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On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Paul W said:
Hello, as you may have noticed it's been a bit quite on TSP front, this is mostly down to a lot of us have been very busy with other projects.
Anyway the committee have had a wee chat on what to do next, but we still need to clear up time limit and then we can get down to the nitty gritty of moving this project forward.
1. Should there be a time limit? yes/no
2. If a time limit is agreed, what should the limit be? 1 minute; 1:30 or 2 minutes.
Now this is a VOTE I don't want a massive discussion, just say yes/no and then your time limit please, we all want to get this moving forward.
THIS IS A SKETCH PROJECT MEMBERS ONLY VOTE PLEASE.
Ok, my vote.... Yes, 1 minute 30 seconds.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ShoePie said:
Yes, 1 minute 30.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Scott T said:
No time limit.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ajp29 said:
Yes, 1 minute 30
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Rosco said:
Yes, 1 minute 30 seconds
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, steve by any other name said:
No time limit.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Andy W. said:
Yup - 1 minute 30 seconds
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, swerytd said:
2 mins
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Yes, 1:30.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
1.30
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Badge said:
If you can't say it in 1 min 30 then you can't say it. But I'm not really fussed about setting a limit in case it encourages people to write up to that limit.
Er, that wasn't yes or no was it?
So, I'll say "no limit"
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Martin Holmes said:
No time limit.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Scott T said:
Quote: Badge @ March 6, 2007, 8:42 PMIf you can't say it in 1 min 30 then you can't say it.
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I don't agree with that, I don't think brevity is proportionate to humour.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Badge said:
but i don't think a 90 second sketch is brief
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Wildjesusfishkid said:
around 1 min 30 sec
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Sorry - what's this one about? Have you got the team for this project?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ajp29 said:
Quote: paul watson @ March 6, 2007, 10:53 AM
Now this is a VOTE I don't want a massive discussion, just say yes/no and then your time limit please, we all want to get this moving forward.
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On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
OK then - no time limit. They're as long as they need to be. Unless they're funny all through though it should reach a natural punchline.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tom Pk said:
No time limit
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Ginger Jesus said:
1.30 mins
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, SlagA said:
1:30
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, earman2009 said:
1.30.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Scott Evans said:
No time limit
sketches in their very nature are short comic spats anyway and you don't want a load of short quick fire gags cos sometimes a sketch needs a bit more time. Look at sketches in Harry Enfields shows like the slobs, they were sometimes a tad longer, or the old gits.
If a sketch is too long it can be rejected at the voting stage
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Paul W said:
This thread will be closed next Thursday so anyone who's on the project, who hasn't voted, vote or you won't get your say.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tom Pk said:
Could perhaps do with stickying it for a bit?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Baumski said:
1.30
Brevity is a difficult discipline so by voting for an finite time limit it should, hopefully, make the standard of sketch writing higher.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Fred Peters said:
i'D HAVE GONE FOR 2 MINS BUT AS MANY ARE GOING FOR 1.30, i'M NOT GOING TO QUIBBLE OVER 30 SECONDS.
1.30 for me then.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charley said:
Oh go on then. 1 whole minute and 30 seconds is cool with me.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Duke Bilko said:
No limit
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ContainsNuts said:
There shouldn't be a limit. A sketch should be about the content and if it needs longer then so be it. It shouldn't be compromised. We are not doing anything new here, so we have to learn from the many case studies of sketch shows that are out there and they all have varied sketch lengths. If people think its too long or short they won't vote for it.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Paul W said:
Closing this thread tomorrow so anyone who hasn't voted get them in now!