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The World of Commedia Dell’arte

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

Here is an excel­lent set of youtube videos to edu­cate you on com­me­dia dell’arte. In this first video, she refers to the British TV show, Fawlty Tow­ers, which helps to under­stand the char­ac­ters. This next video describes how the com­me­dia … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Primitive comic structure

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Jonathan Lyons

Thomas Edi­son was one of the pio­neers of mov­ing pic­tures, and “Fred Ott’s Sneeze” is his old­est sur­viv­ing movie. Made in 1889, it is con­sid­ered to be a comic film. Just watch­ing a man sneeze was thought to be enter­tain­ing. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The hoser hosed.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

I now answer the burn­ing ques­tion, what is the old­est gag ever put on film:

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