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Anonymous asked:

Why don't americans do panel shows? The closest is Whose Line Is It Anyway, which is already a deviation from the standard format.

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kontextmaschine:

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We had Hollywood Squares, which was a gamified way to set up banter

The weird but kinda true thing is American culture associated light entertaining witty discussion with the form of the cocktail party, which fell out of fashion after the ‘60\ufffcs

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