Gags and Stops

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Stops and gags are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stops" instead a verb "Gags".

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Gags and stops are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gags" instead a verb "Stops".

The revival production a decade later even referenced this — Jon English stops to make sure that a number of gags from the original aren't repeated, with the explanation "they've all seen the DVD anyway".

Source: Theatre / The Pirates of Penzance
Its 500th episode, season 23's "At Long Last Leave", had a couch gag that showed all the previous 499 couch gags, all continuing to pan skyward as they play out until it stops with the multiple incarnations of the family sitting at their couch, forming a mosaic "500".

Source: Milestone Celebration

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