Many urban legends are essentially extended jokes, told as if they were true events.

Many jokes have been made by comedians about fake obscure sports that are shown on ESPN.

Many critics considered the show notable as one of the first sitcoms to portray a blue-collar American family with two parents working outside the home, as well as lead characters who were noticeably overweight without their weight being the target of jokes.

Many gags were dependent on breaking news – Ted Kavanagh once admitted to being unable to understand some jokes in earlier scripts.

Many observers noted that Osho's lecture style changed in the late seventies, becoming less focused intellectually and featuring an increasing number of ethnic or dirty jokes intended to shock or amuse his audience.

Many of the jokes and comic exchanges from Take It From Here were recycled in the series of Carry On films when scriptwriter Talbot Rothwell ran out of time, and Muir and Norden gave him some old TIFH scripts — for instance the line spoken by Julius Caesar on facing some would-be assassins: " Infamy!

Many of the jokes in the episode were specifically written to be " Dangerfield jokes ," which were much tougher to write than the staff had originally thought.

Many years later, when he and Oscar Hammerstein II appeared as mystery guests on What's My Line ?, Rodgers recalled Allen's act, sitting on the edge of the stage, his legs dangling down, playing a banjo while telling jokes.

Many older students reacted to the event by creating black comedy jokes similar to those that circulated after the Challenger disaster.

Many of the jokes and personalities are taken from, among other sources, Mono Township.

Many of the jokes ( especially the caveman jokes ) were eventually brought to the screen in Brooks ' film History of the World, Part I.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior.

Many Jewish jokes involve a rabbi and a Christian clergyman, exploiting different interpretations of a shared textual background.

Many of his jokes were inspired from everyday thoughts or situations.

Many Russian jokes revolve around New Russians ; for instance, the following: " Look at my new tie ," says a New Russian to his colleague.

Many jokes are based on the premise that Garth Marenghi not only created and wrote the series, but also plays the central character.

Many talk shows aired the clip, making Sibrel the butt of jokes.

Many of the jokes stem from her attempts to openly physically seduce Suguru, and the ways in which her attempts are foiled by Mahoro.

Many thin jokes in the scripts were greatly improved by his performance.

) Many of the jokes about the amateur status of collegiate football players and how eligibility rules are stretched by collegiate athletic departments remain remarkably current.

Many jokes are made at the expense of their comically large breast size, for example when Blood Falcon is first introduced, it is by way of one of the main characters running into her bust and being knocked unconscious ( the implication, and dialogue, being that they were " hard ", presumably due to implants ).

Many other game magazines have since been the subject of the jokes by LamePro.

Many plots revolved around Dilbert's engineer nature or his bizarre inventions.

Many storylines revolved around Pete Callan and his various crimes, schemes, and love affairs.

Many of the episodes simply revolved around M. A. D.

Many of the myths revolved around the Trojan war between Greece and Troy.

Many of the plots revolved around silly action genre clichés and movie parodies, with many of the feature roles played by actors and celebrities such as Mark Hamill, Alan Thicke, Erik Estrada, Gary Coleman, John Salley, Joey Buttafuoco, Patty Hearst, Adam Carolla, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, George Takei, Gilbert Gottfried, Walter Koenig, Pat Morita, Anson Williams, Christopher Darden, Maureen McCormick, Lee Majors, David Arquette, Musetta Vander, Angelica Bridges, Ian Ziering, RuPaul, and Dweezil Zappa.

Many Silversun episodes revolved around the relationships and issues experienced by the young crew as part of adolescence.

Many of his political positions revolved around sports.

Many of Roberts ' storylines revolved around the use of his snake Damien, seen here in the middle of the ring.

Many of the staff were fans of his work, and showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein had planned to use him in an episode called " Lisa and Camp ", which revolved around Lisa " discovering the joys of campy things ".

Many episodes of the series revolved around a continuing tournament format.

Many of the plots revolved around the kids learning to relate to each other and their numerous misadventures, along with Dolores and Cathy's discovery that living together was putting a new face on their friendship.

Many of the music-loving members of the President's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience.

Many Japanese manufacturers and firms give their employees three to five days off around the 15th of August.

Many of the stories have them travel to foreign countries, though others are set in and around their village.

Many homes are built around the school's boundaries.

Many important routes are not electrified and are only single track traffic around ' bends '.

Many people around the world know the name and face of the current U. S. president Barack Obama.

Many towns center around a " green ", such as the Litchfield Green, Lebanon Green ( the largest in the state ), and Wethersfield Green ( the oldest in the state ).

Many escapees from captivity can also be found in similar watery habitats around the world.

Many clippers sailed Clipper route | around Cape Horn

Many faiths around the world — from Japanese Shinto and Chinese traditional religion, to certain African practices and the faiths derived from those in the Caribbean, to Native American beliefs — hold that ancestral or household spirits offer daily protection and blessings.

Many legends have grown around the figure of David.

Many specialists claim that it is impossible to advance significant development programs with such a little public sector ( the tax burden in the United States is around 25 % of the GDP and in other developed countries of the EU it can reach around 50 %, like in Sweden ).

Many governments around the world provide subsidies to offset the high cost and make their production economically feasible.

Many ENSO linkages exist in the high southern latitudes around Antarctica.

Many gags centre around how easily he is manipulated by his executive producer, the most typical case being when Mike refuses to present a story and then is convinced to run it by an appeal to his supposed fearlessness or journalistic integrity.

Many graffiti artists in Israel come from other places around the globe, such as JUIF, from Los Angeles, and DEVIONE from London.

Many cities and towns in Europe and around the world still make use of arms.

Many Russians around the world refer to Russia as their motherland.

Many different types of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types being used for particular styles of beer.

Many TV services are available by satellite, such as Sky, and Freesat from the Astra 2 / Eurobird 1 group, as well as services from a range of other satellites around Europe such as Astra 1 and Hot Bird.

Ibn Taymiyya argued against the shirking of Sharia law, and against practices such as the celebration of Muhammad's birthday or the construction of mosques around the tombs of Sufi sheikhs, believing that these were unacceptable borrowings from Christianity: Many Muslims ' do not even know of the Christian origins of these practices.

Many astronomers, geologists and biologists believe that exploration of the Solar System provides knowledge that could not be gained by observations from Earth's surface or from orbit around Earth.

Many CD authoring applications attempt to get around the filename length by truncating filenames automatically, but do so at the risk of breaking applications that rely on a specific file structure.