Sentence examples for setup lines from inspiring English sources
Hansen's setup lines can be almost groaningly obvious.
That question, one of the two great pillars of Manhattan setup lines — "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" being the other — goes back to at least 1925, when it appeared in a syndicated humor column.
Like Drew Carey's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (which was based on a British series), "Would You Rather...?" is an ersatz game show in which celebrities compete for nothing by improvising off setup lines.
I'd never heard of them and only really wanted to interview them so I could use the setup lines of Polish jokes as the interview questions.
The setup line for an elaborate joke?
Not one to miss a setup line, Woods's driving partner, Fred Tull, agreed.
I mean, it's the greatest setup line of all time.
Turns out that Pryor gave God a perfect setup line, and God proves that he's both a genius and a pro.
The seismic capacity of the tunnel is influenced by its structural arrangement, type of lining, invert setup, lining reinforcement, and other parameters.
The FCC did setup phone lines for and they have been lit up which is to be expected.
