Sentence examples for smart joke from inspiring English sources

If a smart joke had replaced every obscenity, the show would have been hilarious.

"For a decent number of weeks we'd test the waters in dress rehearsal with your basic, straightforward 'Bush isn't that smart' joke," recalls the former "Saturday Night Live" writer Mike Schur, "and it would always get a decidedly negative response, so we had to toss it out".

For every smart joke he does a silly one.

Resiliency Coach, Writer, Cancer Mom, Palliative and End of Life Care Consultant, loves a smart joke and makes a mean meatloaf.

A lot of times comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, "Go for the smart joke". I've played gay and I've played straight… I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men.

The play is only moderately annoying: an amalgam of smart jokes, dumb jokes (someone mistakes Shylock for Sherlock), contrivances, and soul-searching.

The style and setting of Mr. Letts's new play strongly evoke Norman Lear's groundbreaking shows of the 1970s, which mixed smart jokes and social commentary in satisfying proportions.

What makes the movie so interesting -- aside from the charismatic mutants, smart jokes and multiple explosions -- is the historical setting.

7. If You're a man, be witty: Witty men -- smart jokes, not crude or silly ones -- are perceived as appealing, attractive and intelligent.

"Egon!" chirrups Egon, and the impish but eggheady smile he makes at his own silly-but-smart joke sums up the pleasures of Ramis for me.

"That doesn't mean don't do dick jokes, it means do smart dick jokes".