Word: humority
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...special connection to that venerated, animated institution of pop culture. What seems like harmless fun on Fox every Sunday night is in fact controlled by the long, dead hand of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine and now produces drug-addled sitcom writers. And for those in need of a bit of quasi-intellectual diversion, there are few better options than spending half an hour every weekend with the residents of Springfield...
Although Ferrell is the star of the project, Bob Newhart’s Papa Elf provides a nice contrast to Buddy and is a generous source of humor in his own right. Newhart’s monotone voice, cynicism and perpetually droopy face only accentuate Ferrell’s outrageous character. This is a memorable film...
Writer/director Eitan Gorlin based the film on many of his own experiences as a lapsed orthodox Jew in Israel. Against the odds, he has succeeded in injecting humor and charm into this coming of age story, while nonetheless endowing it with bite and a deep pessimism...
Lethem, when he read this section aloud, even sang the song lyrics themselves, caught up in their humor. When Dylan becomes a rock critic later in the novel, he notes the ignorance of his childhood self: “Of course, the 35-year-old rock critic knew what the 13-year-old scrap of prey on the sidewalk outside Intermediate School 293 never did: Wild Cherry were a bunch of white guys...
...hope people become attached to the characters, ultimately, and care about them from a storyline perspective,” he said. “I think that there is perhaps a humor in the concept of the soap opera, but what we’re going for is realistic interaction and emotion. Don’t expect an outlandish spoof—an Airplane! or Scary Movie...