Wayne and Shuster: Difference between revisions

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and [[Richard III|Richard the third]].}}

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: occasionally, the boys notice the audience, the sound effects, the soundtrack...

** From ''The Six Hundred Dollar Man'':

{{quote|'''General:''' That was just a television show!

'''Scientist:''' Well, what's this, the O'Keefe Center?}}

* [[Camera Screw]]: an early silent sketch involving the two painting the interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The camera is on an angle so that the tower looks vertical, but the pair and their equipment are constantly leaning / falling over / sliding around.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: The feature story of one episode was about a musician selling his soul to the Devil in exchange for becoming the greatest player for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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* [[Large Ham]]: Oh, yes. Usually Johnny, often Frank.

* [[Long Runners]] (Wayne and Shuster's first show, ''The Wife Preservers'', aired in 1941.)

* [[Mind Screw]]: Several. An example, from ''Rinse the Blood off My Toga'':

* [[Mind Screw]]: Several. A [[Running Gag]] example, from ''Rinse the Blood off My Toga'':

{{quote|'''Brutus''' ''(Shuster):'' Are you sure we're alone?

'''Flavius Maximus''' ''(Wayne):'' Yes.

'''Brutus''' Then who's that beside you?

'''Flavius Maximus''' [[Beat]] That's you!

'''Flavius Maximus''' ''[[Beat]]'' That's you!

'''Brutus''' Yes. ''But can I be trusted''? }}

'''Brutus''' Yes. ''But can I be trusted?''}}

* [[Radio]] (The duo started out with radio shows.)

* [[Running Gag]]: constantly, sometimes including callbacks to previous running gags.