The celebrities he recruits for this television version get into the spirit nicely, offering sweet, funny vignettes but not becoming bogged down in actor-speak.
According to the Soho Rep announcement the play involves "inviting audiences into the apartment of a witty octogenarian offering a funny and savage portrait of cultured life".
Bill Clinton, offering a funny but often scathing attack on Mr Bush on Monday night, mentioned "strength" seven times, noting that while Mr Bush, Dick Cheney and he himself avoided service in Vietnam, "John Kerry said 'send me'".
"Go Fish" has the distinction so far of offering the funniest gay humor (next to Sean Hayes's every breath as Jack on "Will and Grace") on network television.
That was actually funny, offering half a line from Coldplay's Yellow.
Many of the messages are contextually funny, offering a stark contrast with the mayhem that engulfs them.
Random House described the book as "in the tradition of Helen Gurley Brown, David Sedaris, and Nora Ephron," offering "frank and funny advice on everything from sex to eating to traveling to work".
This may be the most mannered over-the-top cast in a movie in some time; Mr. Ribisi draws attention to this by offering a very funny imitation of Mr. Cage's Northern California stoner's drawl.
The New Speak of today's American language, had it been lightly sprinkled on occasion socially at a time when personal communication used to exist, would have been fun and funny, offering us all loads of internal comedy.
But at least five comedians and comic actors with great stage shows, including some, like Erin Foley and Jackie Kashian who tour American comedy clubs regularly and appear on late-night TV shows, are offering especially unique, funny and often heartfelt work that sets them apart.
Amid such sparkling absurdity a third offering from Funny Fortnight, Just Around the Corner, lay like a damp squib.
