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"Sometimes improv doesn't work on TV because the audience had heard the thing that was shouted and th..." — Russell Howard
Sometimes improv doesn't work on TV because the audience had heard the thing that was shouted and they're very much alive, the audience in the room - they're alive in that moment. Whereas the audience sat at home on the sofa, it feels like it's part of a party that they haven't been invited to.
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