CONVENTIONS OF A TV COMEDY : SKETCHSHOW

• SLAPSTICK HUMOUR
• REPETITION (BUILDS THROUGH THE SHOW)
• CATCHPHRASES
• PARODY
• TRANSGRESSIVE HUMOUR (RUDE)
• LENGTH OF HALF AND HOUR 
• CHARACTER-BASED SKETCH
• VARIETY OF DRAMA SKETCHES
• EACH EPISODE HAS THE SAME STRUCTURE
• AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
• COMEDY BASED ON TARGET AUDIENCE
• ONLY ON SCREEN FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
• LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERS PLAYED BY THE SAME PEOPLE

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