[DOC] [TLE] Top banana | Define Top banana at Dictionary.com [PAR] Top banana definition, a leading comedian in musical comedy, burlesque, ... The 
leading or featured comedian in a burlesque show; the chief comic ... [said to 
have originated fr a burlesque routine having to do with a bunch of bananas]. [DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Question, GOING BANANAS - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] Jeopardy Question: GOING BANANAS - This term for the leading comedian in a 
show originated in a burlesque routine involving bananas. [DOC] [TLE] top bananas (comedian) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "top bananas" is a plural form of "top banana" (comedian): the leading comedian 
in a burlesque show. ... Definition: the leading comedian in a burlesque show ... 
Origin: a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets
... [DOC] [TLE] top bananas - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "top bananas" definitions: the leading comedian in a burlesque show | the most 
important ... the most important person in a group (7 of 37 words) ... Origin: a 
burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch 
line... [DOC] [TLE] Top Banana | Definition of Top Banana by Merriam-Webster [PAR] the leading comedian in a burlesque show; broadly : kingpin 2. See top ... Origin 
and Etymology of top banana. from a burlesque routine involving three 
comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana. First 
Known Use:... [DOC] [TLE] The Big Apple: Top Banana & Second Banana - Barry Popik [PAR] Apr 28, 2009 ... Silvers further popularized the term Top Banana in his 1951 Broadway ... 
Etymology: from a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one 
... the leading comedian in a burlesque show ; broadly : kingpin 2 [DOC] [TLE] American burlesque - Wikipedia [PAR] American burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of 
Victorian burlesque, ... The term "burlesque" more generally means a literary, 
dramatic or musical work ... The comedy often stemmed from the incongruity and 
absurdity of the ... Short routines or sketches with minimal plot cohesion across a 
show. [DOC] [TLE] Top banana - definition of top banana by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Define top banana. top banana synonyms, top banana pronunciation, top 
banana translation ... Noun, 1. top banana - the leading comedian in a burlesque 
show. [DOC] [TLE] Banana - Idioms by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Definition of banana in the Idioms Dictionary. banana phrase. ... comedian (the 
so-called "top banana"), as during a burlesque or vaudeville routine. ... where 
from the early 1900s it has signified the leading comedian (possibly the original 
... The phrase is said to have originated with a vaudevillian named Harry Steppe 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Harry Steppe - Wikipedia [PAR] Harry Steppe (born Abraham Stepner, March 16, 1888  November 22, 1934 was 
a Russian ... Silvers further popularized the term "Top Banana" in his 1951 
Broadway ... When Steppe became gravely ill and unable to work, his friends in 
show ..... Excerpt: "In fact, Harry Steppe, one of the leading burlesque comedians,
... [DOC] [TLE] top banana - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] top banana: Slang The main comic in a burlesque show. ... n. the leading 
comedian in a burlesque show; n. the most important person in a group or 
undertaking ... So called from the presentation of a banana to the comedian who 
has the punch line in a three-man burlesque routine. ... Words with the same 
meaning. [DOC] [TLE] TOP BANANA meaning in English,  .  ... [PAR] noun Etymology: from a burlesque routine involving three comedians in ... also 
gets a banana Date: 1952 the leading comedian in a burlesque show. ... word 
and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for TOP BANANA in 
dictionaries. ... Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof 
banaana ~ Date:  [DOC] [TLE] History of Burlesque Part I - Musicals101.com [PAR] At its best, burlesque was a rich source of music and comedy that

Question: This term for the leading comedian in a show originated in a burlesque routine involving bananas
Answer: Top banana