Talk:Corpsing

Help tidy up[edit]

Saw a link for this on the article for laughter and figured I'd better write it up, but I don't know much about original article creation, so if someone wants to tidy this up or something, feel free. --NaOH 07:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

On the IMDB trivia page for this series, they refer to the film speeding and slowing to mask the corpsing. In fact, this bit of trivia was what led me to this article since I didn't know what they were talking about. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jhlynes (talk • contribs) 07:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Might be real corpses involved[edit]

Pretty sure this phrase comes from an incident or incidents where characters in a stage play who are supposed to be dead begin laughing. Might try to dig up (forgive the pun) a reference. 86.42.124.92 05:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Any relation[edit]

I have also heard the phrase "you're killing it" when referring to 'unwanted' laughter in jokes. Is this related? If it has a link it should probably go in the article. --Gigitrix (talk) 22:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

now that Jimmy Fallon has officially been listed as Conan O'Brien's replacement...[edit]

...you'd think that Fallon's name would be mentioned in this article as a famous, recent example of someone addicted to "corpsing". :) 199.214.26.226 (talk) 21:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What about the Carol Burnett show? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.72.235.4 (talk) 14:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh God, yes.....Tim Comway FREQUENTLY went out of his way to make Harvey Korman bust up...often rendering the character-breaking more funny that the scene being wrecked! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.112.239.142 (talk) 07:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about "The Carol Burnett Show" being a show that the actors frequently broke character by laughing, forgetting lines, part of their costumes (such as a wig) coming off, a prop falling or not working and the actors trying not to laugh was indeed many times funnier than the actual skit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.37.218 (talk) 02:40, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, Jesus, no! That's such a blatant NPOV/BLP violation... (Fallon, that is) Twin Bird (talk) 00:09, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why should corpsing and breaking character be separate articles?[edit]

Does anyone have a good reason? The Hero of This Nation (talk) 22:59, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citation needed for Monty Python. I believe this is a common internet misconception. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deflink (talk • contribs) 20:59, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think it means what you think it means[edit]

I disagree with the definition that "Corpsing is British theatrical slang for unintentionally laughing during a non-humorous performance". It more commonly pertains to unintentionally laughing during a humorous performance that the corpsing character is not meant to have found funny. I think this is born out by the examples.93.73.172.200 (talk) 16:23, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]