Anarky
06-07-2005, 03:29 PM
British satellite channel UKTV Gold hired neurobiologist Helen Pircher (incl. research team) to formulate the golden mathematic rule of TV-humour. For two months the team had analysed british Sitcoms from two decades to provide a future for british sitcoms.
The outcome was a formula which results in the CV (comical value)
CV = ((R x D + V) x F) + S : A
The comical value (CV) is a result of the recognisability of the main character (R) multiplied with its delusion of grandeur. After that you add the verbal wit of the script and then you multiply the result with the number of scenes in which someone falls (F) or gets hurt. After that you add the result of the status difference (S) of the lowest and the highest character in terms of popularity divided by the concept of the show (A).
Anarky's comment: makes perfect sense, but now someone should explain why the heck I get only negative values when I try that formula on German comedy. And I also think that people spend way too much money on pure idiocy.
The outcome was a formula which results in the CV (comical value)
CV = ((R x D + V) x F) + S : A
The comical value (CV) is a result of the recognisability of the main character (R) multiplied with its delusion of grandeur. After that you add the verbal wit of the script and then you multiply the result with the number of scenes in which someone falls (F) or gets hurt. After that you add the result of the status difference (S) of the lowest and the highest character in terms of popularity divided by the concept of the show (A).
Anarky's comment: makes perfect sense, but now someone should explain why the heck I get only negative values when I try that formula on German comedy. And I also think that people spend way too much money on pure idiocy.