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'Allo 'Allo! ( BBC
comedy
television series )
A
Funny
Thing Happened On The Way To The Future: Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned ( Michael J. Fox book )
A crocodile sandwich please - and make it snappy
A
funny
thing happened on the way to the theatre
A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and understand ( American Library Association advertising slogan )
Abandon hope all ye who enter here ( warning from Dante's Divine
Comedy
)
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Absolutely Fabulous ( BBC
comedy
television series )
All
joking
aside
All men are cremated equal ( Spike Milligan line )
April fool
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Are You Being Served? ( BBC
comedy
television series )
As the actress said to the bishop
Beautiful downtown Burbank ( A catchphrase from Rowan And Martin's
Laugh
In )
Belly
laugh
Beyond Our Ken ( BBC
comedy
radio series )
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Beyond a joke
Big-Hearted Arthur ( Nickname of
comedian
Arthur Askey )
Bill Stickers is innocent (
comic
response to the warning Bill stickers will be prosecuted )
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Birds of a Feather ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Black
comedy
Blue humour
By way of a joke
Cake or death ( line from Eddie Izzard
comedy
)
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard ( Spike Milligan line )
Citizen Smith ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Come over all
funny
Comedy
circuit ( A number of places where
comedy
is performed )
Comedy
of errors ( A series of
comic
mishaps either in a play or in real life )
Comedy
vehicle
Comic
strip
Comic
timing ( The rhythm and tempo of delivery required for
comic
effect )
Comic
valentine ( A valentine card sent for
comic
effect )
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions ( Spike Milligan line )
Dad's Army ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Dame Edna Everage ( Pseudonym of
comedian
Barry Humphries )
Desperate Dan ( a cowboy strongman character in the British
comic
The Dandy )
Desperate Housewives ( 2004
comedy
drama television series )
Drop the Dead Donkey ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Enough to make a cat
laugh
Everyone's a
comedian
Father Ted ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Faulty Towers ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Funny
farm
Funny
haha or
funny
peculiar?
Funny
how? ( A catchphrase from Goodfellas )
Funny
in the head
Funny
money
Funny
you should ask
Funny, you don't look Jewish
Gag
reflex ( The involuntary spasm caused by something touching the back of one's mouth )
Genius bonus ( a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people )
Go, and never darken my towels again ( Groucho Marx line )
Good for a
laugh
Hancock's Half Hour ( BBC
comedy
radio and television series )
Hardy ha ha
Have a
laugh
Here comes de judge ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's
Laugh
In )
Horse
laugh
I am a Marxist, of the Groucho tendency
I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx line )
I get no respect, I tell ya ( A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In
Comedy
Monologue )
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx line )
I told you I was ill ( Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone )
I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure
I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens ( Woody Allen quotation )
Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! ( Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo )
Inside joke
It Ain't Half Hot Mum ( BBC
comedy
television series )
It only hurts when I
laugh
It's no joke
Jesus saves green shield stamps
Jeux d'espirit
Joke around
Joker
in the pack
Knock about
comedy
Knock knock, who's there
Last
laugh
Laugh
a minute
Laugh
all the way to the bank
Laugh
and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone
Laugh
fit to burst
Laugh
in your face
Laugh
it off
Laugh
it out of court
Laugh
it up
Laugh
like a drain
Laugh
on the wrong side of your face
Laugh
riot
Laugh
up your sleeve
Laugh
your head off
Laugh
yourself silly
Laughter is the best medicine
Leg pull
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon ( Woody Allen line )
Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon ( Woody Allen line )
Locker room humour
Lonesome George ( Nickname of
comedian
George Gobel )
Low
comedy
Made you
laugh
Many a true word is spoken in
jest
Men Behaving Badly ( BBC
comedy
television series )
My
Funny
Valentine ( Rodgers and Hart song )
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen line )
No joke
No
nonsense
No
nonsense
( John Smith's advertising slogan )
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Nothing succeeds like a parrot with no teeth
On the Buses ( BBC
comedy
television series )
One Foot In The Grave ( BBC
comedy
television series )
One liner
Open All Hours ( Ronnie Barker television
comedy
series )
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx line )
Paternal bonus ( a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults )
Phoenix Nights ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Red Dwarf ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Redd Foxx ( Pseudonym of
comedian
John Elroy Sanford )
Running
gag
Say goodnight Dick ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's
Laugh
In )
Sheer
nonsense
Sick joke
Smell the Glove ( fictional album by the
spoof
heavy-metal band Spinal Tap )
Sock it to me ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's
Laugh
In )
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Sparrow fart ( jokey term for the early morning )
Spit take ( spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise )
Split your sides with laughter
Stand-up
comedy
( )
Steptoe and Son ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stuff and
nonsense
The Army Game ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Big Yin ( Nickname of
comedian
Billy Connolly )
The Brittas Empire ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Charlie Chaplin of Television ( Nickname of
comedian
Alan Young )
The Cheapest Man in the World ( Nickname of
comedian
Jack Benny )
The Cheeky Chappie ( Nickname of
comedian
Max Miller )
The
Comedy
of Errors
The Great Non-Rehearser ( Nickname of
comedian
Jackie Gleason )
The Great One ( Nickname of
comedian
Jackie Gleason )
The King Of
Comedy
( Robert De Niro movie )
The League of Gentlemen ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Likely Lads ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Liver Birds ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Master of the Atrocious
Pun
( Nickname of Clifton Fadiman )
The New Statesman ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Prince of Pain ( Nickname of
comedian
Richard Lewis )
The Queen of TV
Comedy
( Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball )
The Rag Trade ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Royle Family ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Thief of Bad Gags ( Nickname of
comedian
Milton Berle )
The Vicar of Dibley ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The Young Ones ( BBC
comedy
television series )
The bull in the bowler hat ( jokey term for artificial insemination )
The
joke's
on you
The
joke's
over
The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
There's something
funny
about it
Till Death Us Do Part ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx line )
To the Manor Born ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Up Pompeii ( BBC
comedy
television series )
Very interesting, but stupid ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's
Laugh
In )
Waiter, there's a fly in my soup
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Winter drawers on ( old British euphemistic joke )
Yes Minister ( BBC
comedy
television series )
You bet your sweet bippy ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's
Laugh
In )
You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff ( Groucho Marx line )
You crease me up
You must be
joking
You're having a
laugh
( A catchphrase from Extras )
You're kidding me