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] enter lizard lounge
] look
“This looks like a great place to be from. (You wonder where they keep
the lizards.)”
] look comedian
“Evidently, HE thinks he’s funny!”
] listen comedian
“I just flew in from Coarsegold... ...and, boy, are my arms tired!”
[Ba Dum Tssshhh!!!]
“Whaddsa’ matter, folks? Am I keeping you up?”
In colloquial terms, a ‘rimshot’ refers to a percussive flourish used to
punctuate a joke. While originating with cabaret or vaudeville acts,
the comedic rimshot really defined itself in the so-called ‘Borsch Belt’
comedy circuit in the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains favoured
by New …