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Abbott and Costellos Whos on First?is four minutes and 46 seconds of a basic misunderstanding.
(We didnt make the cut.)
This early history is unsurprisingly very white and plagued withracist minstrelsy.
Radio comedys sense of humor is largely a function of the sense through which its received.
Smoothly and without warning, it transitions into the opening notes of Beethovens Fur Elise.
But the inanity is very much the point.
Radio is truly a writers medium, he said.
it’s possible for you to do huge special effects with no budget.
This invites a more vital question: Why arent we hearing more radio comedy?
Then again, maybe a new wave of radio comedy is just around the corner.
And this past April,30 RocksJohn Lutz launched aGoon Showstyleradio dramafeaturing A-listers like Paul Rudd and Olivia Wilde.
We rarely gather around a radio together, let alone share our headphones with friends while listening to podcasts.
Its not like youre sitting in a car, listening to the radio together.
At the very least, it seems to be the prevailing model for low-budget experimentation.
Anyone [can] make and upload a video; anyone can record and launch a podcast.
(I do.)
