1) Abbott, to costello 2) Comedy-team member 3) Dean Martin, to Jerry Lewis 4) Foil for a comic partner 5) Half of a comedy team 6) Part of a comedy team, often 7) Punch line setter-upper 8) Stock character 9) What abbott was to costello
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Straight Man (New York: Random House, 1997) is a novel by Richard Russo set at the fictional West Central Pennsylvania University in Railton, Pennsylvania. It is a mid-life crisis tale told in the first person by William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely interim chairman of the English department. Notable moments include the chairman`s hiding in....
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[stock character] The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When his comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man`s response ranges from aplomb to outrage, or from patience to frustration. He makes his partner look all the more ridiculous by being completely se...
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[
n] - a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
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second banana noun a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
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an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
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