Categories such as " Brady Physics " ( and later " Brady Metaphysics "), " The Today Show Time Machine ," " Leave Out ( celebrity's name )," " Inside ( celebrity's name )" and " The Bon Jovi Network " were standard academic categories with questions presenting humorous situations involving the characters or celebrities named in the category.

His first contribution to literature was the humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads, written along with W. E.

American artists included Bon Jovi, Jay-Z, Destiny's Child, the Backstreet Boys, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Melissa Etheridge, Five for Fighting, Goo Goo Dolls, John Mellencamp with Kid Rock, and a humorous performance by Adam Sandler as " Operaman ," singing a medley covering the events of 9 / 11, the greatness of New York City, and about Osama Bin Laden being a coward.

The following example comes from Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors ' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and other humorous verses and doggerel, published in 1927.

In the 20th century, the quodlibet remained a genre in which well-known tunes and / or texts were quoted, either simultaneously or in succession, generally for humorous effect.

Coupling horrific and occasionally humorous lyrical imagery with a dynamic punk sound, their 1985 debut album ... And No One Else Wanted to Play has remained influential.

The stories have remained popular with fans and are considered the best example of Alan Moore's humorous work, as well as being praised for the artwork of Alan Davis.

Though humorous storylines remained mainstay, Batiuk also examined real-life contemporary issues not normally seen on the comics page, such as:

Though violent in the expression of his opinions, Sir Wilfrid Lawson remained very popular for his own sake both in and out of the House of Commons ; he became well known for his humorous vein, his faculty for composing topical doggerel being often exercised on questions of the day.

The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2, 150, 000 viewers during the 2007 season.

Some of them were quite terrifying and remained ingrained in the child's psyche well into adulthood, others were quite humorous and used comedy to show the dangers or ridicule the folly of those who ignore them ( Joe and Petunia are a good example of a comic PIF ).

Subtitled A Farmwife's Almanac Of Country Living, this is a gentle and nostalgic chronicle of the changing seasons seen through the clear, humorous eye of a Hoosier housewife and popular columnist.

Other serious authors also produced clerihews, including W. H. Auden, and it remains a popular humorous form among other writers and the general public.

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.

Lenihan was popular and widely seen as humorous and intelligent.

" While the original image was a popular humorous graphic for many decades before Mad adopted it, the face is now primarily associated with Mad.

) Both Literary Digest and the popular humor magazine Life ( 1890 – 1930 ) ran compilations of jokes and humorous observations garnered from newspapers around the country.

Hippos have also been popular cartoon characters, where their rotund frame is used for humorous effect.

They often have humorous overtones, and were very popular at the time.

E. C. Bentley ( 10 July 187530 March 1956 ) was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.

The picaresque novel ( Spanish: " picaresca ," from " pícaro ," for " rogue " or " rascal ") is a popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts, in realistic and often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.

" The Widow ", kitsch example of late 19th century popular lithograph of a humorous painting by: en: Frederick Dielman | Frederick Dielman.

He bore a great reputation for conviviality ', and wrote a humorous Latin version of the popular ballad A soldier and a sailor, A tinker and a tailor, etc.

As the British viewed American popular culture imagery from a somewhat removed perspective, their views were often instilled with romantic, sentimental and humorous overtones.

* Carol Pereyra, Creator of the humorous and popular self-help national magazine, Going Bonkers Magazine, grew up in Connersville.

A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner.

In cases where the quotation in question is taken widely out of context it can be difficult for a candidate to find recourse, even though it is very easy to check the accuracy and the context of a quotation by using internet resources ( such as search engines ); in popular jargon, the quotation ( especially if humorous ) can grow into a meme.

The five The Far Side Gallery books are the most popular, each of them collecting together the best cartoons from three smaller books, along with a humorous foreword by celebrity fans, including Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen King, Robin Williams and Jane Goodall.

Both Hampton and Jordan combined the popular boogie-woogie rhythm, a grittier version of swing-era saxophone styles as exemplified by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, and playful, humorous lyrics or verbal asides laced with jive talk.

These are popular at street fairs, carnivals, and even weddings, often with humorous results.

Caricature artists are also popular attractions at many places frequented by tourists, especially oceanfront boardwalks, where vacationers can have a humorous caricature sketched in a few minutes for a small fee.

It has been used in radio advertisements and popular music to give retro and often humorous effects.

At the invitation of the new federal NDP leader, Jack Layton, he returned to politics in 2004, with the aid of a humorous and popular video clip, to successfully run for Parliament in the riding of Ottawa Centre, where he now lives.

Colman, whose witty conversation made him a favourite, was also the author of a great deal of so-called humorous poetry ( mostly coarse, though much of it was popular )-- My Night Gown and Slippers ( 1797 ), reprinted under the name of Broad Grins, in 1802 ; and Poetical Vagaries ( 1812 ).

The first popular hip-hop band to break the taboo of making rap lyrics in Finnish ( rapping in Finnish was not regarded as serious business because the first artists to do this in the early ' 90s such as Raptori, Nikke T and Pääkköset were humorous project and were popular mostly among children ) was Fintelligens arguably one of the most successful hip hop bands in Finland.

The cowboy's humorous name for a cow givin' milk was a `` milk pitcher ''.

There is a humorous but revealing story about a rancher who owned a large slice of Texas and who wanted to have on it everything that was necessary for a completely pleasant community.

Looking back on this period ( in 1926 ) Milne observed that when he told his agent that he was going to write a detective story, he was told that what the country wanted from a " Punch humorist " was a humorous story ; when two years later he said he was writing nursery rhymes, his agent and publisher were convinced he should write another detective story ; and after another two years he was being told that writing a detective story would be in the worst of taste given the demand for children's books.

The comic is based on thorough research on the biographies and correspondence between Babbage and Lovelace, which is then twisted for humorous effect.

Serving in his capacity as honorary chairman, Capp made public appearances on its behalf for years, contributed free artwork for its annual fund-raising appeals, and entertained crippled and paraplegic children in children's hospitals with inspirational pep talks, humorous stories and sketches.

* The song is used to humorous effect in Michael Moore's film Canadian Bacon as ill-informed Americans prepare for an invasion by Canada.

Anheuser-Busch uses what is in many jurisdictions a legally-protected mark-of-origin indicating Czech provenance and humorous advertising campaigns to promote Budweiser, such as the " Real Men of Genius " radio and television commercials for Bud Light.

Anheuser-Busch is known for its sport sponsorship, video game sponsorship ( Tapper ), and humorous advertisements.

As the name implies, comic strips can be humorous ( for example, " gag-a-day " strips such as Blondie, Bringing Up Father, Marmaduke and Pearls Before Swine ).

Internally, Alpha processors were also identified by EV numbers, EV officially standing for " Extended VAX " but having an alternative humorous meaning of " Electric Vlasic ", giving homage to the Electric Pickle experiment at Western Research Lab.

Starting in 1912, Satie's new humorous miniatures for piano became very successful, and he wrote and published many of these over the next few years ( most of them premiered by the pianist Ricardo Viñes ).

Alexander Pope uses this technique for humorous effect in the following lines from The Rape of the Lock:

Scott Spiegel's humorous influence can be seen throughout the film, perhaps most prominently in certain visual jokes ; for instance, when Ash traps his rogue hand under a pile of books, on top is A Farewell to Arms.

Wilkins also published the highly successful Los Angeles punk humor zine Wild Times and when he ran out of funding for the zine syndicated some of the humorous material to over 100 U. S. fanzines under the name of Mystic Mark.

Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch.

Each of the quartet would sing one line of the verse-a different one for each performance, followed by each cast member reciting some humorous reason for his misery in spoken form, then ( in the first several seasons ) the quartet would reprise the chorus and end with all four sobbing in typical overstated manner.

The " Outlines " became sufficiently common for James Thurber to parody the trend in his humorous essay, " An Outline of Scientists "— indeed, Wells's Outline of History remains in print with a new 2005 edition, while A Short History of the World has been recently reedited ( 2006 ).

As is common on other internet forums, simple faux-HTML tags and action tags, such as < sarcasm > and < backs away slowly >, respectively, are sometimes used for a humorous effect.

The Internet has long been a resource for the circulation of humorous ideas and jokes.

He is a founding member of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a humorous " semi-secret society " of artists resembling the iconic actor, which issues communiqués and meets on occasion for the ostensible purpose of watching Marvin's films.

Bell also used the humorous possibilities of the Cones Hotline, a means for the public to inform the authorities of potentially unnecessary traffic cones, which was part of the Citizen's Charter project established by John Major.

Osawa said that he had originally tried to make Kid Icarus completely serious, but opted for a more humorous approach after objections from the team.

Baum would work primarily with John R. Neill on his fantasy work beginning in 1904, but Baum met Neill few times ( all before he moved to California ) and often found Neill's art not humorous enough for his liking, and was particularly offended when Neill published The Oz Toy Book: Cut-outs for the Kiddies without authorization.