The Goodies.
That’s a tickling stick you have there - Ken Dodd.
How’s about:
Glass of whisky and tall stool?
Four candles?
…on a steek.
His trunk is only funny if it is found without the limbs or head.
Soupy Sales’ seltzer bottle or cream pie
Ernie Kovacs’ gorilla mask from the Nairobi Trio routine
Chico Marx’ hat
Dang! I didn’t think of him.
Dean Martin?
Liberace’?
Good point about the violin, WotNot.
But with Carol Burnett’s GWTW dress, that was a costume for a funny moment in a single sketch, I would not call that iconic. It was worn only once.
listing comedy props is one thing, but a comedy prop that was made into someone’s ongoing comedic signature? that no one else can use without being called on it? that’s iconic, to me.
Such as Steve Martin’s arrow-through-the-head mentioned by twickster. No one else can wear one of those and perform comedy without most people thinking “Hey, that’s Steve Martin’s schtick”.
Rowan and Martin’s Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award trophy. And the lesser used but motorized Whoopie Award trophy.
No, Fork 'andles - 'andles for forks
I’m seeing evidence of a distinct Atlantic divide here…
I know I’ve seen one that included the ties, but this is pretty distinctive.
Minnie Pearl’s hat.
Pee Wee Herman’s too-small suit.
Gallagher’s sledge hammer
Bingo. Crosses the line from being costume to prop.
You don’t say?
Can you do bright red hair and lips for Lucy?
Or at least a bottle of megaveggievitacin or whatever it was called.
Spike Jones’ plaid zoot suit
Mark Russell’s star-spangled piano
Jim Gaffigan’s pallor
Harold Lloyd’s hat/glasses combo
That would be VitaMeataVegeMin.
When I think of Steve Martin’s early career, I also think of his banjo and balloon animals.
Buster Keaton’s straw boater (hat).
The Keystone Kops’s old-fashioned police hats.
Glass of whiskey and the tall stool… oh, what was his name? Had a half-hour TV show that just consisted of him sitting on the stool and telling jokes. Funny guy… very suave and urbane… was missing part of a finger… but I forget his name. Damn.
Don’t forget Gallagher’s Hammer.
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