Tuesday, April 07, 2015
How many layers of bureaucracy does it take to write a joke these days?
The joyless Left is the enemy of humor, as well as much else
Comics at the BBC must go through a lengthy process to get some jokes on air because the Corporation is extra-wary about causing offence, an editor at the company has claimed.
Chris Sussman, executive editor for comedy, revealed particular jokes have to go through 'quite a lot of layers' to be approved.
Some jokes even have to be looked over by director general Lord Hall - alongside editorial policy advisers, the channel and legal advisers - before they are aired, he said.
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The joyless Left is the enemy of humor, as well as much else
They only think something is funny if it is somehow bad for conservatives.
I'm reminded of a comedian saying at the end of his show on British TV - initially in the calmest and most reasonable of voices: "Remember, we're comedians. We have to take our humour where we find it. So if anything I said happened to offend any of you - TOUGH!"
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