Australian Sketch Comedies
The Australian sketch comedy show is usually 45 minutes long taking up a one hour time slot
It consists of a dozen unknown performers and 37 writers none of whom perform.
The reality is that once the show is over most of the writers and performers disappear from our screens forever. You'd think by now that I'd know the name of one top Australian comedy writer, but I don't.
Because there are a dozen performers you really don't know where to focus , however one of those dozen is usually pretty good.
Let's say there are 20 sketches in the show. Each sketch is a send up of a current TV show and each sketch is done twice or as they say there's a call back.
The next episode is a copy of the first with no new characters, no rearranging of sketches.
I usually don't get past the second episode.
THE LATE SHOW with 6 performers who all wrote their own sketches is about the only one I've ever liked.
That about covers it.
