Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "The Death of Laugh Tracks" video.

  1. If you didn't understad why the Big Bang card playing track was funny, I can only assume that you don't watch the series or like the charcaters. It was written with the confidence of someone who knows that WE know and love the charcters and their foibles, all of which were subtly on display in that scene. OVERVIEW: Four nerdy grown men earnestly playing exactly the sort of (immature/nerdy) loser game you'd expect them to play - joke 1 1. Naive beginner optimistically and earnestly lays impressive sounding card joke 2 2. Underappreciated smart guy low-key smugly counters it. Double joke - ice against water - and immediate slap down of naive guy - jokes 3 and 4 3. Personable smart loser trumps previous card, yet again stealing the thunder of the constantly dismissed engineer. Joke 5 There's so much based upon character knowledge and comedic archetypes encapsulated in that short scene. No, it wasn't screamingly hilarious, but it was certainly an amusing vignette.
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