Paul Rudd is mainly the straight man in this wan, sentimental, occasionally very funny comedy.
DFJ's straight man is John Fisher, 40, who met Draper at Alex.
Tatum makes for an alert and amiable straight man to Hill, whose neurotic minimalism gives the brightly colored, sour-ball antics an ethical edge.
He was perhaps best known as the straight man to Cher on "The Sonny and Cher Show" on CBS-TV in the early 1970s.
The line-up was completed by guitarist Del Marquis (Derek Gruen) and drummer Paddy Boom (Patrick Seacor) - the only straight man in the group.
The central pairing sounds full of promise, but, with Galifianakis gazing blearily upon the world like a dopey, less explosive John Belushi, and Downey bristling with nervous frustration beside him, the movie is in dire need of a straight man.
He's an original, this date doctor trying to heal himself, and it's exciting to see Mr. Smith plays it all -- a wise man, a wise guy, a straight man or an antic fool, yet always a good guy, and a passionate one.
As an alien robot attempting to master the ways of New Yorkers, Murphy is expectably uproarious, but more than half of his screen time is given over to his straight-man role as the captain, who, along with the rest of his crew, undergoes an emotional awakening upon contact with the joyful irrationality of life on earth.
But before the news cycle turns to other momentous matters, such as the search for his successor, let's get something straight: This man is the best coach who ever lived.
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Somerset lost their third wicket as Justin Langer was left in a state of furious disbelief when he swept straight to the man at backward square-leg, leaving 123 needed from 85 balls.
Crusaders' lost their way a little after Darren Mapp was sinbinned and Cougars took advantage of the extra man straight away as Richard Knight scored their third try, but he hit the post with his goal attempt.
Kieswetter sliced straight to third man when on seven but survived because Morne Morkel was no-balled for over-stepping and South Africa's frustration was compounded as an edge by Pietersen edge bisected Jacques Kallis and keeper Mark Boucher, leaving the two veterans looking at each other and the ball flying to the boundary.
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Further attacks to the body followed before he focused on the head once more, unleashing left hooks and straight rights which sent his man to the floor.
Aguiar blasted a free-kick straight at a two-man Caley defensive wall and a long throw-in from Grant Munro caused problems for the Hearts defence with Rooney's overhead kick blocked before the ball eventually fell to Dougie Imrie who sent his shot too high.
That seemed very possible when Clarke attempted to loft Fidel Edwards over the off-side field but ended up cutting him straight to Sulieman Benn at third man.
The white, middle-aged man appeared to come straight from the California GOP's central casting, but Mr. Vidak is more salt-of-the-earth than many of his new compatriots in Sacramento.
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In many ways, this young Japanese-American man is a hero straight out of central casting: besides being bright and well-spoken, he dresses and looks - like he belongs on the cover of G.
He now has to show that he is more than that stock figure, the peppery military man, admired for straight talking but lacking the suppleness of mind to dominate the stage at the end.
Left out by him was the straight-to-video disaster Man About Town, the execrable Surviving Christmas, and then even when he re-teamed with a major talent in Kevin Smith, the end result was the painful to watch Jersey Girl.
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No matter what the issue, this man is honest and speaks straight from the heart.
Diplomats describe the president as a friendly and open man who tends to get straight to the point.
At one point in the second quarter, Nets big man Kris Humphries scored seven straight points while Brooklyn grabbed 11 of the first 14 rebounds of the quarter.
Despite outshooting the Senators 23-9 in the opening 40 minutes and getting an early two-man advantage for the second straight game, the Devils trailed 2-0 heading into the third period.
While many nances were actually straight men, Miles is a gay man pretending to be an over-the-top, ridiculously limp-wristed fairy, ("kind of like a Negro doing blackface, " he says) which makes him sometimes sick to his stomach.
Cheney, of course, is on a one-man jihad to set the record straight about the Bush administration.
Anelka ghosted on to Stelios' cross only to place a deft header straight at Robinson but, despite being a man light, Spurs still posed Bolton problems.
They were aided by the harsh dismissal of Australia's key man Tim Cahill, given a straight red card for a clumsy but hardly malevolent challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger on 55 minutes.
Sixty years later the 84-year-old stares straight into the camera with the look of a man whose empire is up for grabs.
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But Diamonds played 50 minutes a man down when Nick McNamara saw a straight red for a high tackle on Lee Smith.
The best example of this in my own career was a very wise man named Joseph Lesser who hired me straight out of law school.
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