sight gags
Physical humor bits
Sight gags are visual jokes that work through what you see rather than what you hear—pratfalls, funny costumes, unexpected objects, or absurd physical situations.
The term belongs primarily to film and theater criticism.
Silent film comedians like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin built careers on elaborate sight gags.
The movie relies heavily on sight gags and slapstick.
- clowningPlayful comic behavior
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- falling downDescending without control
- trip and fallLose balance, go down
- Laurel and HardyContrasting comedic film partners
physical comedy · deadpan · slapstick · Three Stooges · visual puns · banana peels · pantomime · silent films · miming · rubber chicken · farce · mugging · mistaken identity · hidden door · Marx Brothers · buffoonery · funny walk · mallet
- kid comedyknock-knock jokes, potty humor, poop jokes, silly faces, funny faces
- clownsclown, bozo, hobo clown, rodeo clown, party clown
- comedy stylesjokes, sarcasm, puns, irony, parody
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- stage comedyslapstick, pratfalls, sketches, skits, vaudeville
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Verbal wit techniques
puns · one-liners · witty banter · verbal wit · stand-up comedy
sight gagsintellectual humor
Comedy requiring background knowledge
satirical commentary · dry wit · observational comedy · comedy of manners · social satire
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