“The physical comedy in the bar scene alone is worth the price of admission.”

“He promptly ordered his band to perform improv stand-up comedy to entertain the crowd during this moment of unexpected difficulty.”

“Gautier's poem is a comedy because everything that occurs is the spectacle of an always already dead illusion.”

“By night, he's a singer and stand-up comic who uses bad language and tackles controversial social issues.”

“While I was bed-ridden at home with an illness, my mother bought me a comic to help pass the time.”

“Gary Larson, who has been out of the public eye for some 25 years after publishing his final daily comic in The Far Side series, is back.”

“It turned out that the guy doing the narration was a bit of a comedian so it was pretty amusing.”

“I heard a programme on the radio yesterday, an interview with a stand up comedian, Steve Day, who happens to be deaf.”

“It's been said that master comedian Bob Hope never delivered an ad-lib line and Kormos says it's rare to find a comic who can truly improvise.”

“In fact, the fastest-growing section of your local bookstore these days is apt to be the one devoted to comics and so-called graphic novels.”

“Fortunately, the writers are ably assisted by Michael Lark, one of the finest character artists in comics today.”

“All up the game was obviously timed to coincide with the movie release but in reality those familiar with the comics will feel more at home.”

“The element of comicality in this aspect of war is greatly outweighed by that of pathos.”

“And the comicality of the situation again overcoming Mr. Hutchinson, his robust sides shook once more with laughter.”

“Again the comicality of the whole proceeding strikes him, and he laughs aloud.”

“The comicalness of the clown's performance had the entire audience laughing uncontrollably.”

“I asked how it was for her abandoning a successful career as a TV comedienne for music.”

“Now she's a comedienne on the BBC, and she explains to the Guardian why she had to move to England to get a laugh.”

“Since comedienne extraordinaire Joan Rivers drifted back to the United States, Edinburgh has been a much less entertaining place.”

“She is very funny and is almost worthy to join the pantheon of female comediennes of the Cicely Courtneidge and Beatrice Lillie rank.”

“Her polished delivery and lightness of touch make her one a new generation of female comediennes, one to watch.”

“Four male dancers, two drag comediennes and about 10 ladyboys will be performing their tongue-in-cheek routines in a storm of colour, glitter and spectacular costumes.”

“The performers include four Thai male dancers, two comedians and 10 ladyboys.”

“Bowen is the latest in a line of old-style comedians to have landed themselves in hot water after using racially provocative language or jokes.”

“That '50s show was the birthplace of comedians and comedy stylings just as Saturday Night Live has been for so long.”

“In the grand tradition of the Ealing comedies, the film has attracted an all-star cast of character actors.”

“This lethally funny satire is one of the best American comedies I've seen in years.”

“She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.”