Strange Brew by John Deering for September 17, 2024

Keep your feet firmly "plant"ained on the ground.

“Slip-sliding” away!!!!

;-)

Now, cake in the face? Steak in the face? What about…pie?

Adam and Jamie busted that one.

Just yesterday, I watched a youtube video of a boater eating a banana, while pulling a wakeboarder behind the boat.

The boater threw the banana peel over the starboard side and a second later, the wakeboarder fell off his board.

I laughed so hard I spit my coffee lol! :+D

Unfortunately for Dr. Kneed and Dr. Les, the man in the blue suit ‘was’ their financial backer.

Shaving-cream pies and seltzer water bottles were additional advances in comedic prop technology.

The word slapstick is derived from the Italian batacchio or bataccio, a device that originated in the Italian commedia dell’arte in the 16th century. It was a set of boards that made a loud slapping sound. I guess they did not have slide whistles or a drum “rimshot” back then.

I wonder if they tried fresh figs.

Just in time for silent films!

I vaguely recall reading that the banana peel schtick was based in fact. Early last century, bananas were one of the first fruits to be imported long distances because of the way they ripen after harvest. They could make it long distances and were popular in large metropolitan areas such as NYC. With the influx of the bananas, there was an attendant increase of peels tossed wherever. And, they are indeed slippery of stepped on just right.

Nothing beats the classic Richard Van Lesbian (Go comics will not allow the proper name of a legendary comedian) skit where he delivers a lecture on how comedy has evolved beyond slapstick, while tripping and falling over everything in the room.

Ha! And here I thought slapstick was spontaneous!

Now, quick! Hit him with a slapstick.

The first recorded time a banana peel was used in comedy, it was chosen as a tasteful replacement of something grosser.

In “The Comeback” Lisa Kudrow stated the basic law of pratfalls. Falling on your, uh, backside is much funnier than falling on your face. Nice to hear established theory from a pro.

I was walking (shopping) in Winn-Dixie. All of a sudden my foot slid out and I hit the floor – hard. I was walking past a floor display with yogurts in it, and somehow a small container of yogurt had made it to the floor.

Word of advice: Do NOT step on a small container of yogurt, specially on a slick floor.

And, if it happens to you, tragedy.