He also made a humorous reference to a story that dominated the UK headlines Wednesday, involving two Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital in which they impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles.
But at the end of the day, a humorous misstep is still a misstep.
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The class began with a humorous bartender video, a slide show and a brief overview of cocktail history.
In a humorous speech, complete with a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, Van Zandt brought down the house: "To sound that black, you had to be Italian, " he joked.
Tempestuous , a humorous reimagining of The Tempest with a lead character named Miranda Prospero, comes out today.
"Our marketing is meant to be cute and humorous in a way that's not offensive but understands who the customer is, " O'Brien says.
His personal tip was Homes' May We Be Forgiven, which he called "poignant, blackly humorous and a ground-breaking portrait of an America turning to nostalgia".
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Since last June, the company has been running a series of educational and humorous videos on a microsite.
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Dirksen gave oratory a humorous afterlife as self-parody, a touch of W. C.
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S. For a humorous perspective on the VAT, take a look at these clever cartoons ( here, here, and here).
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Josie DeGuzman gives a warm performance as a helpful government hacker, and Joanna Gleason brings a humorous, knowing incisiveness to the role of a tough-talking prosecutor.
In contrast, Apple's ads have neatly-wrapped cutting attacks on Windows Vista in a humorous schtick that depicts the PC user as a fumbling fuddy-duddy and the Mac user as worldy, wise and hip.
So when you can approach them on a humorous level, she says it personalizes them in a way that traditional news does not, without pandering.
It is a humorous, poignant bringing-together of Peckham old and new, a hitherto unloved working class urban district on the verge, perhaps, of achieving international prominence.
O'Conner, author of a humorous guidebook for people who struggle with grammar, fields workplace disputes on a blog she cowrites, Grammarphobia.
And once again Mr Prescott partly lived up to expectations with a relaxed, humorous performance which even included a joke about the significance of seafood in politics.
Mr Heatherwick's future projects include the world's first all-glass bridge, and a public square in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will take the dramatic and humorous appearance of a gigantic, electric-blue carpet landing, as it were, from outer space.
For instance, exposing subjects to a short, humorous video the scientists use a clip of Robin Williams doing stand-up boosts the average success rate by about 20%.
"It was intended to be a humorous act and intended to be funny, " the solicitor said.
But the truth of the matter is, time after time, that's a humorous example of it.
The Washington Post with 347 (which included a humorous piece by Joel Achenbach), and finally, USA Today with 306.
How To Be a Woman is a humorous and personal look at feminism.
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The result was the most publicity Quicken had ever received and the company reached new consumers in a humorous way.
Despite the hard times he faced in this early days at Geico, Mr. Byrne was known for a humorous approach.
Loren shot a look at me that attempted to convey a humorous appreciation for all this but really signaled his discomfort.
My mother never mentioned that she wanted to be a comedian, but she was funny and even dressed with a humorous eye.
It can often have a humorous element - it improves your day.
He spoke longer -- almost twice as long as McCain -- and much more casually than the senator, and sometimes in a humorous way.
The trumpeter, whose actual name was John Birks Gillespie, made a humorous run for the Presidency in 1964, organizing John Birks Societies in twenty-five states.
For the children, the show is a new experience: a humorous, high-energy piece of foolish theatre that transcends the boundaries of culture, language, age and race.
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