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A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh. It takes the form of a story, usually with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony, a logical incompatibility, nonsense or other means. Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition:
A good joke is succinct, containing no more detail than is needed to set the scene for the punchline at the end. In the case of riddle jokes or one-liners the setting is implicitly understood, leaving only the dialogue and punchline to be verbalized. Identified as one of the simple forms of oral literature by the Dutch linguist André Jolles, jokes are passed along anonymously. They are told in both private and public settings; a single person tells a joke to his friend in the natural flow of conversation, or a set of jokes is told to a group as part of scripted entertainment. Jokes are also passed along in written form or—more recently—through electronic messaging systems. Internet joking has indeed become a major method of transmission. Either as written narratives or graphic cartoons, jokes are sent through email to friends and acquaintances; individuals joking with each other in a physical space have been replaced here by electronic social groups. This correlates with the new understanding of the internet as an "active folkloric space" with evolving social and cultural forces and clearly identifiable performers and audiences. Along with individual transmission of jokes to email contacts, internet services are also available to provide a fresh joke-a-day to your email inbox or archive joke collections on electronic bulletin boards.
John Felix Anthony Cena (/ˈsiːnə/; born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, rapper and an actor signed to WWE, but is on hiatus due to injury as of February 2016. Cena is credited by WWE as the public face of that organization, and has served as its franchise player since 2005.
Cena started his pro wrestling career in 1999 with Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), and won its heavyweight title the following year. Cena signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later renamed to WWE) in 2001, debuting on the main roster in 2002. As of February 2016, Cena has won 24 championships, with 15 reigns as a world champion; he has won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship a record of 12 times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times (WWE.com has repeatedly described him as a 15-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion), Cena also had five reigns as United States Champion, and four reigns as world tag team champion (two World Tag Team and two WWE Tag Team). Furthermore, he is a 2012 Money in the Bank ladder match winner, a two-time Royal Rumble winner (2008, 2013), and a three-time Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner (2009, 2010, 2012).
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has played the small forward position for the Thunder, formerly the Seattle SuperSonics. Durant has won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and an Olympic gold medal. He has also been selected to five All-NBA teams and seven All-Star teams.
Durant was a heavily recruited high school prospect. He attended the University of Texas for one season of college basketball, where he won numerous year-end awards and became the first ever freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. In the 2007 NBA draft, he was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. After his rookie season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. Durant helped lead Oklahoma City to the 2012 NBA Finals, losing to the Miami Heat in five games. In 2012, he starred in his first feature film, Thunderstruck.
David William Donald Cameron (/ˈkæmᵊrən/; born 9 October 1966) is an English politician who has served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2010, as Leader of the Conservative Party since 2005 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney since 2001.
Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Brasenose College, Oxford. He then joined the Conservative Research Department and became special adviser, first to Norman Lamont and then to Michael Howard. He was Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications for seven years. Cameron first stood for Parliament in Stafford in 1997. He ran on a Eurosceptic platform, breaking with his party's then-policy by opposing British membership of the single European currency, and was defeated by a swing close to the national average. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2001 general election for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney. He was promoted to the Opposition front bench two years later and rose rapidly to become head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign. With a public image of a youthful, moderate candidate who would appeal to young voters, he won the Conservative leadership election in 2005.
Actors: Chaleumpol Tikumpornteerawong (actor), Thawatchai Phanpakdee (producer), Lakana Wattanawongsiri (actress), Savika Chaiyadej (actress), Sura Theerakon (actor), Sukhum Mathawanit (director), Kett Thantup (actor), Saowaluck Siriaran (actress), Sukhum Mathawanit (producer), Sukhum Mathawanit (writer), Warot Pitakanonda (actor), Phoomjai Tangsanga (actor), Rachada Wongampaihol (producer), Chalee Yawtchai (actor),
Plot: Five teenagers : Joke (the gang-leader), transvestite Ake, Mued the junkie, Kai the big mouth and June, insolently rob a kindergarten. During the police chase, their get-away car swerves and crashes into a small shop. The gang crawls out of the car and the shop owner is taken as a hostage. They escape into an empty train carriage. They plan to wait there for the night after which they can divide the loot and go their separate ways. Unexpectedly, all of this new train's passengers are extremely rich. Joke sees a chance to make more money by robbing the passengers. As he was about to start with the robbery, suddenly no one was there. Shockingly Joke realized that he and his friends are no longer alive and the passengers are all ghosts. It seems the ghost will be taking the passengers to their final judgment.
Keywords: afterlife, armed-robbery, bike-race, blood, blood-splatter, bloody-body-of-a-child, bullet-proof-vest, car-accident, car-crash, cemeteryActors: Jay Karas (director), Eric Scott Williamson (miscellaneous crew), Mackenzie Firgens (actress), Kent Green (miscellaneous crew), Robert Morton (producer), Demetri Martin (producer), Demetri Martin (writer), Demetri Martin (actor), Judi Lynne Gray (miscellaneous crew), Alison Freer (costume designer), Leo Allen (actor), Leo Allen (actor), Leo Allen (actor), Bobby Tisdale (actor), Bobby Tisdale (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Music,Actors: Vitaya Saeng-Aroon (writer), Vitaya Saeng-Aroon (producer), Paul Joseph Bradley (producer), Paul Joseph Bradley (writer), Thanyatorn Siwanukrow (director), Thanyatorn Siwanukrow (actor), Alex Sanchez (writer), Thitimon Mongkolsawat (actor), Alex Sanchez (actor), Palat Ananwattanasiri (actor), Somporn Chuenyuenyong (actor), Worapoj Mueanboon (actor), Somkid Nimsang (actor), Patharaporn Chochaiphantawong (actor), Ball (actor),
Plot: 'Alex Sanchez (IV)' (qv)'s novel, "Rainbow Boys," has been made into Rainbow Boys: The Movie (alternative title: Right By Me). Adapted by director 'Thanyatorn Siwanukrow' (qv) into a comedy/drama centering on three Thai teens who struggle with everyday teen problems, plus the challenges of accepting themselves as gay, coping with the pressures of college life, coming out to their friends and crushes, and coming out to their families. This story of teens living and maturing into young gay men in Thailand appeared at several gay film festivals in the US and Asia.
Keywords: abusive-father, actor-director, based-on-novel, basketball, beating, breaking-up-with-girlfriend, buddhism, bullying, coming-out, coming-out-to-familyActors: Pieter Kuijpers (writer), Pieter Kuijpers (director), Trix van Alphen (miscellaneous crew), Hanneke Niens (producer), Job ter Burg (editor), Huub Stapel (actor), Helmert Woudenberg (actor), Tygo Gernandt (actor), Ernie Tee (miscellaneous crew), Anton Smit (producer), Pim Lambeau (actress), Egbert Jan Weeber (actor), Frits Lambrechts (actor), Harry van Rijthoven (actor), Ivo Martijn (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Stan Meijer is by nature a good boy, but grows up frustrated in Venlo, a boring provincial town in the Catholic Dutch South, feeling neglected by his gold-digger mother who remarried a dentist and abandoned by his biological father, a friendly macho trucker who stood the pre-teen up for reasons unknown when he planned to move in with him, never to be heard off until reading dad's obituary. So instead of joining the minor socialite life, Stan hooks up with junkies Maikel (dialect pronunciation-spelling for Michael) Verheije, a hot-head small criminal, and Sef, his lieutenant, who drag him along in small crime as an adolescent. When the bumbling trio gets arrested red-handed, the police sends both ruffians to jail but releases Stan as implausible suspect. He's too nice to accept when Maikel's girl-friend offers herself to him, and on Mikail's release joins him in a hold-up which goes bad, as the nervous amateurs needlessly kill the victim, a shopkeeper and secret weed-grower, rather then extort his illegal money as planned; the trio fears his Turkish crime boss Osman's gang will come after them, but instead are recruited as sort of a death squad in a gang war they don't even care to learn the nature of...
Keywords: 1990s, abortion, absent-father, abuse, accordion, arrest, ash-wednesday, assassin, assault, baby-nurseryActors: Warre Borgmans (actor), Bart Peeters (actor), Wim Opbrouck (actor), Els Dottermans (actress), Karlijn Sileghem (actress), Adriaan Van den Hoof (actor), Stijn Coninx (director), Tine Embrechts (actress), Hugo Matthysen (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Vanca Kljakovic (actor), Ljubo Zecevic (actor), Ognjen Svilicic (director), Ognjen Svilicic (composer), Ognjen Svilicic (writer), Vedran Mlikota (actor), Ecija Ojdanic (actress), Ilija Zovko (actor), Filip Rados (actor), Sinisa Ruzic (actor), Zoja Odak (actress), Elvis Bosnjak (actor), Pero Vrca (actor), Cedo Martinic (actor), Josip Zovko (actor),
Plot: Two young hicks from Dalmatian hinterland are coming to Split in order to spend the night and pick local girls. In the meantime, Ive Dumanic, a brewery worker, has just lost his job after accidentally mixing beer with tonic.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: William Smith (actor), Robert Z'Dar (actor), Houston (actress), Lisa Comshaw (actress), Lenny Rose (actor), Tammy Parks (actress), Deron McBee (actor), Nick Plantico (producer), Joanne Rubino (actress), Tanya Newbould (actress), Don Richardson (actor), Michael Strasser (actor), Janine Stillo (actress), Traci Adell (actress), Marque Case Chantal (producer),
Plot: In the high-stakes city of Las Vegas, the boldest gamblers in the world are preparing to clash on Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest gambling day of the year. But for them, the game is only the beginning of the action. A ruthless casino owner plots a counterfeit scheme to protect his fortune, while his son, fueled by a violent hatred, seeks to knock off his father's casino with the help of a desperate ex-FBI agent. Meanwhile, the FBI lurks in the shadows, waiting for the final gun to sound. This Super Bowl Sunday kicks off a suspensful battle, born of deception and fueled by revenge. Who will end up with the money . . . and their lives?
Keywords: female-nudity, independent-filmActors: Gerda Marchand (actress), Jos van Gorp (writer), Leo Dewals (producer), Eddy Vereycken (actor), Els Olaerts (actress), Ronald Wolfe (writer), Jos Van Geel (actor), Ludo Schats (writer), Monique De Beun (actress), Marijke Hofkens (actress), Ann Esch (actress), Pieter Raes (director), Ron Chesney (writer), Jan Matterne Jr. (writer), Luc Janssens (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Astrid Lindgren (writer), Vija Artmane (actress), Uldis Dumpis (actor), Imants Kalnins (composer), Harijs Liepins (actor), Alvis Lapins (writer), Varis Brasla (director), Evalds Valters (actor), Janis Zarins (actor), Rudolf Plepis (actor), Olga Krumina (actress), Dina Kuple (actress), Madara Dislere (actress), Diana Zande (actress), Skaidra Deksne (costume designer),
Plot: One of the iconic Latvian movies. Based on Astrid Lindgren's book 'Emil of Lönneberga'. A story of a little boy, Emil, who, according to others is incredibly naughty, but actually Emil is a lot more kind hearted than all the rest. And everything he does is to help someone. But somehow it all the time turns out like a prank. His family won't agree with any pranks on themselves, so there goes Emil in his father's tool shed, where he's locked up for every prank. Includes the phrase - 'the main idea is to keep your feet warm', which has been adapted in Latvian culture, so it's already a saying.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-titleActors: Robert Marcel (actor), Yvonne Lex (actress), Cyriel Van Gent (actor), Bob Van der Veken (actor), Anton Peters (actor), Joris Collet (actor), René Bertal (actor), Bob Van Bael (actor), Renée Lafontaine (miscellaneous crew), Irma De Veirman (actress), Marc Sleen (actor), Willy Vandersteen (actor), Herman Denkens (actor), Rudolf Boumans (actor), Bob De Moor (actor),
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