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* Traditional vaudeville acts had [[Vaudeville Hook|"the hook"]], which would appear from offstage to pull off tired routines, or hams who didn't know when to give up the stage. Thus originated the phrase "get the hook", which was used for decades after films and television had supplanted vaudeville. The hook can nowadays be seen in cartoons, especially [[Looney Tunes]] (which often drew on vaudeville anyway). |
* Traditional vaudeville acts had [[Vaudeville Hook|"the hook"]], which would appear from offstage to pull off tired routines, or hams who didn't know when to give up the stage. Thus originated the phrase "get the hook", which was used for decades after films and television had supplanted vaudeville. The hook can nowadays be seen in cartoons, especially [[Looney Tunes]] (which often drew on vaudeville anyway). |
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* ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' begins with launching a cow into the air and ends with {{spoiler|[[Brick Joke|it landing on the Princess in the finale]]}}. |
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' begins with launching a cow into the air and ends with {{spoiler|[[Brick Joke|it landing on the Princess in the finale]]}}. |
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