[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. They knew how to execute absurd jokes.
Wonder Showzen was one of the first shows that realized each sketch, each segment is essentially one joke, and, once you know what the joke is, it's time to move on.
Let's hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.
I think if the joke is in good taste - it's a good joke.
If there's an intelligence behind the joke - - it's a good joke.
You see a lot of sketch variety shows where each segment is one joke that they repeat over and over and over again, and the sketches are always three or four minutes too long.
Like I said, a sketch is one joke. They shouldn't really be more than a minute, two minutes. There are some shows where the sketch goes on for five minutes. It's like, "I get it! I'm already bored. I did like the joke, but I don't anymore, because you went on too long."