MMC 3703 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Everybody Loves Raymond, Tony Kornheiser, Aaron Sorkin
12 Jan 2017
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Fictional Portrayal of Sportswriters/Broadcasters
I. Supporting/Cameo
A. As a Sportscaster
II. Satire
III. Main Characters
A. Jack Klugman (Odd Couple [1970-75])
1. Oscar Madison, SW at the Ny Herald
a) Job used as vehicle to reinforce was a man, dirty cigar-smoking
slob.
b) Covered the Mets, wore a Mets cap while writing
2. Bob Uecker------Mr.Belvedere (1985-1990)
a) George Owens, Pittsburgh Sportscaster
3. Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond, 1996-2005
a) Character: Ray Barone, Newsday columnist
B. Slate
1. Lot’s of people think it’s a job where you get payed to do nothing”
2. Easy way to have them at home
C. SI
1. Keeps the patriarch at home as a vehicle for cartoon masculinity
IV. Based on Real People
A. Jason Alexander, Listen Up
1. Based on Tony Kornheiser
B. Old: Sportswriters; New: Sportscaster
1. Show doesn’t get made
C. Mike Greenberg, Mike and Mike
1. Would revolve about him/coworker who juggles his relationship with co-
workers and marriage to a sports hating spouse.
V. Sports Night
A. 1998-2000
B. Created by Aaron Sorkin (Newsroom, West Wing)
C. EW
1. They show us the realities, show us the human side
D. Cancelled after 2 season
E. Dry humor, more realistic, ditched the laugh track.
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Document Summary
Sports night: 1998-2000, created by aaron sorkin (newsroom, west wing, ew, they show us the realities, show us the human side, cancelled after 2 season, dry humor, more realistic, ditched the laugh track. Learn from getting out there and actually doing things. Chasing an event for stanford invitational- high school kids. Also, write a 4 paragraph story of who"s about to win. A palo alto kid wins and keeps running with shirt backwards except he was ineligible to play. He was actually a 26 year old who had failed at track and wanted to reinvent himself. Tries it a couple of years later at princeton. The story exposed the inequities of the ncaa system. All of this was part of a media discussion. Closest feeling of adrenaline he called the venetian hotel and he found that. On twitter a lot, process of getting information doesn"t change, Subscription to cable is down- 90 million espn subscribers.
