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{{quote|''Let's all go to the lobby''
''Let's all go to the lobby''
''Let's all go to the lobby''
''And have ourselves a treat!''
|''[[Let's All Go to the Lobby]]'', a 1950s [[Ear Worm]] that encourages moviegoers to [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|go to the lobby and have a treat]]}}
[[Once Upon a Time]], when bladders were smaller, attention spans were shorter, and people actually went to the theatre to see films instead of <s>illegally streaming them off the Internet</s> legally streaming them off [[Netflix]], there was a thing called an '''intermission'''. This was a time when people got out of their seats and walked around in the lobby talking with their fellow patrons of the arts and using the facilities. This broke up the pacing of a film and changed a monolith into something considered in smaller parts. During the intermissions themselves, it was common to show cartoons with catchy jingles enticing the audience to head to the lobby and buy themselves some refreshments.
These days, intermissions are far less common, but that hasn't stopped them from popping up in all sorts of media, including a few where they don't even seem to make sense, such as
In [[Theatre]], intermissions are still standard practice. They provide a break to let the stage crew change the set around. Also, theatrical productions tend to be relatively long, and also tend to frown heavily on people leaving and returning during the performance, so intermissions are much more of a biological necessity. There also an economic one as theatres can make some sales at the bar and/or snack food stands, only they have to be consumed outside of the auditorium. In other media, standards tend to be more lax. As almost all theatre productions involve intermissions, don't list one of them here unless it's particularly noteworthy.
Lengthy concert performances by musicians or stand up comedians may also include an intermission, to give the performers a break and to allow for possible changes in the lineup. During the intermission, backup performers may provide light ambient music to entertain people who don't choose to leave their seats, but featured pieces will be reserved for when the show resumes.
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If you're looking for the 2003 film, see [[Intermission (film)|here]].
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* Most films from the [[Bollywood|Indian]] [[The Otherwoods|cinema industries]], as the standard film length there is around two hours and a half.
* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
▲== Films with proper intermissions: ==
* ''[[
▲* ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''
* ''[[The Seven Samurai]]''
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]''
* ''[[The Godfather]] Part II'' has an intermission, though ''Part I'' lacks one.
* ''[[The Ten Commandments]]''
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''
* ''[[My Fair Lady]]''
* ''[[House of Wax]]''
* [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s film of ''[[Hamlet]]'' came with an intermission. When he promoted it on ''The Late Show With [[David Letterman]]'', the clip he brought was from the intermission.
* ''[[Gettysburg]]'' came with an intermission, at least when it was shown in a theater. But then since it was planned as a four hour, two day TV [[Miniseries]] before they decided to show it in theaters...
* When the full version of ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]'' (which runs 3 hrs 49 min) was shown on [[The ABC]] (ABC is Australia's public broadcaster and doesn't have commercial breaks), they included an intermission.
** Oddly said intermission (at about 2 hours and 40 minutes in) is also on ''the DVD'', but cut down to a couple seconds.
* When ''[[Schindler's List]]'' was broadcast on television for the first time (at least in the USA). NBC's airing of the movie was commercial-free and without breaks, save for a two-minute interval in the middle with a timer counting down to when the movie would resume.
* ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
* ''[[The Great Race]]'' (2 minutes long, with music)
* The film version of ''[[Oliver!]]'' kept the intermission from the stage play.
* The original roadshow version of ''[[Fantasia]]''. Later versions re-edited the footage of the orchestra leaving for intermission and then returning for the opening and closing of the film. The DVD version restored the original intermission footage.
* ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' included a ridiculously long (FIVE MINUTES) montage of still photos which served very little expository purpose. It is not an official intermission, but it is a great time to go to the bathroom.
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' has one on the home video release, with the full orchestral version of the theme music.
* The films of ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'', ''[[Sweet Charity]]'' and ''[[Fiddler
* The film of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' had its intermission in a different place than the stage version (which ended its first act on the Mother Abbess singing "Climb Every Mountain").
* ''[[Ben-Hur]]''
* The 3-D re-release of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' and ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' had an intermission between the two films.
* ''[[How the West Was Won]]'' - because the Cinerama system used giant horizontal film reels, the Intemission was essential to facilitate a reel change.
* ''[[Gandhi]]'' has a black-screen intermission in which Indian music plays. Necessary, given its 188-minute running time.
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* [[The Greatest Story Ever Told]] includes an intermission immediately after Jesus successfully resurrects Lazarus.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion: Death & Rebirth]]'' has a five minute intermission between parts. The sequel is divided into two episodes, and while not having a true intermission, the film's credits play after the first episode.
* ''[[Tempest (1982 film)|Tempest]]''. This 1982 comedy/drama film directed by Paul Mazursky is nearly two and a half hours long and the cable/home video version offers an intermission midway through.
* ''[[Monty Python and
▲== Films with joke intermissions: ==
▲* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'' and [[The Beatles]]' second movie, ''[[Help!]]'', both cut to intermissions lasting fewer than 10 seconds as a joke.
** The Beatles' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLTSo1JeFFI intermission] is consistent with the tone of the movie.
* ''[[Kung Pow! Enter the Fist]]''
{{quote|"Perhaps a carbonated soda?"
"My nipples look like Milk Duds!" }}
* ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]'' has a three-minute intermission sequence, showing animation of the movie's characters going out to get snacks and then coming back.
* In ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', Pseudolus [[Medium Awareness|triggers the intermission by saying it's the only thing that can get him out of his current fix]].
▲== Theatre with notable intermissions: ==
▲* In ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', Pseudolus [[Medium Awareness|triggers the intermission by saying it's the only thing that can get him out of his current fix]].
* There's a scene near the end of the stage musical version of ''[[The Producers]]'' where one of the characters recaps everything that's happened so
▲* [[Moliere]] wrote a play with a whole other play that goes on during intermission.
▲* There's a scene near the end of the stage musical version of ''[[The Producers]]'' where one of the characters recaps everything that's happened so far -- including the intermission.
** There's also a scene where the two main characters walk in and find their office has been completely repainted; they ask their assistant when she had time to do that and she replies "during the intermission".
* ''Vanities: A New Musical'' had one in its Theatreworks premiere, but it was later dropped. During this, Mary sang about her trip to Europe in the song "Open Up Your Mind".
* ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' and ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' don't have intermissions, but the [[Show Within the Show]] of each of them does. ''[[Kiss Me Kate]]'' does have an intermission, and it's at the same time as that of the [[Show Within the Show]]—except a little bit shorter, so that the first scene of Act II is the cast and crew hanging out behind the theatre because Act II hasn't started yet.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' used an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prHZ9ihnOs8&feature=related intermission gag] on at least one occasion.
* In the days of live TV, some [[BBC]] plays had intermissions to give the actors and crew a break.
== [[Music]] ==
* The [[Sandra Boynton]]-penned kids' CD ''Philadelphia Chickens'' has an intermission. Or at least an intermission song.
{{quote|''Oh we've come to intermission so it's time to stretch your toes''
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* [[The Offspring]] album Ixnay on the Hombre includes a track entitled Intermission. True to its name, it's a relaxing bit of light jazz.
▲== New Media ==
* Many live video streaming networks have a set of intermissions to use for whenever there's a sudden break in the action, such as when the streamer needs a break.
== [[Radio]] ==▼
== Other ==▼
* Premium cable TV channels such as HBO or Showtime have occasionally done this for longer films such as [[Oklahoma]], [[The Right Stuff]], and [[Amadeus]].▼
* In keeping with their commitment of showing "movies as they were meant to be seen", [[Turner Classic Movies]] often shows movies with the original intermissions.▼
▲== Radio ==
* 1970s [[The BBC|BBC]] Radio sketch show ''[[The Burkiss Way]]'' had a "brief intermission" in each show (always preceded by "Theme from [[A Summer Place]]"), generally consisting of sketches that had a separate theme from the rest of the show. On one occasion the Intermission took up about 90% of the episode.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==▼
▲== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* A tradition at nearly all of [[Ross Noble]]'s gigs is for audience members to leave bizarre gifts on the stage during the interval. The more interesting ones will usually be incorporated into the show somehow. And given his penchant for going off on many different tangents, and [[Ending Fatigue|taking quite a long time]] to make his the point, the subject of the interval/intermission will usually crop up doing his set:
{{quote|"Please can we have an interval Ross... PISS IS GONNA COME OUT OF OUR EYES!!!"}}
* ''[[Quest for Glory 2]]'' parodies this with an intermission during the off-screen brigand battle. During an extended cutscene, your desert caravan of perhaps twenty is assaulted by hundreds upon hundreds of bandits, and even the narration box comments that things look hopeless. Then, [[Mood Whiplash|intermission!]] And when you finally hit the space bar to return to the game, the first thing you see is your hero standing apart a true mountain of dead people, and the caravan reduced to about 7.▼
* ''[[Unreal]]: [[Expansion Pack|Return to Na Pali]]'' has this between missions.▼
* ''[[Wet]]'' has fake intermissions, both as part of its [[Grindhouse]] aesthetic and to cover loading times.▼
* ''[[Pac-Man]]'' was probably the first game to have intermissions (and they were even called that) - short animations every few screens to break up the gameplay. This was continued in several of the game's sequels (Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, etc).▼
==
* ''[[The
* ''[[Freak Angels]]'' does this periodically.
* ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' story ''[[Homestuck]]'' had an intermission featuring the Midnight Crew and the Felt.
** It then had a few more as part of some [[Unusual Chapter Numbers]]...
** Then ''Homestuck'' started having [[Recursion|intermissions within intermissions]].
* ''[[Friendship is Dragons]]'' runs intermissions after every plot arc, featuring fan-contributed strips. As of April 2021, they're up to 14 intermissions in over 1500 strips total.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' parodied a common intermission song as seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gGzuNt4hw&feature=related this clip]
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' parodied a common intermission song as seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gGzuNt4hw&feature=related this clip].
* Seen in the [[Tex Avery]] cartoon "What's Buzzing, Buzzard", which poked fun of food rationing during [[World War II]]. At one point a character imagines a T-bone steak with all the fixings, and there's a five second intermission "for drooling".
▲== Other ==
▲* Premium cable TV channels such as [[HBO]] or [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] have occasionally done this for longer films such as ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[The Right Stuff]]'', and ''[[Amadeus]]''.
▲* In keeping with their commitment of showing "movies as they were meant to be seen", [[Turner Classic Movies]] often shows movies with the original intermissions.
▲== Video Games ==
▲* ''[[Quest for Glory 2]]'' parodies this with an intermission during the off-screen brigand battle. During an extended cutscene, your desert caravan of perhaps twenty is assaulted by hundreds upon hundreds of bandits, and even the narration box comments that things look hopeless. Then, [[Mood Whiplash|intermission!]] And when you finally hit the space bar to return to the game, the first thing you see is your hero standing apart a true mountain of dead people, and the caravan reduced to about 7.
▲* ''[[Unreal]]: [[Expansion Pack|Return to Na Pali]]'' has this between missions.
▲* ''[[Wet]]'' has fake intermissions, both as part of its [[Grindhouse]] aesthetic and to cover loading times.
▲* ''[[Pac-Man]]'' was probably the first game to have intermissions (and they were even called that) - short animations every few screens to break up the gameplay. This was continued in several of the game's sequels (Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, etc).
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