Dances with Sausages: Exploring Musicality in Comedy through an Analysis of the Morecambe and Wise Show

.................................................................................................................. 2 List of Figures ........................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... 6 List of abbreviations ................................................................................................... 7 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 8 Introduction to Musicality......................................................................................... 8 Why Musicality in Comedy? .................................................................................... 12 Introduction to Morecambe and Wise ...................................................................... 15 Outline of Sections ................................................................................................ 19 Chapter 1 The Use of Music in Comedy ....................................................................... 21 1.1 Musical Humour .......................................................................................... 21 1.2 The Referential Power of Music ...................................................................... 27 Chapter 2 Rhythm and Timing ................................................................................... 35 2.1 Sonic Punctuation ........................................................................................ 42 2.2 Physical Comedy: The Musicality of Movement ................................................ 49 2.3 The Musicality of Speech .............................................................................. 57 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 64 Appendices ............................................................................................................. 69