Sentences with phrase «for an easy laugh by»

Comedian Woody Allen often goes for an easy laugh by inserting various outrageous statements into a parody, such as his takeoff on Kafka's Journals: «Getting through the night is becoming harder and harder.

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In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

That makes it easy to attack Jack Straw, Alan Johnson and David Miliband as dithering cowards for not dealing the death blow to Gordon Brown when they were presented with the chance, though I can't help laughing when that charge is laid by those who recommended him to us as the messiah just two years ago.

The number one hope, for both men and women, was that their date would make them laugh.3 And what easier way to fulfil this wish then by knowing what it is that gets them giggling?

The jokes are so flat and the timing so far off that entire scenes go by without a single laugh, which isn't easy for a Leslie Nielsen movie.

What's worse is that Dr. $'s music is incredibly tame by raunchy rap standards, so the creators couldn't even get any mileage out of the best chance for easy laughs.

Best in Show, their second movie and probably their funniest from a sheer laugh - measuring point of view, sacrificed some of this gravitas for easier forms of humor: it's no mistake that it was dominated by Fred Willard's jovial, inane announcer.

Credit not only Arteta, but screenwriter Phil Johnston for playing scenes out no longer than they needed to be and by not going for the easiest of laughs.

The screenplay by Michael Bacall (who also wrote the first film), Oren Uziel, and Rodney Rotham doesn't stop there; it doesn't just go for the easy laugh.

Marred by potty humor and an overall tackiness, Racing Stripes would be a modestly cute kids film, if only it could have avoided going for easy (and cheesy) laughs.

Pena fares better in his co-lead performance, but even he is hampered by having to force in dialogue that plays more for the easy laugh in the moment than as something this particular character might say on a day - to - day basis.

In the course of the film, such things as the way Rosemary breaks every piece of furniture she happens to sit in, is ridiculed for wearing any revealing piece of clothing, and for Hal being shunned by his friends because they are embarrassed to be seen with a guy who has a fatty for a girlfriend are not only all played for easy laughs, but also treat people who may weigh 300 lbs.