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Well, it turns out there's a lot more to it than you think! This week, we're exploring the history and conventions of hack comedy and how it impacted our understandings of comedy as we were growing up. We'll introduce you to some of the most well-known hack tropes, and hopefully, teach you a thing a two about why these tropes seem to work so well on general audiences. Of course, we're goofing and making plenty of our own jokes along the way!
By Stef Rubino + Brendan WalshWell, it turns out there's a lot more to it than you think! This week, we're exploring the history and conventions of hack comedy and how it impacted our understandings of comedy as we were growing up. We'll introduce you to some of the most well-known hack tropes, and hopefully, teach you a thing a two about why these tropes seem to work so well on general audiences. Of course, we're goofing and making plenty of our own jokes along the way!