gagman
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“As hard as it is to find anything at the Pentagon,” the veteran gagman quipped, “they finally found a sense of humor.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2018
His next-door neighbor, Augie Poole, wants the magazine to buy his cartoons, but Augie can’t draw very well — he’s “a third-rate artist in whom a first-rate gagman was trying to claw his way out.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2015
Here was a master craftsman of the one-liner to rival the great American gagman Emo Phillips.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2012
When Langdon went to First National as a feature comedian in 1926, he took his gagman with him, as director.
From Time Magazine Archive
But by this time Capra knew enough about picture-making to get a job as gagman for Hal Roach.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two old gagmen observed and listened to the zippy youthfulness of the kids with some bemusement.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also had the Paramount gagmen scraping the barrel bottom.
From Time Magazine Archive
For his 59th birthday, co-workers gave him a $40 stuffed panda, a cake ablaze with candles, and a good-humored ribbing written by his own gagmen and delivered by Co-Star Lucille Ball.
From Time Magazine Archive
The take: $630,000, out of which Benny pays for an orchestra, announcer, gagmen and his cast, leaving a gratifying net before taxes of some $350,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gagmen would have made just so much extra baggage.
From Time Magazine Archive
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