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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 410625" data-attributes="member: 27">I&#039;d always referred to that style as &quot;insult humor&quot; or &quot;putdown comedy&quot;.&nbsp; Shows like The Jeffersons seemed to excel at it and create their &quot;niche&quot; by having characters constantly insult one another.&nbsp; George would insult the neighbors, the doorman and his housekeeper, while everyone would insult him back (even Louise, occasionally).&nbsp; Benson, another sitcom spin-off trying to develop its own identity, featured the lead character making cracks about the various characters he was surrounded by, but their equally-insulting replies weren&#039;t as strong since Benson was the main character/star.&nbsp; Others that immediately pop to mind that seemed reliant on insult comedy include Sanford and Son; Married with Children (though that&#039;s more 1980s, it came from the same producers of The Jeffersons); Alice; and Good Times.&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 410625, member: 27"] I'd always referred to that style as "insult humor" or "putdown comedy". Shows like [I]The Jeffersons[/I] seemed to excel at it and create their "niche" by having characters constantly insult one another. George would insult the neighbors, the doorman and his housekeeper, while everyone would insult him back (even Louise, occasionally). [I]Benson,[/I] another sitcom spin-off trying to develop its own identity, featured the lead character making cracks about the various characters he was surrounded by, but their equally-insulting replies weren't as strong since Benson was the main character/star. Others that immediately pop to mind that seemed reliant on insult comedy include [I]Sanford and Son[/I]; [I]Married with Children [/I](though that's more 1980s, it came from the same producers of [I]The Jeffersons[/I]); [I]Alice;[/I] and[I] Good Times. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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