That Dave's a funny chap, isn't he?

那个戴夫疯疯癫癫的，是不是？

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Isn't it funny that we always text and never get caught?

我们总是发短信却从不被抓，这不是很有趣吗？

youdao

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?

我记得从10岁开始，自己很自然地对喜剧的本质着了迷——为什么这就个有趣，那个就不有趣呢？

youdao

But then, both authors would concur that their central material isn't funny.

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It isn't that Mr. Nolen is anything less than wildly funny, but Mr. Simon's best comedies always profit from being played for truth, and I suspect that "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" would have been even more effective if the reason why Max gets bombed every night after work had been made a bit clearer.

WSJ: Putting the Punch in Punch-Line | Neil Simon | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Mad Cow Theatre | Review by Terry Teachout