Much of the history can be found in the informative program notes and in playful curtain speeches by Robert Weber Federico, the master of ceremonies.
Merriam-Webster defines "pleasure" as "a state of gratification," while fun is "what provides amusement or enjoyment; specifically, playful, often boisterous, speech or action".
Be playful with language.
But the speech, by turns playful, technical, religious and patriotic, was also notable for the ground it did not cover, which included subjects like children's services, parks and recreation, education and public health, even though they were outlined in a handout about what the administration considers its successes, which was given to reporters.
The "Camping" star opened the speech with a playful jab at Cooper's bleached blonde hairstyle in "Alias," which she joked was "repellent to American women" and likened him to a "stray dog".
Can we shrug off, say, the preposterous fancies of "Shakespeare in Love" and playful untruths in "The King's Speech" and still object to the paranoid embroideries of "JFK"?
Alice's adventures Through the Looking Glass continue these explorations – including some playful forays into the nature of speech.
Indeed, Mr. Farrakhan was far more playful than controversial in his typically rambling, exuberant speech.
In a speech that switched between soaring rhetoric and playful asides, Obama said the choice facing American voters was a moral one.
In a playful touch, huge flat set pieces pop up, looking like speech balloons in cartoons.
