With the recent and sad passing of the great Sidney Pollack, I was minded that David Zucker would often cite his interactions with Sidney Pollack as a good examples of a comedy “Logic Nazi.”Every project or room ought to have one, comedy or drama.
According to Jane Espenson, clams are one-liners or comic concepts that have gone stale from overuse. Now, that was a new one on me. I knew the term was used in music for a bum note, and for the ultimate usage in that context, one need only review a transcript of just one of Buddy Rich’s infamous rants at his band (in this excerpt, it’s the trombonist getting the brunt).
With the recent and sad passing of the great Sidney Pollack, I was minded that David Zucker would often cite his interactions with Sidney Pollack as a good examples of a comedy “Logic Nazi.”Every project or room ought to have one, comedy or drama.
