A blackout gag is a kind of joke in broad, rapid-fire slapstick comedy. The term is derived from burlesque and vaudeville, when the lights were quickly...

Look up blackout or black out in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blackout(s), black out, or The Blackout may refer to: Power outage, a loss of electric...

A gag order (also known as a gagging order or suppression order) is an order, typically a legal order by a court or government, restricting information...

motion pictures and television. Their shows were noted for their crazy blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem ("anything can happen, and it probably will")...

by Robert McKimson. The short was released on June 6, 1953. It is a blackout gag cartoon about automobiles. A narrator (voiced by an uncredited John T...

Laugh-In had a uniquely fast-paced stream-of-consciousness style of blackout gags, double entendre, topical satire, and catchphrases, much of it delivered...

"Solfeggio". Kovacs used extended sketches and mood pieces or quick blackout gags lasting only seconds. Some could be expensive, such as his famous used-car...

The film contains a series of short comic sketches, set pieces and blackout gags. Warren Nefron is a klutz who cannot do anything right. He tells his...

spoofs, and the first Warner Bros. "spot gag" cartoon, where each vignette is punctuated by a moment of blackout. The short follows a cruise ship on a trip...

Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for their blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem. May's first experience in show business came...

Elisabeth Kiernan Averick. In this episode, Homer is blamed for causing a town blackout, and Marge doubts him when he claims his innocence. The episode received...

rock group of anthropomorphic animals. The show's format of fast-paced blackout gags was loosely based on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, so much so that Barbera...

Media blackout is the censorship of news related to a certain topic, particularly in mass media, for any reason. A media blackout may be voluntary, or...

finds himself in one ridiculous situation after another (by a series of blackout gags) while working at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Stanley...

Dutch Masters commercials, usually presented as yet another type of "blackout gag" shown during the show and themselves unique due to being done completely...

short was released on November 14, 1959. The cartoon is made up of blackout gags with no real story tying them together, similar to many cartoons directed...

variety show starring the Globetrotters that featured comedy skits, blackout gags, and educational segments. The show was produced by Funhouse Productions...

adaptation of The Fox and the Grapes as inspiration due to its use of blackout gags. Jones modelled the coyote's appearance on fellow animator Ken Harris...

Babies debuted two years later. The show consists of old burlesque blackout gags and sketches, interspersed with song and dance numbers, and vaudeville...

Chuck Jones later acknowledged this short, which features a series of blackout gags as the Fox repeatedly tries and fails to obtain a bunch of grapes in...

Wacky Blackout is a 1942 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on July 11, 1942. The cartoon, set on a farm...

then goes to the barn, and warms up the farm animals which leads to blackout gags: The rabbit tries to concentrate on playing his flute, but ends up with...

work with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, included the uses of blackout gags and gags involving characters falling from high places. Jones co-directed...

bargaining. UE routinely rejects management pleas for bargaining "blackouts," gag rules which prohibit open communication to rank-and-file union members...

1957. During her peak period, Jinx's stories ranged from three-panel blackout gags to seven-page stories. Jinx was normally depicted as a lovable but mischievous...

outing. 8 Ball Bunny involves long time spans, days of travel, very few blackout gags, and a story with an actual beginning, middle, and end. Also, the little...

exit running". Contemporary indoor shows may also end a clown gag with a simple blackout. Basket animal A costume made with a basket in the middle, looking...

Albrecht. John Pyper-Ferguson as Jason "Top Dollar" Danko, the manager of the Blackout nightclub, Top Dollar ran contract killings for Mace Reyes using T-Bird...

released in 2021 to critical and commercial success; the songs "Holiday" and "Blackout" earned the band three nominations at the 65th Grammy Awards. Turnstile...

Star", "Wolfgang Birdwatcher" and "Fleming of the Yard", a set of brief blackout gags, a long, whimsically strange routine about plucking chickens, and three...