Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
screwball comedy
noun
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▪ A straight-laced Wall Street banker gets mixed up in one ludicrous misunderstanding after another in George Gallo's screwball comedy.
Wiktionary
screwball comedy
n. 1 (context uncountable English) A genre of motion picture or play where opposites were juxtaposed; characterized by snappy dialog, and a blend of sophistication and slapstick 2 (context countable English) A motion picture or play of this genre.
Wikipedia
Screwball Comedy
Screwball Comedy is an album by the Japanese band Soul Flower Union. The album found the band going into a simpler, harder-rocking direction, after several heavily world-music influenced albums.