" His comedic exchange of quips (" fat pig ") regarding his show ’ s former news reader, Contessa Brewer, made news, as did Brewer's response (" cantankerous old fool ").

The episode is the favorite of Schwimmer, who liked the comedic and emotional origins of the Ross / Rachel relationship, as well as the exchange between Monica and Chandler as she defends her weight on the video.

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.

It was also a place where one of the cast would tell a comedic story.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ) ( adapted in 2004 as the stage production Spamalot ) was a comedic adaptation.

Many of the current " rules " of comedic improv were first formalized in Chicago in the late 1950s and early 1960s, initially among The Compass Players troupe, which was directed by Paul Sills.

Voight was raised as a Catholic, and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York, where he first took an interest in acting, playing the comedic role of Count Pepi Le Loup in the school's annual musical, The Song of Norway.

Similarly, the most popular Arthurian tale throughout this period seems to have been that of Tom Thumb, which was told first through chapbooks and later through the political plays of Henry Fielding ; although the action is clearly set in Arthurian Britain, the treatment is humorous and Arthur appears as a primarily comedic version of his romance character.

The show, which lasted for 871 performances during its initial run, featured sketches written by Mad regulars Stan Hart and Larry Siegel interspersed with comedic songs ( one of which was written by an uncredited Stephen Sondheim ).

Plautus was a popular comedic playwright while Roman theatre was still in its infancy and still largely undeveloped.

Though it would have maintained a comedic theme in space, no plan was made to connect it to the original series.

After Franco's death, Chevy Chase, reader of the news on NBC's Saturday Nights comedic news segment Weekend Update, announced the dictator's death and read a quotation from Richard Nixon: " General Franco was a loyal friend and ally of the United States.

The dichotomy of the man was fascinating, how he was everyone's camp comedic hero but yearned to be taken seriously as an actor ; hated the Carry Ons but couldn't escape them ; had a kind of self-loathing but also found himself beautiful.

In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated film, Hoffman had a prominent role as Shifu in the acclaimed film Kung Fu Panda, which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black ( whom he tutored in acting for an important scene ) and his character's poignantly complex relationship with the story's villain.

After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Valley of the Dolls ( 1967 ).

The film was successful and brought Tate strong reviews, with many reviewers praising her comedic performance.

The comedic role of Stanley Banks was one of Tracy's nine Oscar nominated performances.

The revue was widely considered to be ahead of its time, both in its unapologetic willingness to debunk figures of authority, and by virtue of its inherently surrealistic comedic vein.

The " monster in the closet " fear was developed for comedic possibilities in film Monsters, Inc ..

The type of comedy could vary, and the range was great: from Rossini's The Barber of Seville in 1816 which was purely comedic, to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in 1786 which added drama and pathos.

A recurring comedic theme of the series was Sandy ( Williams ) archly disclosing, or drawing out, a hinted-at salacious detail from Julian's ( Paddick ) past.

This education, history, and background are hinted at in the Margaret Rutherford films ( see below ), in which Miss Marple mentions her awards at marksmanship, fencing and equestrianism ( although these hints are played for comedic value ).

His brothers are comedic actor Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name " Super Dave Osborne ," and Cliff Einstein, a partner and longtime chief creative officer at Los Angeles advertising agency Dailey & Associates.

* Ten-pagers, comedic Donald Duck stories that were the lead for the monthly flagship title Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, whose circulation peaked in the mid-1950s at 3 million copies sold a month.

While at Pitt, Kelly became involved in the university's Cap and Gown Club, which staged original, comedic musical productions.

Jerry Lewis, 2005Lewis has suffered from a variety of illnesses and addictions related both to aging and a back injury sustained in a comedic pratfall from a piano while performing at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on March 20, 1965.

While the object from which the genre is derived dates from the Renaissance, theater historians argue that slapstick comedy has been at least somewhat present in almost all comedic genres since the rejuvenation of theater in church liturgical dramas in the Middle Ages.

This led Mulroney to respond at the annual Press Gallery Dinner, which is noted for comedic moments, in Ottawa, October 22, 2005.

In writers Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky's original script for " Bart the Daredevil ", Hibbert was a woman, named " Julia Hibbert ", who they named after comedic actress Julia Sweeney ( Hibbert was her married last name at the time ).

While disappointing on the narrative level the film nevertheless is a showcase for the rare gem that is early Kiwi comedy, highlighting a penchant for comedic understatment, an emphasis on New Zealand speech patterns ( verbal reversals and wordplay ) and the ironic stabs at the obvious.

From this comedic segue, the film opens on a writer for television advertising, Rockwell P. Hunter ( Tony Randall ), who is low on the ladder at the La Salle agency, the company where he works.

Over the next year and a half, his comedic talents emerged as he entertained both doctors and patients with his antics during stays at several hospitals.

Newkirk was also teamed with Carter and his irritation at Carter's bumbling antics and lack of common sense was often used for comedic effect.

She returned to music in 1975 at the urging of Redd Foxx, followed by a series of comedic acting gigs.

His second-most popular hit, which came immediately after " The Banana Boat Song ", was the comedic tune " Mama Look at Bubu ", also known as " Mama Look a Boo-Boo " ( originally recorded by Lord Melody in 1956 ), in which he sings humorously about misbehaving and disrespectful children.

The other was to throw an irate accusative tantrum at poor, downtrodden Fred, with the words, " Every time happens, you always go berserk " The word berserk was given great emphasis, as " Ber-Serk ", and always had a successful comedic effect as Fred would wilt under the onslaught.

The film became one of mainstream Hollywood's few attempts at a comedic " gay movie " of its era, and was widely noted at the time for a 10-second kiss between Kevin Kline and Tom Selleck.

While Coe lived in Key West, Shel Silverstein played his comedy album Freakin ' at the Freakers Ball for Coe, spurring him to perform his own comedic songs for Silverstein, who encouraged Coe to record them, leading to the production of the independently released Nothing Sacred.

Like The Kingston Trio, these groups all featured tight vocal harmonies, mildly comedic stage routines, and a repertoire of professionally arranged folk music and topical song, aimed at a mainstream, popular audience.

At a later time in his life Agrelot would be called " The Puerto Rican Bob Hope " by journalists ( or they could say Bob Hope was the British José Miguel Agrelot ), perhaps because of his stand-up comedic style and media longevity, but his aptitude for physical comedy, straight face for risqué material and physical girth at the time predated-and would be quite comparable with-that of John Belushi's, rather toned-down for the conservative Puerto Rican audiences of the time.

Throughout the series, the fourth wall is frequently broken for comedic effect by all characters at various parts of the show.

The song Livery Stable Blues by the ODJB in 1917 personified the vaudevillian style that white audiences sought in Jazz: choppy, comedic, almost poking fun at itself.

Most episodes end with Arkwright standing at night outside the shop prior to closing while reflecting on the events of the day ( via a Barker voiceover ) and often ending with a half-hearted, comedic request to God.