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Word: groaners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Naked Gun's script thrives on the same groaner puns and absurd hyperbole that distinguished Airplane! When the movie's villain, played with oily elegance by Ricardo Montalban, offers Nielsen a cigar he says, "Cuban?" "No," replies Nielsen, "I'm Dutch-Irish." Montalban's dignified demeanor is a perfect foil to Nielsen's hapless bumbling...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Going Great Guns | 12/2/1988 | See Source »

...catalogue was sold in 1969, are presented in original mono sound; there are also 60 never-issued alternate takes of songs like Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, and eight cuts never released before, including a lubricious version of the Pat Boone groaner, Love Letters in the Sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Few Rounds with the Killer | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

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