Word: skit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protest included music, several speeches and a skit. "Underground Railroad," a local group, sang political songs as the crowd started to gather...
...demonstration featured an original skit called "The Discreet Charm of the Burger Court," written and performed by members of the Law School Guild...
...Jekyll-Hyde skit of a week ago against Dartmouth was nothing compared to the offensive overdrive which opened the second half. With 30 minutes to go in the contest, it was 14-3 Princeton. With 25 minutes, 15 seconds remaining it was Harvard 24-14. You almost had to wonder whether the Palmer Stadium clock was observing Daylight Savings Time, for no "also-ran" football team can score that quickly...
Their specialty is surprise, and they delight in what might be called ambush humor: make them laugh when they least expect it. In one skit, Suzanne, a very leggy blonde, sits down at a bar and orders a gimlet. Monty, pretending he is gay, persuades her that he is now ready to try women, all but writing a sonnet to the female sex. Finally she gives in. "You should try a woman," she says. "In fact," she adds before rushing away, "I'm going to do the same thing...
...Monty Python TV skit, an insurance agent blandly informs a client that his premiums have been low only because his policy states, way down in the fine print: "No claim made by you will be paid...