Situatus Comedus
Mar 28th, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Literary EtherMany people forget, or don’t even realize, that “sitcom” is derived from the Latin phrase “situatus comedus”, or “situation comedy” ($5.00 to the first person who bought my Latin). The idea being that the stuff that happens (within the stuff that is labeled as such) will be comedic, or funny. However, somewhere between episodes of The Honeymooners and … [continue]
