What are the codes and conventions of television comedy?
- 30 minutes long
- Parodies
- Catchphrases
- Idiotic people to contrast against someone 'normal' to emphasize their stupidity
- Dark humour
- Slapstick
- Wit/wordplay
- Trangressive humour
- Canned laughter
- Variety of drama sketches
- Character based sketches
- Repetition
- Each episode has the same structure
Here in the picture is an example of an exaggerated character sketch in Wallliams and friend. It is also a parody of barbie, barbie isn't actually like this but the qualities of it and obsessive fans are exaggerated to make it funny.
Here is a parody of the British Bake off
