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The short “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom,” for instance, is a humorous tale about the discovery of music.

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For his first song, he picked the humorous “Honey Bun” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific.”

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But for all the calculated cruelty and blind ignorance, there is a humorous angle to the conditions on Parris Island: The intimate living conditions, the constant showering, the “blouses,” the “mounting.”

The title track, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, explores what she called “the playful, humorous side of show business.”

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And while it’s giving them far too much credit, I have to wonder if there’s a ruthless, viciously humorous kind of satisfaction in watching two people become equals on the treacherous battlefield of unemployment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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