"Why isn't your show more feel-good? Why does it have to be so depressing all the time? Why doesn't it have some good old-fashioned feel-good moments, like tortures, maimings, and genocide? Or the more subtle amusement of shattering a person's soul just to watch it fragment?"
"To paraphrase a famous old saying - torture and genocide are easy. Comedy is hard."
He taps his chin thoughtfully. "On the other hand, I could wrangle up some ghoulish guests for a macabre special of some kind. Sort of Vincent Pricish. Pricy?"
"And another thing... you need more ads. Pop-up ads, commercials with that guy who helps you get money from the government, commercials that tell the watcher to talk to their doctor about a prescription drug... Those sorts of ads. I love those things!"
"Ohhh, Matthew Lesko? I love that guy. He's got the Riddler's fashion sense, but what a voice! I hear he's putting out a CD set, singing Sinatra's old standards."
The audience applauds weakly.
"And while we bid them adieu, and offer some lovely parting gifts for not blowing us all to smithereens, I'll open the lines up for phone calls."
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He taps his chin thoughtfully. "On the other hand, I could wrangle up some ghoulish guests for a macabre special of some kind. Sort of Vincent Pricish. Pricy?"
"Pricesque."
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"And another thing... you need more ads. Pop-up ads, commercials with that guy who helps you get money from the government, commercials that tell the watcher to talk to their doctor about a prescription drug... Those sorts of ads. I love those things!"
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