BuzzFeed compiled tweets from people joking about how boring it would be; the ever-droll New York Times announced that it "might be the least anticipated vice-presidential debate in 40 years".
His control of dialogue is similarly impressive, whether it be droll or deadpan or just plain laconic.
Even without the fine hand of the Bard guiding the story line, "Scotland, PA.," which opens on Friday, would be a droll send-up of small-town life.
"I'm trying to be droll" he says.
In any event, it is droll to find politicians shocked, shocked at the notion that money matters in politics.
It says: "You and I are so far superior to this wretch that anything I devise is acceptable as long as it is droll".
Crane believed that the part of Chandler, described in the character breakdown as "a droll, dry guy", would be the easiest to cast, though it proved more difficult than he initially hoped.
His everyman style and droll sense of humour would be a good fit for Top Gear - but BBC bosses will note that Chiles was once forced to apologise by ITV after implying Polish football supporters were all builders.
Still, her dialogue is droll; it has attracted some vivacious young talent in Feiffer and Green, whom I'd happily pay to see again.
This is droll, but it is also deeply touching because it encapsulates the lapses and petty indignities of aging.
