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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
I agree with this. Although I do think you can get away with using the PREMISE for a current tv show/movie, but you have to be careful about getting into specifics where people who don't watch the show wouldn't get it.
For instance, you could do an "America's Next Top Sorority Girl" skit, as long as you don't ASSUME that everyone would recognize the "judges" or any specific contestants/challenges/photo shoots.
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TV show skits are a lot harder to do nowadays when there are 243862384683276 cable channels and networks. There used to be 3 networks and PBS, period.
For example - in the 80s you could do a "Late Night with ASA" skit because even if people weren't REGULAR Letterman watchers, they knew about things like the Top 10 list - simply because there wasn't much else to watch late at night. You could be secure that they had seen the show at least once. There are so many more choices now that you can't assume that anymore.
That being said, I still think Wizard of Oz is overdone.
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