Subj : a "show about nothing"?
To   : Dennis Katsonis
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Sep 10 2020 14:18:13

On 10/09/2020 9:13 p.m., Dennis Katsonis wrote:

 AA> I think we just did.  It's about "nothing" in particular.   :)

 DK> That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I
 DK> never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about
 DK> four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a
 DK> successfull series (deservedly so).


I concur.  It was like any other sitcom: I Love Lucy, Jackie
Gleason, etc.. about friends and their relationships.

It was successful because they offered some fresh jokes and
characters with new quirks and -isms.

Now.. Waiting for Godot would be more about nothing, and
terribly boring.

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