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).