slapstick

[uncronopio]

From Greatest Films: a broad form of comedy in which the humor comes from physical acts or pantomime, frequently harmless violence and pratfalls intended to produce laughter. The name was derived from a device called a slapstick, two boards that slapped together with a loud crack when used to strike something or someone; prevalent during the silent era and in early talkies, with its primary motif being pie-throwing.

Examples: Keystone Kops, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, the Three Stooges, and more recently, Jerry Lewis and Jim Carrey.

Tim, you may remember this word

[tcward]

While I'm certain you must have been referring to some thread at that other board, alas, my memory is not serving me well enough to recall...

-Tim
...I'm not that old.

[M. Henri Day]

Uncronopio, you might want to check out the discussion on the second page of the (unfortunately misspelled) Shadenfreude thread on the other forum....

Henri

[uncronopio]

Thanks for the link M. Henri Day.

Luis

[M. Henri Day]

Your quite welcome, Luis Alejandro Apiolaza !...

Henri