ppet ▁equivalent ▁to ▁our ▁political ▁cart o ons ." ▁▁ 1 9 th ▁to ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁England , ▁p antom ime ▁acquired ▁its ▁present ▁form ▁which ▁includes ▁s lap st ick ▁comedy ▁and ▁featured ▁the ▁first ▁main stream ▁c low n ▁Joseph ▁Gr im ald i , ▁while ▁comedy ▁rout ines ▁also ▁featured ▁heavily ▁in ▁British ▁music ▁hall ▁theatre ▁which ▁became ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s . ▁British ▁com ed ians ▁who ▁hon ed ▁their ▁skills ▁in ▁music ▁hall ▁sketch es ▁include ▁Charlie ▁Chap lin , ▁Stan ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Dan ▁L eno . ▁English ▁music ▁hall ▁com ed ian ▁and ▁theatre ▁im pres ario ▁Fred ▁Kar no ▁developed ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁sketch ▁comedy ▁without ▁dialog ue ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁and ▁Chap lin ▁and ▁La ure l ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁com ed ians ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁his ▁company . ▁Kar no ▁was ▁a ▁pione er ▁of ▁s lap st ick , ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁bi ography , ▁La ure l ▁stated , ▁" F red ▁Kar no ▁didn ' t ▁teach ▁Charlie ▁[ Ch ap lin ] ▁and ▁me ▁all ▁we ▁know ▁about ▁comedy . ▁He ▁just ▁taught ▁us ▁most ▁of ▁it ". ▁Film ▁producer ▁Hal ▁Ro ach ▁stated : ▁" F red ▁Kar no ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁genius , ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁origin ated ▁s lap st ick ▁comedy . ▁We ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁o we ▁much