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[–] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 102 points 2 months ago (5 children)

You couldn't make half of Seinfeld because with cell phone all the funny situations don't occur.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

None of those situations were funny to actually live through. They're only funny in a TV show.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

True of literally every sitcom.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Comedy is tragedy plus time”. I like to say it’s comedy plus distance.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I think both are true.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A man gets a paper cut, that's drama. They fall down an open manhole and die. That's comedy.

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[–] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

24 (TV series) is like this if I remember well. The daughter would have had a cellphone now.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Eh, series today still use this trope. "Oh no, I'm out of battery" or the comedic "My battery is at 1%, let's take a selfie!"

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That's why so many tv shows are now written as period pieces or based in the 80s and 90s.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

That scene where he calls the phone in his stolen car would still be funny