Some comedians stay funny; some lose funny; some, like Reubens, whose comic dynasty collapsed in 1991, after a public embarrassment in an adult-movie theatre, have funny taken away from them.
In and around tennis, however, this thoughtful and naturally entertaining Serb seems to have lost his funny bone, and maybe his backbone.
That's right, the same Greek (or was it Roman?) goddess who inspired Dennis Miller (back before he became a rabid pro-war right-winger and lost his funny mojo as a result) occasionally blesses us here with the inspiration for such a stream-of-consciousness chestal-unloading that it simply defies attempts to divide it into seven discrete and ordinal soundbites.
Crosswords have lost their funniest commentator; I will enjoy the tribute puzzle as soon as one of the real-life Nigels has compiled it.
As she put it, "You just can't stay mad with a straight face and say, 'I lost the Funniest Resident of New Jersey Contest.' ".
The campaign may have lost its funniest candidate, but we'll never lose laughs we had along the way.
Even better if that president is Romney — maybe he'd lose the funny underwear.
Yes, but Carell is far from the first comic who has headed over to the serious side of town – and more than one has ended up losing the funny.
Sometimes we lose a funny person prematurely to their own hand -- be it by suicide or overdose -- like Lenny Bruce or Robin Williams.
Since the day I physically lost my brave, funny, beautiful daughter, I have been working on keeping the pieces of my broken heart held together.
