Sentences with phrase «second banana»

Virtual reality and augmented reality seem to be all the rage at the moment, playing second banana in the tech world only to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

This year there were plenty of second bananas and bit parts who did just that.

A dramatic room entrance, memorable clothing and a signature saying: all have the markings of a first rate second banana.

Astorino's cause might be better served by following Cuomo's strategy for second banana.

Probably best known today as second banana Willard in the 2011 version of «Footloose» — a role he actually played in a high school production — Teller generated some ecstatic reviews at Sundance last month for his work in the upcoming teen romance, «The Spectacular Now.»

For a while she has been a talented actress playing second banana roles in a number of Judd Apatow comedies (minus last year's abysmal «I Give It A Year «-RRB- and odd genre affairs, always stealing a scene here and there but never warping the entire movie around her greatness.

On a meta level, it's as if his presence here is her facing her past, or at least Hollywood's desire to see her typecast as a Jennifer Aniston - like second banana.)

Harlow and Tracy are only second bananas in this poor second cousin to a screwball comedy.

The kind of film that makes you wish they had perfected choose - your - own - adventure technology for movies, one that would allow you to ditch the central character and follow any number of the story's more interesting second bananas.

That being said, this picture is stolen by Mr. McGinley, a perennial second banana who makes the most of an opportunity as a jack - of - all - trades who, soon after selling the property to the Persons, returns not only as a contractor, but as the city inspector, a Lamaze counselor, an herbalist, a baby whisperer and a midwife.

Under a scenario conjured by my perhaps too - lively imagination, if not premature expectations — I'd be the first to buy Hein a ticket to Albany — Hein's statewide summer speaking campaign was seen by me as a launching pad for a possible nomination for lieutenant governor, assuming Slaughter retires to allow the present second banana, Bob Duffy of Rochester, to run for Congress.

Former state senator Mary Ann Krupsak is an all - but - forgotten second banana.

Dave Franco makes an excellent second banana, and Christopher Mintz - Plasse plays nicely against type as slacker stoner Scoonie.

And while Sudeikis is a pleasant - enough second banana, Wilson remains a little too lackadaisical and glibly above - it - all to play a convincing suburban schlump.

The comedic banter between him and his sidekick Giordino, which comes off in the books more as a protective surrogate than the drinking buddy, guy - talking second banana type we get from Steve Zahn.

Philip Seymour Hoffman turns in a typically - sound performance as second banana Gust Avrakotos, the CIA Agent through whom Wilson secretly funneled over a billion dollars to the Afghan freedom fighters.

Stuck as the thankless second banana, Daniels manages to bring some life to Harry, and he makes some of his scenes surprisingly memorable.

Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man, Boardwalk Empire, Steve Jobs) briefly appeared as a tut - tutting second banana in both Doctor Strange (as Strange's surgical rival Dr. Nicodemus West) and Arrival (as a CIA agent skeptical of Amy Adams» method of communicating with aliens).

Former Honeymooners second banana Art Carney had a brief late - career renaissance in the 1970s, winning the Best Actor Oscar (and Golden Globe, in the Musical / Comedy division) for Harry And Tonto.

Ed McMahon remembers Carson In the world of showbiz sidekicks, Ed McMahon is royalty the most famous second banana, ever.

Digimon, the unfairly placed second banana to the Pokémon series, premiered in the late 90's to the joy of kids (including myself) everywhere.

The blond, slight Spade seems doomed to a career of playing second banana to his physical opposites.

«Touchy Feely» is the kind of film that makes you wish they had perfected choose - your - own - adventure technology for movies, one that would allow you to ditch the central character and follow any number of the story's more interesting second bananas.

This Plight Club is peopled exclusively with wusses played by familiar comic second bananas: Todd Louiso (High Fidelity), Matt Walsh (The Daily Show), Horatio Sanz (SNL), Jack Kehler (Invincible), Jon Glaser (Late Night with Conan O'Brien).

Second the bananas are the regular or can be that we use for cooking (banana from Ecuador).

During this 20 minute period, cut the second banana into slices.

For many years, Nevin, an inveterate practical joker, was Severance's second banana, but, as frequently happens in show biz, he sometimes upstaged the headliner.

Who can say how many home runs these second bananas helped the top bananas produce?

Perhaps more pity should be placed on the potential mayors who, should Spitzer win, may have to settle for being second banana to a hard charging and brash auditor.

And yet Republicans Penny Bacchiochi, Heather Bond Somers and David Walker all qualified for a second banana primary.

The outspoken Williams, whom The New York Times described as «a proxy for liberal activists,» is nobody's idea of a second banana.

Some neurons fired when animals saw a second banana or second image of trees.

I should also mention that this is my second banana tee!

However, everyone plays second banana to the terrifying work of Tim Curry.

It is a measure of the shortcomings of this genial, well - meaning but ultimately unenchanting film that scene after scene is stolen by the second bananas.

She goes from merely complaining about social justice to becoming a real warrior who, along with her second banana, Tony, metes out justice to those who have ruined the world for people like her (and «us»).

As a result the second banana of this service comedy, the affable Harold Ramis, becomes its genuine dramatic center: his struggles to keep his buddy Bill in line have a strange urgency and poignance.

Crawford returned to acting through radio, including a stint working as a second banana to the Marx Brothers.

Second bananas like Andy and Darryl have all the fun, while Jim and Pam deal with parenthood issues.

In Mississippi Grind, Ryan plays the second banana to Ben Mendelsohn's Gerry, a chronic gambler with nothing to lose and nothing left.

Remarkably, the groundbreaking «Apes» series has twice been a second banana (sorry) here, losing to «Hugo» and «Interstellar.»

(Second bananas, whether grinning or frowning, are thrown together pell - mell.)

Since then she's appeared as a second banana on the HBO sketch series Mr. Show, costarred in the short - lived series Greg the Bunny, had numerous small TV and film roles (School of Rock, Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show), and logged hours of couch time on late - night talk shows.

A League of Their Own isn't a musical, but the narrative layout resembles one in many ways, from the recruitment of players / performers to training / rehearsals to individual games / shows to bus rides between engagements, and there are similar shifts of focus between the leads (in this case Geena Davis and Tom Hanks) and the second bananas (Madonna and Lori Petty) and various comic turns (Jon Lovitz, Garry Marshall, Megan Cavanagh, Rosie O'Donnell).

A theatrical performer and writer who's only broken into film and TV in the last few years, he has the distinctive look of a second banana — the kind of guy who would've had the role of Rich, not Denis, in a different production.

James Franco does a solid job of carrying the film but he is smart enough to know that he is second banana to the special effects.