The various onscreen performances of funny-in-real-life Shaquille O'Neal, meanwhile, are mostly beneath mention, though other players who get scripts sent their way would be wise to recall his disastrous turn as a rhyming genie in the movie "Kazaam".
And I was thinking already of my repertory performances, of the funny nose, the walk and the hair.
In addition Benjamin Walker, who plays Andrew Jackson in the production, will host a free performance of "Find the Funny," a show featuring comedians as well as other actors from "Bloody Bloody," on Nov. 2 at the Tank performance space; 354 West 45th Street, Clinton; thetanknyc.org.
Its reopening is being celebrated with a "Grand Piano Marathon," a program that features works by William Bolcom and Philip Glass, along with a performance of Ligeti's funny and frightening "Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes," which is being staged in the hall's lobby.
Essentially a valentine to the barrio — conflict of a violent or desperate kind is banished from the picture — the musical contains a host of funny performances and brings the zesty sound of Latin pop to the stage.
Do impersonations of funny performances from comedians like John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, or Charlie Chaplin; or impersonate people both of you know, if that's safe ground.
The latter's mix of aspiration and tendency to trip, with only one shoe, from the sublime to the ludicrous, is displayed in Dianne Pilkington's blissfully funny performance of the great song "Vanilla Ice Cream".
Ms. Leachman made a more recent impression on the younger generation when she turned in the funniest performance of all on Comedy Central's roast of Bob Saget.
But despite that, the performances are charming, there are plenty of funny jokes, and the larger structural arguments are clear and enjoyable.
Sheridan Smith has pulled out of her third consecutive performance of the West End musical Funny Girl after saying she is not strong enough.
Jones grinned and said, "Did someone tell you this was Shakespeare?" Like many standups, Jones generates most of her material in performance, discovering funny phrases and gestures onstage.
