sight gag
noun
: a comic bit or episode whose effect is produced by pantomime or camera shot rather than by words
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Based on the titular board game, this camp classic is jam-packed with puns, sight gags, and silly antics.
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Samantha Allen, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Was Joel McHale representing the sum total of Fox’s live-action programming the episode’s best sight gag?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
Best Phil sight gag: performing High School Musical in a Wildcats letterman jacket.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Richard Dreyfuss is really funny in that movie and there are a lot of funny sight gags and interpersonal relationships.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
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Samantha Allen, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Was Joel McHale representing the sum total of Fox’s live-action programming the episode’s best sight gag?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
Best Phil sight gag: performing High School Musical in a Wildcats letterman jacket.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Richard Dreyfuss is really funny in that movie and there are a lot of funny sight gags and interpersonal relationships.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Sight gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sight%20gag. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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