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Coalition surplus plan 'slapstick': Swan
The Australian
LABOR has seized on the Coalition's refusal to say when an Abbott government would post a surplus , describing the Coalition's economic policy as a "slapstick farce". Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb was yesterday unable to guarantee a surplus ...
Labor seizes on opposition budget splitThe Age
A surplus amount of economic point-scoringBrisbane Times
Swan seizes on Robb surplus commentsABC Local

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Slapstick to serious can be a bumpy ride
The Independent
In fact, when I interviewed Hart just before Christmas, she worried that this bordering-on-slapstick stuff wasn't removed enough from her BBC1 comedy. "Where she knocks over something I slightly cringe," she told me. "Viewers might be expecting me to ...

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Orlando Sentinel

'Around the World in 80 Days' from Bay Street Players
Orlando Sentinel
The slapstick comedy features stampeding elephants, raging typhoons and runaway trains (presented on a local theater's budget, of course). Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Not resting on Laurel
Sydney Morning Herald
Inspired by the slapstick maestros of yore, Frank Woodley has committed to physical comedy in his new series. Frank Woodley is tumbling onto new turf, writes Paul Kalina. ''HAVING no self-respect is a valuable quality when you're a comedian,'' Frank ...
Chewing the fat with Frank WoodleyBrisbane Times (blog)

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Telegraph.co.uk

Mr Punch is still knocking them dead after 350 years
Telegraph.co.uk
Punch and Judy: It would be a shame if lily-livered parents brought to an end centuries of slapstick humour. By Rowan Pelling I thought Cole Hawlings, the time-travelling showman from John Masefield's The Box of Delights, had the finest name in the ...