Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Writing: TV Jargon Preservation Index

Thanks to a Metafilter question, renewed interest, so here's a link to all 4 pages. After my rewrite's done, I will take another run at updating and expanding this.

TV Jargon Preservation (Pt.1)
TV Jargon Preservation (Pt. 2)
TV Jargon Preservation (Pt. 3)
TV Jargon Preservation (Pt. 4)

Technically, this is mostly sitcom writing-room jargon. We'll shade it out when we do the Wikipedia entry. (And I'm not kidding)

And a nice find, backtracking a link:

TV Tropes Wiki

Oh, and on the assumption a few of my writer friends are mucking about here -- feel free to update in Comments. I missed some big ones, as I've been out of the room for a few years and like all jargon it falls away as soon as one stops using it. Chris Downey said "Jack story" the other night over beers, and I banged my head on the bar for forgetting that one.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:22 PM

    "Bananas on bananas." Probably goes back to vaudeville, but usually traced back to Garry Marshall. Overloading a joke with one element too many. "Isn't that bananas on bananas?"

    "The two-one punch." Leading with your strongest line and finishing with the weaker one, instead of building it the way you should.

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  2. You think thats bad, this is a backtrack of a backtrack!

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