What makes someone successful at physical comedy?
Who are the great masters?
Lucy
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 20, 2019 1:24 AM |
John Ritter
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 20, 2019 1:26 AM |
Joanna Lumley
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 20, 2019 1:28 AM |
Donald O'Connor
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 20, 2019 1:42 AM |
I know these two are not DL faves, but..
For a big man Kevin James is a good physical comedian.
And the hated Andy Dick when he had a career was very funny at physical comedy.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 20, 2019 1:43 AM |
Dick Van Dyke David Hyde Pierce
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 20, 2019 1:45 AM |
Lucy. Thread closed.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 20, 2019 1:50 AM |
Laverne and Shirley did some wonderful scenes that deserve to be more highly regarded.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 20, 2019 1:51 AM |
Tituss Burgess.
Every cell in his body is engaged.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 20, 2019 1:53 AM |
On Three's Company, Cindy and John Ritter played physically well off each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 20, 2019 1:56 AM |
Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean)
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 20, 2019 2:02 AM |
How did Melissa McCarthy at the OP do four consecutive staircase tumbles live?
The last one was a whopper.
But the best part was her facial expressions on landing.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 20, 2019 1:00 PM |
“Oh, Lulu, no!”
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 20, 2019 1:01 PM |
Buster Keaton doing breathtaking stunts for comic effect.
If I’d been alive in the silent era, I’d have had a crush on him as much as in Valentino.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 20, 2019 1:09 PM |
Keaton.
Maybe if Van Damme has been a comedian...
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 20, 2019 1:12 PM |
There is a subverted elegance in a top-grade pratfall.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 20, 2019 1:19 PM |
I always thought Van Damme WAS a comedian. His "acting" has always been hilarious.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 20, 2019 1:24 PM |
How does a live show like SNL work to show two different “sets” within a single sketch?
What did the live audience see in between the Melissa McCarthy bits? Watching her get up and reposition herself would take a lot of humor out of it for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 20, 2019 1:32 PM |
Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara.
Different comic actors use different characteristics to pull it off.
Lorne was genius at “bumbling.”
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 20, 2019 1:36 PM |
Mr. Bean
Will Ferrell
Jim Carey
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 20, 2019 1:48 PM |
[quote]On Three's Company, Cindy and John Ritter played physically well off each other.
Cindy who?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 20, 2019 3:32 PM |
More Melissa McCarthy.
Extra credit for the live performances.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 22, 2019 3:06 AM |
The young Carol Burnett and Barbra Streisand. Martha Raye. Betty Hutton.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 22, 2019 3:29 AM |
Titus is fantastic, so is Rowan Atkinson. Buster Keaton and Melissa McCarthy go without saying.
Here’s a dark horse candidate Sean Hayes. Megan Mullaly is great too, but Sean is fantastic at little moments.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 22, 2019 3:38 AM |