ways of making you laugh
Apr. 19th, 2020 03:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calimacIf 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.
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.
