borscht-belt

In their world, the expressions Christian right or Moral Majority are automatic laugh cues, and there is a huge amount of soft-core borscht-belt stuff like this (from Franken) on page 205 of The Truth:

Cheap Laughs 2009

In their world, the expressions Christian right or Moral Majority are automatic laugh cues, and there is a huge amount of soft-core borscht-belt stuff like this (from Franken) on page 205 of The Truth:

Cheap Laughs 2009

The borscht-belt beauty who came of age in the brawny arms of Patrick Swayze in the 1987 teen smash "Dirty Dancing" disappeared forever in a plastic surgeon's office eight years ago.

It's Like, Uh ... Jennifer Grey 2008

Simba is rescued in the desert by a lemur-like animal named Timon (borscht-belt voice: Nathan Lane), and Pumbaa the wart hog (who, in the movie's rainbow of archetypes, fills the role of the good-hearted, somewhat dim white ethnic).

King Of The Urban Jungle 2008

To put patients at ease, he banters like a borscht-belt tummler, delivering a stream of corny old jokes.

A Touch of Grace: 2008

Jackie Mason's "Chicken Soup," which had a brief run on ABC in 1989, awkwardly attempted to transplant Mason's borscht-belt jokes to a sitcom format.

PRIME-TIME MENSCH 2008

Judd Hirsch is his father, supplying borscht-belt comic relief.

'Earth, You Have A Problem': Kaboooom! 2008

With its gag-every-five-seconds pacing, "Love and War" comes off like a breathless borscht-belt routine.

What's New, Copycat? 2008

Republican Jesus brings his borscht-belt best to a joint session of Congress.

The Sermon on the Hill 2006

You can be extreme and say that being able to keep people entertained in a conversation is not the same intellectual skill that Shakespeare or Tom Wolfe had, that it's more like being a borscht-belt comedian.

Writing as performance art. 2003