comedy short
Quick comedic film
A comedy short is a brief comedic film, typically under 40 minutes.
The format dominated early cinema—Chaplin, Keaton, and the Three Stooges built careers on comedy shorts before features became standard.
The term now applies to any short-form comedic video content: Her comedy short got into Sundance.
Also called a short comedy or comic short.
- skitBrief comic performance
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
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