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General questions about situation comedies, history of television, the industry, etc.

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Professor of Mass Communications for over 15 years. Writing a book about the topic of situation comedies.

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Ph.D., University of Tennessee M.S.M.C. Arkansas State University B. A. Columbia College, Chicago

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Recent Answers from Bill Richter

2011-11-28 Old TV Comedy:

Wow. You've stumped my with this one. I remember Lancelot Link, but a family of monkeys...  If I were you I'd try some of the other experts. I tried the internet movie data base for television and nothing

2011-09-10 TV character:

Wow, you've stumped me with this one. The only thing I can come up with was a character that Ernie Kovaks played on his show, Percy Dovetonsils. A poet who had really thick glasses and a two spit curls

2010-04-21 budget sample:

Answer: This is a difficult question to answer.    One problem is that there are so many variables involved, that it would be like walking to a garage and asking, "How much will it be to fix my car?"

2010-01-28 treatment:

I checked out your site. Some funny stuff.   I've always been told to keep a treatment to 1 page or less. However, some producers want to see more than that. They almost want to see a complete synopsis

2009-11-27 Stand - Up:

OK, here are two sources that might help you:    First is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096562/fullcredits#cast    it will give you the regulars.     Then on YouTube I found several episodes. Maybe seeing

 

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