Underplayed Gems

This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated (2001)

This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated poster
Genre
Comedy
Country
Canada
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Each episode runs as a sitcom but the cast pulls audience-submitted lines from a hat and works them into the scene. It is a Canadian comedy series based on a stage show.

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What happens

This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated is a Canadian comedy television series, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2001. Created by and starring Ed Sahely, Kathy Greenwood and Jonathan Wilson based on their stage show Not to Be Repeated, the series incorporated improvisational comedy techniques. Each episode of the series was structured as a sitcom episode with a narrative framework, but at various points the actors would be called upon to draw lines submitted by viewers out of a hat, and incorporate them into the dialogue. Fifteen episodes of the show were produced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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