Sentences with phrase «running gags on»

Spacey's rumored taste for young men was a running gag on the sitcom Difficult People, and a dark joke on Family Guy.

Not exact matches

Nationals senator John Williams has reiterated to The Australian Financial Review if Hayne doesn't come good on Monday and ask all financial institutions to waiver gag orders, he will make a speech in the chamber on Wednesday and push for a Senate inquiry to run in parallel with the royal commission.

He has a partner in this pursuit, and they create themselves as a DJ duo called «Cheers,» modeled in part on their idols, Daft Punk (who appear as themselves throughout the movie in a running gag where they try to get into clubs and nobody recognizes them).

In addition to the sly humor to be found in the background of every Aardman production (labels for Costly Crackers and Stumbler's Whiskey, a wall papered with news stories about the «Veggy Monster» from «The Curse of the Were - Rabbit»), «Flushed Away» features a hilarious running gag in the form of a Greek chorus of singing slugs, who harmonize at opportune moments on everything from «Don't Worry, Be Happy» to «Mr. Lonely.»

But while the sequel benefits from Reynolds» superhuman charisma as the charmingly annoying, katana - wielding protagonist, the film nevertheless feels too much like more of the same: more of the same gross - out gags, more of the same irreverent jokes, more bits where Deadpool has to regrow severed limbs to the disgust of everyone around him, more running commentary on the movie he's in....

«The Walk» is worth seeing on a big screen for its final wire walk (intrusive voice - over notwithstanding), for its lovingly recreated images of the World Trade Center, for its often wry humor (including a marvelous running gag involving an elevator operator) and for some of the supporting performances (notably Kingsley's pitch - perfect mentor performance, and James Badge Dale's turn as a wise - ass Franco - American who joins the team infiltrating the towers).

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

For example, there is a funny bit where Kevin James» character, Eric, is a little too attached to his mom (the super adorable Georgia Engel from The Mary Tyler Moore Show), but they chose to spend more time on a stupid running gag: Eric has the ability to «burp - snart» (burping, sneezing, and farting at the same time).

Meanwhile, it becomes something of a running gag that after his decision to temporarily retreat from the director's chair in the early 1970s to focus on production and distribution, Corman continually promises, in interview after interview, to return to directing in a year's time.

Whether on Earth or in space, the jokes are either flat or hopelessly crude (the running gag of the Coneheads confusing condoms with chewing gum), and in an attempt to give the film some cachet with the current «Saturday Night Live» audience, a whole bunch of early -»90s «SNL» players are dragged

There is a recurring gag that has Paul Rudd doing his finest Tony Montana impression (it gets old quick), a scene where the cops try to remove a beached whale from the shoreline, and a couple of run - ins with oft - appearing supporting performer on the TV show, Nick Swardson (The Benchwarmers), as the flamboyantly gay Terry.

The rest of the movie has some set pieces too but it's more focused on running gags and good natured dudes razzing each other.

Instead, the writers settle on complacent jokes such as the running gag that Scott doesn't understand simple mathematics.

The only running gag that somewhat works is the version of Tom Cruise's character from War of the Worlds being a bad father, but it's also probably the only joke that is actually based on observation of the source material.

Meanwhile, Hill makes good use of his neuroses, improvisational skills and ability to rib at himself with a half - forced grin, this time around playing the man on the outside as Jenko gets in with the popular college jocks and Schmidt has to do the walk of shame (a great, smaller running gag) and eventually gets into a hysterical kiss / fight with a scene - stealing Jillian Bell that's another highlight of the picture.

But under the weight of the pro forma shootouts and car chases that ensue, all the code - switching culture - clash comedy feels weak and belabored here — particularly a running gag involving Clarence's efforts to sell the hip - hop - loving Blips on the paler charms of George Michael.

We start off with some aggressive jokes about ogling women's bodies, move on to sex bets and end up with a running gag about Thorny (Chandrasekhar) developing a dependence on Canadian female Viagra.

However, most of the film runs along without much catering to its main plot, concentrating more on its characters, tossing up some pretty clever gags and side stories involving such things as the making of jams, the girls» trying to help Gru to get them a new stepmom, Margo's romantic stirrings, and a good deal of Minion slapstick shenanigans, which will no doubt make this a hit for the kiddies.

And a running gag having to do with lesions on Chris Elliot's face is downright disturbing.

Jon Lovitz, Southland Tales (2006) Jon Lovitz came to America's attention as a bumbling sad - sack on Saturday Night Live, best known for running gags like the «Girl Watchers» series, where he and Tom Hanks played two atonal, self - denigrating drips who dismissed every woman they saw as «waaaaay out of our league.»

Rex (Steve Buscemi), Pip (Adam Sandler), and Chazz (Brendan Fraser) are the Lone Rangers (one of the film's running gags is, of course, that three guys can't be lone), a Los Angeles heavy metal band scrambling to hang onto their miserable lives on the Siberian fringes of the rock»n' roll life

The script by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth runs on rails with great twists and turns and gags.

There is a running gag with townspeople and slaves alike struggling to accept the sight of Django on a horse.

The short runs entirely on sight gags, which may or may not be a good thing, depending on your tastes.

The two have a lot in common: They're both tough and independent (aside from leaning on one another), and there's a running gag throughout the film where the two yell at each other as though they're strangers when they encounter one another on the road.

His earlier films, funny as they are, are hampered by unevenness and overemphasis, and by the kind of selfcongratulatory distrust of the audience that makes Brooks hold his shots too long, zoom in insistently on his sight gags, use the same joke again and again under the misapprehension that that makes it a running gag, or — when in doubt — have an unlikely person say «bullshit» or burst into Cole Porter.

Sketches, regular characters, cameos of famous people, one - liners, and running gags were blended together in a non-stop, fast - paced show entirely devoted to comedy — no singers and no dancers, which were the norm on variety shows of the period.

Not everything works (a running gag where Bobby's beverage bottles keep on breaking before he can drink is especially lame), but for the most part this section of the film is a demented hoot, galvanized by some great character work by the supporting players.

There are plenty of sight gags, and the usual mirth and mayhem, although they are mild in humor value, as the Ice Age series has run mostly on charm and affability, rather than on catchy zingers and genuine wit.

THE BLU - RAY DISC - ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves docks on Blu - ray in another extended cut that bloats the already - distended running time of the theatrical version by nine minutes with, for example, stuff like the aforementioned crucifix gag.

Toss in running gags about the pubic hair on lesbian strippers, and what could possibly be wrong?

But the gags are predominantly broad and the cynically - minded commentary, which touches on everything from cultural capitalism and art world smuggery to the current political climate and the fickleness of success, doesn't run very deep.

There are so many run - on gags that I found it too hard to find any of them remotely clever.

Said evil kingdom stages an ambush, locking all of the representatives within the not - U.N.. The game would focus on Bowser trying to defeat the evil kingdom — primarily out of wounded pride and jealousy — while Peach does what she can within the not - U.N. I envision a running gag where she slaps a panicky toad with little provocation.

A throwaway joke about Sybil and the severed head of the Lincoln memorial going out on a date becomes a brilliant ongoing sideplot, minor characters from the first episode of season one become the linchpin of season two's overarching plot in a twist worthy of M. Night Shyamalan (good M. Night Shyamalan, not recent M. Night Shyamalan), and a weird running gag about mariachis singing at people's birthday parties spirals into probably the most inventive time - travel plot any videogame's ever attempted.

So it wouldn't surprise me if you looked upon certain parts of GTA V as a tonal betrayal of your legacy, such as when Franklin discovers he can communicate telepathically with a dog, or the running gag in which Trevor is compelled into a homicidal rage whenever people notice his Canadian accent, or the recurring encounters with a smooth - talking marijuana - legalization enthusiast, or the mission that commences with this on - scene text: NEUTRALIZE 20 HIPSTERS.

I will defend the Ghostbusters anger — although it got out of hand when it became a running gag / full blown meme on the AVC.

* The editorial continues the WSJ's disregard of the difference in significance between odd weather events and climate change overall, which is the basis for a running gag that the WSJ's James Taranto uses in his Best of the Web e-mail column — usually, but not always, by targeting an instance when Al Gore gave a global warming speech on a really, really cold day.