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However implausible his character’s maturation may be, Howell conveys that growth well and retains dignity through the running joke in which Whitaker is regularly showered in bodily fluids.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
There’s been a running joke of why Netflix would choose the Red Sox to follow for a season, but in actuality, plans for the project began in the 2021 season.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
In 2023, while attending the business program at Baruch College, Walz and his roommates, who liked to cook, had a running joke that their hacker-house apartment was a steak house.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The running joke about Black Twitter was that there was no sign-up sheet to join.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
There’s been a running joke of why Netflix would choose the Red Sox to follow for a season, but in actuality, plans for the project began in the 2021 season.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
In 2023, while attending the business program at Baruch College, Walz and his roommates, who liked to cook, had a running joke that their hacker-house apartment was a steak house.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The running joke about Black Twitter was that there was no sign-up sheet to join.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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