11) 6314. Joy Horowitz. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...a sense of humor that won t start. ATTRIBUTION: On Bill Murray and Robert Redford, From Slapstick to Yuppie Fantasy NY Times 15 Jun 86...
12) Fo, Dario. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...less formal than the latter). Inspired by the circus and carnivals, his theater uses slapstick, puns, ridicule, and parody to explore social and political issues...
13) Sennett, Mack. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...his own Keystone Company. Sennett's films, rarely more than one or two reels long, were slapstick comedies noted for their fantastic chases and custard pie warfare....
14) 65102. Wisse, Ruth R. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...for lucklessness, but the unhappy circumstances remain outside him, and always suggest the slapstick quality of surprise. The schlemiel's misfortune is his character....
15) clown. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...dell'arte in the late Middle Ages. The acrobatic harlequin wore a mask and carried a slapstick, which he repeatedly employed on other characters. One of these, the...
16) Brooks, Mel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...bad taste. His other hit comedies are usually wild parodies that mix satire with slapstick; they include Blazing Saddles (1974), a spoof of Western movies; Young...
17) Marx Brothers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and Animal Crackers, both of which they transferred to film (1929, 1930). Their anarchic, slapstick humor turned dignified settings into playhouses for Groucho's...
18) commedia dell'arte. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mask and motley colored clothes and carried a bat or wooden sword, the ancestor of the slapstick. His crony, Brighella, was more roguish and sophisticated, a cowardly...
19) Weber and Fields. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and aggressive, while Weber was short and the brunt of the jokes. They were noted for their slapstick antics, their dialect jokes, and their burlesques of popular...
20) Beatles, The. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mystery Tour (1968), and Let It Be (1970); all of these are outstanding for their exuberance, slapstick, and satire. The Beatles also supplied voices for the full-length...
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