slapstick: Media

comedy

Videos

Watch Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Shemp Howard as the Three Stooges from the film “Sing a Song of Six Pants,” 1947
A scene from Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947), starring Larry Fine, Moe Howard,...
Video: Public domain
Watch Laurel and Hardy in a scene from The Flying Deuces, 1939
A scene from The Flying Deuces (1939), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Video: Public domain

Images

commedia dell'arte: Harlequin; Pierrot
Commedia dell'arte characters Harlequin (left) and Pierrot, illustration on paper,...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Gift of F.G. Waller, Amsterdam
Keystone Kops
Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops appeared in his silent film comedies from 1914 to the...
Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive, New York City