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Originally Posted by ILuvCarolBurnett

I have a good friend who is an actor here in LA. He gets sent out on auditions for sitcom guest star roles. He says he just can't understand what happened to the writing, why things are so bad. So, I asked him, when you audition, are the show's writers in the room? He said sometimes. I said, "So, describe to me the average comedy writer on sitcoms today. Who are they?" Overwhelming, most of them are fresh out of college, early 20s, grew up thinking "Saved By The Bell" was masterpiece comedy.

THAT explains the situation of comedies today......

I read an article once that said that the "Cheers" writers were the last generation of sitcom writers to grow up with books instead of TV. What a difference that makes!