The distinction they were flogging is pretty much dead today, with "humor" being the umbrella term for everything funny, including wit.
Mizer and Tom could be very, very funny, the wit in their pictures of wizards, gladiators, devils and truck-stop denizens happily worn on their sleeves.
But, while Lenny was fundamentally funny, with wit always waiting at the end of any and every sentence, he generally took himself terribly seriously.
She has always done so with a wickedly funny dollop of wit.
"Weak men are intimidated by funny women because wit is an indication of intelligence and intelligence is a threat to elitism.
I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?" Ford said he found Hoult "quiet at first, but once he's comfortable he's hysterically funny and quick witted".
And because Ms. Lynch is herself gravely beautiful, Maureen's fate has a sorrowful resonance that only amplifies the anger underpinning an often raucously funny battle of wits between mother and daughter, with two brothers the only intruders into the Folan women's last, baleful face-off.
Gemma was lovely and professional and funny – she has great wit as a performer and as woman.
In spite of its unflinching portrayal of moral and physical collapse, The Siege Of Krishnapur is wonderfully funny, written with devastating wit and rambunctious humanity.
Rock critics delighted in Barnett's articulacy, her wit, her funny observations and occasional cringe-making puns – and the fact her music is clearly rooted in the "grunge years".
