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A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one-liner is said to be pithy – concise and meaningful. [1] Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their performance, and many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including James Bond, who often makes pithy and laconic quips after disposing of a villain.
Miami’s Dial-a-Joke was started by nightclub owner Chuck Zissen. For the first week he not only financed the service but did the jokes live. People would call day and night for him to tell jokes, and his wife threatened to leave if things remained the same. So he changed his home telephone number, and he put the Dial-a-Joke phone line on a ...
The Westcar Papyrus, dating to c. 1600 BC, contains an example of one of the earliest surviving jokes. [5] Jokes do not belong to refined culture, but rather to the entertainment and leisure of all classes. As such, any printed versions were considered ephemera, i.e., temporary documents created for a specific purpose and intended to be thrown ...
Hindi television offers a rich history of comedic programming, reflecting the diverse humor and cultural nuances of India. This list focuses specifically on narrative-driven comedy television series broadcast primarily in the Hindi language across various Indian television channels. It includes various subgenres such as sitcoms, family comedies ...
In YouTube's sixth April Fools' prank, YouTube joined forces with The Onion, a newspaper satire company, by claiming that it will "no longer accept new entries". YouTube began the process of selecting a winner on April 1, 2013, and would delete everything else. YouTube would go back online in 2023 to post the winning video and nothing else. [157]
Stories from the world of football are satirised in "reports" by E.I. Addio (a reference to the football chant Ee Aye Addio) about the mythical and notoriously under-performing club Neasden F.C., which plays in the depressing North Circular Relegation League, with quotes from its manager "tight-lipped, ashen-faced supremo Ron Knee (59)" and ...
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He usually answers or gives advice to other people by using figurative language. But always insults ignores and leaves Diego behind if his turn to ask, due to his ugliness. One example is this line: Tata Lino: Tandaan mo iha, ang pag-ibig ay parang Plants vs. Zombies. Binabakuran mo na nga, inaaswang ka pa rin (Remember, young lady, love is ...