Sentence examples for comedian off from inspiring English sources

The joke, which has been retweeted almost 3,000 times since Thursday, directly echoes those that Boyle made on Mock the Week in 2008, which caused Adlington to complain that the BBC had let the comedian off lightly after the BBC Trust judged his comments unjustifiable.

On ABC's ratings woes: "You are about to invest $4 billion in a network that rolled a 400-pound comedian off a diving board last week".

Host Stephen Colbert autographed her thigh, an idea by Reutter that initially caught the comedian off guard (Although Reutter's website suggest that it was her manager's idea and they had discussed it with Colbert beforehand).

We found out a lot about the show, including who's the biggest comedian off-camera, which of the three has actually moved back in with their parents, and what it's like having so many "Saturday Night Live" alums working together again.

'Some comedians reel off jokes as if they've just come out of a book,' said Ernie.

There's nothing new in gabby singers or comedians sounding off, but there is in the seriousness with which their often half-developed views are taken in the grown-up world.

Storytelling nights are a safe place in which people can catch their favourite comedians off-piste and off guard.

Lost Treasures of the Black Heart is a night in which comedians go off-material and speak about their favourite unsung heroes and obscure facts.

Like many of us, she dreads departures and endings, though she undertakes them with the debonair gaiety of a silent comedian setting off into nowhere.

Prince Harry refused to shake Jack Whitehall's hand (for a moment, in jest) at the Royal Variety Performance last night, after the comedian rattled off a serious of jokes about him during his hosting of the show.

In response, the comedian brushed off the rumors, telling The New York Times in September, "They're rumors, that's all that is".