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‘The Importance of Being Weird’: 15 Trivia Tidbits About Gary Larson’s ‘The Far Side’
Alyson Lewis
August 10, 2023
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It seems like a simple task, picking the best punchlines from movies. You just select the zingers that make you laugh the hardest, right? But while putting together this list of the 100 funniest, I realized not just how subjective comedy is but, also, how personal a reaction to a punchline can be. What makes you ROFL may just make me chuckle, or vice versa. Sometimes, it’s not a movie’s most famous joke that means the most to you — maybe it’s the more obscure gag that sends you into hysterics. With that in mind, it’s impossible to pretend that my list is in any way definitive — honestly, it’s just filled with putdowns, gags and witticisms that get me every time. My hope is that a decent amount of them get to you, too.
Given Trump’s and (Trumpalikes’) recent strategy for running for office, the reputation of politicians as people who are careful with every word has been pretty much decimated. At one point, they were famous for their tiptoeing, nothing answers, but now you can pretty much call someone a fat pig and get away with it. Sure, the center-middle-left of Twitter will clutch their pearls and call it shameful, but there is an incredible amount of pudding and the proof within it on display at this point.
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