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The thing is that, despite all the narrative improbabilities and a regular defiance of physics, Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer are so distractingly funny and charming that a viewer goes along for the ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I think death is a very funny tool in comedy; I’m not afraid to go there, ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
What’s funny is that as Djokovic has aged and battled, the crowd has really come around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
It’s funny how some things you think are so terrible can turn out to be really wonderful.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Did these two never read the funnies growing up?
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
The primary colors of Johns’ target collide with the printing press of the Sunday funnies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
As a boy, Mr. Cruse created theatrical shows and fell in love with the Sunday funnies, drawing his own cartoons about Landie Lucker, “the super elf.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2019
“I’m thinking this paper is full of bad news. I’m thinking of flipping to the funnies for a change.”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Here Ms. Howden displays an instinctive wisdom of her own; sometimes, silence is funnier than anything you could say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Elsewhere in his interview, McSweeney said he found Donald Trump "much funnier than I expected him to be".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Because what is funnier than appearing in one soap opera? Appearing in two!” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Let’s turn to Justice Samuel Alito, whose dissent is slightly less crazy but way funnier because he’s big mad.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
The more I thought about that, the funnier it seemed.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
A mashup of a memoir, a self-help book, a personal-finance guide, a serious and startling social history of wealth and a standup comedy routine, this is one of the funniest financial books I’ve ever read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Freeman said: "I've never laughed that much at work, before or since. It's easily the funniest time I've ever had."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Lorne Michaels isn’t the funniest person at “Saturday Night Live.”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Teenagers are still the funniest people on the planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Like my bloody knee is the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her entire life.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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