feed lines
Electricity delivery wires
Feed lines are the words or cues that set up another performer's joke or response.
In comedy, a straight man feeds lines to the funny one: She fed him the perfect line, and he knocked it out of the park.
The term extends to anyone providing material for another's response, whether rehearsed or spontaneous.
- cueTrigger for action
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- stage directionScript's movement instruction
- promptIncite to action
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theatrical function
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Joke-ending quips
laugh lines · zingers · comebacks · punchlines · one-liners
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