Editing Vaudeville (section)

== Vaudeville's cultural influence and legacy ==
Some of the most prominent vaudevillians successfully made the transition to cinema, though others were not as successful. Some performers such as [[Bert Lahr]] fashioned careers out of combining live performance with radio and film roles. Many others later appeared in the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskill]] resorts that constituted the "[[Borscht Belt]]".

Vaudeville was instrumental in the success of the newer media of film, radio, and television. Comedies of the new era adopted many of the dramatic and musical tropes of classic vaudeville acts. Film comedies of the 1920s through the 1940s used talent from the vaudeville stage and followed a vaudeville aesthetic of variety entertainment, both in Hollywood and in Asia, including China.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://u.osu.edu/mclc/online-series/rea-jenkins/|title=The Ancient Art of Falling DownVaudeville Cinema between Hollywood and China|date=2017-08-29|work=MCLC Resource Center|access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref>

The rich repertoire of the vaudeville tradition was mined for prominent prime-time radio [[variety show]]s such as ''The [[Rudy Vallée]] Show''. The structure of a single host introducing a series of acts became a popular television style and can be seen consistently in the development of television, from ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' in 1948 to ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' in the 1980s.<ref name="Hilmes2010p97">{{cite book| last=Hilmes| first=Michele| date=12 February 2010| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG0YsRLUi18C&pg=PA97| title=Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States| page=97| publisher=Cengage Learning| isbn=978-0-495-57051-6| quote=... it is in the form of the variety show itself, network radio's offspring, that we can see the influence of vaudeville on radio most clearly. From ''The Rudy Vallee Show'' through ''Jack Benny'' and ''Bing Crosby'' to TV programs like ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Smothers Brothers'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''In Living Color'', and ''Late Night with David Letterman'', we can see strong remnants of vaudeville's typical variety act structure. Combining a host/announcer with comedy sketches, musical performances, dance, monologues, and satiric banter—sometimes even animal acts--the variety show takes myriad forms today. The vaudeville circuit of touring companies and local theatres is gone, but it lives on electronically.}}</ref> The multi-act format had renewed success in shows such as ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' with [[Sid Caesar]] and ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. Today, performers such as [[Bill Irwin]], a [[MacArthur Fellow]] and [[Tony Award]]-winning actor, are frequently lauded as "New Vaudevillians".<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957652-2,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312141913/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957652-2,00.html| archive-date=12 March 2007| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]| title=Theater: Bowing Out with a Flourish| date=1989-05-15| access-date=2010-05-27| first=William A. III| last=Henry}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode| url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/dialogue/dialogue_irwin_3.html |series=[[Great Performances]]| title=Bill Irwin: Clown Prince| network=PBS| air-date=15 December 2004| season=32| access-date=2010-09-12}}</ref>

References to vaudeville and the use of its distinctive argot continue throughout North American popular culture. Words such as "flop" and "gag" were terms created from the vaudeville era and have entered the American idiom. Vaudevillian techniques can commonly be witnessed on television and in movies, remarkably in the recent, worldwide phenomenon of TV shows such as ''[[America's Got Talent]]''.

In [[professional wrestling]], there was a noted tag team, based in [[WWE]], called [[The Vaudevillains]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/37365-wwe-nxt-report-6-6-tampa|title=WWE NXT report 6-6 Tampa|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|date=7 June 2014|author=White, James|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, noted film director Christopher Annino, maker of a new silent feature film, ''Silent Times'', founded Vaudeville Con, a gathering to celebrate the history of vaudeville. The first meeting was held in [[Pawcatuck, Connecticut]].<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/First-International-Vaudeville-Con-Food-Drive-For-Pawcatuck-Neighborhood-Center-20180925 "First International Vaudeville Con Food Drive For Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center"]. Broadway World. Retrieved 15 November 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.thewesterlysun.com/News/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Vaudeville-Con-coming-to-Pawcatuck.html "First-ever Vaudville Con coming to Pawcatuck Friday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028153019/http://www.thewesterlysun.com/News/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Vaudeville-Con-coming-to-Pawcatuck.html |date=28 October 2018 }}. ''The Westerly Sun''. Retrieved 15 November 2018</ref>