Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or schedule of performances) could run the gamut from acrobats to mathematicians, from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers. Indeed, the scope of the presentations was unique in the history of American live performance: music, comedy, feats of athleticism, ...

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• Vaudeville - History
• Vaudeville - Origin
• Vaudeville - Popularity
• Vaudeville - Decline
• Vaudeville - After the fall
• Vaudeville - Related forms
• Vaudeville - Noted vaudeville performers
• Vaudeville - External link

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"Hello, nurse!" was a popular catcall used during the heyday of vaudeville. One of many running gags used in many vaudeville shows was the appearance of a voluptuous, suggestively-dressed person wearing a nurse's uniform. Upon her appearance, the main characters in the vaudeville sketch would call out, "Hello, NURSE!" This phrase is also the basis for the "catcall" whistling sound used in the United States and other countries to sugges ...

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Hello Nurse, Hello Nurse - Vaudeville, Hello Nurse - Animaniacs

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Vaudeville - Origin. Though often confused with variety, its generically distinct predecessor (c. 1860s-1881), mature vaudeville distinguished itself from the earlier form by its mixed-gender audience, usually alcohol-free halls, and often slavish devotion to inculcating favor among members of the emerging middle class. Its popularity grew in step with the rise of industry and the growth of North American cities during this period, and declined with the introduction of sound films and radio. The origin of the ter ...

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Vaudeville, Vaudeville - History, Vaudeville - Origin, Vaudeville - Popularity, Vaudeville - Decline, Vaudeville - After the fall, Vaudeville - Related forms, Vaudeville - Noted vaudeville performers, Vaudeville - External link

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An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced. For a full description of the sound-producing mechanism, see Free reed aerophone. Accordion - Physical description. Modern accordions consists of a ...

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• Accordion - Physical description
• Accordion - History
• Accordion - Piano accordions
• Accordion - Button accordions
• Accordion - Stradella bass system
• Accordion - Free bass systems
• Accordion - Audio samples
• Accordion - Related instruments
• Accordion - Other free-reeds

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). 1880 - Events. May 13 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. June 29 - France annexes Tahiti July 1 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada. July 16 - First woman licensed to pra ...

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• 1880 - Unknown date
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Music Hall in London had its beginnings in the entertainments provided at summer fairs such as the Bartholomew Fair from the 17th century onward. Many of these were suppressed under the strict puritan rule of the Commonwealth. Upon the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, restrictions on public entertainment were relieved by patents for play-acting granted to Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant by Charles II. The fairs, much cheaper entertainment within the reach of poor working people, were also tolerated again. The patentees had commodio ...

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Music Hall, Music Hall - Origins, Music Hall - History of the songs, Music Hall - The two eras, Music Hall - Music Hall songwriters, Music Hall - Music hall comedy, Music Hall - Speciality Acts, Music Hall - Music Hall performers, Music Hall - Music Hall in literature drama and screen, Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls

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List of female singers - A-F. Paula Abdul Christina Aguilera Vanessa Amorosi Tori Amos Ann-Margret Fiona Apple Tina Arena Erykah Badu Natasha Bedingfield Björk Marcie Blane Debby Boone Laura Branigan Michelle Branch Maxine Brown Simone Burley Melanie Chisolm Irene Cara Mariah Carey Vanessa Carlton Karen Carpenter Cathy C ...

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List of female singers, List of female singers - Classical and Opera, List of female singers - Country, List of female singers - Folk, List of female singers - Gospel, List of female singers - Jazz, List of female singers - Bluegrass, List of female singers - Blues, List of female singers - Melodic/Cabaret, List of female singers - Playback singers, List of female singers - Pop, List of female singers - A-F, List of female singers - G-R, List of female singers - S-Y, List of female singers - Rock, List of female singers - Rap/Hip hop, List of female singers - Spanish, List of female singers - Soul/R&B, List of female singers - Swing, List of female singers - Tango, List of female singers - Vaudeville & Music Hall, List of female singers - Other

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The Roaring Twenties were traditionally viewed as an era of great economic prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new consumer goods. Initially, the North American economy, particularly the economy of the USA, took sometime to convert from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy. After this dull phase, the economy was booming. The decade saw North America becoming the richest region on the earth, with industry aligned to mass production, and a society with a culture of consumerism. In Europe, the economy did not start to flourish until 1924. At the same time the 1920s were setting the stag ...

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Roaring Twenties, Roaring Twenties - Economy of the 1920s, Roaring Twenties - Demobilization, Roaring Twenties - New products and technologies, Roaring Twenties - New infrastructure, Roaring Twenties - Demographics, Roaring Twenties - Culture of the Roaring Twenties, Roaring Twenties - The Lost Generation, Roaring Twenties - Social Criticism, Roaring Twenties - Art Deco, Roaring Twenties - Expressionism and Surrealism, Roaring Twenties - Cinema, Roaring Twenties - Harlem Renaissance, Roaring Twenties - The Jazz Age, Roaring Twenties - Dance, Roaring Twenties - Suffrage, Roaring Twenties - Fashion and the changing role of women, Roaring Twenties - Life During the Roaring Twenties, Roaring Twenties - Immigration laws, Roaring Twenties - Prohibition, Roaring Twenties - Rise of the speakeasy, Roaring Twenties - Literature of the 1920s, Roaring Twenties - Sports, Roaring Twenties - Key figures, Roaring Twenties - American politics during the Roaring Twenties, Roaring Twenties - Warren G. Harding, Roaring Twenties - Calvin Coolidge, Roaring Twenties - Herbert Hoover, Roaring Twenties - Fall of labor unions, Roaring Twenties - International influence, Roaring Twenties - Canadian politics during the 1920s, Roaring Twenties - End of the Roaring Twenties, Roaring Twenties - Black Tuesday, Roaring Twenties - Repeal of Prohibition, Roaring Twenties - Timeline

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Whistling is the production of sound by means of a constant breath of air from the mouth. The air is moderated by the tongue, lips, teeth, or fingers to create turbulence, and the mouth acts as a resonant chamber to enhance the resulting sound, thus acting as a type of Helmholtz resonator. Whistling can also be produced hands, or using an instrument (see whistle), some as simple as a blade of grass. Non-instrumental whistling from the mouth can be accomplished in several ways: Pucker whistling, in which the ...

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The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, although it was not always sought-after. Indeed, when it was announced Marilyn Monroe was to be buried there in 1962, observers were astonished. Joe DiMaggio, responsible for the funeral arrangements, chose Westwood for its obscurity. However Mari ...

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Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri as Virginia Clara Jones, and tutored by a series of dancing instructors engaged by her aunt, she appeared in the St. Louis Municipal Opera chorus, then appeared with six other girls at an act at the Jefferson Hotel, where she was recruited by Andy Mayo to appear in his popular vaudeville act, as a ringmaster for two men in a horse suit. Virginia assumed the stage name of "Mayo" in the process. She appeared in Vaudeville for three years in the act, appearing with E ...

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For the album, see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recordi ...

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• Sound effect - History
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• Sound effect - Recording effects
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• Sound effect - Aesthetics in film
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Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. A recognized characteristic of comedy is that it is an intensely personal enjoyment. People frequently don't find the same things amusing, but when they do it can help to create powerful bonds. Humor being subjective, one may or may not find something humorous because it is either too offensive or not offensive enough. Comedy is judged according to a person’s taste. Some enjoy cerebral fare; others pre ...

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• Comedy - Comedy drama
• Comedy - Derivation
• Comedy - Forms
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• Comedy - Historical or theatre
• Comedy - Definitions
• Comedy - Comedy events and awards
• Comedy - Lists of comedy performers
• Comedy - Lists of comedy programmes
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Variety. Variety (linguistics) is a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon. Variety (biology) is a rank in botany below that of species. Variety (plant) is a legal term. Variety (philately) is a term in stamp collecting. Variety (radio) is a format of radio programming. Variety (mineralogy) is a mineral-subform Variety is also the name of an entertainm

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A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. A practical joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual (e.g. putting a custard pie in somebody's face). Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which, when juxtaposed with the setup, provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience. Joke - Psychology of jokesIncluding:

• Joke - Psychology of jokes
• Joke - Types of jokes
• Joke - Yo' mama jokes
• Joke - Political jokes
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• Joke - Little Johnny jokes
• Joke - Ethnic jokes
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• Joke - Blonde jokes
• Joke - Jokes about animals
• Joke - Shaggy dog stories
• Joke - You have two cows
• Joke - Duck jokes
• Joke - Religion in jokes
• Joke - Other classes of jokes

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Billy Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century. While he received star billings on Vaudeville, he was best known for his prolific work in the recording studio, making records for almost every record label of the era. He was probably the best selling recording artist of the first quarter of the 20th century. He was born as William Thomas Murray in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Ireland. He became fascinat ...

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The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. Inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris, and reportedly suggested to Ziegfeld by his wife, entertainer Anna Held, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld. The actual producers of the show were turn-of-the-century producing titans Klaw and Erlanger. The Follies were lavish revues, something in between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville variet ...

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• Ziegfeld Follies - Performers: Year-By-Year

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The musical forms most associated with Music Hall evolved from traditional folk song, becoming by the 1850s a distinct musical style. Subject matter became more contemporary and humorous, and accompaniment was provided by larger house-orchestras as increasing affluence gave the lower classes more access to commercial entertainment and to a wider range of musical instruments, including the piano. The consequent change in musical taste from traditional to more professional forms of entertainment arose in response to the rapid industrialisation ...

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Music Hall, Music Hall - Origins, Music Hall - History of the songs, Music Hall - The two eras, Music Hall - Music Hall songwriters, Music Hall - Music hall comedy, Music Hall - Speciality Acts, Music Hall - Music Hall performers, Music Hall - Music Hall in literature drama and screen, Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls

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The Victorian era was celebrated by the 1944 film Champagne Charlie while J. B. Priestley's 1965 novel Lost Empires evokes the world of Edwardian music hall just before the start of World War I; the title is a reference to the Empire theatres (as well as foreshadowing the decline of the British Empire itself). It was recently adapted as a television miniseries, shown in both the UK and in the U.S. as a PBS presentation. Priestley's 1929 novel The Good Companions, set in the same period, follows th ...

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Music Hall, Music Hall - Origins, Music Hall - History of the songs, Music Hall - The two eras, Music Hall - Music Hall songwriters, Music Hall - Music hall comedy, Music Hall - Speciality Acts, Music Hall - Music Hall performers, Music Hall - Music Hall in literature drama and screen, Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls

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Music Hall entertainment is sometimes divided by era into Victorian Music Hall and Edwardian Music Hall. Toward the end of its heyday the terms theatrical variety or revue began to be used. Music Hall began as a largely working class entertainment, and its association with beer halls and gin palaces led to it being initially shunned by polite society. As Music Hall grew in popularity and respectability, the original arrangement of a large hall with tables at which drink was served, changed to that of a drink-free auditorium. The acceptance of Music Hall as a legitimate cultural form was sealed by the first Royal Variet ...

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Music Hall, Music Hall - Origins, Music Hall - History of the songs, Music Hall - The two eras, Music Hall - Music Hall songwriters, Music Hall - Music hall comedy, Music Hall - Speciality Acts, Music Hall - Music Hall performers, Music Hall - Music Hall in literature drama and screen, Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls

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