Slipping on a banana peel that was left on the ground is a joke that the entertainment industry has used for ages. The gag was inspired by real life events.

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Back when I was in middle school, the world was hit with something called slap bracelets. They are stripes of sheet metal bent into a slightly parabolic shape, which, once manipulated, would roll onto ...

Slapstick is one of the most recognisable forms of comedy, and it is one of the first that we are introduced to as humans. While satire, verbal gags and other forms of comedy require some degree of ...

Slapstick is making something of a comeback, with two film seasons already this year celebrating silent comedy and a BBC series about the genre scheduled for the Spring. So why is no one making new ...

Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...

Sometimes dismissed as a lesser form of comedy, slapstick is actually one of the hardest comic mediums to nail, requiring great timing, physical prowess and a good connection with your co-stars to get ...