slapstick

IPA: sɫˈæpstɪk

(uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
(countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

Examples of "slapstick" in Sentences

We are playing improv games and working in slapstick — big picture issues.
It all adds up to another hilarious romp in Dorsey's unique style, one best described as slapstick-noir.
Sophisticated slapstick is difficult to achieve, and this is one of the finest success stories I can conjure.
Anyone who wants to protest that Jane is less deserving is more unpatriotic than she ever was, or just takes no delight in slapstick.
Most verbal jokes turn on either some kind of reversal of expectations or the harmless violation of taboo; slapstick is all about the appearance of injury without actual harm.
I suppose the modrn version of slapstick is "Funny" Home Videos, and I guess there's an element of this here (ooh! what's going to happen next?!) but, being an illustration, without the moral quandary of filming your four year old setting himself on fire with the intention of sending the tape off to Carlton Television.