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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lisa's sax solo gags on The Simpsons
		This is known as the sax solo gag.
		In the early days of the series, a gag was used in almost every episode but as commercial time has increased, they have gradually disappeared.
		Running gags Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan The chalkboard gag is a running visual joke that occurs during the opening credits of many episodes of The Simpsons.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lisa%27s-sax-solo-gags-on-The-Simpsons (277 words)

	Comedy Films
		Visual comedy remained strong throughout the 1930s, but now witty dialogue and verbal comedy were added.
		C. Fields is known for his recognizable raspy voice, pool cue, oversized bulbous nose and nasal drawl, stove-pipe hat, flask of 100-proof whiskey and love of drink, caustic verbal wit and wisecracks, and irritable disdain for small children, animals, upper-class snobs and bullying wives.
		He was an inspired comedian, a master of visual gags, double-takes, casual asides and pantomime.
	www.filmsite.org /comedyfilms2.html (2246 words)

	5. Physical comedy and the visual gag
		Gag seven is Bill walking back to the office, but stopping to provide a speedy but highly professional statement of management’s position to the striking Joe.
		The final variation of the gag occurs when Dave, after Lisa continues to refuse to accept what may be perceived as special treatment, decides to put the chair "out of its misery" with a katana (a prop from one of the other two plot lines of this episode).
		What this gag demonstrates is the perfect marriage of visual and verbal comedy that typifies NewsRadio: fast-paced, brilliantly constructed with the variations and imaginative surprises that mark the very best of gags, visually economical, efficient, and elegant, with smooth transitions from one gag to the next.
	www.newsradioart.com /Pages/5.PhysicalComedy01.html (1081 words)

	The Gag Reflex
		Keaton could create gags from sequences of shots, as in his amazing trajectory gags, where he is propelled through space, a plaything of momentum, gravity, and the objects in his path.
		Gag after gag in the history of comedy depends on exploiting, rather than concealing the apparent limitations of the film frame.
		This is an extension of the flatness gag – using the limits of the screen for unrealistic pleasure.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/04/33/the_gag_reflex.html (3145 words)

	Wacky Comedy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jokes and visual gags fly fast and furious, usually in a non sequitur manner that eschews narrative for sheer absurdity.
		Though they may be hit-and-miss, the ultimate success or failure of this type of comedy depends on the overall percentage of jokes that amply tickle a viewer's funny bone.
		The gags are often similar to slapstick, but with less emphasis on physical violence and more emphasis on comic antics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wacky_Comedy_film (811 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of The Simpsons chalkboard gags
		FACTOID # 136: 84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
		The following is a list of chalkboard gags seen on The Simpsons.
		Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan The chalkboard gag is a running visual joke that occurs during the opening credits of many episodes of The Simpsons.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List_of_The_Simpsons_chalkboard_gags/Season_13 (142 words)

	son gags when toileting
		You are undoubtedly correct in thinking that your son's gagging is a psychologically-based response.
		You are wise to basically ignore the gagging response - there's no need to focus on it.
		Since the visual stimulus is what appears to bring on the gagging, he could sit while urinating and you could help him learn to avert his glance and close the lid to the toilet before flushing.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/ChildBehavior/archive/146.html (598 words)

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		The gags are imaginitive, and most of them are physically impossible, but they don't add up to the madcap vision of physical reality found in the MGM cartoon, they just flaunt their weirdness.
		I initially underrated A Wild Hare because I expected outlandish visual gags from Tex Avery, and while that was a mistake, it’s forgivable since his visual gags come close to the MGM stuff.
		The gags don't develop the characters as intricately as A Wild Hare or Hecklin' Hare, preferring to be eccentric (I have no use for the bullets that follow Bugs, for instance), which is why I don't enjoy it as much.
	comicartoon.50megs.com /tex2.html (2761 words)

	Getting the joke
		Gag follows gag in an orgasmic rush - all delivered by consummate professional comedians, (who like many others had adapted their stage routine for the cinema.) In the later Marx Bros. films, the 'story' takes over (often a fairly feeble romance) and the gags are demoted to a sideshow.
		In most comedy films there is a tension between the gag and the narrative situation and between the comedian and the comic actor.
		As well as the tension between the gag and the narrative, there is a further set of categorisations which refer to the purposes of comedy and, linked to this, the status of the comedy form.
	www.mediaed.org.uk /posted_documents/comedyfilms.html (1968 words)

	Asian American Film: Reviews
		With little care for continuity or consistent eyelines but enormous visual flair and boundless goofball energy, "Post Concussion" follows Matthew Kang (played by Yoon) as he loses his job, his girlfriend, and much of his ability to think coherently and walk in a straight line.
		With a visual verve seldom seen in first features, "Post Concussion" mixes faux educational films about brain trauma with scenes of Kang grappling with morons, hallucinating in front of the television, and stumbling into love.
		And the film falls a little short in plumbing certain themes -- the subplot concerning Kang's mother is a little too sketchy to bear the emotional weight it's given at the end of the film.
	www.asianamericanfilm.com /archives/000432.html (675 words)

	Comic Book Resources - Comic Book News, Reviews and Commentary - Updated Daily!
		It's a great gag that sets him apart from the other characters and is an interesting parody of tough guy manga that makes the shojo comedy even more amusing.
		The love triangle is not the only focus of the each somewhat episodic chapter, as we are introduced to Tenma's sister and her friends, each introduced by each other in data sheets between chapters.
		These introductions are entertaining gags, as we get to see what each of the characters knows about (and thinks of) the other characters.
	www.comicbookresources.com /columns/index.cgi?column=cmi&article=2384 (1605 words)

	Grove City College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tati's gags are brilliant in that they are extremely playful yet manage to take satirical jabs at technology, status and modernity.
		The house is a hideous gray box with two small circular windows at the top (Tati uses the windows and their inhabitants in one of the most creative and funniest visual gags ever).
		The film is full of complex and delightful gags like this, tied together not by narrative but by theme.
	www.gcc.edu /news/collegian/09-20-02/Collegianclassic.htm (634 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Shallow Hal at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the film undisputedly mandates that the object of Hal’s affection possesses profound inner beauty, it only succeeds in shifting the perspective of Hal’s character from an obsession with an idealized female form to an equally ruinous and implausible extreme where the physical component of attraction is of no consequence whatsoever.
		By undermining the credibility of the film to accommodate a few mildly amusing visual gags, the Farrellys made an unfortunate and unnecessary choice.
		Clearly, the directors intended “Shallow Hal” to be a comedy (and it largely succeeds on that level) but their comedic goals could also have been fully realized within the context of a more absorbing and emotionally resonant feature overall.
	www.epinions.com /content_74370813572 (647 words)

	AtomFilms - Rex the Runt 4: Too Many Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Framing gags eg Rex as pretentious TV presenter, or the green devil's interventions.
		Visual gags eg the no dogs sign when they're sitting on the grass.
		Absurd gags eg when they immediately weary of being Shylock Holmes, or the tour of key moments in world history.
	www.atomfilms.com /af/content/atom_617 (137 words)

	AnimeNation News
		The "sweat drop" as it's commonly referred to, is a visual symbol of anxiety or embarrassment.
		Thus, the visual gag of people falling over expresses the joke without the need for a reader to actually read what was said.
		The humor of the sequence is immediately expressed to the reader through these visual cues, even before the dialogue has a chance to instigate the same effect.
	www.animenation.net /news/askjohn.php?id=288 (644 words)

	The Morecambe & Wise tribute site
		Visual jokes about Luton Town F.C., a football club of which Eric was a director.
		All clips on the Morecambe and Wise 'visual gags' page retain their original copyright as owned by their respective production companies.
		All files are for educational, research, criticism, or review for audio/video purchase purposes.
	ericandernie.homestead.com /Visualgags.html (316 words)

	Unterricht
		His cartoon style of slapstick gags and hilarious situations are still being imitated today, over forty years after they were created.
		Avery was essentially "the original one-man band." Unassisted, Avery dreamed up plots and gags, drew small, rough storysketches for Allen to follow up on, and layouts for the animators and background painters.
		At Hanna-Barbera&emdash;where he worked for the last three years of his life developing gags and characters, such as Kwicky Koala&emdash; The office became a mecca for the studio's young artists who were thrilled to be working with the great Tex Avery.
	www.kunstwissen.de /fach/f-kuns/comix/avery/averye.htm (2244 words)

	The Albuquerque Tribune: Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Texture and color were left to the characters and the music, while the visual aspects took a step back.
		This visual simplicity allows the audience to shift focus to wherever the action occurs.
		Leerhuber was as engaging a Figaro as Sledge was an endearing Almaviva.
	www.abqtrib.com /albq/fe_theater/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19847_3927269,00.html (623 words)

	Printing Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You tell Visual Baler how many columns to print (to the left of your print range) by the range you type in here.
		Visual Baler doesn't release system resources in when it prints, so multiple print jobs can crash the program.
		Other (Visual Baler users) have told us that they have less than 60%, and it still prints for them.
	the-ciba.com /vbaler/support/printing.html (2055 words)

	Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I wanted Ornaments to be charming and somewhat old-fashioned, with plenty of visual gags and a happy ending.
		I was also aiming for visual and physical realism, with a few hints of stylization here and there.
		I listened to each song over and over, visualizing the action until I was ready to put it down on paper.
	www.ornamentsthemovie.com /makingof/story.htm (268 words)

	Edinburgh 2002: The Fall Of The House Of Spencer Brown
		He certainly has all the makings of a great comic - he can craft splendid one-liners and silly but clever visual gags which, combined with his immense enthusiasm and drive, will engage any audience.
		Though the material can be variable, there are some inspired gags and delightfully daft routines about, for example, the stool pigeon.
		While cross-fertilisation of genres is usually to be welcomed, it would also be nice for Brown to use his brilliant imagination to concentate either on stand-up or on a full theatrical show - rather than this hybrid that falls uneasily between two stools.
	www.chortle.co.uk /edfest2002/fallspencer.html (359 words)

	spielbergfilms.com: Trail Mix-Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 8.52 minute short starts off in a tranquil forest which quickly gives way to tourist traffic congestion, litter and of course a few funny visual gags (this time pasted up on the forest's trees) including an ad for the must-see film "Attack of the 50 Ft. Lima Bean".
		Herman pursues the beaver (contributing to the constant, inventive abuse of Roger) through "The Sawmill" ("Not the Sawmill!!!"), a particularly great locale for some of the most violent gags Roger has ever been submitted to, much to the delight of audiences.
		It's the last cinema audiences have unfortunately seen of Roger Rabbit, in what surely are the funniest, classiest animated shorts to come out of Hollywood since the heyday years of the Warner Bros. and MGM cartoons of the Golden Age.
	www.spielbergfilms.com /rogerrabbittrailmixup.html (375 words)

	Review of Men In Coats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hands are cut off and magic tricks performed, including the unique achievement of pulling a hat out of a rabbit; heads, hands and feet seem to assume independent lives of their own.
		It's a glorious mixture of old Keystone movie gags and the kind of routines that used to be seen on the children's TV programme Vision On, and like both is completely non-verbal.
		There may not be a prolonged life to the act, but it's staggeringly inventive and executed with energy, precision and an infectious joy.
	www.cix.co.uk /~shutters/reviews/02194.htm (199 words)

	Eurotrip - DVD Review
		Yet, oddly enough this plainly stupid comedy is consistently funny, capturing a little bit of that naughty travelling spirit of those dumb sex comedies of the 80's but rarely resorting to gross out visual gags.
		With heaps of gags pouring out thick and fast, some do fall on their face (the creepy Italian train rider for one) but they fly by so quickly that there's usually some laughs or nudity around the corner.
		The direction is solid and at times interesting, making some truly awful scripted gags into decent visual laughs.
	www.darkhorizons.com /dvds/d-eurotrip.php (905 words)

	View topic - Journalistic April Fools' gags on Visual Editors
		Visual Editors is the online classroom and meeting hall where student and young journalists working in newsrooms around the world come to study the latest reporting, editing and design techniques, story forms, media trends, and interactive strategies.
		At VizEds you are the author and the scholar.
		Visual Editors was founded by Robb Montgomery
	www.visualeditors.com /forum/archive/journalistic-april-fools-gags-2569.htm (1088 words)

	The Irresistible Piggies Movie DVD
		Four women working at the same company are termed "the pork chops" because they are not physically attractive.
		The story moves along at a gallop, rarely slowing down as one comic situation after another is played out.
		All kinds of humor is thrown into the mix, including visual gags aplenty, wordplay, a horror film parody, etc. Not all the nonsense works -- some is downright cruel and other bits may be offensive -- but overall it makes for an enjoyable stew.
	chinesetapes.com /movie_chinese/irresistible_piggies.html (297 words)

	Amazon Shopping with Shwing! - The Best of Ernie Kovacs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kovacs was the impresario of the sight gag, a genius at off-the-wall antics that made him the Chaplin of TV Comedy.
		That is not an exaggeration because sound was usually the least important ingredient in Kovacs' comedy: e.g., Kovacs would be underwater smoking his cigar and trying to blow smoke rings; Kovacs would nail a table and a camera to a platform, tilt it slightly and then try to pour milk into a glass.
		Here are all of his great characters as well: Percy Dovetonsils, the cross-eyed, martini-drinking, lisping poet in a smoking jacket; Matzoh Hepplewhite, the world's most inept and clumsy magician; Pierre Ragout, a seedy Frenchman whose charming tales of Paris drove him into exile.
	www.shwing.com /amazon/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B000056B07 (1374 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The Strangely Polite "Dr. Strangelove" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The most memorable comic elements in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant and impudent new movie, "Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," are an assortment of visual gags.
		...These gags have undoubtedly done more than anything else in the film to earn Kubrick and his collaborators on the script, Terry Southern and Peter George, their current reputation in some quarters for being radical social healers and, in other quarters, for being tasteless sick-joke makers...
		...it is the perfect visual setting for what takes place there-indeed, it is Kubrick's best realized cinematic invention, in a young career that has already produced many...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V37I5P77-1.htm (1812 words)

	IGN: Comics in Context #51: What's New, Pussycat?
		The original Duck Dodgers cartoon is an astonishingly fast-paced thrill ride of visual gags, funny dialogue, and over the top visual conceits that never lets up, and never grows tiresome in repeated reviewings.
		Too often visual gags are just thrown at us frenetically, without the proper build-up and timing.
		One of the continuing gags is that the Martians think of Dodgers as an invincible hero, but it's hard to believe that they could continue to think so after witnessing this lazy incompetent in action, or, for that matter, that Dodgers would have been given his job as space adventurer in the first place.
	comics.ign.com /articles/595/595637p8.html (772 words)

	Film Review: Robots
		It's Looney Tunes times four (at least), with the screen crammed with more visual gags than eye or brain possibly can register, which undoubtedly means repeat theater visits by youngsters and huge sell-through in the video/DVD market.
		As is Wedge's habit, his simple, likable (or unlikable) characters mostly are a collection of running gags.
		The emphasis here is entirely on the timing of gags and a steady flow of action.
	biz.gamedaily.com /features.asp?article_id=9129&filter=hollywood&email= (1024 words)

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