In its original sense, a shaggy-dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents...

Look up shaggy dog story in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (The) shaggy dog may refer to: Shaggy Dog (play), a 1968 television play by Dennis Potter...

the phrase shaggy dog story, which describes a lengthy or complicated story with an anticlimactic conclusion. A typical shaggy God story might feature...

Shaggy Dog Story is a three-minute promotional trailer for Children in Need, put together by the BBC and Gorgeous Productions (directed by Chris Palmer)...

The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel The Hound of Florence by...

The Shaggy Dog franchise consists of American science fiction-fantasy-comedy films, with three theatrical releases, and two made-for-television films....

of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke. Anti-humor is described...

necessary. Red herring – drawing attention to a certain element to mislead Shaggy dog story – a long-winded anecdote designed to lure the audience into a false...

The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 American comedy film and a sequel to The Shaggy Dog (1959) produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was directed by Robert Stevenson...

The Return of the Shaggy Dog is a 1987 American two-part made-for-television comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television. The film is set in the 17...

and Other Stories, where Asimov explains his love of puns. It is an example of a shaggy dog story, as indicated by the title ("ShahGui doG"). Shah Guido...

as an amateur detective, and the long-time best friend of his dog, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy has a characteristic speech pattern marked by his frequent use...

Story structure or narrative structure is the recognizable or comprehensible way in which a narrative's different elements are unified, including in a...

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In fiction, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist. In American comic...

A story arc (also narrative arc) is the chronological construction of a plot in a novel or story. It can also mean an extended or continuing storyline...

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ISBN 978-1-84286-136-3. Malvern, Jack (20 July 2006). "War heroics were a shaggy dog story". The Times. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved...

life, usually accompanied by danger, often by physical action. Adventure stories almost always move quickly, and the pace of the plot is at least as important...

A backstory, background story, background, or legend is a set of events invented for a plot, preceding and leading up to that plot. In acting, it is the...

Group. Retrieved 11 October 2024. Frater, Patrick (22 October 2023). "Shaggy Dog Story 'Runt' to Shoot as Movie in Western Australia". Variety. Penske Media...

a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers from a first story into one or more other stories within it. The frame story may also be used...

looking to technological progress and speculation as a basis for their stories. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) is often credited as the first true...

is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward,...

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delivered with a flourish) is: "The Aristocrats!" Dead baby jokes Shaggy dog story Gini, Al (2015). "Dirty Jokes, Tasteless, Jokes, Ethnic Jokes" (PDF)...

warm tongue bath. And those who endorse this belief will enjoy this shaggy dog story ... The anecdotal structure does not make for a gripping movie. For...

Retrieved 25 April 2023. Malvern, Jack (20 July 2006). "War heroics were a shaggy dog story". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008....

A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents...

Retrieved 28 December 2014. Smith, Red (11 February 1980). "The Portuguese Shaggy Dog Story". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.(subscription required) "The Kennel...