--- title: Amy Schumer Pokes Fun at Sitcom Humor in New Sketch description: Amy Schumer lets us really know how she feels about sitcom humor with her latest sketch skewering canned laughter and comedic stereotypes. canonical: https://time.com/4363317/amy-schumer-sitcom-sketch/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-09T20:26:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:13.799Z og:title: Amy Schumer Lets Us Know What She Really Thinks of Sitcom Humor og:description: She skewered sitcoms in a new sketch og:url: https://time.com/4363317/amy-schumer-sitcom-sketch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amy Schumer Lets Us Know What She Really Thinks of Sitcom Humor twitter:description: She skewered sitcoms in a new sketch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Amy Schumer Lets Us Know What She Really Thinks of Sitcom Humor > Sponsored content. 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In the sketch, Schumer plays up the stale stereotypes often seen in sitcoms, such as racial tropes and gag humor, but finds that her jokes aren’t resonating with the live studio audience, who refuses to laugh at her lines, despite the fact that they follow the “sitcom model.” Her flatlining jokes continue until Schumer can’t stand it anymore and breaks the fourth wall to confront the audience, telling them “this show is not funny! It’s disgusting!”— but is apprehended by a Big Brother-esque unit from the powers that be, who remove her and replace her with multiple other actresses who can spout her lines instead. 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