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"One Leg Too Few" is a comedy sketch written by Peter Cook and most famously performed by Cook and Dudley Moore. It is a classic example of comedy arising from an absurd situation which the participants take entirely seriously (comic irony), and a demonstration of the construction of a sketch in order to draw a laugh from the audience with almost every line.
The sketch's original premise featured Eunice's brother Phillip, played by Roddy McDowall, being visited by the family. Later on, other children of Mama's were introduced, including Betty White as Ellen, Alan Alda as Larry and Tommy Smothers as Jack. In addition, Conway played Mickey Hart, Ed's hard-of-hearing business partner.
Cold Open. An opening sketch, often featuring an actual news story, but with fake network logos (often parodying CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, C-SPAN, or PBS NewsHour), followed by a comic segment parodying the story. Sometimes the sketch is a song parody. During the early years of the show the cold open usually featured Colbert and some of ...
Slowly I Turned. "Slowly I Turned" is a popular vaudeville sketch wherein a character is relating a story and is triggered into violent outbursts when the listener inadvertently utters a triggering word or phrase. Versions have also been performed in movies and on television. Comedians Harry Steppe, Joey Faye, [1] and Samuel Goldman [2] each ...
Studio C is an American family-friendly, comedy sketch group created by Matt Meese and Jared Shores. [1] Derek Marquis and Scott Swofferd share the job of executive producer on the show. It is produced by Meese, Luiz Malaman and BYU TV. Each half-hour long episode consists of about seven or eight comedy sketches performed by a group of comedians.
Whitest Kids U' Know. episodes. The following is a list of episodes from the sketch comedy group the Whitest Kids U' Know which ran from March 20, 2007 – June 17, 2011 with a total of 60 episodes and 5 seasons on Fuse and IFC. Based on counting the number of skits in this article, the series contained 381 sketches.
Saturday Night Live. ) Mike Myers, Madonna and Roseanne Barr as their characters. " Coffee Talk " is a series of sketches performed by Mike Myers on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. It ran from October 12, 1991, until October 15, 1994, although Myers (who had since left the show) reprised the role once more on March 22, 1997.
The Family (sketch) Eunice rehearses a play with drama coach Mavis Danton (Madeline Kahn) in The Rehearsal (1976), with Ed watching. "The Family" is a series of comedy sketches featured on The Carol Burnett Show, with one final installment airing on Carol Burnett & Company. The Carol Burnett Show introduced the skit starting in the 1973-1974 ...