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- noun Plural form of
funnyman .
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Examples
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Americans love to laugh at our Presidents and if our so-called funnymen keep feigning an inability to speak humor to power-and make us laugh-we may have to find new voices who prize doing their jobs and keeping the jokes coming over advancing an ideologically-driven political agenda.
Mark Joseph: President Obama & America's Comedically-Challenged Funnymen 2009
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British funnymen Simon Pegg and Nick Frost composed this wacky comedy as a tale of two sci-fi geeks on the run with an E.T.
Alien Invasion 2011
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Heavy on current-day babes and funnymen, though Lauren Bacall hosts a tribute to film noir, and Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep memorably present
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Indeed, McGrath's work is enjoying a revival: The Hard Man, his play co-written with Jimmy Boyle, recently toured five Scottish cities, and he's done proud here by Alasdair McCrone and Barrie Hunter as the two funnymen.
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Apparently improvised as they toured the countryside, "The Trip" features the pair of British funnymen trying to one-up each other, whether it's in dissecting both the lyrics and Swedish-inflected English of ABBA's The Winner Takes It All, topping each other with impressions of various James Bonds or offering dueling versions of their Michael Caine impressions.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Trip Marshall Fine 2011
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Apparently improvised as they toured the countryside, "The Trip" features the pair of British funnymen trying to one-up each other, whether it's in dissecting both the lyrics and Swedish-inflected English of ABBA's The Winner Takes It All, topping each other with impressions of various James Bonds or offering dueling versions of their Michael Caine impressions.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Trip Marshall Fine 2011
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The events on Oct. 30 are being planned by the funnymen of Comedy Central -- Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
The Hirshhorn -- 'Party Central' -- on Oct. 29 Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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With one in three still up for grabs (mainly undecided), both Comedy Central funnymen may have a great chance to pick up support at their dueling rallies on the National Mall.
Stewart trounces Colbert in head-to-head matchup Kyle Dropp 2010
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LOS ANGELES Getting laughs can be a challenge when you're starring alongside professional funnymen Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence and Chris Rock.
James Marsden tunes in, turns on for 'Death at a Funeral' 2010
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We'll next see blazing-hot funnymen Zach Galifianakis and Paul Rudd together in the summer comedy, "Dinner for Schmucks."
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