1 | * An index card mix-up gives us this gem: |
2 | -->Shakespeare [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler invaded Poland September 1st, 1939, thus precipitating World War II.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I didn't know that...]] |
3 | * [[RunningGag All of Shakespeare's tragic heroines barfing on the audience members before they die.]] |
4 | ** "[[BrickJoke I threw up on that guy in the hat.]]" |
5 | * Their rendition of ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus''. One would think that making such a violent play funny would be impossible. The Reduced Shakespeare Company found a way... [[BlackComedyCannibalism by performing it like a cooking program.]] |
6 | -->'''Titus Andronicus:''' When he is dead, which should be... (Lavinia kills her rapist) ...Now. |
7 | * |
8 | -->'''Soothsayer:''' Beware the Ides of March...ooo...\ |
9 | '''Caesar:''' What the hell are the ides of March?\ |
10 | '''Soothsayer:''' Well, that's the 15th of March!\ |
11 | '''Caesar:''' Why that's today! ''*Hrk*'' |
12 | * Shakespeare's histories performed as an American football game. |
13 | ** When King Lear comes in, we get this gem: |
14 | -->'''Adam:''' Fictional character in the field, Lear is disqualified! |
15 | * "Cut the crap, Hamlet! MyBiologicalClockIsTicking and I want babies ''now''!" |
16 | * Hamlet, backwards. |
17 | ** "OOB" |
18 | ** The BrickJoke when Ophelia drowns. The actor takes a cup of water, splashes it in his face, and walks off. When they do it backwards, he comes onstage and ''spits a mouthful of water into an empty cup''. |
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