re: Andy Griffith

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For a sketch tv show writer to be remembered, he must have written something memorable. Hawkins wrote the “Gone With The Wind” skit for the Carol Burnett show. It certainly isn’t demanding, high-brow art but it is funny as hell.

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Didn't see that. But a good example of my problem with formulaic comedy would be cartoon shows.
The Coyote and the Roadrunner is the exact same plot every time.
Then take Rocky and Bullwinkle playing college football when the game plans are replaced with the Battle of Gettysburg plans. Nothing like that has ever been done or will be done again. Totally unique idea. But even great writers run dry on coming up with totally new ideas.
Monty Python probably had the longest run of unique stuff.

It even happens in drama.
Lassie: 'Woof...woof!'
Dad: 'What's that Lassie? Little Timmy is caught in the old mine shaft?'
Lassie: 'Woof...woof!.

Fury (the horse): 'Whinny! Whinny!'
Dad: 'What's that Fury? Little Timmy is caught in the old mine shaft?'
Fury: 'Whinny! Whinny!'

Flipper: 'Quark Quark!'
Dad: 'What's that Flipper? Little Timmy is caught in the old underwater mind shaft?'
Flipper: 'Quark Quark!'