Peculiar but also funny.

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The challenge, he explains, is to communicate whatever he wants to say but also be funny.

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These jokes are funny but also have a message embedded within.

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But Springsteen can also be funny about himself.

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But the book is also curt and funny, a blast of golden-era detail.

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Yes, and then some: The new season is not only as smart and absurdly funny as ever, but also reflects the rapid changes in how we watch television.

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He has built a career assuming the existence of a universal funny bone, performing not just in Britain but also in France, Iceland, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, and Sweden.

ECONOMIST: Eddie Izzard

This is funny and flattering all at once, but it also underscores how new media has changed old media, and how the emerging social web is changing the once-autonomous search-based internet.

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But Braff, who also wrote and directed, keeps the tone light with some very funny homecoming scenes.

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Not only are they used to brand messages invading so much of their daily activity, but also they can at times enjoy it, particularly if it is succinct, relevant and funny.

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