How We Wrote Abbott Elementary

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  • Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
  • TV Showrunners reveal the key ingredients of a great TV show, and what sets it apart from the forgettable ones.
    Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker are the showrunners of the Emmy-winning tv series, Abbott Elementary, which is on ABC. Thank you to Justin and Patrick for taking the time to come on the channel!
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    Chapters:
    00:00 Preface
    00:51 What's the point?
    02:06 Do characters matter?
    04:40 Who's the bad guy?
    07:16 What's REALLY funny
    09:33 How to make a Pilot Episode
    13:14 This stumped them
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    Abbott Elementary is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, a positive second-grade teacher at the poorly funded Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominantly Black school in Philadelphia. The ensemble cast includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
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  • @misstriciak
    @misstriciak 9 місяців тому +8

    Y'all are doing a great job with Abbott Elementary. By the middle of the 1st season, you can indeed read a dialogue and know which character would say those lines.

  • @bland3145
    @bland3145 9 місяців тому +11

    You keep helping me get better with the writing advice, keep it up!

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you! Glad to hear it's helpful to you :)

  • @JollyJack1992
    @JollyJack1992 7 місяців тому +2

    Love this channel. Very informative, with very little fluff, from people who actually have written something and got it made. Keep up the great work!

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  7 місяців тому

      Thank you! I have a lot more coming. What would you like to see on this channel?

    • @JollyJack1992
      @JollyJack1992 7 місяців тому

      Maybe how to write a musical? I know that's not everyone's cup of tea, but it has its own specific structure.

  • @vashsunglasses
    @vashsunglasses 9 місяців тому +7

    People watch sitcoms because they're lonely. You develop a parasocial relationship with the characters over time. The jokes keep it entertaining. Myself I find most sitcoms boring unless there's something more interesting at play, like in Archer where it's a workplace sitcom in a crazy spy agency doing wacky missions.

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +3

      Archer is great. Thanks for watching

    • @jstevinik3261
      @jstevinik3261 9 місяців тому +4

      @@BehindtheCurtain Archer has some of the best dialogue play I ever heard.

  • @wannacashmeoutside
    @wannacashmeoutside 3 місяці тому

    Loveeee Abbot Elementary. I haven’t laughed that genuinely since modern family and superstore

  • @RickLilShore
    @RickLilShore 9 місяців тому +2

    Not pushing through with a lackluster episode was a great lesson!

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +2

      I had never heard a writer talk about that before

  • @DingDimlewitz
    @DingDimlewitz 9 місяців тому +1

    11:20 background music feels like a laughing track on a sitcom.

  • @ChrisOvens51
    @ChrisOvens51 9 місяців тому +1

    Great vid as always!

  • @brandnewcole
    @brandnewcole 4 місяці тому

    If the writers are reading, I really want Eddie B Comedy to play the recurring role of a parent who has three kids at the school in different grade levels so the character sticks around a while. 🙏🏾 Just do it?

  • @noway4879
    @noway4879 9 місяців тому +3

    Never even heard of 'Abbott Elementary'... :(

  • @juanavenegas740
    @juanavenegas740 9 місяців тому +1

    great episode!

  • @Oridan1
    @Oridan1 9 місяців тому +1

    awesome video!

  • @fAndreas92
    @fAndreas92 9 місяців тому +8

    I may be the only one but I really miss live-audience/laugh-track sitcoms

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +2

      The Office really set the trend away from this, I feel like

    • @jstevinik3261
      @jstevinik3261 9 місяців тому +3

      @@BehindtheCurtain And Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Arrested Development. Honestly for the better because one of the reason that most of the sitcoms I watch are animated is because they do not have laughter tracks, which get super grating when jokes are not funny.

    • @BrentJosephSpink
      @BrentJosephSpink 9 місяців тому +1

      Watching cheers again recently. It's a feeling of sharing with friends.

  • @niar3214
    @niar3214 2 місяці тому

    Helpful video thank you! And you have a very biblical name ❤

  • @batnam7848
    @batnam7848 9 місяців тому +2

    Sitcoms are funny?

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @sildaz
      @sildaz 9 місяців тому

      There are a lot of comments nowadays criticizing sitcoms (specially old ones) but they have their charm, y'know?

  • @briancorrell
    @briancorrell 9 місяців тому +3

    but I don't like sitcoms

    • @BehindtheCurtain
      @BehindtheCurtain  9 місяців тому +1

      Honestly, I don't watch a ton, but I was surprised how much I learned from these guys.