humorous sketches
Funny drawn scenes
Humorous sketches are short comedic performances or written pieces, typically self-contained scenes with quick setups and punchlines.
The term applies to both live or televised comedy Saturday Night Live is famous for its humorous sketches and to brief comic writings in magazines or collections.
Sketch comedy emphasizes brevity—a few minutes at most—and often features recurring characters or premises.
- punWordplay using double meanings
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- skitBrief comic performance
- Saturday Night LiveWeekly late-night sketch program
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
comic strip · parody · caricature · vaudeville · editorial cartoon · slapstick · funny faces · exaggeration · punchline · comedic timing · anecdote · humorous dialogue · revue · Hogarth · satire · improv · comedy routine · clown
- cartoonsBugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Simpsons, Donald Duck
- talestale, funny stories, tall tales, short story, yarns
- family humorfamily jokes, dad jokes, marriage jokes, husband jokes, wife jokes
- funny postcardsfunny cards
- witwit, witticism, quip, cleverness, repartee
- caricaturecaricature art, caricatures, caricaturist, caricaturists, caricature artists
humorous sketchesdramatic monologues
Poems spoken by characters
tearjerkers · tragic drama · tragedies · tragic scenes · weepies