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James28 · 04-24-2014, 09:13 PM

According to Deadline, NBCUniversal has been hit with a trademark suit regarding the name "Comedy Playground" by some entity who trains people in the art of the funny under the name "Comedy Playground".

http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/nbcu...emark-lawsuit/

Yong Fang · 04-26-2014, 09:58 AM

I wish eu would of tried the Dwight Schrute spinoff "The Farm". I would have made it work, I would have made it somewhat similar in style to Fawlty Towers, and gotten back Angela as the wife. Most of the humor comes from marital friction, dealing with guests, maintaining the farm and hotel, dealing with goofy townspeople, farm equipment, and the like. I think under the right writers it would have worked. And I would have shamelessly ripped off Fawlty Towers, especially the Kipper and the Corpse.

Another idea for a sitcom is to have a show set several hundred years in the future. Basically a family sitcom but from say the 24th Century and seeing what life was like then, and misconceptions of life from the 20th and 21st century. I think this would be entertaining.

king of comedy · 04-26-2014, 05:28 PM

Now that is a great idea. It would be like That 70s Show but in the future.

Dude111 · 04-28-2014, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by James28

NBC will try anything they can nowadays.

The best thing they could do is BRING BACK 80S and earlier programming!!

SHOW NOTHING NEWER THAN 1989

MrCleveland · 04-28-2014, 04:54 PM

Well...now I have a change of plan...I'll be having a show that I'd like to launch on NBC called "Everything Happens in Bertstown". It's about a down-and-out guy who lives with his parents, has a dead-end job, and gets advice from his half-brother. It has the main character have a narration then it goes to this song...

The show is like a live-action Charlie Brown Show.

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04-26-2014, 09:58 AM	#17
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	I wish eu would of tried the Dwight Schrute spinoff "The Farm". I would have made it work, I would have made it somewhat similar in style to Fawlty Towers, and gotten back Angela as the wife. Most of the humor comes from marital friction, dealing with guests, maintaining the farm and hotel, dealing with goofy townspeople, farm equipment, and the like. I think under the right writers it would have worked. And I would have shamelessly ripped off Fawlty Towers, especially the Kipper and the Corpse. Another idea for a sitcom is to have a show set several hundred years in the future. Basically a family sitcom but from say the 24th Century and seeing what life was like then, and misconceptions of life from the 20th and 21st century. I think this would be entertaining.

04-26-2014, 05:28 PM	#18
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Now that is a great idea. It would be like That 70s Show but in the future.