Sunday, April 19, 2020

ways of making you laugh

If your sense of humor is anything like mine, this will amuse you and take your mind off sitting at home all day.

Last summer, B. and I went to see the touring production of The Play That Goes Wrong, a farce in which a troupe of incompetent actors puts on another play. And though the play-within was an uninteresting murder mystery, we found the result diverting and funny. Here's a typical sampling, taken from the Royal Variety Performance by the original London cast:

But that's not all. The creators of this have applied the concept to better plays. Here's some assorted bits, in irregular order, from Peter Pan Goes Wrong:

and a TV production of A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong:

And the stars, in character, announcing an equally silly award-winner:
There's more, but this seems to be where the inspiration ran out. As the guy in the last clip says of sequels ... But I enjoyed all of these.

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