American Humour

often reads wonderfully well on the page
when that happens it sharpens the mind of the reader.

But when such great wit transfers itself
to team written situation comedies for television,
where the demands of the medium
reduce the attention span through tricks
product placement and and laughter tracks
which combine to to sell more product
within and between shows then the mind
rapidly glazes over and shrinks
with the depth of aggressive targeting....