Word: tittering
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...being able to deliver in plummy accents words like "moist" or "orifice." Usually they reduce audiences to hysterical convulsions, especially if the joke is surmounted with a veiled reference to flatulence. One particular guru of such humour, Frankie Howard, built a lifetime's personal luxury on his catchphrase "Titter ye not"; favourite stunts of his included the "naked buttock scene," to be outdone by one alternative comedian's exploding groin show...
...Robert Sperra, brings up more serious issues. Jake (Will Minton) and Mickey (Brent Johnstone) are two soldiers who tell jokes to ease the pressure of working their way across a mine field. Minton and Johnstone strike just the right balance between comedy and tragedy, making the audience alternately titter with nervous laughter and cling to their seats in anticipation of doom...