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slapstickComedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to strike another. Slapstick comedy became popular in 19th-century music halls and vaudeville theatres and was carried into the 20th century by silent-movie comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops and later by Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. |
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There is some slapstick comedy along with poignant moments as Rachel comes to learn about herself while she cares for a woman who cannot tell her own story. You can't get any hipper than Burbank,'' said Gary Owens, the Radio Hall of Famer whose phrase ``from beautiful downtown Burbank'' was heard through the 1960s and 1970s on the cult TV slapstick comedy show ``Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' and on Johnny Carson's ``Tonight Show. The opening chapter, "Dad in Trouble," is a slapstick comedy involving a lost parakeet ("budgie" in British) named Deathwing, Lord of the Skies; a piano tuner; an open window; and a homemade trap featuring netting, twine, a hula hoop, and a toasting fork. |
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Slapstick comedy
