X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,ee61d4809864393a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-13 10:44:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 250 Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 19:44:08 +0200 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <09a0ju0lo2kak4kifq9dqctcgf9q983d08@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1026582257 24765833 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18205 "llizard" skrev i meddelandet news:09a0ju0lo2kak4kifq9dqctcgf9q983d08@4ax.com > In article , "Joaquim > G�ndara" wrote: > >"Think"? It took no time at all and I didn't mull over it for a second. > >Maybe it's true what Cleese says, that comedy is about spontaneity. > > There you go. These things really can't be too planned. They will > start to feel overworked. If you're making anything that's supposed to be funny, that feeling is inevitable, at least to the maker. > (Of course, having an editor is always good too. I certainly feel that > way about Cleese. He is mightily funny as long as there is someone to > rein him in - or should I say, "cane" him in) Can you give me an example of when there was no one to rein him in? obascii: What a tiny horse! , OO ____~/> -||. /) )\ dd -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)