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Word: comedian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the circumstances it is hardly reasonable to expect too much of the lesser flora amid which Poppy blooms. One faultless feature is sufficient for the normal musical comedy. But Poppy is abnormal. It has in addition to Miss Kennedy the funniest comedian at present exhibiting in New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 17, 1923 | 9/17/1923 | See Source »

...adjacent photograph shows Dr. Richard Clarke Cabot taking the role of a bedridden Irish comedian in a charity entertainment in Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Aug. 27, 1923 | 8/27/1923 | See Source »

Broken Engagement. Miss Pola Negri, Polish film tragedienne, from Charles Spencer Chaplin, film comedian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 6, 1923 | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

...next time a burlesque troupe settles in the local auditorium he will suddenly feel younger. The rising curtain will reveal: first a pair of feet that are not mates, next a pair of checkered pantaloons merging into a green vest, finally a long and astonishingly rubric nasal organ. The comedian is suddenly struck violently in the stomach. He gyrates neatly, and falls flat upon his face. The memories involved may provoke a smile. More probably they will give the aged Scholar a pain in the portion of his person immediately below the ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of Slapstick | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...point of wildest merriment in the Scandals is reached when the comedian's right buttock absorbs several inches of bayonet wielded by a jealous Romeo. A moment later the balcony collapses, Juliet and all. The house goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of Slapstick | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

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