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Kenneth Levine (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ n / liv-EYEN) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and author. Levine has worked on a number of television series, including M*A*S*H, Cheers (for which he shared Outstanding Comedy Series honors at the 35th Primetime Emmy Awards), Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Everybody Loves Raymond ...
Kenneth M. Levine (born September 1, 1966) is an American video game developer. He is the creative director and co-founder of Ghost Story Games (formerly known as Irrational Games ). He led the creation of the BioShock series and is also known for his work System Shock 2 .
- Simplicity Is Your friend.
- There’S An Art to Great Sexual tension.
- Mine Comedy from character.
- A Studio Audience Keeps You on Your Toes — So Pretend You Have one.
Cheershas a simple premise: it’s about the day-to-day shenanigans of people who work in a bar. While there remain simple-premised sitcoms on air today, many other shows elect to take on a high concept. For Levine, simple works better. “I like the simplicity,” he says. “Because, to me, the best shows are about characters. And Cheerswas pretty much j...
A classic will-they-or-won’t-they is hard to pull off, but when it’s successful, it tends to be the best part of the show, and why people keep coming back. You have Jim and Pam from The Office, Ross and Rachel from Friends, and of course, Sam and Diane from Cheers. As Levine puts it, the Sam/Diane relationship “was kind of a fine dance.” He details...
“There are no jokes, there are no punchlines,” Levine says when discussing much of the humor found in the show. “All of the humor comes out of the characters and the situation.” Of course, that’s not to say that setup and punchlines should be exed out of your script completely. But for a simple-premised show like Cheers, simple-premised humor was t...
When asked if Cheers could have worked without a studio audience, in the vein of something like 30 Rock or The Office, Levine gives a simple “No.” “I don’t think it nearly would’ve been as good,” he explains. “In a multi-camera show, the writers are held accountable. The jokes have to work. If the jokes don’t get laughs, then you know it. And you h...
Mar 16, 2007 · I spoke with Ken Levine, formerly of Looking Glass and currently one of the founders of Irrational Games, about the influential studio and his upcoming game BioShock, which some are calling...
Nov 26, 2013 · Ken Levine wanted to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Instead he wound up in Quincy doing something much more lucrative—breaking violent new ground in the world’s youngest art form: video games.
Ken Levine was born on 14 February 1950 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and M*A*S*H (1972).
Kenneth Levine is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and author. Levine has worked on a number of television series, including M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker and Dharma and Greg.
