Sentences with phrase «get big laughs»

Thomas Haden Church is a standout as Brad's inappropriate boss at a soft jazz radio station.Other than that this movie doesn't quite offer anything new for it's comedic talents, and at times doesn't quite get the big laughs it should.

Ramis's films have had their share of sexual innuendo and potty humor, but those were used sparingly, and usually to get big laughs (the Baby Ruth pool scene in Caddyshack is a prime example).

She's funny and willing to do practically anything to get the big laughs.

It also used to mean something to see the name Ivan Reitman as director, helmer of such classic comedies as Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Meatballs, although without Bill Murray, Reitman can't seem to get in sync with the pacing of the comedy to get any big laughs out of the material.

Yes, they get big laughs, but they're so incongruous with the rest of the movie that they smack of desperation, that the filmmakers didn't believe that their movie was good enough or, because it's a primarily British cast, accessible enough.

Years ago my best friend and I used to get big laughs by adding the phrase «under the bedsheets» to certain evangelical hymn titles.

I meet a lot of kids, and I get to see how they respond to what I've written — what gets a big laugh, what gets an introspective chuckle — and sense what their response might be to future projects.

My friends in New Zealand got a big laugh out of that one!

But the idea of a Christian going into a club or having a theatre show that would be like an Old Testament prophet... I don't think Old Testament prophets got big laughs.

Got a big laugh, too.

We got the biggest laugh once we discovered what he'd done!

Kids on comedy shows may get a big laugh when they talk back, but let him know it's not so funny in real life.

Kids on comedy shows may get a big laugh when they talk back.

Here's a great quote from Murdoch, referring to prime ministers he had dealt with, which got a big laugh in the courtroom:

He also managed to get the biggest laughs of the night, with his four rivals joining in.

While the boys laugh and joke around - Zhem's laid - back cockiness and Kol's physical humour get the biggest laughs - we see their japes with the knowledge of the trials to come, and smiles are rueful.

-- City Comptroller John Liu got the biggest laugh of the evening at Thursday's housing - focused mayoral forum, where candidates reportedly competed to see who had the lowest opinion of the Bloomberg administration's handling of Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.

4 sports anchor Len Berman got a big laugh at the expense of ex-Gov.

Svante Pääbo got the biggest laugh of the day from the audience.

Kroll got big laughs for slamming others accused of abuse, saying of Kevin Spacey, «Can we still watch «K - Pax»?»

Myers thought that the reference wouldn't work, but it ended up getting the biggest laughs during test screenings.

It's also very funny (Haden Church and Gershon share a moment that got the biggest laugh we heard all festival long), and suspenseful when it has to be.

If there are jokes that are getting big laughs, but that are potentially offensive, the audience has told you, collectively, that you're not crossing the line and it's actually okay.»

As nit - picky as that sounds, I have to commend Meyers for getting that big laugh most of the time, even if it comes at the expense of the vital truths about the value of an older woman, which is touched upon often, but never honestly explored.

Not what I was expecting, but it got big laughs.

Hall Pass reminds me of their past efforts: able to get a big laugh here, misfiring there, unsettling with some ribald and gross gags, and doing a decent job to ground the piece in thoughtful humanity.

When that works, when people get the biggest laugh in the theater in every scene in every city, in here Pacino goes «Have I ever let you down before?»

Although Arkin is getting most of the attention, his co-star gets the biggest laughs.

The one - liners get the biggest laughs not because they're «shocking» but because they're funny and well - timed.

The movie got big laughs at all the right places, and gasps when the punches land.

He talks to Oliver Burkeman about finally getting the big laughs.

I'm on her,» which got a big laugh from the entire class.

Woody Allen got a big laugh when his character in Sleeper posited, «I'm what you would call a teleological, existential atheist.

They were written by East Coast pulp writers, who portrayed Crockett as a racist, chauvinist monster, which got big laughs circa 1839.

If Jon Fine, Amazon's Director of Author and Publisher Relations, uses that line — with his vaudeville - caliber timing — in Frankfurt when he appears in the CONTEC town - hall session on «Self - Publishing and Its Implications for the Industry,» it just may get a bigger laugh than it did at Writer's Digest West.

The first time I read Amos McGee to a group of kids, I was floored by how many moments were getting big laughs.

I was mortified at the time, but it's become a tale that always gets big laughs whenever anyone in the family brings it up.

While fans of the previous games in the Monkey Island series may get the biggest laughs out of the twisted plot connections across the trilogy while reminiscing elements that are oddly familiar, no previous knowledge of the Monkey Island series is needed to enjoy this game wholeheartedly.

Years ago at Climate Audit I got a big laugh from the assembled crowd by claiming that not only did we not know the magnitude of water vapor feedback, but that we are not even sure of the sign of it.

When something good happens to your partner — a promotion, a compliment from a coworker, or even just a witticism that gets a big laugh — seize the opportunity to make the most of it.

I thought the Sketchers looked too big for him and got a big laugh when I read why.

Not exact matches

SNL is having a resurgence of popularity as people tune in to try to get some laughs out of our latest national political news, but even Trump's biggest opponents won't want to watch if the show's not funny.

I do get a great big laugh out of people who absolutely refuse to provide the slightest evidence for their basic position, then hypocritically demand everyone else provide evidence.

This made me laugh and got my mind turning: millstone grindstone nose to grindstone they guys have no noses no noses mean no smells they can't smell a rat oh, there's the big, fat rat (he can't smell the rot of a bigger rat) that rat must expend a lot of effort to research the ancient Hebrew and Greek meanings and applications of «millstone», find a way to make «the millstone message» positive and culturally relevant, find a free video clip of working «millstones», devise an enticing pitch to raise money for more up to date «millstones», and still manage to keep the current millstones grinding.

He got caught and we had a big laugh.

If Arsenal, gets Mbappe or Abumayang the bank will be having a laughing but the people who run our club including the manager never go big.

And to think we waste 8m a season on wenger and another 2.5 m on that ivan loser he even got a 1m bonus last summer for what I really do nt know??? we are a joke that the football world laughs at and will continue to laugh at until bigs changes are made from top to bottom

Imagine the champions got beat by Birmingham City and Spurs came back from 2 - 0 down to beat Arsenal 3 - 2 in the big North London Derby... I'm sure the bookies are laughing their head's off this [Monday] morning!

This isn't the biggest or the cleverest Arsenal website, but what I loved about it was that you could get a true sense of how Arsenal fans are thinking w the thumbs feature: frustrated, optimistic, laughing at situations, do analysts have a point?

- Wenger can be so insane to do it.The man is out of this world and complety insane.He can not see what it is obvious for the entire world.To have better players on the bench and to keep favouring the same out - of - form or not good enough players week after week is madness.To play for draw from the beginning against an awful team which got beaten by the entire league on a daily bases - this is something unimaginable.It is not Mertesacker fault for being embarrased by any player on the planet, it is the manager fault for exposing him as a laughing point of focus.Wenger must go, the man is deluded, he is scarred to take any risk for success.Well, guess what - only showing courage and breaking the risk can bring you success.Not the case - I predict a chain of defeats following, with the cherry on top being a big defeat against Spurs - a team which, despite our hate, plays real football (with great results I must say).