Some of the most iconic moments in television history are made when a performer loses their mind after a really good, really stupid joke
Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch in SNL’s “Debbie Downer” sketch. Photo: Courtesy of SNL/YouTube You’re not supposed to break. It devalues a sketch, alienates your co-stars, and negates the social contract between audience and performer. Lorne Michaels hates it. Giggling in the middle of a sketch is the quickest way to find yourself in the doghouse at Second City, the Groundlings, and any other comedy program worth its salt.
And yet, some of the most iconic moments in television history are made when a performer loses their mind after a really good, really stupid joke. That moment of hysterical chaos, when the narrative is off the rails and everyone is racing for cover, cannot be bottled up by anything that’s written to be funny. That brutal truth has become one of the dark arts of sketch comedy.
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