The pie in the face is a low brow, slapstick comedy gambit that dates back to vaudeville and silent films. "Pieing," depending on the circumstances, say when baseball players do it during post-game ...

Virginia Harrison from the Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women gets a whipped cream pie in her face as she explains the semi-annual literacy fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 3, 2013. Video by John Lucas / ...

Some people find it screamingly funny when others get hit with cream pies. And in the realm of entertainment, it often is. Slapstick comedians on stage and screen have built careers around ...