You have heard of Slapstick Comedy, So...

[BiPolarBear 476]

   What's a slapstick? Anybody know without looking it up. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,327]

It's a stick you slap people with ?

[BiPolarBear 476]

2 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

It's a stick you slap people with ?

Wow. Right out of the gate, somebody got it. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,327]

50 minutes ago, BiPolarBear said:

Wow. Right out of the gate, somebody got it. 

Didn't think I was right but it kinda made sense.

[Mookz 1,287]

55 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Didn't think I was right but it kinda made sense.

How did you come up with that? 

[BeenHereBefore 1,327]

22 minutes ago, Mookz said:

How did you come up with that? 

Think I might have heard it before.

[jonmx 1,549]

This...

 

[BiPolarBear 476]

OK. Here is a slapstick:

 

https://thedelicateartofslapstick.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/the-birth-of-slapstick/

They had a cap out of shotgun shell loaded in them that would produce a large noise when the cap went off. They were used on stage and in fraternal orders to scare people going thru initiation. 

 

[GobbleDog 815]

Slapstick is the lowest form of comedy today.  It's why nobody except idiots is entertained by the 3 Stooges. "He got hit in the face with a pie! I can't stop laughing..."  Man were they starved for entertainment a 100 years ago.

However, one modern day comedian broke the mold and could actually pull off slapstick - the late Chris Farley.