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They insist on writing their own songs and the funniest scenes in this movie are their brainstorming sessions, which reveal their utter lack of talent. "There's a wardrobe of love in my eyes," Beatty sings, "Come look around and see if there's something your size...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Ishtar | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

...than the other bit-players. As Bobo's brother, Lloyd is a hapless straightman, demonstrating his own talent for physical comedy by being a complete klutz. He is at the mercy of both Bobo and his loopy mother (Cloris Leachman). With her deadpan delivery of some of Walk's funniest lines, Leachman almost steals the limelight from Mandel...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Walk Like a Man | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...plays, however, have been among the funniest produced by an American in the last decade; they are possessed by a consistent urge to expose the world as the ludicrously cruel place that it is. To use his word, his plays are "giddy" with the realization that life can be damned stupid. "God always answers our prayers," he writes in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, "But sometimes the answer...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: The Weird Kid In The Classroom | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...major characters, with no warning at all. But this end is not a climax. The novel's conclusion echoes with small regenerations, salvages hoarded against the arrival of the inevitable. The comfort is cold but no less welcome for that. The Old Devils is not quite Amis' funniest book; it is his wisest and most humane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: About Time THE OLD DEVILS | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

While the other comedians were performing, Gary Lazar stood near the bar barely laughing. I guess even the funniest joke becomes stale after you've heard it ten times in a week. Come to think of it, it's amazing the comedians are able to laugh at their own jokes...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: OBSERVER | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

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