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...find a joke suitable for print in “Virgin” is quite a feat, although most of it results more from the timing and rhythm of gifted comedians than from the language itself. When Trish asks Andy whether a white round tablet is a date-rape drug, his reply—“It’s a mentos. They’re the freshmaker”—is given substance by Carell’s gentle little-boy-parlance...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carell Carries Side-Splitter | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

...this is something successful, the very same politicians would be doing the same thing,” Bernace said. “We could joke about this, but the politicians who have the normal, boring fund-raisers—after they finish the fund-raisers, they sneak away and go to strip clubs and don’t tell their wives or lovers. That’s what usually happens...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For HLS Grad, a Titillating Campaign | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

...this well-heeled summer (get it? a shoe joke that’s also about money!) has given me more of an idea than I’ve had since deciding, at the age of nine, that I would become the Yankees’ first-ever female sportscaster. (Alas—another dream gone. I wonder what kind of shoes Suzyn Waldman wears to the radio booth...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, | Title: Spiked and Dangerous | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

...Pakistanis living overseas has flowed into stocks and real estate, driving up the price of property in cities like Lahore and Karachi 300% or more, and triggering a sharp economic upturn. That news leaves me sad and confused. As your report made clear, economic success is a cruel joke to most of our country's 160 million people. The sole beneficiary of skyrocketing property prices is the group composed of the ruling ?lite and the wealthy. They made fortunes in a very short span. But most middle-class Pakistanis are left with only ruined hopes. In the wake of rising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

Citing "limited audience appeal," AMC theaters dropped The Aristocrats, a documentary on a dirty joke told by the likes of Full House paterfamilias BOB SAGET...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protesting Punch Lines | 7/31/2005 | See Source »

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