| 单词 | unfunny |
| 例句 | “Surely it is all some sort of dark and unfunny joke,” Penelope thought, as she took her place in the line of dancers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I wanted something unfunny, something that would freak people out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That the whole thing—the grandmother, his heritage, the bar mitzvah—was just the latest and most elaborate of the series of unfunny pranks that he and his idiot friends are famous for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z To be a man, a doer, a builder, a leader, or to be a tool, an unfunny joke, a crusher of funky toadstools. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cicero and Quintilian, for instance, both regarded the Greek orators in general—and Demosthenes in particular—as unfunny. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Was someone playing a joke on me, I wondered—a weird, unfunny joke? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They are filled with anguish and unfunny funerals. Review: In ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z He is sent to a retirement home, where he and viewers suffer forced, unfunny scenes of Max being urged to knit potholders in the shape of kidneys. Worst of 2016: 10 movies that failed spectacularly to deliver on their promise 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z She gets horrendous comments about her Asperger’s, for example, rather than: “Why is this unfunny gimp on everything?” I was cynical about Greta Thunberg’s voyage, but she’s upsetting all the right people | Romesh Ranganathan 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z As a result, “The Mental Illness Happy Hour” isn’t funny; if anything, it’s so unfunny that it takes a few episodes to realize that what you’re listening to is not a goof. Riff: Stand-Up Comedy Without the Stand-Up. Or the Comedy. 2012-02-03T22:00:07Z “If people saw how tremendously unfunny he was, it would be embarrassing.” Bernie Sanders is the most humorless 2016 candidate. How did he land the comedian vote? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z This, the very last funny scene in a thoroughly unfunny movie, takes place 58 minutes into the film. Why Gulliver's jokes just don't travel 2011-01-06T22:30:01Z Unfunny scenes are broken up with equally unfunny stand-up. Rob Schneider’s Netflix series ‘Real Rob’ is real lame 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z There’s no point in enumerating all the reasons I dislike it — OK, the unfunny Los Angeles stereotypes were exasperating. Sundance Wrap-Up: 6 Movies We Like and One We Disagree on 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But when it delivers, this story of a third-rate travelling troupe's attempt to stage an appallingly unfunny farce is theatrical bliss, with its catalogue of missed cues, falling scenery, and backstage squabbles. This week's new theatre 2013-03-23T06:00:18Z The New York Times called it “so poorly executed and unfunny that no one involved with it should ever be allowed to work in the movies again.” Can an indie director compete with a YouTube star? ‘The Chair’ tries to find out. Some answered by fishing out old, unfunny jokes that Noah had made on Twitter, which some people found offensive; others simply complained that he wasn’t Jon Stewart. Trevor Noah’s Crash Course in Surviving an American Election 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Racism is a theme in Week 4, which results in some gauche and unfunny exchanges. | 'The Green Room With Paul Provenza': On Showtime, Behind the Scenes With a Comic 2010-06-09T21:09:00Z But I’ll say this: I believe David meant his unfunny butter joke to be puckish and harmless, and sincerely did not understand why many people would find it offensive. David Edelstein, the “butter scene” in “Last Tango” and the darkness of the internet 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It's a rarely amusing movie overwhelmed by grating kids, unfunny sidekicks, halfhearted Sandler funny voices and a co-star who seems more fearful of smiling with each passing year. 'Just Go With It'? Sandler and Aniston should have said no 2011-02-10T18:11:03Z Just because a scene is offensive or brutally unfunny doesn’t mean it hasn’t unfolded in a real, four-walled kitchen somewhere. Prime time's new age of crudeness 2011-01-17T15:01:00Z However politically sharp, the gag is an unpleasant reminder of all the profoundly unfunny ways in which this world, with its visible and invisible hands, tries to control women, putting them into little boxes. ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Certainly it’s insulting to comedy lovers and to the character, a shrewd number sold out by her director for an unfunny gag about the unruly female body. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z Armstrong-less Miller is still thinking of comedy duos here, in a story of an unfunny double act aiming for the big time that's, er, not very funny. This week's new films 2011-07-08T23:07:35Z It takes a comedian, Whoopi Goldberg, to articulate, in a clip from her show, the unfunny truth behind the humor. The Lorena Bobbitt Story Offers New Lessons on Male Vulnerability 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z This extraordinarily unfunny ailment is the source of some of the smartest, darkest humor in the show. ‘You’re the Worst’ mines comedy from an unlikely source — PTSD 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Mark Shenton of the Stage and the Sunday Express agreed, tweeting: "Viva Forever is a phoney, manufactured musical about a phoney, manufactured band, marooned by a structurally inept, unfunny script." Critics pan Spice musical 2012-12-12T14:11:41Z Besides being unfunny, that also made it unwelcoming, which is not the way you want to start off a three-hour show. An Uneven Night for Kevin Spacey as Tonys Host 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The incredibly unfunny disease causes involuntary laughter or crying, usually separate from any kind of conventional trigger. Joaquin Phoenix says he based his "Joker" laugh on a little-understood real-life ailment 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z America may be in the throes of a nervous breakdown, but this shallow, unfunny comedy is a symptom, not a diagnosis. | 'The Family Tree': ?The Family Tree? Directed by Vivi Friedman - Review 2011-08-25T22:43:48Z If you find comedians such as Gutfeld unfunny or, more to the point, offensive, you may ask whether he should be granted the honorific of comedian. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z A woman delivers deliberately unfunny stand-up comedy routines about losing her house keys or descaling a kettle. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert brought on a second host to The Late Show on Monday in response to President Donald Trump's tweet over the weekend asking for "equal time" from "unfunny" late night television hosts. Watch Jon Stewart Struggle to Defend President Trump on 'The Late Show' 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The real Sandy travels cross-country on a tense mission to bring the fake one to justice, and the movie becomes an unfunny road-trip, odd-couple extravaganza insultingly topped off with some saccharine life lessons. Identity Thief – review 2013-03-21T22:30:01Z The unfunny and maladroit scenes that follow make one wonder if “the anxiety of influence” also can apply to artists who are, through no fault of their own, doing the influencing. ‘American Sausage Standoff’ Review: Order the Salad 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 150-minute film was "incomprehensible for long stretches and unforgivably unfunny in the endless scenes of manic visual satire". Aleksei German obituary 2013-02-26T18:17:01Z Laurie says rather straightforward, unfunny things, but in a kind of robotic, staccato delivery that makes her sound as if she’s reading from a delayed teleprompter. 'Silicon Valley' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Datageddon 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Nicely-Nicely Johnson in a revival of “Guys and Dolls”: “Uncharacteristically insecure and weirdly unfunny” was how a Chicago critic described the production. Is Tituss Burgess like his meme-able ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ character? Well, yes and no. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The film’s comic setup is built around the unfunny idea of North Korea’s ramped-up nuclear arsenal and the notion that its missiles can reach the West Coast. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z There appears to be little payoff for having invested so much time with Henry, a monstrous, unlikable character, listening to his unfunny stage show, or watching him act like a Stage Dad for Annette. Adam Driver is impressive, but can't save Amazon's audacious & sexy rock opera "Annette" 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z For such an unfunny subject, it was so much fun. T Magazine: Kirsten Dunst: '60s Going on 30 2011-10-14T02:17:29Z “Changing just one word in the caption could make the difference between a hilarious cartoon and a totally unfunny one.” Louis C.K. or Tina Fey? Gender, science and the age-old question: Are men or women funnier? 2014-03-15T13:30:00Z What you’re more likely to notice through the first three episodes, though, is how resolutely timid and unfunny it is, as if Lorre and his writers are scared laughless by their subject matter. Fall TV Reviewed: Detectives, Sci-Fi and an Attempt at Romance 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z He was just disappointed that the joke was lame and unfunny. Dan Crenshaw started the week as a punchline and ended it as a star. The real story came before that. 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps worst of all was a too-long and very unfunny bit between the “Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon and one of the judges, Ken Jeong. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2019 Emmys 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Jojo Rabbit received one- and two-star reviews in the Guardian and three stars from the Observer, with reviewers calling it “intensely unfunny”, “smug” and “oddly indecisive”. Taika Waititi says Jojo Rabbit's six Oscar nominations vindicate risks of making 'divisive' film 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z If he is guilty of anything, it’s of being unfunny or merely silly. Critic’s Notebook: Lil Wayne and Other Rappers Run Afoul of Propriety 2013-05-07T18:41:15Z The older I get the less able I am to love books that are completely unfunny. I Hate This Book So Much: A Meditation 2012-07-25T14:00:20Z She writes in her memoir about struggling with “S.N.L.” this year, splitting her time between Manhattan and upstate New York while bumping up against coronavirus restrictions and her fears of being unfunny. Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z You can’t imagine how rough it was and how unfunny and how sexist or racist it might have seemed. Q. and A.: Chris Rock Is Itching for Dirty Work 2012-08-01T12:00:24Z But La Streep is utterly unfunny in "Don't Look Up" playing the clueless President Orlean. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Hoffman is woefully unfunny, though perhaps not as bad as Harvey Keitel, who gets a pointless and baffling cameo as a lazy construction worker. Meet the Parents: Little?Fockers ? review 2010-12-23T22:24:00Z Perhaps the website’s meant to be ironically unfunny? Macaulay Culkin spoofs Goop with ‘lifestyle’ site Bunny Ears 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But what Abramovitch does with such a lineup is an unfortunate, unfunny mess. ‘Eat Wheaties!’ Review: Chasing Ms. Banks 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Trump went on to write that it's "time to retire" the show, calling it "boring and unfunny" and adding that Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him "stinks." Trump calls SNL spoof 'hit job,' calls for end of show 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z But when it doesn't work, it really doesn't work and you're marooned for an endless hour with an unfunny character flailing around without a script. Summer TV season high on comedy shows but sadly short on actual comedy 2012-05-29T17:33:08Z I sat there wondering whether these actors knew what they were getting into when they said yes to this clunky, punny, unfunny film. AP critic takes toddler to epic flop `Oogieloves' 2012-09-07T20:25:10Z No one expects Late Show, and other late-night shows, to book unfunny comedians in the name of fairness, but it would be silly to think that that’s the only option. Late Show Fires Comedy Booker, Revives the Are-Women-Funny Debate (Sigh) 2012-01-18T13:07:21Z The subplot wasted nearly a third of an episode on pointless and increasingly unfunny slapstick. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z The funny thing – or unfunny thing, if you prefer – is that I was well aware that night-surfing, as a sport, was on a par with Russian roulette. Clive James: ‘It could be said that Adele is Mama Cass born again’ 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z As this becomes increasingly apparent over the course of an hour, the world of “Hora” becomes unfunny, unpleasant and finally chilling. Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-03-08T22:36:23Z Lowe, who clearly viewed this evening as a certain kind of showbiz honor, gamely laughed along at the reminiscences of these unfunny things. Please Kill the Celebrity Roast 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z You may recall the very unfunny, real-life antecedent of this novel’s premise. ‘Happiest People in the World’: Just a madcap comic satire about Islamofascism 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "Words and images matter, and this unfunny shot at gay people sends a problematic message that using these kind of vulgar slurs is acceptable." "Dilemma" dispute hurts studio and gay rights group 2010-10-12T04:59:00Z The pilot doesn’t manage to do much funny with it, true, but it’s no more of a crime against taste than an unfunny lawyer joke. Laughing Gas: In Defense of the Fart Joke 2013-10-02T14:28:05Z As with all our neologism contests, you’re welcome to use your word in a funny sentence to make your entry funnier, and not welcome to use your word in an unfunny sentence. Style Invitational: Get lucky with a 13-(Scrabble) point neologism 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Later, Charles finds himself on the receiving end of a determinedly unfunny antisemitic rant by the white supremacist hacker Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer. Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z But “The Foxy Merkins” has its longueurs and deflates in a repetitive, unfunny sequence of police raids on a hotel where Margaret is practicing her trade. ‘The Foxy Merkins,’ a Satirical Buddy Comedy 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z "Surely I can't be more unfunny than Patsy Palmer," she says, "and, if I am, I need a new career." Comedian Francesca Martinez: "Surely I can't be more unfunny than Patsy Palmer" 2011-08-06T23:05:45Z The moments of sadness concerning Ludovic and the fate of the house itself are entirely unearned, and the notes of comedy are wince-makingly unfunny. Cannes 2013: A Castle in Italy (Un Chateau en Italie) – first look review 2013-05-21T16:39:04Z I often find myself resisting Mr. Taylor’s dances — so proper, so unfunny — and then relaxing into them, won over by their musicality and by dancers who appear to be completely in their element. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Opens Its Season 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But these moments were fitful, and the interactions, trying for playfulness, often took on the character of an unfunny clown routine. Dance Review: Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud at the Kitchen 2014-05-07T21:57:36Z At this point it's fair to acknowledge that we at Heat had our moment of madness a few years ago when we printed a tasteless and unfunny sticker about Harvey, and we quite rightly apologised. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z As the 1960s swung on, the director Sidney Lumet retreated to a Swedish idyll to film this heavy-handed, defiantly unfunny adaptation. ‘The Seagull’ Brings Chekhov’s Doleful Comedy to Cinemas 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Which really, is a politer way of saying I find the show offensively unfunny. Sony radio awards nominations: radio review 2013-04-12T06:00:13Z What most distinguishes the show, however, is its refusal to ignore the unfunny aspects of Strawberry’s situation. | 'Freckleface Strawberry the Musical': An Ugly Duckling Gets Her Ginger Up Over Fitting In 2010-10-19T22:44:00Z Perhaps the film is a trifle over-egged towards the end and comic seriousness briefly turns into unfunny solemnity when it deals with the reunion between Patrick and his more conventional brother. Silver Linings Playbook – review 2012-11-25T00:05:31Z Chase was being interviewed by the Times for a 1981 piece, which declared that the “show seemed like nothing so much as an unfunny parody of its predecessor.” The Nine Lives of “Saturday Night Live” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z But the series was skewered by critics — again the provocative and unfunny, this time with an extra helping of racism allegations — and didn’t fare much better with audiences. Seth MacFarlane's surprising tumble 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Those emails include an assessment by a Sony executive who criticized “The Interview” as “desperately unfunny.” James Franco and Seth Rogen Talk About ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Whatever their attempts to add authenticity, there seems little risk that “Beef House” will slide into the unfunny conventions of actual multicamera sitcoms. On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The biggest dud is Rusty Cundieff’s “Victory’s Glory,” a witless, unfunny satire of racial stereotyping in basketball. Movie Review: ‘Movie 43,’ Crude Vignettes With Big Stars and Directors 2013-01-26T00:08:39Z It’s clear that Ms. Schumer knows a thing or two about sexist ideologies, real power struggles and all the deeply unfunny, unpretty rest. Review: ‘I Feel Pretty’ Doesn’t Even Go Skin Deep 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The relentless "pursuit of laughs" shtick becomes antic and exhausting, and therefore unfunny. Submit Questions for Robert Carlock of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Even a cameo from Orson Welles couldn’t lend lustre to this pointless and unfunny spoof, a dire tongue-in-cheeker that slipped past the franchise control of the producers, Eon. James Bond on film – ranked! 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, although humor is subject to an ongoing process of obsolescence — jokes become unfunny as we advance as a society — it is also a realm of perpetual renewal. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z That such an array of talent could have made something so relentlessly unfunny, unlovable and utterly lacking in insight frankly beggars belief. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-28T23:05:39Z A funny woman with too many unfunny movies on her résumé, Ms. Diaz was born too late for the kind of rich Hollywood career she deserves. | 'Bad Teacher': When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane 2011-06-23T22:21:08Z That did well enough at the box office — Ms. McCarthy has become a Teflon laugh factory — despite being unworthy of her talents and despite the uneasy, unfunny jokes about Tammy, burgers and doughnuts. Review: Melissa McCarthy Takes Charge in ‘The Boss’ 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The mystifying, unfunny college strand is the weakest part of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. Last rites for the campus novel 2013-04-01T11:31:04Z “There is no better excuse for hitting a woman than the fact that she looks just like a man” is one of its wretchedly unfunny lines. Perspective | Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women. They shaped a misogynistic culture. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Why we couldn't just get the sketches without this pointless and unfunny framing device is a mystery. Movie 43 – review 2013-01-29T18:45:01Z The slapstick in the film is also as unfunny as it is uninspired. "See How They Run" is a comic whodunit that falls flat except for the dead guy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z There's nothing gloomier than an unfunny comedy, and Radio 4 specialises in those. Is Radio 4 just too gloomy? 2013-01-19T18:01:01Z There was no "alternative comedy" which to me sounds somewhat unfunny. Comedy Is Booming. I Can’t Wait for the Bust. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z "Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!" Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen are writing a Trump book together. Sad. 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z As an unfunny master of ceremonies, Soslan Kulaev introduced each scene with pompously delivered French, spoken with a heavy Russian accent. Review: Three Ballets at City Center Honor Two Impresarios 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z I second your take on the unfunny “Funny Girl.” Against All Odds, Broadway Rose to the Occasion. Mostly. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z They are wholly representative of the genre: aggressively, almost frantically unfunny doses of pseudo-intellectual humor for people who like to congratulate themselves on how sophisticated they are. Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘Bream Gives Me Hiccups’ is no masterpiece 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The series begins with a tenuous premise, uses it to leap to an inaccurate dichotomy and supports that with tired, unfunny stereotypes. Television Review: ?Suburgatory? on ABC ? Review 2011-09-27T16:18:22Z A lot of inspired creativity goes into crafting these deliberately unfunny yet perversely hilarious shows. This week's new live comedy 2011-08-26T23:06:02Z There is a long, long, unfunny sequence involving flatulence. ‘The Country Club’ Review: Who’s Your Caddy? 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Based on your report of this incident, your co-worker’s so-called joke is both unfunny and offensive. Ask Amy: In-law tension keeps vacation house off limits 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z It opens with an unfunny protracted bit in which Barry, who’s late for work, orders a sandwich from a pokey server. ‘The Flash’ Review: Electric Company 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The cramped first half, mostly in the Singh apartment, is crudely unfunny. Movie Review: In ‘Total Siyapaa,’ Mishaps Overshadow a Romance 2014-03-09T19:33:53Z In “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s deployed as a flat, mirthless inside joke — another pat reference, unfunny and predictable, charged with a yawning desperation to please. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile a masked killer who shrieks his laments in the form of unfunny '80s-hair-metal solos begins knocking off the talent. 'Stage Fright' is a lame mashup of horror and show tunes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He channeled his anxieties and observations into “Key & Peele’s” satirical and parodic sketches, finding comedy in unfunny subjects like slavery and police brutality. ‘I’d Never Seen My Fears as an African-American Man Onscreen’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z But Greg Cicchino’s world premiere production for the Chain Theater in Manhattan has mostly omitted the characters’ human elements in favor of aggressively unfunny cartoonishness that makes “Garbageman” easy to dismiss. ‘Garbageman’ Review: Just a Couple of Straw Men 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Conan's cruel behavior towards Jay Leno is unforgivable, and his recent appearance with Stephen Colbert showed how truly unfunny he is. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z He, along with the show, has been a refreshing, mostly unfunny enigma, calling me back time and time again with all the appeal of a pied-piper wearing a plaid button-down and the occasional fedora. How I made my peace with "I Think You Should Leave" – a cringe comedy I was one reluctant to watch 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “Dumb and Dumber To” is a film of ideas, though that is not intended as a charitable way of describing a mainly unfunny comedy. The Limits of Gags: “Dumb and Dumber To” 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z It is an uncompromisingly unfunny exercise in self-love and self-absorption, in which nothing in the movie is convincingly real, and yet there is also nothing among its baroque inventions likely to raise a laugh. Lola Versus 2012-07-19T21:08:01Z You might also use the word in an unfunny sentence, if you’d like the Empress to roll her eyes and fill her wastebasket further. Style Invitational Week 1086: Play the dozens with 12-letter words It might be her worst movie yet – besides the unfocused, unfunny Tammy, which, like The Boss, was co-written and directed by McCarthy’s husband Ben Falcone. Melissa McCarthy: why Hollywood’s first lady of funny is hit and miss 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z No need to overthink The Meaning of the play--just go see it for for comic relief from today's troubled, unfunny world. Review: In This ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Love Is a Zero-Sum Game 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z That is, when we're not being treated to a dizzying, unfunny series of flashbacks and fantasies. 'Playing It Cool' leaves you cold despite star-packed cast 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The challenge is remembering that funny in a gay bar can be very unfunny on the prairie. Scene Stealers: From ‘I Hate Her’ to Icon 2013-06-14T21:32:52Z Far from being unfunny, Christie believes men are frightened that women will steal their scenes. The secret of Birds of a Feather: why female friendship is the key to sitcom success 2013-06-29T11:35:14Z Other images, be they weirdly niche or inexplicably unfunny, falter and are forgotten in a long chronology. Harvard’s Ugly Offshoot of Campus Meme Culture 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Suddenly, you realise how unfunny some of the American ones are. ‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z If the driver gets the joke — or finds it unfunny — he doesn’t let on. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z There was no discussion of why most clowns were so profoundly unfunny, or why so many kids were actually frightened by them. TV review: Timeshift; True Stories 2011-08-09T21:00:01Z Like some of the other unfunny female-driven comedies, this one tries to turn raunch into hilarity, yucks into yuks, but it’s hard to laugh when a movie treats women with contempt. ‘Like a Boss’ Review: Tiffany & Rose’s Very Unfortunate Adventure 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The pacing is deadly, the copious sex and nudity is unerotic, the comedy is unfunny, and the dialogue is insipid. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen," here are the worst films of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The budget is bigger and the explosions louder but nothing can dispel the air of contractual preening as the has-beens jockey for pole position in the unfunny one-liners stakes. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-12-09T00:05:40Z The comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader is "desperately unfunny" and would have flopped overseas if it had not been canceled, according to leaked e-mails of international executives of Sony Pictures. Forget the politics, Sony executives say North Korea comedy 'desperately unfunny' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Pain, war, alcoholism, attempted suicide, self-dismemberment, unfunny sitcoms, the sheer relentlessness of human futility. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z The script features plenty of portents about decidedly unfunny goings-on at the firm. Review: ‘Do You Feel Anger’ Plumbs the Depths of Office Humor 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s an ambitiously mounted, yet strangely unfunny, teaser, with a Stephen Hawking-aping narration that uses jokes from the original to get fans onboard. Long catwalk home: can Ben Stiller make audiences care about Zoolander 2? 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z There is a recurrent joke, for example, about whether to call a silly tampon product “Tampazzle” or “Tampoozle” that becomes overwhelmingly unfunny the more the characters talk about it. Insatiable: has Netflix's controversial 'fat-shaming' show fixed itself? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It can be definitively stated that Dirty Grandpa is utterly unfunny. Review: 'Dirty Grandpa' Is 'Utterly Unfunny' 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Despite the president's ongoing claims that the show is "unfunny" and "boring" and Alec Baldwin's impression is "terrible," Trump still appears to follow "SNL" with the devotion of a lifelong fan. Donald Trump can't forgive "Saturday Night Live" for not loving him back 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z In fact, he bizarrely brings narrative momentum to a crawl, at a crucial moment, to highlight Schneider and Suvari in unfunny high jinks. 'You May Not Kiss the Bride': Comedy lacks old Hollywood magic 2012-09-20T20:48:14Z It’s only when the play, in a series of skits between scenes, takes off its gloves and aims squarely at its real subject — racism — that the comedy becomes something more salient, if unfunny. Review: In ‘The Thanksgiving Play,’ Who Gets Roasted? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z ET, Dads is the new season at its worst: dated, cheaply provocative, and laboriously unfunny. Dads and Brooklyn Nine-Nine: From Worst to Best In One Hour 2013-09-17T09:30:32Z More unhappiness north of the border at news that comedian Michael McIntyre has decided to charge the distinctly unfunny sum of £31 for a work-in-progress show at the Edinburgh fringe this year. Seven days on stage: Spice Girls go west and Pudsey trains for panto 2012-06-29T13:11:14Z It includes a creepily unfunny piece that links taxidermy with Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t count for much. Books of The Times: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,’ by David Sedaris 2013-05-14T20:26:13Z In Twitter posts, he has called it a “boring and unfunny show” and said that Mr. Baldwin’s portrayal of him “stinks.” ‘S.N.L.’ Hammers Donald Trump as a ‘Gift’ to Vladimir Putin for Christmas 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z I know that the text ‘P---y is worth thousands’ is really funny, but the thing behind it is deeply unfunny.” Perspective | ‘Female agency’ is Hollywood’s latest catchphrase. ‘Zola’ takes it further. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z But it should never be either unfunny and fair, or unfair and unfunny. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z The Times critic Clive Barnes praised Ms. DeHaven, confessing he had loved her “since she was a movie starlet and I was a schoolboy,” but found the show “so labored and so unfunny.” Gloria DeHaven, Sweetheart in Many a Movie Musical, Dies at 91 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z He is funny with the very funny and with the very unfunny. David Letterman's 33-year journey from cult hero to late-night institution 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z By that point, the quips came across as just as unfunny as they did the week of the tragedy. Psychology helps explains why Louis C.K. is so funny 2013-12-18T13:15:00Z Then, after a fourth season that was criticized for being uneven and unfunny in his absence, Mr. Harmon was hired back for its fifth season, which will have its premiere on Jan. 2. ArtsBeat: How Dan Harmon Did, Or Did Not, Get His Groove Back at ‘Community’ 2013-12-18T17:03:13Z By the time Arnold cracks his second unfunny “I’ll Be Back” reference, I felt conned. The Expendables 2: Locked and Overloaded 2012-08-16T12:00:05Z But it’s all there for everyone to see – the good, the bad, the unfunny jokes. When "Oh No!" Is What You Want To Hear From Your Airline 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z There’s no reason to cut the line — these people are creeps, and it is the 18th century — but there’s also no reason to add the gesture, which is deeply unfunny yet invites us to laugh. Review: ‘The School for Scandal’ Is Full-Throated Satire 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z But "30 Minutes or Less," a grimly unfunny action comedy about a group of idiots and a bomb, drags on for nearly three times that. '30 Minutes or Less' drags on too long 2011-08-11T00:53:05Z While it’s generally the sense that the Griffin and the Depp jokes were unfunny and inappropriate, some of us might still find other dead Trump jokes funny. Is dead Donald Trump funny? Understanding gallows humor in the Trump era 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Parodying the tropes of feminism’s enemies is not, in itself, unfunny or unhelpful. Sorry, Feminists: Misandry Isn't Funny 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z While Poplak doesn’t excuse Noah’s racist, unfunny tweets, he does allow that “his black/white heritage allows him a somewhat unique perspective from which to pronounce on them all.” South African writer declares Trevor Noah “a nastier Jon Stewart for a nastier age” 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Late-night TV has proven to be a strangely helpful way for many to stay tethered to, rather than escape from, the feverish timeline of this deeply unfunny year and reality TV presidency. How late-night TV comedy has responded to a tumultuous year 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Host Seth Macfarlane began the unfunny references to Wallis as he introduced her to the audience in the early part of the show. Oscars 2013: the meanest show ever? 2013-02-25T19:02:22Z This underlying seriousness does not mean that Mr. Lowenstein lacks an ear for the howlers that enliven this woefully unfunny comedy of errors. Books of The Times: Roger Lowenstein Traces ?The End of Wall Street? 2010-03-31T22:53:00Z His biggest role in an American film, I believe, has been as the muumuu-wearing drama teacher in "Hamlet 2," an expensive and unfunny flop that everyone involved is eager to forget. "The Trip": Steve Coogan's sly, hilarious road movie 2011-06-10T00:01:00Z The “Lonely Goatherd” number, with its cloying puppets, including an unfunny Merman one with a gaping mouth, makes the clunky category. Theater Review: ‘Inventing Mary Martin,’ With 3 Singers in the Title Role 2014-04-28T02:00:01Z The episode, which has aged about as well as a tub of expired cottage cheese, is fatphobic and unfunny. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Comedian has attacked the three presenters of BBC1's Top Gear as unfunny "uber-conservatives" whose attempts at humour are more tragic than comic. Steve Coogan attacks Top Gear's 'ignorant' stars 2011-02-05T21:32:50Z They added, “They were all very gracious about the fact that we’re both brutally unfunny.” ‘Game of Thrones’ Writers Take On ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ 2013-07-24T20:59:33Z Critics savaged “Bonfire” — “gross, unfunny” and “wildly uneven,” declared this newspaper — and moviegoers shunned it. A New Podcast Rekindles a Box-Office Bomb 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z As an alcoholic, I found Dudley Moore’s attempts to stop slurring his speech in “Arthur” painfully unfunny. Letters: ?Arthur?: No Chaser Required 2010-09-01T16:40:00Z When I was asking people what I should ask you, they said, “Does he find some things unfunny now because he’s been through a tragedy?” Rob Delaney on Writing While Grieving and the Real Work of Comedy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The most unfunny, uninteresting show that has ever been forced down the public's throat--by far. ‘Girls’ Finale: Is It Just Us, or Did the Show Get Better? 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Based around American football players in college, it's predictable frat boy stuff, offering a nauseating cocktail of the crass, crude and desperately unfunny, with a neat sideline in casual misogyny. Doctor Who 2010-04-17T05:45:00Z From this decidedly unfunny premise the film finds multiple occasions for laughter. Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z Was this, dear God, going to be as funny as Keith Lemon, which is to say cryingly unfunny? Rewind TV: Run; The Apprentice; Family Tree – review 2013-07-20T17:05:00Z The long running reality show, once seen as a heartwarming escape, had a "cringe-tastic debacle" in Mexican Week filled with more microaggressions masked as unfunny jokes than sugar in the tent. Hungry for more "Great British Baking Show”? Sample these tasty reads 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Is this a case of unfunny Tate taking on a subject unsuited to it? Rude Britannia at Tate Britain: no laughing matter 2010-06-15T13:50:00Z A music video in which she is dressed half as herself, half as her boyfriend is, after the initial gag, defiantly unfunny. Charlyne Yi 2010-08-09T16:29:00Z Few things are funnier to a person than their own drug stories — or as unfunny to pretty much anyone else. ‘Have a Good Trip’ Review: Stars Tell Their Groovy Acid Tales 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Such expansive gestures can produce unfunny skits and bloated records, but in the case of Monae, she's creating distinctive and multifaceted music that marks her as one of this decade's most brilliant artists. Janelle Monae puts the android into R&B 2010-05-27T13:44:00Z An unfunny running joke excuses his misbehavior because, "he is from a different generation." "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z But who watches the tired and unfunny Two and a Half Men? The Two Ronnies: the double act's popularity is still booming 2010-12-23T10:30:00Z But it’s usually unfunny men who say that women aren’t funny. | Alex Borstein, Star of HBO’s ‘Getting On’ 2013-12-13T18:06:22Z A series of unfunny running gags — like our heroes being repeatedly mistaken for brother and sister — do little but pad a plot that features both mass death and murder by elf. ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Review: Over the Top and Around the Bend 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Toshiaki’s pet turtle is named Shelley, a joke that works on several levels, one of them painfully unfunny. Movie Review: ‘Frankenweenie,’ Tim Burton’s Homage to Horror Classics 2012-10-05T00:09:14Z The seemingly unfunny bits of dialogue that triggered most bouts of laughter might still be benign violations, says Pete—just violations that are so benign they’re only laughable when you’re right there, in the moment. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z One dismissed it as "excruciatingly unfunny" while the other called it "worse than sophomoric." Meet Fred Figglehorn; everyone under 18 has 2010-09-16T18:01:00Z It’s so painfully unfunny we’re not sure it can legally be called a comedy. "Holmes & Watson" Review: No, sh-t Sherlock 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z It's old-fashioned, unadventurous and, more serious still, unfunny. TV review: Marco Pierre White's Kitchen Wars; Dead Boss 2012-06-21T21:30:01Z The text reads like an unfunny parody of a lost British aristocracy. Review | Hipster style at its most annoying 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Sloppy, overcooked and painfully unfunny, it feels like exactly what it was: a filmed deal. Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Welcome to Broadway’s fleurs-du-mal moment, a rare blossoming of funny plays on deeply unfunny subjects. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Bill and Holly are crazy about him, and the reader might be more so if Jerome, who is black, didn’t jokingly call Bill “Massa Hodges” and lapse into unfunny, demeaning dialect. Review: Stephen King Leaps Through Time in ‘Finders Keepers’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z But the real interest lies in Ms. Lowell’s wide-ranging latter-day observations about culture clash, privilege and bad behavior, from her grandmother’s unfunny scatological stunts to the movie mogul antics of recent times. Books of The Times: Life Among the Upper Crust, Seen From Two Generations 2010-12-12T23:24:00Z But I think that as a TV show, the Oscars absolutely have contempt for the art, as the unfunny jokes about the hosts not finishing “The Power of the Dog” underscored. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Others seemed to shrug off these posts simply as unfunny. Trevor Noah, New ‘Daily Show’ Host, Comes Under Scrutiny for Tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z But otherwise this is a style that’s become unfashionable, something comedy nerds sneered at; “laugh track” is shorthand for not merely unfunny but also worthy of scorn. Review: The Euphoria of ‘One Day at a Time’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z “Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show,” Trump wrote in 2016. Donald Trump can't forgive "Saturday Night Live" for not loving him back 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z But this lightweight satirical book turns decidedly unfunny in addressing the Holocaust and blasphemous in describing the story of the Crucifixion. Books of The Times: ?The Last Testament: A Memoir by God? - Review 2011-11-27T22:24:27Z These aspects of the film, plus knowing what we know now about Monroe, make the film seem just straight-up unfunny. exploitative. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Sully can sprint, fight and trade unfunny quips without breaking a sweat, and Wahlberg is just fine delivering the same gruff, regular-guy performance that he always does. ‘Uncharted’ Review: Steal, Fight, Repeat 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous. ‘Ghosted’ Review: A C.I.A. Meet Cute 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z If this was a joke, though, it was one that his behaviour on The Birds rendered unfunny. Do Hitchcock and The Girl reveal the horrible truth about Hitch? 2013-01-11T07:00:00Z Q. Most of the movie fare coming to my small-town multiplex is mainstream Hollywood drivel, tedious remakes and unfunny, unsophisticated comedies. Recycled Films and Bitsy Screens 2011-05-22T00:43:01Z The Empress was inundated with several thousand entries, 99 percent of which were terrific except for being entirely boring and unfunny. Style Invitational: Where in the wor(l)d? Explore What3words 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The sneeze as turn-on becomes an unfunny running gag. ‘Fugly!,’ a Comedy Starring John Leguizamo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Making serious comedy is a feat of balance, and some might argue that the legacy of “M*A*S*H” was to give sitcoms license to be self-important, unfunny bummers. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Can there really be a comparative and a superlative for "unfunny"? Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:30Z There are several good jokes, but the performance is mostly unfunny. Review | David Grossman’s new novel presents a stand-up comic in crisis 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Once in a while they achieve that miracle whereby, through relentless repetition, something very unfunny becomes funny. 'Absinthe' in L.A.: Like Cirque du Soleil on Red Bull and vodka 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z In preparation for the inevitable pileup, the family members spend much of the movie in frantic formation, as their personalities are filled in with dull and squirmingly unfunny laughs. | 'Peep World': Things Fall Apart When a Family Gets Together 2011-03-24T21:13:04Z In what one critic called a “strangely muted and largely unfunny” performance, Rock seems less like an actor and more like a guy who has accidentally wandered onto a movie set. Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comedies 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z But Ledger’s performance, and “The Dark Knight” itself, also offered a dark and unfunny portent of mass culture’s unfolding over the subsequent decade and beyond. We don't need a prestige Joker movie, but "The Dark Knight" made one inevitable. 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Whatever the effects and the production values, these movies have been flailing, unfunny fiascoes since “Scary Movie 2” wasted 83 minutes of our time way back in 2001. ‘Scary Movie 5’: Plenty of pop-culture references, nary a laugh 2013-04-12T17:33:46Z “We were in the writers room talking about what the tweet would be,” she said “He’d say something about her being sad. She should have stayed back. Old. Very unfunny.” ‘Murphy Brown’ Returns to Fight New Culture Wars 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z If that last sentence confounded you, let me just say that’s only one of the inane and illogical narrative turns in this stubbornly unfunny film. ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Review: Still Square 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z This unfunny comedy is a vanity project for Michael Rosenbaum, who wrote and directed it, plays the main character and appears to have the comic sensibility of an unsophisticated 11-year-old. Movie Review: ‘Back in the Day’ Involves Grown-Up Epiphanies 2014-01-17T00:15:54Z “I don’t think I felt unfunny, but I don’t think I felt funny,” Johnson said. Zainab Johnson’s “Hijabs Off” comedy special aims for authenticity and laughs 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z But the Financial Times said it had "none of the old charm" and Rolling Stone called it an "unfunny, uninspired dud". Frasier: Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Lyndhurst reboot gets mixed response 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z So when I read the script, I was like, “Oh, s—.” And then when I got down to Oklahoma, I was like, “Oh, sure, give Danis the unfunny episode.” For two directors, 'Reservation Dogs' has been an incredible experience: 'There's so much humanity' 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Summers: Never brag about yourself to the audience, it’s super unfunny and unattractive. Elon Musk is dying to be funny. These eight comedians have some notes 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He was a hate vampire, swelling with pride as they cheered on the "I am your retribution" act, which is equal parts unfunny insult comedy and bragging about how many crimes he's committed. The deposition vs. a CNN town hall: Trump is nothing without the bloodthirsty MAGA crowd 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z But something unfunny happened on the way to the festival: Sondheim died. Commentary: The best theater in L.A. right now? It's in Pasadena 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The transcript of their conversation reads like an unfunny script from a rejected “Animal House” sequel. How Trump’s Playboy Persona Came Back to Haunt Him 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Last year’s Academy Awards were, by most measures, a real mess; overlong, unfunny and punctuated by The Slap, an unexpected event that had everyone talking about the Oscars for the wrong reasons. Oscars 2023 predictions: Moira Macdonald on who will (and who should) win 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z So if that was the idea, that again becomes very unfunny — and also sad. Elon Musk is dying to be funny. These eight comedians have some notes 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Her colleague and co-author, Naomi Bagdonas, added that workplace humor, including on social media, can help people deal with the “exceptionally unfunny times” we are living in. ‘Dilbert’ Is Canceled but Cubicle Comedians Live On 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Years ago, I was assigned to review a painfully unfunny off-Broadway comedy. Perspective | What are we clapping for? America’s sad compulsion to applaud. 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z In reality, he used his platform to minimize their bigotry and repackage their antisemitism into hateful, unfunny “jokes.” Opinion | Dave Chappelle’s jokes were not funny 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z He added: "The Harfoots' broad comedy is family-friendly but unfunny. The po-facedness of the elves, on the other hand, veers into the silly, everyone speaking in an otherworldly Royal Shakespeare Company accent." The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power dazzling but slow, say critics 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mejia is part of a trend in Seattle of comedians who are getting more personal onstage and not shying away from the seemingly unfunny topics of depression, anxiety and mental health. Still joking through dark times, Seattle comedians put community, mental health over competition 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The Guardian described it as "weirdly exhausting and overwhelmingly unfunny". Bullet Train: Brad Pitt film leaves critics wanting to get off 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z I don’t need to reiterate my feelings about the unfunny, over-nominated sketch comedy show, do I? Emmys 2022: Predictions for series and acting nominations 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The political media’s greatest crime — what makes them truly the enemy of the people — is how unfunny they are. ‘Apocalypse Wow’: Jan. 6 clown committee pursues Col. Kurtz in latest tragicomedy 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Such unfunny attempts at humor “give people permission to discriminate, harass and even commit violence,” Rangel said in a statement. Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special blasted as ‘anti-trans rants’ 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The segment with the daughter’s unattractive and unsympathetic personality was especially hard to watch and decidedly unfunny. Feedback: Why didn't Netflix give 'Grace & Frankie' a proper sendoff? 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The “gag” I believe crossed the line from the trite and unfunny to appealing to those who abhor cats and unfortunately sometimes might act on those tendencies. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A photo that captures beauty amid the pain 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Specifically, the extras show an unfunny gag reel and some deleted scenes. TV DVD and Blu-ray reviews: ‘Dexter: New Blood’ and ‘The Great: Season Two’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Deceptive ingratiation can mean laughing at unfunny jokes, and honest ingratiation can be connecting with the interviewer over real shared interests, like hiking or watching the Knicks. Do You Know Who That Worker You Just Hired Really Is? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z They argue that those words, as a standalone, feel brutal, discriminatory, unfunny and indefensible. Jimmy Carr: Traveller Movement writing to Netflix over comedy special 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z "Whoever gets nominated, I'm going to say that that person -- be they male or female, or nonbinary -- did something really bad to me," he "joked" in his typical unfunny way. Why the right sees Biden's promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z A number of vocal anti-abortion proponents responded negatively to the bit, calling it “tragic,” “sick” and “unfunny.” Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown makes a powerful abortion statement on 'SNL' 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The result of the perpetual cancellation of entertainers, he continued, is a frightened and “unfunny” society. Chris Rock says cancel culture creates frightened, ‘unfunny’ populations: ‘Everybody’s scared’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z There’s nothing necessarily wrong or unfunny about interviews, sketches, or man-on-the-street segments. HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay turns the stuffy late-night talk show into a party 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z But today, it’s baffling — unfunny, seemingly unworthy of its place in history alongside Abraham Lincoln’s death. Opinion | The context behind the fatal punchline that obscured the Lincoln assassination 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “I’ve kind of accepted the fact that it’s OK if I am unfunny, that is OK.” Meet the influencers who actually stayed home during the pandemic 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z There was an unfunny take on “Supermarket Sweep,” a weak “Weekend Update” with jokes about transgender “tucking” in the military, and other lazy, crude gags scattered about in sketches I’ve already forgotten. Maybe Trump did kill satire: 'SNL' kicks off Biden era in weak form 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z “I see a lot of unfunny,” he said Monday. Chris Rock says cancel culture creates frightened, ‘unfunny’ populations: ‘Everybody’s scared’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Even when followers found that response unfunny, he at first doubled down on his “fantastic” tweet. 10 celebrity apologies that capture the strange, bleak year that was 2020 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z She would eat lunch by herself while the men played poker, and the biggest laughs came from jokes about how unfunny she was. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom: 'Ten years ago, no one talked about a cultural problem in comedy' 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But he is never less than interesting, and I say this as someone who finds the unprofessionally obsessed “unfunny” Bruce as compelling as the more professional funny one. Review: 'Saturday Night Live' brings back host Dave Chappelle to bookend four years of Trump 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Critics of the president, who in recent weeks have primarily focused on his seeming indifference to the nationwide upheaval over racial injustice, found the remark unfunny. COVID-19 surge in South, Southwest poses growing threat, experts warn 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z In fact, it was the look on Kim’s face, rather than Kelly’s ability to remain calm that spoke to many, in a fairly unfunny way. Column: The coronavirus has already flattened one thing: the line between work and family 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The disc also offers 12 minutes of deleted scenes and, as almost always the case, an unfunny gag reel. ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ 4K Ultra HD review 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Some of this is mitigated by the fact that their voices are recognizable — Kumail Nanjiani voices a stubborn ostrich, Jason Mantzoukas plays a very annoying dragonfly — but the movie is also aggressively unfunny. Dolittle will delight small children and drive adults mad 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z “OK, boomer” was fun and funny, so we said it about a million times on Twitter in the space of one day, and now it has become unfunny and lame. Opinion | OK, boomer. The kids are fighting back. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr. was torched on Twitter by Sen. Kamala Harris of California after he slammed the Democratic presidential candidate Friday for supposedly being unfunny. Harris takes aim at Trump Jr. on Twitter: ‘You wouldn’t know a joke if one raised you’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z And I thought us “sensitive” folk didn’t understand the unfunny punching down jokes from these “comedians”. Eddie Murphy shows you can evolve, apologise – and still be funny 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I suppose everyone has a right to write as much unfunny, impenetrable gobbledygook as they judge will make them rich and famous. Stewart Lee book extract: ‘My work became increasingly angry, bitter and incoherent’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Racism sells, sure — but exponentially less well than unfunny sitcoms with aggressive laugh tracks. Trump believes white nationalism is a winning strategy — because Fox News tells him so 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Our favorite funnymen of the 1980s reached glorious heights and managed to endure the decade despite some appallingly unfunny lows. Review: Book ‘Wild and Crazy Guys’ stars ‘80s film funnymen 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “Good news for viewers who are ‘so done’ with ‘SNL’ & unfunny vicious Trump bashing instead of comedy,” the former governor tweeted. Alec Baldwin snaps at Mike Huckabee, calls Sarah Sanders a ‘mouthpiece for fascism’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Yet almost from the first shot, it seemed wrong: Populated by a mere handful of undifferentiated characters, lugubrious, mild, remote … unfunny. The botched new ‘Catch-22’ adaptation reminds us that some novels are unfilmable 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z "He is a monumental a--hole who is utterly unfunny. He deserves the mockery he receives from all the people who laugh at him," he added. Meghan McCain’s husband blasts late-night host Seth Meyers after contentious interview 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Still, there’s no obvious reason why these episodes should be so painfully, tediously unfunny. Arrested Development’s fifth season undercuts its legacy 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The film rather mistakenly presumes that the audience will have sympathy for the deeply unlikable and spitefully bratty Lindsey, whose brittle charisma is not enough to connect these random events and outlandish, yet unfunny situations. Reviews: Supernatural thriller ‘Stray,’ dystopian ‘Level 16,’ Jean-Claude Van Damme and more 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Good news for viewers who are “so done” with “SNL” & unfunny vicious Trump bashing instead of comedy. Alec Baldwin snaps at Mike Huckabee, calls Sarah Sanders a ‘mouthpiece for fascism’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z This hacky, unfunny, shallow routine is just a symptom of how people are afraid to feel empathy. Louis C.K. sparks new backlash for jokes about trans people, Parkland shooting survivors 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z A lot of it - discussions of violent homophobia from Australia and suicide in the USA - was sometimes deeply unfunny. Stand-up world shaken up in 2018 by a pair of comedians 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Then, of course, they revealed their true selves by reprising the angry Alec Baldwin in his unfunny role of President Trump with inexplicably puckered lips. Read my lips: Media’s love for George H.W. Bush more about hated of Donald Trump 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z “Hillary’s response was both unsatisfying and unfunny: ‘Actually, Frank, I’m considering standing for Parliament here in Canada.’ All together now: We’ll see what happens 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “The late-night comedians, the unfunny people on TV shows — it’s always anti-religious. And remember, these people were gunned down in their place of worship.” Perspective | The Pittsburgh shooter didn’t hate ‘religion,’ he hated Jews. We should say so. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z And if I ever forget that, I can just look at Twitter, where I’ll quickly find someone saying, “Can somebody explain to me why somebody as unfunny as @RomeshRanga keeps managing to get on TV?” Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I’ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The very unfunny subtext of “Night School,” of course, is that Lisa, who suspects nothing of Teddy’s deception, is treated as the single stupidest character in the story, which is saying a lot. Review: Tiffany Haddish aside, 'Night School' doesn't get high marks - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Deemed “painfully unfunny” and “a joyless, soulless slog,” it debuted this past weekend at $10.1 million — a career-low wide release for McCarthy. Analysis | Melissa McCarthy is a hilarious comedic actress. So why does she keep making bad movies? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z So did maintaining a sense of humor while trapped in a very unfunny situation. Author tells of kidnapping by pirates he’d gone to interview 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z So did maintaining a sense of humor while trapped in a very unfunny situation. Author tells of kidnapping by pirates he’d gone to interview 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z What happened to that building is the unfunny part. This Year, for the Fourth of July, Can We Talk About Something Else? 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z I don’t watch many sitcoms, because I find them artificial, contrived, morally bankrupt and, worst of all, unfunny. Calendar Letters: Samantha Bee, Roseanne Barr and competing views of hypocrisy 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Because it was, and still is, an active story, the brothers worried that further revelations would render their interpretation wrong, or worse, unfunny. The ‘Game of Zones’ Guys Knew You Wanted a Bryan Colangelo Episode 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z When he watched it being talked about on cable TV the next day, he called several outside advisers to bash the comedian, saying she was unfunny and mean-spirited. Michelle Wolf joins David Hogg, Kathy Griffin as surrogate for Trump-era partisan warfare 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z "This is disgusting, unfunny, and exactly why most of America dislikes the media," wrote one critic on social media. Did comedian's Sarah Sanders 'roast' go too far? 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Stale, unfunny and offensive is quite the hat trick. 'Super Troopers 2': Has it aged, or have we? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z As funny as we and the 50,000+ people that watched this think it is, that's how unfunny he thinks it is. Watch husband rethink entire marriage as wife repeatedly belts out Alanis Morissette songs - Golf Digest 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The hostility behind the fixation on the beautiful, unobtainable girl plays out in all kinds of unfunny ways. Opinion | Romance, Rough Sex or Rape? 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s tired, dated and unfunny, and it delivers a bad message. Opinion | Stereotypes are not funny 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z His worst offense, other than being unfunny, was his obsession with denigrating the reaction to Russian interference in the U.S. election. Opinion | Dave Barry’s laughless review of 2017 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z It would be more accurate to describe the experience as a nearly two-hour borderline hostage situation, with torture involving bad, offensive and unfunny “comedy.” Myopic, unfunny 'Father Figures' sinks under white, male privilege 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Fishy lips can go back to writing unfunny scripts for SNL. Al Franken’s Minnesota Seat to Be Filled by Tina Smith, a Democrat 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The ones available at the time seemed staid or unfunny. How a Comedy Website Came to Sell Wine to Survive 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z “Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks!” Alec Baldwin claims Melania Trump loves his ‘SNL’ impression 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z If “Sacred Deer” isn’t exactly funny, it is also not exactly unfunny either. Review | ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’: Lanthimos is back with a morality tale that will leave you shaken 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Lacking the incisive bite of the keenly observed campus-based “Dear White People,” the movie too often finds itself on the unfunny side of that very fine line between risqué and bad taste. Throwback comedy 'Where's the Money' comes up short 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “Late Night host are dealing with the Democrats for their very ‘unfunny’ & repetitive material, always anti-Trump! Donald Trump targets ‘unfunny’ late night hosts, suggests equal air-time for Republicans 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z How this unfunny comedy resolves itself is anyone’s guess, which is the problem, isn’t it? Opinion | Rocket Man and Dotard go bonkers in Toontown 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The obscurity of “dotard” made it perfect fodder for social media, generating quips about the otherwise unfunny subjects of ballistic missiles, nuclear tests and escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Crowder, the Liberal Redneck, said that while the 45th president has provided he and his colleagues with endless material, there is often something distinctly unfunny about the current White House occupant. Donald Trump provides fodder for comedians on both the left and the right 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The sponsor, Republican Rep. Matthew Hill, said he did not condone such posts, which he dismissed as ignorant or unfunny. Backlash over GOP bills to shield drivers who hit protesters 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z But for every genuinely funny employee or boss, there are others whose unfunny or inappropriate jokes make colleagues wince. Is humour the way to keep an office happy? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z And so it proves – only it’s worse than unfunny. Snoop Dogg's homophobia shows how old-school he truly is 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Bruce Willis’ latest effort to dislodge his film career from a stubborn rut goes unrewarded with “Once Upon a Time in Venice,” a wincingly unfunny comedy caper set along L.A.’s funky beach community. Action comedy 'Once Upon a Time in Venice' does nothing to boost Bruce Willis' career (or dog movies) 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Now to the funny part; or rather, the unfunny part: Opinion | Al Franken on Al Franken: from comic to (mostly) serious legislator 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Franken notes, too, how, during the Presidential campaign, Trump’s words—unfunny, offensive, untrue—didn’t hurt him with voters the way they would have hurt most politicians. Can Al Franken Be a Funny Senator? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Prof Schweitzer adds that if a person tells inappropriate jokes, be they insulting or unfunny, they are still regarded as more confident, but - perhaps unsurprisingly - also incompetent. Is humour the way to keep an office happy? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The consequences of Griffin’s actions are likely to be as unfunny as the photo shoot itself. The fall of Kathy Griffin 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly presented as a raucous family adventure — a “Vacation” for the PG crowd — “Wimpy Kid” is instead a dirge of unfunny scatological material, techno-anxiety and child endangerment masquerading as familial bonding. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul' shares the horrors of family vacations minus the fun 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly presented as 90 minutes of raucous family adventure — a “Vacation” for the PG crowd — “Wimpy Kid” is instead a dirge of unfunny scatological material, techno-anxiety and child endangerment masquerading as familial bonding. ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul’ review: a bumpy, humor-free ride 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z But it also reflects a deeply unfunny truth about Silicon Valley, and our economy more broadly. America has become so anti-innovation – it's economic suicide 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The Sun withdrew the column, which its publisher News UK called "wrong, unfunny and not the view of the newspaper". UK's Sun ousts Murdoch protege who likened soccer star to gorilla: FT 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “The views expressed by Kelvin MacKenzie about the people of Liverpool were wrong, unfunny and are not the view of the paper,” the newspaper said in a statement. UK police looking into ‘hate crime’ claim about Sun column 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z It added: "The views expressed by Kelvin MacKenzie about the people of Liverpool were wrong, unfunny and are not the view of the paper." Liverpool mayor: Sack Kelvin MacKenzie over Barkley article - BBC News 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Press reviews described the show as being "dreadful and unfunny" - with the Love Actually special accused of having "lousy jokes" and "texted-in performances". Red Nose Day: Ofcom considering investigation into show - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Aggressive and aggressively unfunny, Hollywood-set comedy “Walk of Fame” hates its characters and its audience — and the feeling is mutual. Unfunny comedy 'Walk of Fame' takes aim at everyone 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z That’s not just tired and unfunny, it’s potentially alienating to half the population. Review: Big-screen ‘CHIPS’ a tawdry, sexist disappointment 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z I knocked on the door and McGuinness came to the door on crutches, making an unfunny joke about kneecapping. After Martin McGuinness, peace in Ireland will face renewed pressure | Jonathan Powell 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Republicans were standing around, drinking their big Slurpee, Mr. Obama would add, laughing at his own unfunny joke. Obamacare disaster is Republicans’ to fix 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The unfunny side of the business of funny — mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, etc. — is explored on a new episode of “The History of Comedy.” TV This Week, Feb. 26-March 4: 'When We Rise,' 'Custody' and more 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z "Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!" Is Rosie O’Donnell about to break the internet with SNL impression? - BBC News 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Funny, charming and witty from start to finish, this was a rare comedic gem in a year of yet more unfunny “funny” flicks. Best films of 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Trump himself is notoriously thin-skinned, tweeting about how unfunny Alec Baldwin’s representation of him is on SNL. Satire won’t rid us of Trump, but it will make us feel better | Anne Karpf 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Prior to the election, Donald Trump tweeted that Alec Baldwin’s “Saturday Night Live” impersonation of him “stinks,” and that the show is “boring,” “unfunny” and evidence of “media rigging” the election. Trump isn’t the first president ‘Saturday Night Live’ has skewered. But this feud stands out. 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z He was graceless and unfunny at the Al Smith dinner last month, getting booed for his boorishness. Farewell to the comic in chief 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!” the GOP nominee tweeted last month after being mocked in a recent episode. Michael Stipe, former R.E.M. singer, blames Alec Baldwin, ‘SNL’ for Donald Trump’s rise 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z As O’Brien saw it, only ever flouting, without a healthy dose of obeying, was unsustainable and, on balance, unfunny. Letter of Recommendation: ‘Pinky and the Brain’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Actor Stephen Baldwin, the conservative black sheep of the liberal Baldwin clan, thinks brother Alec’s Donald Trump impression on “Saturday Night Live” is unfunny and mean. Stephen Baldwin, Trump supporter, doesn’t find brother Alec’s ‘SNL’ impression funny 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me.Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!” Divide and Conquer 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Donald Trump isn’t thrilled with Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of him in Saturday Night Live's cold open sketch last night, calling the show "boring and unfunny". Google Pixel reviews, Mars landing, mystery Tesla announcement, and more in the week ahead 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Reacting to last weekend's show, the Republican presidential nominee tweeted Sunday, "Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alex Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!" Trump Disses SNL 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z On top of being an unfunny guest, Trump’s episode brought the ratings NBC wanted but further eroded the seriousness of the primaries ahead. Filthy! Farcical! Furious! From ‘Access Hollywood’ to SNL to the debate, three days of must-see campaign craziness. 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Christensen said the clown community has been so unnerved by the wave of scary clown reports that he’s been addressing his fellow clowns in totally unfunny blog posts and YouTube videos about overcoming clown persecution. Creepy clowns spook a country already freaked out by political ones 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Good intentions and a decent cast and can’t save a film this painfully unfunny. 'Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?' is a crude, unfunny take on Aristophanes 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z There are no spoiler-filled chats circulating, begging to be perused and dissected; there are no title-card generators buckling under the weight of thousands of unfunny jokes and winking references. In praise of The Good Wife, my show of the summer 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Digital Spy's Rosie Fletcher, meanwhile, said the film was "boring and unfunny", features "bland fights and shootouts" and is "not very good". Suicide Squad director shrugs off film's negative reviews - BBC News 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z This is revealed in an unfunny bit that goes on far too long. Review: ‘Bad Moms’ flirts with anarchy, comes up short 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In response to unfunny jokes, we not only fail to laugh, we miss out on the joy. The Fun Way to Easily Improve Your Life, Backed by Research 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Lazy, scattershot and excruciatingly unfunny, the movie is a hazard to the very young, who might come away with the erroneous impression that movies don’t get any better than this. ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: It’s time for this franchise to become extinct 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Poking fun at the unfunny serves a higher purpose. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z This spectacularly dumb and unfunny film will likely bore even the staunchest fans of the “Hangover” movies, of which “Search” is a kind of distant, fatally impoverished cousin. This 'Search Party' should have been abandoned 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The Republican front-runner is running as standup-in-chief this year, convulsing stadiums with his borscht-belt timing; meanwhile, Hillary gets dinged as humorless—and, when she does make jokes, unfunny. A Woman Comes to Late Night 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the humor leaves much to be desired, with punch lines about vomit and unfunny recurring gags involving Drek’s Segway-like scooter. ‘Ratchet & Clank’ could use a tuneup 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z What if its exhaustingly unfunny mouth-breathers grow up to finally achieve adulthood at the age of, say, 40 and embrace a different humourlessness, that of conceptual art? Appy medium: could Instagram start an artistic revolution? 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Critics attacked the poem as unfunny and prejudiced. Calvin Trillin: US poet defends Chinese food poem - BBC News 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z At the time, “Hollywood Shuffle” made a splash because it was an uncommonly funny satire of the unfunny subject of racism. “Snitches, basketball players, drug dealers”: Robert Townsend reflects back on taking “the bull by the horns” to make “Hollywood Shuffle” 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z As a result, if you can see a punchline coming seconds/minutes before it arrives, it renders it mostly unfunny. Why April Fools' day is utter crap | Dean Burnett 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Again, there's the phrase "not unfunny," but you'd better get used to the flavor profile. In 'The Brothers Grimsby,' Sacha Baron Cohen pushes crude to new levels 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In the midst of a bizarre and bloated political pageant that begs for satirical puncturing, he’s made “The Daily Show” something worse than unfunny. Please give Samantha Bee “The Daily Show”: They squandered Jon Stewart’s legacy by giving the show to the wrong host 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z That is like a comedian telling his audience to laugh at an unfunny joke. US election: Is it time to 'Ebb with Jeb'? - BBC News 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z A review on Variety saying Bad Grandpa was "a brutally unfunny stab at ribald comedy" was fairly typical of the critics' opinion. Revenant defies Grandpa at UK box office - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “Mortdecai” Johnny Depp hammed it up as a mustachioed dandy in this aggressively unfunny farce that had critics predicting it would be the worst movie of 2015 way back in January. What we learned from 10 of the year’s biggest box office failures 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z All over the world it's the same - a woman driving a lorry gets funny looks and has to listen to unfunny jokes. Why don't women become truckers? - BBC News 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Donald Trump’s outing as Saturday Night Live host last weekend was panned as unfunny. Donald Trump's SNL appearance grants presidential rivals free 'equal air time' 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But it was a stilted and sometimes unfunny performance, suggesting Mr. Trump is most at ease when hosting his own, seemingly never-ending TV show, rather than appearing as a guest host on somebody else’s. Donald Trump Hosts 'Saturday Night Live' Amid Protests 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z The “bad” stuff is bumptious—unfunny and in your face. What Advertising Does to TV 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Many of the jokes focus on politics and race relations, skewering stubborn stereotypes and the otherwise unfunny legacy of apartheid. To laugh or cry 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Still, it’s very rare for a MacFarlane venture to be completely unfunny. Review: Overstuffed plot spoils irreverent, silly ‘Ted 2’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The review endeavors to outline all the principal characters, and the movie's biggest purported jokes -- with the intended effect of showing how unfunny they really are. Here's a review skewering 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Gorgeously art-directed, from the film’s souped-up unfunny cars to the tribal costumes and make-up to the bleakly breathtaking cinematography of the Namibian desert, it’s a case of style triumphantly squashing substance. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ review: Baby, it was born to run 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s not just uneven, it’s often unfunny: tinged with homophobia and centered on a wholly unlikeable, self-absorbed man. Review: Despite fine acting, ‘The D Train’ is off track 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z They weren’t unfunny, you just didn’t get it. Trevor Noah, Patton Oswalt, bad jokes, satire and straw men 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z She concedes that the jokes were “terrible, stupid, ignorant” and “unfunny,” but young people make bad jokes. Critics Rail Against Trevor Noah for Racist, Sexist Tweets 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z A social media record that showed Noah cracking jokes that many found in poor taste - and worse, unfunny. Trevor Noah: Fans rally after backlash over old jokes 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Students were being encouraged to regard themselves as such exquisitely sensitive creatures that an errant classroom remark could impede their education, as such hothouse flowers that an unfunny joke was likely to create lasting trauma. Being Melodramatic About College Student-Teacher Relationships 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The page, dismissed as “sexist, unfunny and painfully lame,” was taken down soon after. Iran policy trips up Rand Paul 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z He’s content to wring laughs from the manifestly unfunny situation. A Funeral, an Heirloom, and What It All Means: A Review of ‘Bad Jews’ in New Haven 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Winter takes Comedy Central to task for passing over bona fide talent like "The Daily Show" regulars Jessica Williams and Aasif Mandvi in favor of Noah, who she decries as ultimately unfunny. Critics Rail Against Trevor Noah for Racist, Sexist Tweets 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Harris, whose affability has landed him a job hosting the Emmys and Tonys, spent the majority of the show cracking unfunny, obliquely offensive jokes at the expense of his own career. The 2015 Oscars: Anything That Could Go Wrong, Did Go Wrong 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The series was disowned by the Korean-American community that it tried to portray and was eventually rejected by the wider audience for being unfunny. Eddie Huang Against the World 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z In the three books, I found but one instance of unfunny and unexplained strife between them. In hindsight, Bill Cosby’s old books on love, sex and family are incredibly creepy 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z They are free to go for the laughs and contribute as culture makers, no matter how juvenile or unfunny or offensive the joke may be. Margaret Cho's Golden Globes Skit Was Minstrelsy, Not Comedy 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The Machinists union president called it "unfunny and unnecessary" and said it was a "reminder that the Jack Welch style of anti-personnel management is still alive and well." The oddest, worst and most memorable CEO apologies of the year 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z There is the risk that audiences will eventually tire of seeing old, beloved properties brought back to life in sad, unfunny sequels. 'Dumb And Dumber' And The Power Of Home Video 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Thumbnail: Dumb and Dumber To is an unfunny and pointless cash-in sequel. Review: 'Dumb And Dumber To' Is Mean And Stupid (Also) 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Despite the distinctly unfunny political and security situation, Mr Haroon sees a future for comedy in Pakistan. The second funniest person in the world is Pakistani 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Essentially, the arrested man was a more violent, entirely unfunny, and exponentially more intolerant version of SNL’s Drunk Uncle character. No, Paul Rudd didn't tackle a man in an airport... 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z He ran a relentlessly unfunny campaign aimed at combating the GOP argument that his past as a satirist made him unfit for office. Sen. Al Franken is trying hard to be boring — and succeeding The first thing we see in the movie is Murray, in close-up, smoking a cigarette and telling an unfunny joke. ‘St. Vincent’ - Bill Murray in sentimental old guy role 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Eichner, who has even gotten David Letterman to exchange a few screams, took to Twitter Sunday night to accuse Burger King of ripping off his signature schtick — in an overall unfunny rip off: Comedian Billy Eichner Is Accusing Burger King's Latest Ad of Ripping Off His Act 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z While most of academia is straightforwardly risible, this is one area of scholarly endeavour that's resolutely unfunny. That joke isn't funny any more 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Likewise, America’s morning television shows – in which a quartet of presenters sit around a desk or a coffee chuckling at things so aggressively unfunny that it becomes a sort of performance art. What do Peter Pan, Sharknado 2 and James Franco have in common? You love to hate them because you have to 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Machinists union international President Tom Buffenbarger issued a statement Friday saying the "unfunny and unnecessary remarks" serve as a "reminder that the Jack Welch style of anti-personnel management is still alive and well at Boeing." Boeing CEO sorry for 'cowering' workers remark 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The unfunny thing is, the government knows this. What You Should Be Reading While Waiting For 'Halbig v. Burwell' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z “One night when a private party had taken over the basement, Lafayette let large, unfunny security men with earpieces stop diners on the sidewalk for questioning.” Ben McGrath: Surprise at the Times 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Just two - the funny ones and their unfunny reiteration. That joke isn't funny any more 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z If you think all this analysis sounds a bit, well, unfunny, E. B. White would back you up. Well: “Ha!” Takes a Serious Look at Humor 2014-03-17T20:47:44Z "Please take this unfunny man off the Magazine," he said. The Loop: Nobel grilling 2013-12-13T18:20:14Z If you were to watch the first few episodes of Seinfeld today, you would be amazed at how flat and unfunny it seems compared with what it later became. Scott Adams: How to Know When to Quit 2013-10-25T09:45:28Z My mental state at the time wasn't great and although some friends tried to be well-meaning, they kept saying unfunny things about our situation. Women 'stigmatised' over infertility 2013-10-25T07:46:11Z They certainly weren’t well deployed pursuing Briton Paul Chambers, who in 2010 made an unfunny but obvious joke about blowing up Robin Hood airport in northern England after flights were canceled. I Got A Bomb Threat on Twitter 2013-08-02T14:20:25Z One night when a private party had taken over the basement, Lafayette let large, unfunny security men with earpieces stop diners on the sidewalk for questioning. Restaurant Review: Lafayette in NoHo 2013-06-25T19:26:05Z The line was about as flip as it was dumb; as insensitive as it was unfunny. Column: Garcia can't stop apologizing to Tiger 2013-06-11T23:03:15Z The other results confirm that when it comes to the search results for "tim dowling unfunny", I do not exactly own page one. Search me: online reputation management 2013-05-24T17:00:00Z Those who find the "joke" unfunny point out that one out of every three women who is murdered is killed by an intimate partner, a ratio that rises when you look only at gun homicides. Gun Company Makes Bleeding Ex-Girlfriend a Shooting Target 2013-05-10T15:15:03.857Z All that said, Family Guy is an often unfunny show, and I hope to God or whomever that I never have to defend this tripe again. Viewpoint: TV Sexism and the Steubenville Rape Case 2013-03-20T00:05:20Z "That's news to me," he said, making the Fiver feel like a public service email and not an unfunny tea-timely one. The Fiver 2013-03-05T16:06:43Z So why's he banging on about old jokes, that aren't just unfunny but also irrelevant and to which no one even remembers the punchlines? On the road: Skoda Citigo Se 1.0 60PS Manual 2012-09-28T21:59:13Z Maybe his banter stinks or his armpits are unfunny or something. England v South Africa – live! 2012-08-28T11:43:00Z What the firm discovered, per International Business Times, is that the funny ads are “more appealing and more memorable than their unfunny counterparts.” Ha! Ads That Make You Laugh Don't Really Make You Buy 2012-07-18T13:21:11Z In other words, what if the cartoons are incredibly unfunny? Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: How do you kill your hero? 2012-07-09T19:15:03.597Z It was stunningly unfunny, although most concentrated on its more obviously offensive aspects. The Joy of Six: European Championship controversies 2012-06-22T09:59:26Z The true hypocrisy is not to be found in unimportant, unfunny Jimmy Carr and his couple of mill. Jimmy Carr and the morality of tax avoidance 2012-06-21T13:46:53Z Unbearably garrulous is “sociable” or the dread “ebullient”; “lively wit” means a penchant for telling cruel and unfunny stories. Euphemisms: Making murder respectable 2011-12-15T16:00:44Z The researchers also found that unfunny captions were more often wrongly attributed to women and funny ones misattributed to men. Are Men Funnier Than Women? 2011-10-24T15:15:06.320Z The positive but unfunny videos included excerpts from shows about nature, like the “Jungles” episode of “Planet Earth.” Laughter Produces Endorphins, Study Finds 2011-09-16T14:52:32Z The positive, but unfunny, videos included excerpts from shows about nature, like the “Jungles” episode of “Planet Earth.” Laughter Produces Endorphins, Study Finds 2011-09-14T00:30:22Z When he attempted it of malice prepense it was often laboriously unfunny. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z After Duffy delivered a painfully unfunny speech at the annual Congressional Dinner in February, McCarthy consoled him by saying, “I did really badly at that same event two years earlier.” How Kevin McCarthy Wrangles the Tea Party in Washington 2011-07-15T15:15:55Z Consumers, certainly, are unlikely to be impressed by either the menu or the wordy, unfunny manifesto that announced it. In Defense of Bacon: What Denny's Doesn't Get 2011-03-30T09:30:00Z But in one of the more unkind early reviews, a New York Times reviewer wonders if that room was a convention hall, calling the book "trite, implausible and decidedly unfunny." Using anonymity to peek in White House, sell books 2011-01-25T18:39:38Z For years, the New Orleans Saints had been a running joke in the NFL, and a pretty unfunny one for their fans. A history of the year in 100 objects ? Part two 2010-12-28T00:06:00Z Approximately 3,729 tedious and unfunny spats with Rio Ferdinand he's still there. The Fiver Christmas Awards 2010 2010-12-21T13:25:30Z Completely unfunny is the continuing saga of France’s mutinous World Cup team, with its players scoffing at the suspensions handed down Tuesday. Leading Off: The Continuous Favre Cycle 2010-08-18T15:44:00Z I'm glad to be taking lectures on feminism from the man who thinks women are congenitally unfunny and suggested that his mother killed herself because she was going through menopause and losing her looks. Neoconservatives throw an awesome cocktail party 2010-06-14T13:15:00Z I nearly called that hilarious, but I imagine it's pretty unfunny if it's your income, and it's not even that funny when it isn't. Tax avoidance? Sorry, you are far too poor to qualify 2010-06-02T18:59:00Z The guy who thought he was Nicola Tesla thought that these games were unfunny, unsophisticated and unappetizing and little Chet stopped playing them. Home Again, Home Again |
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