gag show
Example Sentences
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“That was our real rebellion,” Bartlett said, “to make it not a gag show but more kind of moody.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
You’d never catch Firth popping up on, say, a Comedy Central gag show about puppets making crank calls, but that’s exactly where you’ll catch Goldblum, who regularly appeared on “Crank Yankers.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
This is not a hard-sell gag show but a play imbued with a fond and wry regard for the humor implicit in human nature.
From Time Magazine Archive
A year ago, when his music & gag show started skidding badly, Rudy got the girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
No mere gag show; often a sly, restrained comedy of muddle-class manners.
From Time Magazine Archive
