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>>691577 Really, the Stella TV series wasn't that great. It felt really forced compared to their stage shows. Basically, the stage show was its own nebulous, supernatural thing that existed outside of context or reason. It was great absurdism. Then they put it on TV and had to attach their style of comedy to a twenty-two minute plot. It hurt them to have to center all that nonsense around a "structured" format.
You can see this phenomenon occur in SNL movie adaptations, in KITH's Brain Candy, and Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny. All of these groups are hilarious in small doses. They can make their joke and not worry about stretching it out. When it has to be expanded and given context, though, it becomes forced and, therefore, less funny.
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