Word: foolishness
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...everything from the chorus of straight lines that arose from the studio audience whenever he complained about the weather ("How hot was it?") to his ubiquitous savers -- the ad libs meant to salvage jokes that have bombed. The subtext of Carson's comedy is always his own plight: How foolish, he says to the audience, to be a grown man earning a living trying to make people laugh...
...think it's foolish when political bodies try to investigate the press," Duehay said...
...pulled out her rosary beads and told him God had sent her to make the arrest. "You use whatever you got," she says. When it looks as though a cop may be overpowered, the appropriate response for any officer -- male or female -- is to call for backup. "It's foolish for a cop of either sex to start dukin' it out," says Susan Martin, author of On the Move: The Status of Women in Policing...
...film ultimately fails as a futuristic action thriller. Screenwriters Steven Pressfield and Ronald Shusett reduce the already questionable acting talents of Jagger to absurdity, effectively limiting his character to such foolish statements as "Okay, let's do it," and "Get the meat...
...sophomore Kelly Morrison and freshman Nikole Cronk fail to produce, the number of minutes logged by Healy and Maher will rise considerably. Tired legs in a game's final moments lead to short shots, foolish fouls and disappointing losses...