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* Tulio from ''[[31 Minutos]]''.
* Tulio from ''[[31 Minutos]]''.
* ''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'': "What is the difference between a rabbi and an Irishman window? One is a pane of glass, and the other's a Jew. ...Think about it."
* ''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'': "What is the difference between a rabbi and an Irishman window? One is a pane of glass, and the other's a Jew. ...Think about it."
* Paul from ''[[MTV Live]]''.
* Paul from ''[[MTV Live (Canadian TV program)|MTV Live]]''.
* Armando from ''[[The Armando Iannucci Shows]]'' is this; when he is asked to do a speech to a group of corporate executives on the grounds that, as the writer of ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'', he must be funny. Armando's speech consists of [[Power Point]] explanations of various jokes, including "My Dog's Got No Nose".
* Armando from ''[[The Armando Iannucci Shows]]'' is this; when he is asked to do a speech to a group of corporate executives on the grounds that, as the writer of ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'', he must be funny. Armando's speech consists of [[Power Point]] explanations of various jokes, including "My Dog's Got No Nose".
* ''Joker's Wild'' was a panel game from [[ITV]], in which six comedians were each given a subject by the chairman (Barry Cryer). They had to tell a joke on this subject, and a member of the opposing team could interrupt if they thought they knew it. When Eric Sykes was on one of the teams, he played this trope for all it was worth (including, at one point, having team captain Alfred Marks go over to him and talk him through a joke).
* ''Joker's Wild'' was a panel game from [[ITV]], in which six comedians were each given a subject by the chairman (Barry Cryer). They had to tell a joke on this subject, and a member of the opposing team could interrupt if they thought they knew it. When Eric Sykes was on one of the teams, he played this trope for all it was worth (including, at one point, having team captain Alfred Marks go over to him and talk him through a joke).
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