A wealthy woman drives up in a beat up old car.

A comic actor falls and trips over a chair in the middle of the room.

Santa’s helpers are known as subordinate Clauses.

comedy that uses extreme situations and a broad or ridiculous plot.

works in extreme situations and broad comedy

It involves both verbal and physical humor

The plot is usually very broad, stereotyped, or ridiculous

Involves words that have multiple meanings, or words that sound similar but have different meanings.

Identical twins switch places to fool their teachers.

throwing a pie in a person's face.

unrelated characters or events turn out to be connected

The baby is taking care of the parents

Deals with serious subjects (as in Arsenic and Old Lace)

Humor causes discomfort or seems inappropriate. (As in Arsenic)

There is a sharp contrast between two things.

Tone is often bitter.

Physical and clumsy comedy

Exaggeration of facial expressions