Allowing his name, persona, and «image» (though one of the movie's
great running jokes is that nobody can quite remember who he is) to be utilized in this bizarre, absurdist fashion required a great leap of faith, especially since both Kaufman and director Spike Jonze were relative nobodies at the time.
The fisherman for example,
great running joke.
Not exact matches
It was a good
joke, but now it's a
great joke, thanks to China's state -
run newspaper, People's Daily, which reported it like it was the real deal.
One of the most respected clubs in the world has now become the butt of all
jokes, and are now a
great example of how NOT to
run a club.
Vinny Nigro
running for Town Justice would be a
great joke if only it was a
joke and not really happening.
And as 2016's Deadpool made clear, the
greatest of those powers may be his complete self - awareness: The majority of
jokes in Deadpool were focused on flaying the titular hero and the superhero industrial complex, whether that meant poking fun at Reynolds's career and Fox's
run of bad superhero movies or inserting raunchy one - liners and superfluous gore into the movie's big action sequences in order to earn its rare - for - the - genre R rating.
In the few «movie years» since the end of the original, Mac, Rabbit, Thorny, Foster and Farva all lost their jobs due to the «Fred Savage incident» — which is a
running joke throughout the film — with a
great payoff in the closing credits.
One could argue the tonal disconnect between an act of terrorism and comedy, and yet the injection of some quips and the odd
running joke about a producer obsessed with balls turns out to be one of the film's
greatest weapons, moreso than the overly familiar stench of disdain and dissidence as a poorly planned hostage stunt yields a much more complex discussion about class structure and the corruption of the American financial system.
Run by a friendly British owner and featuring staff members who enjoy a
joke, A-One has all the assets of a
great eatery in addition to its excellent location on the Nopparat Thara Beach Road.
It's a game that really tries hard on the presentation front, and takes
great pride in its visual assets; boob
jokes aside, the game
runs and looks
great.
The
running joke, then, is that I have an unhealthy obsession with Night Trap, and so anything other than a comedy review that ends by saying it's the
greatest game ever made would seem oddly out of character for this site.