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|name=Christy Mathewson
|image=Christy-Mathewson-1910.jpeg
|nicknames=Big Six, The Christian Gentleman, Matty
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birthdate=[[August 12]], [[1880]]<br>{{city-state|Factoryville|Pennsylvania}}
|deathdate={{death date and age|1925|10|7|1880|8|12}}<br>{{city-state|Saranac Lake|New York}}
|debutdate=[[July 17]]
|debutyear={{by|1900}}
|debutteam=[[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]
|finaldate=[[September 4]]
|finalyear={{by|1916}}
|finalteam=[[Cincinnati Reds]]
|stat1label=[[Win (baseball)|Win/Loss Record]]
|stat1value=373-188
|stat2label=[[Earned run average|ERA]]
|stat2value=2.13
|stat3label=[[Strikeout|K]]
|stat3value=2502
|teams=<nowiki></nowiki>
'''As Player'''
* [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] ({{by|1900}}&ndash;{{by|1916}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{by|1916}})
'''As Manager'''
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{by|1916}}&ndash;{{by|1918}})
|highlights=<nowiki></nowiki>
* 373 career wins (3rd all-time)
* 2.13 career [[Earned run average|ERA]] (8th all-time)
* 1.059 career WHIP (5th all time)
* Won 20 games or more 13 times, won 30 games or more 4 times.
* Pitched 79 shutouts (3rd all time)
* Won NL [[Triple crown (baseball)|Pitcher's Triple Crown]] in 1905 and 1908
* Five-time ERA champion (1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913)
* Five-time strikeout champion (1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908)
* Pitched two [[no-hitter]]s.
*[[San Francisco Giants#Retired Numbers|Name honored]] by the Giants.
|hofdate=[[1936 in baseball|1936]]
|hofvote=90.7% (first ballot)
}}
'''Christopher "Christy" Mathewson''' ([[August 12]] [[1880]] &ndash; [[October 7]] [[1925]]), nicknamed '''"Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty"''', was an [[United States|American]] right-handed [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He played in what is known as the [[dead ball era]] and in {{by|1936}} was elected into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] as one of its inaugural members.


:''See also [[Entertainment (disambiguation)]] and [[The Entertainer (disambiguation)]]''
==Early life==
[[Image:Parisian_Mime_Crowd.JPG|thumb|right|A mime working for tips entertaining crowd in [[Paris]], [[France]]]]
Mathewson was born in [[Factoryville, Pennsylvania]] and went on to attend [[Bucknell University]]. At Bucknell, he served as class president and played on the school's [[American football|football]] and [[baseball]] teams.<ref name="historicbaseball">{{cite web|title = Christy Mathewson |publisher = HistoricBaseball.com |url=http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/m/mathewson_christy.html |accessdate = 2006-10-28}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] of [[Phi Gamma Delta]].<ref name="famousfijis">{{cite web|title = Christy Mathewson |publisher = Phigam.org|url=http://www.phigam.org/famousFijis.aspx?famid=57&pageid=96 |accessdate = 2007-03-16}}</ref>
'''Entertainment''' is an activity designed to give people pleasure or [[relaxation]]. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching [[opera]] or a [[movie]], or actively as in games.<ref>{{cite web
| title =entertainment - Definitions from Dictionary.com
| work =
| publisher =Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
| date =2007
| url =http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entertainment
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>


The playing of [[sports]] and reading of [[literature]] are usually included in entertainment, but these are often called [[recreation]], because they involve some active participation beyond mere leisure
==Professional career==
===Minor league career & early major league career===
In {{by|1899}}, Mathewson left college and signed to play professional baseball with Taunton of the [[New England League]]. The next season, he moved on to play on the [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] team of the Virginia-North Carolina League. He finished that season with a 20-2 record.<ref name="baseballlibrary">{{cite web|title = Christy Mathewson |publisher=BaseballLibrary.com |url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Christy_Mathewson_1878 |accessdate = 2006-10-28}}</ref>


The industry that provides entertainment is called the [[List of entertainment industry topics|entertainment industry]].
In July of that year, the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] purchased his contract from Norfolk for $1,500.<ref name="br"/>.<ref name="baseballlibrary"/> Between July and December of {{by|1900}} Mathewson appeared in six games for the Giants. He started one of those games and compiled a 0-3 record. Displeased with his performance, the Giants returned him to Norfolk and demanded their money back.<ref name="baseballlibrary"/> Later that month, the [[Cincinnati Reds]] drafted Mathewson in the [[Rule 5 draft]].


==Examples of entertainment==
===Career with the Giants===
===Animation===
[[Image:Christy Mathewson, New York NL (baseball) (LOC).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mathewson, warming up before a game.]]
[[Image:Wikitanface.png|thumb|right|Wikipe-tan sailor fuku is a character in Japanese animation.]]
On [[December 15]], [[1900]], the Reds traded him to the Giants in exchange for [[Amos Rusie]].<ref name="br">{{cite web |title=Christy Mathewson |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mathech01.shtml |accessdate=2007-01-31}}</ref>
[[Animation]] provides moving images that are generated by an artist, in contrast to the live action normally used in motion pictures. It is typically accompanied by a sound track consisting of recordings of live actors. Animation is often used in computer-based forms of entertainment.


[[Cartoons]] are a [[comedy|comedic]] form of animation.<ref>{{cite web
During his 17-year career, Mathewson won 373 games and lost 188. His career [[Earned run average|ERA]] of 2.13 and 79 career shutouts are amongst the best all-time for pitchers. Employing a good fastball, outstanding control, and, especially, a new pitch he termed the "fadeaway" (later known in baseball as the "[[screwball]]"), which he learned from teammate Dave Williams in {{by|1898}}, Mathewson recorded 2,502 career [[strikeout]]s against 844 [[base on balls|walks]]. He is famous for his pitching duels with [[Mordecai Brown|Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown]], who won most of the duels against Mathewson.
| title =cartoon - Definitions from Dictionary.com
| work =
| publisher =Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
| date =2007
| url =http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cartoon
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>
[[Anime]] or TV manga refers to [[animation]] originating from [[Japan]] in the [[Occident]]al use of the word. In Japan the word refers to all animation. It may contain adult themes and futuristic locations.<ref>{{cite web
| title =anime - Definitions from Dictionary.com
| work =
| publisher =Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
| date =2007
| url =http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cartoon
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>


===Cinema===
[[Image:Mathewson in NY uniform.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Mathewson in NY uniform.]]
[[Film|Cinema]] provides moving pictures as an art form. Cinema may also be called [[film]]s or [[movie]]s.<ref>{{cite web
| title =cinema- Definitions from Dictionary.com
|last=Harper
|first=Douglas gfg
| work =rOnline Etymology Dictionary fd fdf
| publisher =Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
| date =2001
| url =http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cartoon fdgfg
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref> A film produces an illusion of motion by presenting a series of individual image frames in rapid succession. Films are produced by a crew that handle the cameras, sets and lighting. The cast consists of actors who appear in front of the camera and follow a script. After the film has been shot, it is edited then distributed to theaters or television studios for viewing.


===Theatre===
Mathewson's Giants won the [[1905 World Series]] over the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]. Mathewson was the starting pitcher in Game 1, and pitched a 4-hit shutout for the victory. Three days later, with the series tied 1-1, he pitched another 4-hit shutout. Then, two days later in Game 5, he threw a 6-hit shutout to clinch the series for the Giants. In a span of only six days, Mathewson had pitched three complete games without allowing a run.
[[Theatre]] encompasses live performance such as plays, musicals, farces, monologues and pantomimes.
[[Image:Lightmatter firebreath.jpg|thumb|right|Circus act - fire breather]]
===Circus===
[[Circus (performing art)|Circus]] acts include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hula hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists.<ref>{{cite web
| last =Hoh
| first= Lavahn G.
| title =The Circus in America: 1793&ndash;1940
| work =The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
| publisher =University of Virginia
| date =2004
| url =http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>


Circuses are a great place for families.
The 1905 World Series capped an impressive year for Mathewson as he had already won the National League [[Triple crown (baseball)|Triple Crown]] for pitchers, and threw the second [[no-hitter]] of his career. He claimed the Triple Crown again in {{by|1908}}, and by the time he left the Giants, the team had captured four more National League pennants, in addition to the aforementioned {{by|1905}} appearance in the World Series.<ref name="historicbaseball"/>


===Comedy===
As noted in ''[[The National League Story]]'' (1961) by [[Lee Allen (baseball)|Lee Allen]], Matty never pitched on Sunday. The impact of this on the Giants was minimized, since, in the eight-team National league, only the [[Chicago Cubs]] ([[Illinois]]), [[Cincinnati Reds]] ([[Ohio]]), and [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ([[Missouri]]), played home games in states that allowed professional sports on Sunday.
[[Comedy]] provides laughter and amusement. The audience is taken by surprise, by the parody or satire of an unexpected effect or an [[irony|opposite expectations]] of their cultural beliefs. [[Slapstick film]], [[one-liner joke]], [[observational humor]] are forms of comedy which have developed since the early days of jesters and traveling minstrels.<ref>{{cite web
| title =comedy
| work =From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
| publisher =HighBeam Research, Inc.
| date =2007
| url =http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-comedy.html
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>
===Comics===
[[Image:First felix.gif|thumb|right|Felix the Cat Comic Strip]]
[[Comics]] comprise of text and drawings which convey an entertaining narrative.<ref>{{cite web
| title =comic strip comic strip
| work = Britannica Online Encyclopedia
| publisher =Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
| date =2007
| url =http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106123/comic-strip
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref> Several famous comics revolve around super heroes such as [[Superman]], [[Batman]]. [[Marvel Comics]] and [[DC Comics]] are two publishers of comic books. [[Manga]] is the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] word for [[Comics|comic]] and print [[cartoon]]s.


[[Caricature]] is a graphical entertainment. The purpose may vary from merely putting smile on the viewers face, to raising social awareness, to highlighting the moral vices of a person being caricaturised.
Along with his brother [[Henry Mathewson]], he holds the major league record for combined wins by brothers playing for the same team: Christy 373, Henry 0.


===Dance===
===Three years with the Reds===
[[Image:Phenakistoscope 3g07690b.gif|thumb|right|Dancing]]
On July 20, {{by|1916}}, Mathewson's career came full circle when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds along with [[Edd Roush]]. He won one game with the Reds and served as their [[manager (baseball)|manager]] for the next three seasons.
[[Dance]] refers to [[Motion (physics)|movement]] of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110116/dance|title=britannica}}</ref> used as a form of [[Emotional expression|expression]], [[social]] [[social interaction|interaction]] or presented in a [[spirituality|spiritual]] or [[performance]] setting. Dance includes [[ballet]], [[cancan]], [[charleston]], [[Highland fling]], [[folk dance]], [[sun dance]], [[modern dance]], [[polka]] and many more.<ref>{{cite web
| title =Encyclopedia: Dance — Infoplease.com
| work =
| publisher =Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease
| date =2000–2007
| url =http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/1dan.html
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>


===Reading===
Mathewson and Brown wrapped their respective careers by squaring off on September 4, 1916. The game was billed as the final meeting between the two old baseball warriors. The high-scoring game was a win for Mathewson's Reds over Brown's Cubs.
[[Reading]] comprises the interpretation of written symbols.<ref>{{cite web
| title =reading - Encyclopedia.com
| publisher =HighBeam Research, Inc
| date =2007
| url =http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-reading.html
| url =http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-reading.html
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref> An author, poet or playwright sets out a composition for publication to provide education or diversion for the reader. The format includes paperback or hard cover books, magazines, periodicals, puzzle books, crossword magazines and coloring books. [[Fantasy]], [[Horror fiction|horror]], [[Science Fiction|science fiction]] and [[mystery]] are forms of reading entertainment.


===Games===
[[Image:Christy Mathewson Baseball.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Mathewson in Giants uniform.]]
[[Image:Bingo.jpg|thumb|right|Playing Bingo]]
[[Game]]s provides relaxation and diversion usually following a rule set. Games may be played by one person for their own entertainment, or by a group of people. Games may be played for achievement or money such as [[gambling]] or [[Bingo (U.S.)|bingo]]. [[Racing]], [[chess]] or [[checkers]] may develop physical or mental prowess. Games may be geared for children, or may be played outdoors such as [[lawn bowling]]. Equipment may be necessary to play the game such as a deck of cards for [[card games]], or a board and markers for board games such as [[Monopoly]], or [[backgammon]].<ref>{{cite web
| title =Games - MSN Encarta
| publisher =Microsoft
| date =2007
| url =http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565850/Games.html
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref> A few may be [[ball games]], [[Blind man's bluff]], [[board games]], [[card games]], [[children's games]], [[Croquet]], [[Frisbee]], [[Hide and seek]], [[Number games]], [[Paintball]], and [[Video games]] to name a few.


==WWI and after==
===Music===
[[Image:Ludwig van Beethoven - symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67 - ii. andante con moto.ogg|thumb|right|Musical Piece: Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor]]
In 1918, Mathewson enlisted in the [[United States Army]] for [[World War I]]. He served overseas as a Captain in the newly formed Chemical Service along with [[Ty Cobb]]. While in [[France]], during a training exercise he was accidentally gassed and consequently developed [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="historicbaseball"/> Although he returned to serve as a coach for the Giants from {{by|1919}}&ndash;{{by|1920}}, he spent a good portion of that time upstate fighting the illness.<ref name="baseballlibrary"/> In {{by|1923}}, Mathewson got back into professional baseball when he served as part-time president of the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]].
[[Music]] is an art form combining [[rhythm]], [[melody]], [[harmony]] for entertainment, ceremonial or religious purposes.<ref>{{cite web
| title =music - definition of music by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia
| publisher =Farlex, Inc.
| date =2007
| url =http://www.thefreedictionary.com/music
| accessdate = 2007-11-30 }}</ref>


===Other forms of entertainment===
==Death and legacy==
*[[Lecture]]
In a fight between starts, Matthewson was injured after being punched in the gut during an exhibition fight used to make money between starts. An errant blow caused him to contract the Spanish Flu. And then he ate poop.
*[[Magic (illusion)|Magic]]
*[[Sports]]
*[[Mass media]]
*[[Revue]]
*[[Television]]
*[[Radio programming|Radio]]
*[[Storytelling]]
*[[Masturbation]]
[[Image:juggler in devizes england arp.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Juggling|juggler]] entertains outdoors in [[Devizes]], [[Wiltshire]], [[England]]]]


==See also==
Two years later, he died in [[Saranac Lake, New York]]. He is buried at Lewisburg Cemetery in [[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania]]. Members of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] and the [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]] wore black armbands during the [[1925 World Series]]. Mathewson had died on the day the Series began.
: ''Main list: [[List of basic entertainment topics]]''


* [[Broadway theatre]]
* ''[[Factoryville, Pennsylvania#Christy Mathewson Day|Christy Mathewson Day]]'' is celebrated as a holiday in his hometown of Factoryville, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday closest to his birthday.
* [[History of film]]
*[[Bucknell University|Bucknell]]'s football stadium is named "[[Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium]]."
* [[Leisure]]
[[Image:Mathewson statue.png|thumb|200px|left|Statue of Mathewson in Christy Mathewson Park in his hometown of [[Factoryville, Pennsylvania]].]]
* [[Literature]]
* [[West End theatre]]


==Baseball honors==
==Footnotes==
*In 1936, Christy Mathewson was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the famous "First Five" inductees into the HOF, along with [[Babe Ruth]], [[Ty Cobb]], [[Walter Johnson]] and [[Honus Wagner]].
* His jersey, denoted as "NY", has been retired by the Giants and hangs in the left-field corner of [[AT&T Park]]. Uniform numbers were not used in those days.
* In 1999, he ranked number 7 on ''[[The Sporting News]]''' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranking National League pitcher.
*[[ESPN]] selected his pitching performance in the [[1905 World Series]] as the greatest playoff performance of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006/greatest50?index=1 |title=50 Greatest Playoff Performances |accessdate=2008-08-20 |work= |publisher=''espn.com'' |date= }}</ref> During WW II, a 422 foot Liberty Ship named in his honor, SS Christy Mathewson, was built in Richmond, CA in 1943.

Mathewson is mentioned in the poem ''"Lineup for Yesterday"'' by [[Ogden Nash]]:

{{Quote box2 |width= 18em |border= 4px |align= center |bgcolor= #FAF0E6 |halign= center | title=''Lineup for Yesterday''|quote=''M is for Matty,''<br/>''Who carried a charm''<br/>''In the form of an extra''<br/>''brain in his arm.''
|source= — ''[[Ogden Nash]]'', [[Sport magazine|''Sport'' magazine]] (January 1949)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_line.shtml |title=Line-Up For Yesterday by Ogden Nash |accessdate=2008-08-20 |work=[[Ogden Nash]] |publisher=''Sport Magazine'' |date= }}</ref>}}

== Statistics ==
'''[[Baseball statistics|Career statistics]]:'''<br />
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
''Hitting''
{| cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=1 width=400
|- align=center
| [[Games played|G]]
| [[At bat|AB]]
| [[Hit (baseball)|H]]
| [[Double (baseball)|2B]]
| [[Triple (baseball)|3B]]
| [[Home run|HR]]
| [[Run (baseball)|R]]
| [[Run batted in|RBI]]
| [[Base on balls|BB]]
| [[Strikeout|SO]]
| [[Batting average|AVG]]
| [[On base percentage|OBP]]
| [[Slugging percentage|SLG]]
| [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]]
|- align=center
| 646
| 1,684
| 362
| 50
| 12
| 7
| 151
| 165
| 116
| 74
| .215
| .272
| .271
| 61
|}
{{col-2}}
''Pitching''
{| cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=1 width=400
|- align=center
| [[Win (baseball)|W]]
| [[Loss (baseball)|L]]
| [[Win (baseball)|WP]]
| [[Games pitched|GP]]
| [[Games started|GS]]
| [[Complete game|CG]]
| [[Shutout|Sh]]
| [[Save (sport)|SV]]
| [[Innings pitched|IP]]
| [[Base on balls|BB]]
| [[Strikeout|SO]]
| [[Earned run average|ERA]]
| [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]]
|- align=center
| 373
| 188
| .665
| 635
| 551
| 434
| 79
| 28
| 4780.7
| 844
| 2,502
| 2.13
| 1.059
|}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
*[[300 win club]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins]]
*[[Triple crown (baseball)#National League winners 2|Triple Crown]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball saves champions]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball wins champions]]
*[[Top 100 strikeout pitchers of all time]]
*[[Major League Baseball titles leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters]]

==References==
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{{reflist|2}}
{{-}}


==External links==
== External links ==
{{Wiktionary|entertainer}}
*{{baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=m/mathech01 |fangraphs=1008235 |cube=M/christy-mathewson}}
{{Wikicommons|Category:Entertainment}}
*{{bbhof|id=118422}}
*{{dmoz|Arts/Entertainment|Entertainment}}
*[http://www.christymathewson.com/news.php christymathewson.com] Official site
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1577 Mathewson's grave site at findagrave.com]
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/family/fam1a.shtml Baseball Almanac list of brothers]

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|PLACE OF BIRTH = Factoryville, Pennsylvania
|DATE OF DEATH = October 7, 1925
|PLACE OF DEATH = Saranac Lake, New York
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See also Entertainment (disambiguation) and The Entertainer (disambiguation)
A mime working for tips entertaining crowd in Paris, France

Entertainment is an activity designed to give people pleasure or relaxation. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.[1]

The playing of sports and reading of literature are usually included in entertainment, but these are often called recreation, because they involve some active participation beyond mere leisure

The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry.

Examples of entertainment

Animation

Wikipe-tan sailor fuku is a character in Japanese animation.

Animation provides moving images that are generated by an artist, in contrast to the live action normally used in motion pictures. It is typically accompanied by a sound track consisting of recordings of live actors. Animation is often used in computer-based forms of entertainment.

Cartoons are a comedic form of animation.[2] Anime or TV manga refers to animation originating from Japan in the Occidental use of the word. In Japan the word refers to all animation. It may contain adult themes and futuristic locations.[3]

Cinema

Cinema provides moving pictures as an art form. Cinema may also be called films or movies.[4] A film produces an illusion of motion by presenting a series of individual image frames in rapid succession. Films are produced by a crew that handle the cameras, sets and lighting. The cast consists of actors who appear in front of the camera and follow a script. After the film has been shot, it is edited then distributed to theaters or television studios for viewing.

Theatre

Theatre encompasses live performance such as plays, musicals, farces, monologues and pantomimes.

Circus act - fire breather

Circus

Circus acts include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hula hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists.[5]

Circuses are a great place for families.

Comedy

Comedy provides laughter and amusement. The audience is taken by surprise, by the parody or satire of an unexpected effect or an opposite expectations of their cultural beliefs. Slapstick film, one-liner joke, observational humor are forms of comedy which have developed since the early days of jesters and traveling minstrels.[6]

Comics

Felix the Cat Comic Strip

Comics comprise of text and drawings which convey an entertaining narrative.[7] Several famous comics revolve around super heroes such as Superman, Batman. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are two publishers of comic books. Manga is the Japanese word for comic and print cartoons.

Caricature is a graphical entertainment. The purpose may vary from merely putting smile on the viewers face, to raising social awareness, to highlighting the moral vices of a person being caricaturised.

Dance

Dancing

Dance refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,[8] used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Dance includes ballet, cancan, charleston, Highland fling, folk dance, sun dance, modern dance, polka and many more.[9]

Reading

Reading comprises the interpretation of written symbols.[10] An author, poet or playwright sets out a composition for publication to provide education or diversion for the reader. The format includes paperback or hard cover books, magazines, periodicals, puzzle books, crossword magazines and coloring books. Fantasy, horror, science fiction and mystery are forms of reading entertainment.

Games

Playing Bingo

Games provides relaxation and diversion usually following a rule set. Games may be played by one person for their own entertainment, or by a group of people. Games may be played for achievement or money such as gambling or bingo. Racing, chess or checkers may develop physical or mental prowess. Games may be geared for children, or may be played outdoors such as lawn bowling. Equipment may be necessary to play the game such as a deck of cards for card games, or a board and markers for board games such as Monopoly, or backgammon.[11] A few may be ball games, Blind man's bluff, board games, card games, children's games, Croquet, Frisbee, Hide and seek, Number games, Paintball, and Video games to name a few.

Music

Musical Piece: Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor

Music is an art form combining rhythm, melody, harmony for entertainment, ceremonial or religious purposes.[12]

Other forms of entertainment

A juggler entertains outdoors in Devizes, Wiltshire, England

See also

Main list: List of basic entertainment topics

Footnotes

  1. ^ "entertainment - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  2. ^ "cartoon - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  3. ^ "anime - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  4. ^ Harper, Douglas gfg (2001). fdgfg "cinema- Definitions from Dictionary.com". rOnline Etymology Dictionary fd fdf. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. Retrieved 2007-11-30. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ Hoh, Lavahn G. (2004). "The Circus in America: 1793–1940". The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. University of Virginia. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  6. ^ "comedy". From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. HighBeam Research, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  7. ^ "comic strip comic strip". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  8. ^ "britannica".
  9. ^ "Encyclopedia: Dance — Infoplease.com". Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. 2000–2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  10. ^ "reading - Encyclopedia.com". HighBeam Research, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  11. ^ "Games - MSN Encarta". Microsoft. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  12. ^ "music - definition of music by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Farlex, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.

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