I had some time yesterday for reasons I will relate later and decided to pick on a podcast to listen to, that relating the tale of The Worst Sitcom Ever Made.
This is the tale of Geoff Houtman, one of the creators of the NZ Sitcom Melody Rule, a kid sitcom from the 1990s... which wasn't meant to be a kid sitcom, nor star the people who were given those roles, and not at all a New Zealand sitcom. The best that's been said about it is "it feels like an American blueprint sitcom set in New Zealand"... which is exactly what it was.
It's a fascinating look behind the curtain of how this was developed, and seen as complete rubbish by most of those involved. But was it really that bad? And can there be any lessons, even from failure?
If you are in NZ, not sure about elsewhere, you can watch the first episode online.
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