The funny parts
Subtitle: a history of film comedy routines and gags
By: Anthony Balducci
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780786465132
Subjects: History and criticism; Comedy films
Description: "Classic comedy routines and individual gags have been around for hundreds of years; the best of these making their way through theater, circus, film and television, surviving to present day. As these timeless comedy gems are traced to their beginnings and followed through the years, readers are taken on a mirthful journey from Keystone to Zombieland"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: And then there were pies; title: Mannequins and other dummies; title: Animals; title: Adventures in eating; title: Attack of the vamps; title: Indecent exposure; title: Spooky apparitions; title: Bombs and burglars; title: How to disguise yourself as furniture and fool; title: Your friends; title: The amazing trapdoor chase; title: Science and magic; title: Tooth extraction and laughing gas; title: Into the looking glass; title: Sleepless nights; title: Fathers to sons of the desert; title: The big jangly box, the sliding ladder and; title: Other comic props; title: The Buster Keaton variations; title: The Harold Lloyd variations; title: Hysterical history; title: Bugs; title: Scared black servants, dice-playing african; title: Cannibals, and the most racist comedy in silent cinema history; title: Other variations.