the viewers for the appropriate responses. what this led to was the errant belief that the audience (generally speaking) was generally pretty dumb and NEEDED everything explained to them. That has led us to the point we are at today. Every skit/joke is unnecessarily protracted so as to ensure that absolutely everyone got the joke, no-one missed. People like Bob Hope personified this but it goes further back of course to the vaudevillian days when the audience was always prompted. Think Conan, Letterman and the myriad others who use the boom tish after every joke or pun. Conditioning. When you watch the quality English humour you see the difference, they actually let you, the viewer ,decide if something is funny or if it's working well. They do not infer that we are stupid or cannot fathom their brilliant wit, it's up to us to decide. It's no co-incidence that american shows became more British like during the 80s/90s. Somehow the twats at SEVEN are still 40 years behind the times. What we need is short, succinct humour. We'll decide , the Matty Johns show has little or no future whilst-ever they treat us like dullards. [/QUOTE]

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