pie throwing
Comedy cream attack
Pie throwing is the act of hurling a pie—typically a cream pie—into someone's face, either as slapstick comedy or as a form of protest.
The gag is a staple of vaudeville and silent film humor.
As political theater, activists have pied public figures to humiliate or embarrass them: The CEO got pied during his keynote speech.
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
- cream pieFilled pastry with topping
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- physical comedyHumor from bodily mishaps
- clownComedic performer in makeup
comedy · comedy sketch · splat · face · cream · whipped · circus · vaudeville · Three Stooges · prank · gag · messy · tin · target · smash · comedian · humor · stage
- circus actsacrobat, acrobats, trapeze artist, juggling, jugglers
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- crude humorpoop jokes, burp jokes, toilet humor, potty humor, bathroom humor
pie throwingdiplomatic protocol
Formal international conduct rules
table manners · courtly behavior · gravitas · composure · self-control
pie throwingcoronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
knighting · award ceremony · honoring · crowning · tribute
throwing, pies, throw, throws, threw, thrown, thrower, throwers