His protean style combined stride, jazz, swing, boogie-woogie and classical elements, while the musical ideas flowed in rapid-fire fashion.

Bone's style and technique can be described as melodic, yet rapid-fire and aggressive.

Kool G Rap is known for using complex multisyllabic rhymes since his debut ( in a similar way to other golden age MCs such as Big Daddy Kane and Rakim ), and this remains a hallmark of his style, along with his rapid-fire delivery and " superhuman breath control ".

She is also well known for her trademark rapid-fire dialogue, which is often full of obscure pop culture references ; and as well for her preferred master shot filming style.

Borscht Belt humor refers to the rapid-fire, often self-deprecating style common to many of these performers and writers.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Lee worked as comic of the " baggy pants " variety on stage, becoming an expert at the slapstick, comic dancing and rapid-fire jokes of the burlesque style.

A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense slide style of playing and rapid-fire vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries.

His best known performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs.

While watching a preview tape of highlights from Enfield's show, Whitehouse and Higson were inspired to create a rapid-fire delivery comedy show, The Fast Show.

The show would then proceed through rapid-fire comedy bits, pre-taped segments, and recurring sketches.

" Howard Hawks ' rapid-fire romantic comedy established the essential ingredients of the screwball – a dizzy dame, a charming but befuddled hero, dazzling dialogue and a dash of slapstick.

Reeves and Mortimer's unique comedy combines surreal, often inexplicable, visually and verbally inventive material which often verges on the downright bizarre with traditional comedy double act staples such as violent, cartoonish slapstick ( such as the duo engaging in escalating fights with large frying pans, baseball bats, hammers etc ...), witty, often improvised silly banter ( usually at a trademark, prop-strewn desk ) and purposefully corny, rapid-fire jokes.

Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark.

The initial intention was to ' visualise ' original recordings of 1950s Goon Show episodes, but this proved difficult to achieve in practice because of the rapid-fire dialogue and was ultimately frustrated by the BBC's refusal to allow the original audio to be used.

His position was greatly enhanced by the rapid-fire successes of Alessandro nelle Indie ( Naples, 1824, revised, Milan, 1826 ; given and recorded in London in November 2006 ), Amazilia ( Naples 1824, revised, Vienna, 1827 ), and the previously mentioned L ' Ultimo giorno di Pompei ( Naples, 1825 ).

" When I was writing some of the dialogue I would listen to Oliver on the phone and sometimes he talks very rapid-fire, the way Gordon Gekko does ".

This was a rapid-fire series of Super Match-style questions, each having two possible answer choices, and the round was played similar to the Head-to-Head Match.

The match was also notable for Hadlee's superb all round performance-he took 8 wickets in the match, and scored a rapid-fire 99 in New Zealand's only innings.

Henry " Henny " Youngman ( original Russian surname Yungman ) ( March 16, 1906 – February 24, 1998 ) was a British-American comedian and violinist famous for " one-liners ", short, simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire.

The show was characterized by a rapid-fire series of gags and sketches, many of which conveyed sexual innuendo or were politically charged.

Rheinmetall in Germany developed an automatic 20 mm in the 1920s and Oerlikon in Switzerland had acquired the patent to an automatic 20 mm gun designed in Germany during World War I. Germany introduced the rapid-fire 2 cm FlaK 30 and later in the decade it was redesigned by Mauser-Werke and became the 2 cm FlaK 38.

Early graphics and music included various kinds of sports balls flying outward, featuring a rapid-fire electronic audio track that was a version of " Pulstar ", by Vangelis.

To his contemporaries, Tupolev was known as a witty but crude master of mat ( a rapid-fire Russian male-speak infused with obscenity ) who invariably and energetically insisted on fast and adequate technical fixes at the expense of scholastic ideal solutions.

They do so because the long-range engagement ability was lost to ordinary troops when submachine guns ( which are optimized for close-range, rapid-fire combat ) were adopted.

It was often possible to build cruisers which were faster and better all-round using this type of ship, which relied on a lighter armored deck to protect the vital parts of the ship ; however, by the late 1880s the development of rapid-fire cannon and high-explosive shells made the reintroduction of side armor a necessity.

Its lyrics are made of rapid-fire brief allusions to over a hundred headline events between March 1949 ( Joel was born on May 9 of that year ) and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front.

Decibel Magazine stated: " Effigy of the Forgotten was a benchmark for extreme music, as it sacrificed neither virtuosity or brutality, becoming a signpost for thousands who were still contemplating how to incorporate scalar runs, rapid-fire palm-muting and hummingbird-wing-quick picking into riffs, while opening up rhythmic dimensions and the scope of the blast beat.

Baker never performed on stage with the D ' Oyly Carte Opera Company, but he recorded many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with that company and others and was known for his excellent diction, which is crucial in their rapid-fire patter songs.

Excitement was mainly generated by Crawford's own rapid-fire, staccato delivery of his lines, frequent shootouts, and numerous plot contrivances in which time was a critical factor, such as a hostage death threat, the escape of a violent criminal, a train derailment, or other imminent catastrophe.

In addition to reconnaissance equipment, Almaz was equipped with a 23mm Nudelman rapid-fire cannon mounted on the forward belly of the station.

Carlin's most famous routine was his " Seven Words You Can't Say On Television ", in which much of the humour is derived from a sudden, rapid-fire delivery of the seven words.

He also established a distinctively crisp and rapid-fire sound on the snare ; this was the inspiration for his nickname, ‘ Snap Crackle ’.

The series was reportedly one of the first to use cue cards extensively during filming, and Moore later recounted that he found this invaluable when performing Kimball's rambling, rapid-fire dialogue.

The use of guitar solos in heavy metal was notable during the 1980s, when rapid-fire " shredding " solos were common ; a virtuostic lead guitarist of a band might be more well-known than the singer.

After spinning, the contestant was given a series of rapid-fire definitions and had to figure out what those definitions referred to.

The right hand uses a heavier stick with a hooked head to beat out the " dums " which drive the heartbeat of the rhythm, while the left hand uses a light twig as a switch to produce rapid-fire staccato " taks ".

A scene that was cut was of Milo's brain being " shorted out " by the Doctor's rapid-fire questions at the beginning of the episode, which was later alluded to in the episode.

Astaire sings it through twice and during the last phrase leaps into a ballet jump, accompanied by leg beats, and launches into a short solo dance that builds in intensity and volume progressing from tap shuffles sur place, via traveling patterns, to rapid-fire heel jabs finishing with a carefree tour of the suite during which he beats on the furniture with his hands.

Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports.

One U. S. officer gave the command to open fire, and the Sioux responded by taking up previously confiscated weapons ; the U. S. forces responded with carbine firearms and several rapid-fire light-artillery ( Hotchkiss ) guns mounted on the overlooking hill.

Publishers Weekly, complimented the book on its " Agile prose, rapid-fire dialogue and wise-acre humour.

Most members of Congress hold some stocks or mutual funds, but Bachus ' rapid-fire trades are unusual for a leading member of Congress, particularly one with the key role of ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services.

In the defence of Polygon Wood, the 1st King's held on and virtually destroyed the 3rd Prussian Foot Guards with concentrated rapid-fire and artillery support.

A gun based CIWS usually consists of a combination of radars, computers, and multiple barrel rapid-fire medium-calibre guns placed on a rotating gun mount.

“ A distinguished flutist with a devotion that shows up in the airy sweetness of his sound at ballad tempos and in the remarkable control he can bring to rapid-fire, skittering runs on up tempo, Coltrane-inspired material .” ( Stuart Broomer, Editor, CODA, Toronto Life, April 2004 )

This ship can rapid-fire shots down the tube, destroying any enemies within the same segment, and is also equipped with a Superzapper, which destroys all enemies currently on the playfield once per level.

In the same year, Gentle Giant's notoriously virtuosic live act ( featuring rapid-fire instrument swapping and equally demanding rearrangements of the already complex studio pieces ) was captured on the live album Playing the Fool.

They ganged up on Hiroe on Takami's command, but were quickly disposed of by Yayoi using rapid-fire anal sex with a leather suit.

Unlike Laugh-In the show " focused almost exclusively on sex as a comedic subject ", using various rapid-fire jokes and risqué skits but no laugh track.

Politics The Source ; and Real Time Brussels, offering rapid-fire analysis on key events through the European business day.

Other regular segments included the Squawk Exchange, where the team ( particularly Faber and Kernen ) shared banter on various topics, On the Box ( rapid-fire summaries of the day's headlines ) and Joe's World, where Kernen sounded off on the day's notable stock stories.