Interview · moment 11 of 26
The Britney Spears Fishing Show Sketch and Unique Comedic Tones
from Small Talk with Colin Quinn | The Tim Dillon Show #343 · #343
2 min
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Colin recalls writing a To Kill a Mockingbird parody fishing sketch with a young Britney Spears that got cut after dress rehearsal, then discusses Bill Murray inventing a totally new ironic tone in comedy that nobody had done before.
- Tim discusses creating a Lion character and how comedians in the 1990s had a different mentality about performance.
- Bill Murray invented a comedic tone in 1978 that nobody had seen before, a deadpan ironic style that became widely imitated.
- Completely unique comedic voices are rare; Bill Murray changed how people did comedy by introducing a tone that spread beyond just comedians.
- Matthew McFadden's character Tom on Succession represents another example of a completely original comedic tone you don't see elsewhere.
- Bill Murray did multiple characters on SNL, including an oily lounge singer, all delivered with a distinctive tone nobody had done before.
- Norm MacDonald had a similarly distinctive and unique comedic tone that nobody else could replicate or had attempted before.
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