Capra understood their dissatisfaction and tried to lighten the mood by having Gable play practical jokes on Colbert, who responded with good humor.

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the Porter who appears in Act II, Scene 3, is also a type of " comic relief " drunk who serves to temporarily lighten the mood of the play right after a heinous regicide has taken place.

Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or, often, a serious play with a happy ending.

Verhoeven also added humorous commercials throughout the news broadcasts to lighten the mood and distract from the violent aspects of the movie.

During this period, Earl Ellis supposedly shot the glasses of a table to lighten the mood of a ' boring ' dinner while visiting a Navy chaplain.

Young Life is an organization designed for youths who are not a member of a church, ministering through its widespread use of comedy, music and pop culture references to lighten the mood and promote a comfortable atmosphere.

While in the office Sky tries to lighten the mood with a joke about a priest, a rabbi, and a Hindu.

Although the film is not officially part of the German training and education system for forklift trucks, it is frequently shown by instructors to lighten up the mood.

Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood.

The family tells jokes to lighten the mood, of which Marie disapproves ; she says that she needs to go to the bathroom and when she returns everyone should have a sign of concern.

Employers would frequently deduct pay for work they deemed imperfect and for simply trying to lighten the mood by laughing or talking while they worked.

Adding to this was a sense of comedy often lost on horror productions which might in some instances lighten the audience's mood ( often deceptively ) but in many cases added to the overall eeriness of the production.

The character began with Bono wearing an oversized pair of blaxploitation sunglasses, given to him by wardrobe manager Fintan Fitzgerald, to lighten the mood in the studio.

Later she learns to ' lighten up ' but is still very protective of Taro.

Anchors were laid out, coal jettisoned, guns, ammunition and stores hoisted over the side into small casters in the island hired on the spot, and everything possible done to lighten her, but she remained a fixture except to sway in the swell from the open sea, strain her back, and wrench off her sternpost, rudderpost and rudder.

Her loyal butler suggests that she lighten up a bit ; she decides he ’ s right and dons the lingerie and other attire of “ a forward woman .” After Cosmo has a near-death experience and nearly joins George and Marion in the afterlife, Cosmo and Clara are happily reunited, and George and Marion, their good deed done, gladly depart for heaven.

She claims that she took it upon herself to start the Holiday killings, in an attempt to end the Roman ’ s hold on Gotham and thus lighten Dent's caseload so that they could have a child.

" Thereafter, the Old Witch presided over the magazine as its comedic horror host, delivering an irreverent and pun-filled commentary to lighten the horrific tone of the stories she introduced.

He plied Origen with questions, and urged him to write his Commentaries () on the books of the Bible, and, as a wealthy nobleman and courtier, he provided his teacher with books for his studies and secretaries to lighten the labor of composition.

In order to lighten Hergé's workload Hergé Studios was set up on 6 April 1950.

Other changes were made to lighten up calls on faults for carries and double-touches, such as allowing multiple contacts by a single player (" double-hits ") on a team's first contact provided that they are a part of a single play on the ball.

" Strunk intended the guide " to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention ... on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated .” In 1935, Strunk and Edward A. Tenney revised and published the guide as The Elements and Practice of Composition ( 1935 ).

He sought to lighten taxation, remitting the impost on houses in Jerusalem.

His court also tried to lighten the tax burden on commoners by reducing tax rates.

At his initial stages in " Los Rayos Gamma ", Logroño created a character that seemed to lighten up the absurdity and gravity of another character, played by Morales, that was in turn based on a real-life incident.

" This sometimes caused difficulties for Gross, and guest artists were used frequently to help lighten the load-and on one occasion, Peter Hogan was brought in to write a filler issue that gave Gross more time to catch up.

The advantage of the windows is that they lighten the line, and also reduce the amount of surface on which dirt and moisture can accumulate, making ladder line less vulnerable to weather-induced changes in characteristic impedance.

A phenomenon known as “ The bleaching syndrome ,” which refers to the process of attempting to lighten one ’ s skin, has made a significant impact on the commercial industry and the lives of African Americans since the beginning of the 21st century.

These clinics complement and help lighten the load on the main Fujairah Hospital by allowing walk-in appointments and providing ancillary medical services.

Markings on either type can appear black at birth on the head, but may lighten in adult life, the most common colours being tan and black.

Philip Hinchcliffe finished working on the series after three more serials and his successor, Graham Williams, was ordered to lighten the tone and reduce the violence and horror content.

In order to lighten the loads on the wagons in preparation for crossing the mallee country between the Murrumbidgee and the Darling, Burke left of sugar, some rice, all eight demi-johns of lime juice, four bags of camel ’ s sugar, the anvil, bellows, some iron, the blacksmith ’ s vice, a handsaw, five axes, two rifles, several revolvers and the camel litter at Messrs Sparkes, Cramsie & Co .' s store.

Students may receive SORs for actions including, but not limited to, negligent discharges, safety violations involving demolitions or mountaineering, not looking through their sight posts while firing, or throwing away ammunition to lighten their load while on patrol.

The airport was once a sleeping asset of the city for it does not, in any way, generate revenue, with only chartered and private planes using it ; but it is currently being upgraded, and is on its way towards its commercialization, in order to attract tourists and to lighten the burden of traveling to Vigan from Manila and most parts of the Philippines.

The dough is usually based on a sourdough starter, and includes some wheat flour to lighten the finished product.

While the BBC publicly defended the programme, after three seasons Hinchcliffe was moved on to the adult police thriller series Target in 1977, and his replacement, Graham Williams, was specifically instructed to lighten the tone of the storylines.

These " works " cars were reportedly built with gussets on the chassis members and aluminum body panels to both strengthen and lighten the car.

Had the Canadians not retreated, short on ammunition and inexperienced, they might have faced a heavier defeat by the Civil War veterans of the main Fenian army ( which was so well-supplied with ammunition that they dumped thousands of rounds into Black Creek on the eve of the battle in order to lighten their load ).

In a word, our unions strive to lighten toil, educate their members, make their homes more cheerful, and in every way contribute an earnest effort toward making life the better worth living.

Having rounded out a useful life in the exercise of those virtues which win the generous regard of our fellow-citizens, he died, leaving behind him a legacy of simple faith, of unbroken loyalty to duty, of conscientious tolerance for the severe convictions of others, even when opposed to him, of unfaltering belief in the effectiveness of lofty ideals, of tireless service for the welfare of the city he loved so well, and of generous help in all movement that helped either to lighten the burdens of the breadwinner or to brighten the pathway of the toiler.

Homer tries to lighten up the family, saying they should be glad on television, and they begin to conform to their new lives cheerily.