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Old 12-19-2008, 12:14 PM   #89 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mojopinuk View Post
The likes of Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Scrubs etc all include a lot of what I used to describe as "Unamerican" humour, by that I meant they didnt follow the same formula as the likes of Cheers, Friends, Frasier and more conventional US sitcoms but I guess I cant really say that anymore as I dont think American humour is what it used to be.
I'm surprised that you include Frasier in the list of conventional American humor since it's so clearly modeled on British farce. If anything I'd say it's far less American in style than a show like Seinfeld which had a distinctly New York sensibility to it.
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