comedy
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The music won over the suits, and the Bayou Boys soon had their own daily program, “Hayloft Hoedown,” a mix of blistering, acoustic-only live performances and manic cornball comedy skits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It can be, as it is here, a comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The remarkable Ms. Weaving is a contender for Australian Scream Queen, but few would expect Mr. Segel, a Judd Apatow mainstay, to star in a splatter comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
A product of the Cambridge Footlights, the cradle of so much post-war British comedy, he shot to fame in the 1970s as a member of the anarchic Goodies.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As much as Frank hated to admit it, Adam’s comedy routine was actually pretty funny.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
It doesn't have to be sport either - there are amazing dramas, comedies, music, children's shows and news coverage across the BBC, to mention just a few things.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
By the late teens he was directing comedies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s why she largely sinks in dramas but succeeds in comedies, where she can portray a version of herself that makes people laugh just by thinking, “Isn’t it so funny that Jennifer Aniston said that?”
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
These kinds of comedies take skill and experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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