Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for January 13, 2020

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    Sisu60  about 4 years ago

    Slipping on a banana isn’t appealing anymore it’s been done to death

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member about 4 years ago

    So how about a cartoon of a guy on a desert island with only a single palm tree?

    And, it being a desert island, he’s crawling on all fours looking for water.

    He comes across a lone banana peel, and hesitates.

    A flower pot drops out of the tree and smacks him on the head.

    I guess we could include a haggard prisoner chained to the tree. And lots of other stuff.

    Then would it be funny?

    [I love it as it is.]

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    dflak  about 4 years ago

    God has a sense of humor. He created mankind for comic relief.

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    Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago

    A conversation between screenwriter Charles MacArthur and Charlie Chaplin.

    MacArthur: “How do you show a fat lady slipping on a banana peel and still get a laugh? It’s been done a million times. Do I show first the banana peel, then the fat lady approaching, then she slips? Or do I show the fat lady first, then the banana peel, and then she slips?”

    Chaplin: “Neither. You show the fat lady approaching; then you show the banana peel; then you show the fat lady and the banana peel together; then she steps over the banana peel and falls into an open manhole.”

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    craigwestlake  about 4 years ago

    Have to go to San Francisco for the good fruit jokes…

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    Jim Kerner  about 4 years ago

    Let’s not forget, Greenwich Village in NYC.

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