Sentence examples similar to engineer a premise from inspiring English sources

In the short plays that made his reputation Mr. Ives, 57, comes across as a ruthless comic engineer; his premises (a monkey actually tries to type "Hamlet"; a surfer dude explains "Moby-Dick") contain every ingredient necessary to the finished concoctions.

What a premise.

A premise for another joke came up.

Such a premise immediately achieves two things.

And yet — what a premise!

"We wrote it as a premise sketch.

First, you need a premise ID number.

I start with that as a premise.

It completely lacks a premise.

Concoct a premise.

Formulate a premise.