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This is semi-related, but maybe even a new topic entirely. Why is it that a successful comedy TV show can go for longer than the span of a comedic actor's popularity? Or can it? I don't want to include animated shows like Simpons or South Park so much in this, but if you look at Fraiser, M*A*S*H, or the Office, you have shows that are have way more footage than the movie careers of the comedic actors in question.
You could argue that it's because the comedic actor movies are about being vehicles for the actor, and in a sense that's probably true. That trend rises and falls and once it falls it's usually because there is some other star that has replaced him.
TV writing is also a lot different than movie writing. You get an entire season for gags instead of two hours. If you bomb one episode you can make it up the next. If a comedic actor bombs at the box office, that may be it for him.
I shouldn't discount that TV is free, and much of the time as funny as movies. If movies aren't going to be funny, why go see them when you can rent something or watch TV on your home theater?
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