Groucho Marx's classic joke depends on a grammatical ambiguity for its humor, for example: " Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

A classic example is the well-known " you have two cows " joke — after circulating in other media throughout the 1980s, it seems to have first appeared on the Internet in 1993 with simple descriptions of communism, capitalism, and socialism.

Ebert co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 Russ Meyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and likes to joke about being responsible for the film, which was poorly received on its release but is now regarded as a cult classic.

A classic joke illuminating this: " How did they name Canada?

* Viejo, viejo, viejo, pero bueno, bueno, bueno ( Old old old but good good good ): a classic joke that still is funny.

Colloquially, an everyday occurrence ( e. g. a joke or mishap ) may be described as ' an absolute classic '.

In 2012, as an April Fool's Day joke, it was announced that Kindergarten Cop was selected for a release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc as part of the Criterion Collection, a video-distribution company dedicated to the release of " important classic and contemporary films.

Though the characters do not mention it, the implication is that Weissman ruined the classic joke by making partner at the firm.

* The Chinese name for character Michael Hui ( 許文彪 ) might be an inside joke, as the actor who portrayed it, Sunny Chan, portrayed the classic TV character Hui Wenkiang ( 許文強 ) in the 1996 remake of TVB's classic drama The Bund.

The station received a great many calls asking if this was serious ; some called to express their appreciation of the joke, and some believed it pleading and demanding that the classic hits format be returned.

His hair was black, already greying at the temples in the classic beauty-idiom, the only one permitted to a man.

This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism, because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson, who held that the best government was the least government.

Another classic sight that gave us considerable pleasure was the Evzone sentry, in his ballet skirt with great pompons on his shoes, who was patrolling up and down in front of the palace.

One part of her audience was totally engaged, the connoisseur witnessing a peculiarly fine performance of some ancient classic, the other part, the guest of the connoisseur, attentive as one who must take an intelligent interest in that which he does not fully understand.

The southward route was the classic run in California, and the most fashionable.

An unusual, if not extraordinary, rendering of the classic myth that involves the rescue of Prometheus from the rock by the U.S. Cavalry was given last week in the warehouse of the Albany Leather Conduit Company amid cheers of `` Hubba hubba '' and `` Yalagaloo pip pip ''!!

One of the President's special assistants, the Harvard dean McGeorge Bundy, was co-author with Henry L. Stimson of the latter's classic memoir, On Active Service.

The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.

The 21st chapter was omitted from the editions published in the United States prior to 1986 .< ref > Burgess, Anthony ( 1986 ) A Clockwork Orange Resucked in < u > A Clockwork Orange </ u >, W. W. Norton & Company, New York .</ ref > In the introduction to the updated American text ( these newer editions include the missing 21st chapter ), Burgess explains that when he first brought the book to an American publisher, he was told that U. S. audiences would never go for the final chapter, in which Alex sees the error of his ways, decides he has lost all energy for and thrill from violence and resolves to turn his life around ( a slow-ripening but classic moment of metanoia — the moment at which one's protagonist realises that everything he thought he knew was wrong ).

The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.

Many of the Ainu dialects, even from one end of Hokkaido to the other, were not mutually intelligible ; however, the classic Ainu language of the Yukar, or Ainu epic stories, was understood by all.

* In the Star Wars prequels, the galactic capital planet Coruscant has buildings many miles tall, and approaches the completely built-over condition of Trantor in Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy ( Note: due to this, Coruscant was originally to be named Jhantor but was eventually renamed Coruscant ).

The dreadnought style was designed by Martin Guitars to produce a deeper sound than " classic "- style guitars, with very present bass fundamentals.

Again a classic of Renaissance literature was the basis of the libretto by Boccherini, in this case a comic mock-epic by Tassoni, in which a war between Modena and Bologna ensues over a stolen bucket.

This uneven work was followed by another popular comedic success La locandiera ( Mine Hostess ), an adaptation of the classic and popular spoken stage comedy La locandiera by Carlo Goldoni, the libretto was prepared by Domenico Poggi.

David Brown also acquired Lagonda that year for its 2. 6-litre W. O. Bentley-designed engine, both companies shared resources and workshops and that was the beginning of the classic series of cars bearing the initials " DB ".

A classic use of an abatis was found at the Battle of the Chateauguay, 26 October 1813, when approximately 1, 300 Canadian voltigeurs, under the command of Charles-Michel de Salaberry, defeated an American corps of approximately 2, 300 men.

While working for the CTC, Erlang was presented with the classic problem of determining how many circuits were needed to provide an acceptable telephone service.

Neither the strip's shifting political leanings nor the slide of its final few years had any bearing on its status as a classic, and in 1995 Li ' l Abner was recognized as such by the United States Postal Service.

Li ' l Abner was one of 20 classic American comic strips honored with a USPS commemorative postage stamp.

It is considered by many experienced wargame players to be a classic wargame, and is still widely played in organized competition at conventions and e-mail tournaments.

The prototypes are thus intended to capture prototypical diseases ( e. g., a " classic case " of a disease ), and they will be organized in a taxonomy indexed around organ systems.

A few years later, O ' Brien wrote another script intended as a direct sequel to the cult classic entitled Revenge of the Old Queen.

Nonetheless, Join the Army featured classic tracks such as " War Inside My Head " and " Possessed to Skate " ( which featured a video, originally intended for an unsuccessful Skateboard Movie, which featured Timothy Leary ).

However, biographer David Rees reports in Minstrel in the Gallery that Anderson had never intended to replace the ' classic ' Tull lineup with the musicians who recorded A, but was forced by Chrysalis Records which had decided to release his ' solo ' album under the name Jethro Tull.

A posthumous album, The Autumn Stone, was released later in 1969, and included the major Immediate recordings, a rare live concert performance, and a number of previously unreleased tracks recorded for their intended fourth LP, 1862, including the classic Swinging Sixties instrumental " Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall " and " Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass ", co-written by Ian McLagan.

" The cover was also intended to create a collision between the overly romantic and classic image which made a stark contrast to the typography based on the modular, colour-coded alphabet he created solely for the band.

Critics of the FEC, including campaign finance reform supporters such as Common Cause and Democracy 21, have complained that it is a classic example of regulatory capture where it serves the interests of the ones it was intended to regulate.

This, presumably, is intended to show the character's cultured and educated appreciation of classic literature.

In 1998, Capcom released the successful sequel Resident Evil 2, which series creator Shinji Mikami intended to tap into the classic notion of horror as " the ordinary made strange ," thus rather than setting the game in a creepy mansion no one would visit, he wanted to use familiar urban settings transformed by the chaos of a viral outbreak.

He wrote the classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste.

Most current classic corps are intended to serve as tributes and to remember the heritage of the Golden Age.

The obverse figure is a depiction of the mythological goddess Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, a classic Western symbol of liberty and freedom, with its wings intended to symbolize freedom of thought.

In 1946, William K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley published a classic and controversial New Critical essay entitled " The Intentional Fallacy ", in which they argued strongly against the relevance of an author's intention, or " intended meaning " in the analysis of a literary work.

As of October 2004, there was a new kernel for the classic Cybiko called CyBorn that intended to take advantage of many features in the Cybiko that were neglected.

A neoclassic, in automobile circles, is a car that is made somewhat in the image of the classic cars of the 1920s and 1930s ( as defined by, for example, the Classic Car Club of America ) without being necessarily intended as a full replica.

There are a few key differences with the original game, and the series themselves can be split in two clearly distinct product lines: the older " classic " Gals Panic series, and the later " S " series, having important gameplay differences and being intended for different markets.

English as She Is Spoke is the common name of a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino and falsely additionally credited to José da Fonseca, which was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent.

In 1979, he and his brother, Zach Epstein were the co-founders of the Library of America which was intended to market archival quality editions of American classic literature.

The movie never gained widespread public attention when it was originally released as it was intended as a B film, but today has become somewhat of a cult classic.

Inasmuch as the series used many classic early 20th-century science fiction themes reminiscent of the space opera of E. E. " Doc " Smith and because it was a children's show, it was not intended to be realistic.

As with classic sunshine pop, some of the songs of these newer acts are intended as lightweight fun.

Prince had originally intended his classic tracks " Manic Monday " ( later recorded by The Bangles ), " 17 Days " ( later used as the B-side to " When Doves Cry "), " Take Me with U " ( released on the Purple Rain soundtrack ) and " The Glamorous Life " ( recorded by Sheila E. in 1984 ) for the Apollonia 6 album but he soon lost interest in the project, knowing Apollonia's voice wasn't up to par.

An early division in the definition of roles was between Infantry tanks intended to focus on supporting infantry in the assault, and cruiser tanks intended for classic cavalry missions of exploitation, screening and reconnaissance.