zany

At one point, Rife and Ko, who play a zany, chaotic comedic duo assisting Wilson throughout the film, are told the moment isn’t going to happen and that they can head out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

When they leave on a research trip, Thunder jumps at the chance to spend the summer at her zany Aunt Hazel’s crumbling historic mansion, Mount Pleasant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In our current everyone-with-a-phone-is-a-critic culture, this may sound like a particular flavor of zany.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige play shoplifters undermining the powers that be in a zany, visually uninhibited comedy written and directed by Boots Riley.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Running in the mornings and reading in the afternoons gave him just enough stability to endure the zany nights at the McNabs’.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

You don’t know what these zanies might do.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

Missing were the usual cast of zanies dressed in wedding gowns and super hero costumes jostling with the beat writers to get their questions heard.

From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2020

So it's fair to say that James Corden and his successor, Owain Arthur, in Richard Bean's barnstorming comic play One Man, Two Guvnors are zanies in the true sense of the word.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2012

McDonagh's zanies are grotesques devoid of decency or basic deductive skills.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2010

He's one of your zanies, too, isn't he?

From Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... by Randall Garrett

“Hoppers” features zanier cartoon comedy and less tear-inducing pathos than audiences may expect from the studio behind “Up.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

The last time Salon cracked wise at the offerings listed among Oprah’s Favorite Things or the zanier items in Goop’s holiday gift guide was in 2019.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

In truth, I wish “Mario Golf: Super Rush” was a bit zanier.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021

His Barry is wound so tight he hums — he’s like a slightly zanier Michael Shannon character — but Mr. Hader also shows you the light flicking on inside him for the first time.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2018

While it’s zanier than other current political dramas, like “House of Cards,” it still has a serious point to make.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2016

I’d also be lying if I said that was the only reason my husband and I share our lives with two of nature’s zaniest comics instead of a herd of small humans.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024

Even the zaniest comedy needs to take its premise seriously in order to work.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

“It could win best picture and it’s the zaniest idea out there,” Lord says.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Imagine you’re a kid again and given an unlimited budget to build and race the zaniest Hot Wheels track you could possibly imagine.

From The Verge ● Dec. 27, 2021

In 1937, when Dizzy Dean came to Washington for the All-Star Game, he was perhaps the greatest player, and certainly the zaniest, in baseball.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2015