Since the beginning of the 20th century, slipping on a banana peel has been a fixture in physical comedy. A comedy trope, if you will. We’ve seen such legendary silent comedians as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Laurel and Hardy - all do a variation of the slipping on a banana peel gag.
But how did the “slipping on a banana peel” gag come into our lexicon? And why don’t we see people slipping on banana peels in 2019? Find out all this and more as we do a CH101 deep dive into the history of slipping on banana peels!
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(Pt 2) History of Peep Show And Its American Pilot
History of Peep Show and Other US Versions of British Comedy Shows
History of National Lampoon Lemmings
History of Kentucky Fried Movie
History of Tunnel Vision: Comedy That Led to SNL
History of The Groove Tube: Comedy That Led to SNL
History of the Biggest Flop in TV Comedy History
CH101 Select: History of Dead Baby Jokes
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(PT 2) History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?
History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?
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