NPR : British Sit-Coms' Winning Formula: "Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Helen Pilcher, a molecular neurobiologist and stand-up comedian who specializes in scientific jokes, about her formula for writing hit British TV shows."
- r = recognizability of main char.
- d = main char. delusions of grandeur
- v = verbal wittiness
- f = amount someone falls over
- α = success of any plot or scheme
- ΔS = difference social status highest and lowest char.
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