rubber chickens

Squeaky comedy props

A rubber chicken is a novelty item—a floppy, hollow chicken made of rubber or latex, typically bright yellow with an exaggerated open beak.

It's a prop in slapstick comedy and practical jokes, symbolizing corny or low-brow humor.

The rubber chicken circuit refers to the unglamorous rounds of banquets and fundraising dinners that politicians and comedians must endure, where the food is mediocre and the speeches obligatory.

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gag gift · laughter · funny bone · vaudeville · variety show · whoopee cushion · clown nose · comedy · joke · schtick · novelty · slapstick · physical comedy · hilarity · clowning · parody · comic relief · comedic tradition

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comedic register

rubber chickensdry wit

Understated, ironic humor

theatrical masks · bon mots · clever wordplay · Oscar Wilde · deadpan delivery

authenticity/realness

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Baked whole bird

laying hens · broiler chickens · rotisserie chicken · farm animals · chicken meat

seriousness of purpose

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Spiritually significant religious objects

formal attire · state symbols · religious artifacts

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G