This was the progenitor of "exergames," video games that led to hopes that fitness could turn into irresistible fun.
"It was all irresistible fun, in the true tradition of British music hall, bawdy vulgarity, littered with innuendo, double meanings and everything thrown in for good measure," he wrote in "From Drags to Riches," his 1987 autobiography.
The king's rival for his son's affection, Falstaff - fat and frolicsome, gloriously drunk, bawdy, boastful, mendacious, criminal, disgraceful but irresistible, above all, fun - runs riot through the play, upending expectations, defying rank, dismissing convention.
Her generous rubato in slow pieces and irresistible sense of fun in fast rhythms were combined with an irrepressible spontaneity.
This is a tale of pop music and sibling rivalry, extravagant dinners and the minor tragedy of a family breaking apart, told incredibly seriously, yet with an irresistible sense of fun.
At a time when sketch comedy is being subject to restless experiment, the threesome re-establish that – generously stuffed with jokes, and performed with flair, attention to detail and an irresistible sense of fun – there's life in the trad sketch show yet.
Chris Rock's searingly funny opening monologue did exactly what comics are supposed to do: wrap the truth in irresistible jokes, making fun of everybody.
Conversely, IGN's Todd Gilchrist gave a positive review, stating that Speed Racer "is not merely the best film that it could be, it's pretty much exactly what it should be: full of exciting, brilliantly-conceived races, primary-color characterizations and an irresistible sense of fun".
The food was fun, even irresistible.
"Evolution," a work in progress set to Tito Puente's irresistible rhythms, has delicious fun with a mash-up of styles, including Latino, jazz and modern.
The familiar childhood creatures are an irresistible opportunity to poke fun at the legacy of the world's largest "employer" of fairy-tale characters: the Walt Disney Company.
