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Former President Donald Trump criticized late-night host Bill Maher in a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, calling him unfunny and overrated.
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Keely Bastow, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 June 2024
Until the plane lands in Uganda, the show is still hilarious, but the sequences in Africa are grimly unfunny, especially as black actors are forced to sell jokes about curing AIDS by sodomizing babies.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
When Richard introduces the doctor as his dermatologist, Larry responds with a pointedly unfunny affirmative action joke.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The singer had previously pulled out of an SNL appearance over the episode's host, comedian Andrew Dice Clay, known for his homophobic and misogynist jokes as well as for being generally unfunny.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 27 July 2023
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Keely Bastow, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 June 2024
Until the plane lands in Uganda, the show is still hilarious, but the sequences in Africa are grimly unfunny, especially as black actors are forced to sell jokes about curing AIDS by sodomizing babies.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
When Richard introduces the doctor as his dermatologist, Larry responds with a pointedly unfunny affirmative action joke.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The singer had previously pulled out of an SNL appearance over the episode's host, comedian Andrew Dice Clay, known for his homophobic and misogynist jokes as well as for being generally unfunny.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 27 July 2023
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“Unfunny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfunny. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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