The phrase
"obvious jokes" refers to jokes that are easily understood or figured out because they are not complicated, clever, or subtle.
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It's pretty standard fare, really, full of
obvious jokes about changing the past and the obvious «rebellion» of not honouring the Prime Directive by introducing The Black - Eyed Peas into an eighties music scene that, for everything you could say about Falco or Flock of Seagulls, never produced anything remotely as odious as The Black - Eyed Peas.
It was easy to
make obvious jokes about the Browns during that first half against the Steelers, but the team may now be on its way to a much better season than many expected in Mike Pettine's first season.
Despite the lack of a laugh track and the use of real locations rather than sets, the series still has an old - fashioned sitcom mentality to it, with a number
of obvious jokes you see coming that don't show much imagination or wit.
While some of the
more obvious jokes boil down to «we are so old» (cue complaints about youth, the failings of ones aging body or some misunderstanding that stems from the characters» advanced years), these moments never feel contrived or desperate for a crowd - pleasing, belly - laugh response.
The premise, which involves a case of mistaken identity and a struggling sculptor named Liam (Jack Huston) faking his death to make his work more valuable, is based on one of the oldest and
most obvious jokes about the art world, and the film doesn't get much more insightful or incisive than that.
Sarandon's Isis - yes they do make
several obvious jokes about that name choice - rounds out the three new leads when she shows up in Carla's driveway suddenly for the first time in three years.
Sure, it's a surprise that he can carry a tune, but it's no surprise that MacFarlane, who came to fame and fortune by telling
obvious jokes so slowly a dog could understand, considers his competence as proof of his excellence, his smugness bearing no swagger, his self - satisfaction undercutting his otherwise perfectly pleasant surroundings.»
It starts with a
fairly obvious joke: Celebrities are narcissistic jerks without a shred of decency or any sense of compassion.
There is so much sexual tension between Hermione and Ron, that is makes their chemistry somewhat ridiculous, and Kloves, has a habit of throwing in one
obvious joke after another, which constantly disrupts the film's flow.
Twitter was quick to respond with nervous humor, including speculation that Godard had planted the object and
obvious jokes along the lines of «the movie will be the real bomb.»
This one casts Ben Stiller (Keeping the Faith, Mystery Men) as a male nurse named Greg Focker (
obvious jokes here), who is madly in love with Pam (Polo, Mystery Date), and has immediate plans to ask for her hand in marriage.
He is a nicely developed type, so
when obvious jokes do play out, Leopold is too much of an intelligent character to simply be subjected to pointless physical humor.
It's an enjoyable bit of escapist entertainment, mixing some sharp gags in between the
more obvious jokes.
Even a late bid at body - switching, courtesy said magic man, isn't exploited for any but the
most obvious jokes.
There are
several obvious jokes about the superstar high - achievers who apply to Princeton («and my father is Cuban, and in a wheelchair») and the snotty legacy cases as well.
All obvious jokes aside, it's an issue that ought to be considered seriously — as the court in this case clearly did.
The media is always trolling for the next viral thing — they enjoyed pretending that stoners would love the Cap’n Crunch Delights (as I also did a moment ago — probably a good sign, that there's
an obvious joke).
Should have read further down the thread to see
the obvious joke was made.
Mike Catalinotto, a savvy old pol and former town Republican chairman, was one of many surprised at the virulent response to
the obvious joke.
I have a tendency to make
the obvious joke on occasion.
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Around the middle of the season, the show takes aim at a couple of easy targets in an episode set at a silent retreat full of huffy New Age types, but then it skirts past some of
the obvious jokes to conclude with scenes that are both warmly goofy and ever - so - slightly earnest.
Hey, at least after a million
obvious jokes they'll probably move us by making the characters see how they really like each other.
Rookie screenwriter Peter Steinfeld knows his white - trash material inside and out and, beneath all
the obvious jokes and brutal physical humor, there is always an essential core of human truth, however uncouth.
I turned to my wife and said, «It will be
an obvious joke, but if he has Scarface, that will at least be funny.»
It's
an obvious joke, yes, but it doesn't matter when the scene itself is as hilarious as it is here — filled with pregnant pauses and a shot of a worker figuring out the punch line to a joke in slow motion.
It is slyly and wittily conceived, and these scenes provide some of the movie's biggest laughs without ever being condescending or going for
the obvious jokes (well, maybe the giant Saltine cracker gag was just too much to resist).
He made all
the obvious jokes.
Those are
the obvious jokes to a series that proudly wears its obviousness on its sleeve.
Stranding a Manhattan couple (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) in a hippie commune in rural Georgia provides some clear opportunities for fish - out - of - water comedy, but Wain and his cast never go for
the obvious joke, and they're willing to push the material in eccentric directions.
He presents himself as a macho - adventurer, offering his services to bring them to safety, and it takes until the very final moments of the second act before
the obvious joke that he's anything but how he looks is finally revealed.
But Will Ferrell has never been one to go for
the obvious joke, and his latest, directed by Saturday Night Live alumnus Matt Piedmont, targets a subgenre that much of its audience will not even be aware exists: Spanish - language telenovelas.
Even that element, also full of potential, is wasted by inane,
obvious jokes that try to be edgy and unpredictable.
Obvious jokes are avoided, and in their place we get more organic comedy that highlights whatever is being explored in any given subplot.
It might be that viewers have simply gotten used to the character, or it might be Reese, Wernick, and Reynolds editing themselves, but there's more ease around the character of Deadpool now, less of an impulse to go for
the obvious joke all the time.
For
all its obvious jokes (Viagra: check; sagging boobs: check) and broad character sketches (bohemian Biff is bisexual and doesn't understand technology), it's so well played that all its characters fill out and all its emotional beats land.
Then there's Allen's script, which forgoes any form of wit and replaces it with bad puns and
obvious jokes.
But Craig's script, and her subtly artful direction, favor the minor chords of these old melodies, digging under
the obvious jokes to examine what animates them.
Then there's Nancy, who is but isn't Max's mother, and somewhere between
the obvious jokes about awful dialogue, unnecessary slow - motion, and extended flashbacks (all by the screenplay's own design, of course) exists a disarmingly touching story about a daughter reaching out to a deceased parent who is and isn't right there in front of her.
It spawned dozens more too -
obvious jokes.