🎧 No Place for Thinkers
Rob Long on why logic and reason doesn't apply to comedy
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As a child, Rob Long watched old sitcoms like Gilligan’s Island and Bewitched while pretending to do homework. He likes to say that his slacking off prepared him for the writing career he has now. Sure, he learned sitcom structure, but more important, by neglecting his schoolwork, he became less of a thinker. And in show business, thinkers just mess things up.
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