comedy sketch
Brief funny scene
A comedy sketch is a short comedic performance, typically lasting a few minutes, built around a single premise or situation.
Sketches are self-contained scenes with their own setup and payoff, distinct from longer narrative formats.
They're the basic unit of sketch comedy shows: Saturday Night Live has produced iconic sketches for decades.
Also called a skit, though sketch is preferred in professional contexts.
- skitBrief comic performance
- bitSmall amount or portion
- recurring bitRepeated comedic element
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- routineRegular sequence of actions
gag · punchline · punch line · SNL · monologue · timing · cold open · performer · stage · laughter · laugh track · parody · satire · absurd · deadpan · pratfall · heckler · ensemble
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- comedy skitsimprov, spoof, parody, improv scene
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, satire, parody, sarcasm
- variety showsSaturday Night Live, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, Laugh-In, The Muppet Show
- cabaretcabaret, cancan, showgirls, burlesque, Moulin Rouge
- comic theaterburlesque, cabaret, farce, operetta, pantomime
comedy sketchtragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
dramatic monologue · tearjerker · dramatic scene · melodrama · funeral oration
comedy sketchthree-act play
Drama in three sections
epic drama · feature film · epic · miniseries · opera
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