** Farce – aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases, culminating in an ending which often involves an elaborate chase scene.

In theatre, a farce is a comedy which aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humor of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases, culminating in an ending which often involves an elaborate chase scene.

A snipe hunt, a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool's errand, is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task.

His chase involves running through a park, into a neighbor's house, and more.

A chase scene involves a path completely under the snow that ends when Elmer crashes into a pine tree.

Territorial males sometimes become aggressive towards intruders, kicking and biting at them, but more commonly chase them away after a threat display that involves flattening the ears and braying.

But this con job involves some dangerous international criminals ; Shyam's cover is blown and he is forced to flee ; the gangsters chase Shyam to kill him.

The opening car chase sequence, which involves a 1974 Bricklin SV-1, is part of the storyline of Deadline Auto Theft.

The system involves both sides of the chase picking maneuvers with specific game effects and then rolling a contest of skill to determine which takes effect.

As an aspect of their trade, the Ursari have established and encouraged various folk beliefs and customs involving the bear ; these include displaying bears in the courtyards of village houses as a means to protect livestock from attack by smaller wild animals, and călcătura ursului (" the bear step ") or călcătura lui Moş Martin (" Old Boy Martin's step ", based on a common nickname for the animal ), which involves allowing bears to tread on a person's back ( in the belief that it can ensure the fertility of young people or chase away evil spirits ).

The 1st movie of the series and the only one which involves Police car chase.

Pettis was tagged as " Pac Man " Pettis by a local radio station listener call-in contest in 1986, referring to his unusual speed in the outfield and ability to chase down opponents ' hits.

Some of these operators at modest home stations operate competitively and others are simply on the air to give away some points to serious stations or to chase some unusual propagation.

Efforts are underway to increase the amount of heathland on the chase, reintroducing shrubs such as heather in some areas where bracken and birch forest have crowded out most other plants.

At this time the male will guard quite a large amount of territory and chase away any fish that enters his ' lair '.

At times it echoes the chase music that used to accompany Mack Sennett's silent comedies, and traces of operatic Kurt Weill and romantic Jacques Brel can be heard as well.

The cowboy films, the cops and robbers films, and the slapstick comedy films culminating in an insane chase are not only catering to what critics may assume to be a vulgar taste for violence ; ;

He used his magic batte or " slapstick " to transform the scene from the pantomime into the harlequinade and to magically change the settings to various locations during the chase scene.

The Filmation Tom and Jerry cartoons were noticeably different from Hanna-Barbera's efforts, as they returned Tom and Jerry to the original chase formula, with a somewhat more " slapstick " humor format.

Even as live-action comedy moved towards a focus on the verbal humor of Abbott and Costello and Groucho Marx, animated cartoons took up the entire range of slapstick gags, frenetic chase scenes, visual puns, and exaggerated facial expressions previously seen in silent comedies.

also featured slapstick gags and Keystone-style chase scenes, ideas that prefigured much of the humor in The Blues Brothers and Airplane later in the decade.

It was noted for the first ' running staircase ' used in films which is used for a series of slapstick that climaxes with a frantic chase down an upward escalator and finding they are remaining in the same position on the steps no matter how fast they move.

The version by Filmation ( Hanna-Barbera's leading competitor for TV animation at the time ) was able to restore the familiar slapstick chase format, and reintroduced not only Spike, Tyke and Nibbles, but also some of the other MGM stars.

He is recognized for performing many of his own stunts, but one of the most widely claimed and cherished examples of this — that he did the majority of the stunt driving for his character during the high-speed chase scene in Bullitt — was revealed not to be true by his most trusted stuntman and stunt driver Loren James.

Another horse, Boss, was used for long-range shots, chase scenes, and elaborate stunts, such as leaps through windows.

* The 1998 action film Ronin features a car chase where a Mercedes 6. 9 is driven by the protagonists who perform high-speed driving through mountain roads and inside a French town, all with dramatic stunts ( drifting, J-turns, etc.

John Ford hired Canutt on John Wayne's recommendation for Stagecoach, where Canutt supervised the river-crossing scene as well as the Indian chase scene, did the stagecoach drop, and doubled for Wayne in the coach stunts.

" I got hurt one day during one of the chase scenes, where another car crashed into my car ," Manning explained of her stunts.

Two stunt doubles were used, one for the skating chase around the streets of Venice-Barbara Guedel would perform the trickier dancing stunts in the competition sequence.

He also performed some stunts for Steve McQueen in Bullitt, especially during the film's famous car chase.

* The car stunts on police chase sequence of the first film was performed by vehicular stunt specialist Takahashi Racing.

To a stranger their delight in these things may seem paradoxical, for Persians chase the golden calf as much as any people.

The `` chase '' as a standard film device probably dates from The Great Train Robbery, and there is a reason for the continued popularity of the device.

The son of a wealthy Evanston executive was fined $100 yesterday and forbidden to drive for 60 days for leading an Evanston policeman on a high speed chase over icy Evanston and Wilmette streets Jan. 20.

Following a spirited chase by Apollo, Daphne prays to her father, Peneus, for help, and he changes her into the laurel tree, sacred to Apollo.

During one such chase he was badly injured when he tumbled from a cliff, lying unconscious for about a day.

Hogarth, for example, thinks that beauty consists of ( 1 ) fitness of the parts to some design ; ( 2 ) variety in as many ways as possible ; ( 3 ) uniformity, regularity or symmetry, which is only beautiful when it helps to preserve the character of fitness ; ( 4 ) simplicity or distinctness, which gives pleasure not in itself, but through its enabling the eye to enjoy variety with ease ; ( 5 ) intricacy, which provides employment for our active energies, leading the eye on " a wanton kind of chase "; and ( 6 ) quantity or magnitude, which draws our attention and produces admiration and awe.

With the ruse thus revealed, the main characters run for their lives, resulting in a madcap chase across the stage with both Miles and Senex pursuing all three " Philia " s ( Domina, Hysterium, and the actual Philia — all wearing identical white robes and veils ).

With this ability, cetaceans can search for, chase and catch fast-swimming prey in total darkness.

Later he said: " Football is a simple game ; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

For most of Kenilworth's history the role of the castle garden, used for entertainment, would have been very distinct from that of the surrounding chase, used primarily for hunting.

By this point Kenilworth Castle consisted of the great keep, the inner bailey wall, a basic causeway across the smaller lake that preceded the creation of the Great Mere, and the local chase for hunting.

Late in the season, to try to ensure the Brewers ' pennant chase, the team made one last trade on August 30 for Don Sutton.

In Kimio Yabuki's Puss in Boots ( 1969 ), Miyazaki again provided key animation as well as designs, storyboards and story ideas for key scenes in the film, including the climactic chase scene.

Montezuma and Norfolk escaped after Bainbridge convinced the senior French commander that those American warships were too powerful for his frigates and persuaded him to abandon the chase.

It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the " home run record chase ", when both players ' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris ' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since.

1995 had a strange feeling about it, with fans unsure if they would come back after the strike-shortened 1994 season ( something that would keep attendances notably lower for a few more years, probably until the HR chase of 1998 ).

It is however a true sighthound which has been selected for generations to pursue game ; consequently, most Deerhounds will be eager to chase.

In another much-publicized case, issues have been raised about the underlying motives that led to the balloon boy hoax, in which six-year-old Falcon Heene was reportedly coerced by his father to stage for a frantic, live-on-TV chase for an out-of-control helium balloon, in which he was suspected to be.

The principles of the fair chase have been a part of the American hunting tradition for over one-hundred years.

Howie cuts her free and flees but after a brief chase, emerges at another entrance where Summerisle and his followers stand waiting for them.