But in Iran, according to Omid Memarian, many humorists have been forced to leave the country.

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But that number swells dramatically if you count up all the screenwriters, songwriters, documentary producers and humorists.

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Is it too much to predict some sort of eccentric exit, written by a team of humorists, within 90 days?

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We desperately need topical humorists with sharp eyes and sharp wits: Jon Stewart at his mordant best fills the bill.

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Winters, who was widely admired by comedians in general, was awarded the Mark Twain Prize -- which goes to outstanding humorists -- in 1999.

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Though clearly not to everyone's taste, the likes of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's Derek and Clive sketches and George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words routine have influenced generations of humorists.

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Part of success as a satirists (or humorists as some like to be called) is to capture the not just the personality they are satirizing but the zeitgeist of the times.

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The Journal has no stable of hired humorists.

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