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The Off-Beats is an American slapstick comedy animated television series that was created by Mo Willems.The first episodes were produced as standalone short animated films for Nickelodeon; but after the series was nominated for a CableACE Award, more segments were produced for Kablam!. [1]
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. [1] Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders.
The figure who became the anarchic Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England on 9 May 1662, which is traditionally reckoned as Punch's UK birthday. [5] Punch and Judy began to emerge during the Restoration Period (beginning in 1660), [6] a period during which art and theatre thrived.
Occasionally, the older children in the cast (including Christine McGlade, Sarah West or Cyndi Kennedy) played adult characters. The show offered programming for children on Saturday mornings that made no attempt to be an educational program. The idea was successful, as (according to one episode) the show scored a 32 share of the ratings for ...
The puppets would draw pictures, tell stories, sing songs, and play jokes on one another (mainly typical slapstick). The puppets were voiced by Pat Coombs and Keith Chegwin, Cat and Dog respectively. [3] Every storytime would feature episodes from the 1969-1970 French stop-motion animation series Pépin la bulle. In the English version, the ...
Justin Fletcher MBE (born 15 June 1970) [1] [2] is an English children's television presenter, actor and comedian, known for mainly appearing on CBeebies. [3] Speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles, he specialises in slapstick comedy and works with children with special educational needs through his show Something Special.
A traditional Punch and Judy booth, at Swanage, Dorset, England. Low comedy, or lowbrow humor, is a type of comedy that is a form of popular entertainment without any primary purpose other than to create laughter through boasting, boisterous jokes, drunkenness, scolding, fighting, buffoonery and other riotous activity. [1]
Hundreds of Beavers is a 2022 American independent slapstick comedy film directed by Mike Cheslik in his feature directorial debut, and written by Cheslik and Ryland Tews. The film stars Tews as applejack maker Jean Kayak who, in trying to win the hand of a merchant's daughter, finds himself embroiled in a conflict with beavers.