Sentence examples for become a gag from inspiring English sources

Del Ruth was a newspaperman in Philadelphia before moving to Hollywood in 1915 to become a gag writer for Mack Sennett.

In 1968, Braben, a Liverpudlian who had become a gag writer for acts including Ken Dodd, was approached by the BBC to take over as lead writer on the Morecambe & Wise Show, which had been poached from ITV.

The enigma, if you like, becomes a gag.

He performs melodic ideas on the drum set, imitating something curvy his saxophonist just played or prodding his bass player until the interplay becomes a gag.

Meanwhile John had become a successful gag cartoonist, and this seemed more appealing.

Even in Australia, where the debate around wearing shorts to work has become a running gag, most offices have a uniform – official or otherwise.

Fluffy's caretaker, Ron Magill of the Miami Metrozoo, said it had become a running gag to tease Wade with the snake.

The world-beating team was in a shambles, and hopes for Mr Tendulkar's ton had become a running gag that had long stopped being funny.On March 16th, Mr Tendulkar finally did it.

Mr. Nix resisted this note through several drafts of the pilot script but relented after deciding that Westen didn't have to like the setting either and that the image of a perpetually irritated spy in a hedonistic beach community could become a sight gag.

It's also being called the "national anthem for men" - which has become a running gag on Twitter because of how affectionate the words are.

Along the way comparisons to that other Italian singer from New Jersey (Frank Sinatra) become a running gag.