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The humor spawned by Emma’s confession will strike some as deeply unfunny, while others might uncomfortably chuckle at its cleverness.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Daisy hopes that this special moment will redeem the interior’s mistakes — the panty liner, the toilet paper shortage, the delay on the champagne — and Jenna works hard at the sundeck set-up while Mike terrorizes her, cracking unfunny jokes about her decorations and generally being unhelpful.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The show’s competent yet miraculously unfunny host, Trevor Noah, cozied up to Bad Bunny at his table and begged him to perform—a ploy, perhaps, to remind the audience that the real performance was soon to come, at the Super Bowl.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Mike Myers returned as twitchy, unfunny Elon Musk, there to introduce a memorial segment and accompanying song eulogizing the things the Trump administration has taken down including the East Wing, DEI, civil rights and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Daisy hopes that this special moment will redeem the interior’s mistakes — the panty liner, the toilet paper shortage, the delay on the champagne — and Jenna works hard at the sundeck set-up while Mike terrorizes her, cracking unfunny jokes about her decorations and generally being unhelpful.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The show’s competent yet miraculously unfunny host, Trevor Noah, cozied up to Bad Bunny at his table and begged him to perform—a ploy, perhaps, to remind the audience that the real performance was soon to come, at the Super Bowl.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Mike Myers returned as twitchy, unfunny Elon Musk, there to introduce a memorial segment and accompanying song eulogizing the things the Trump administration has taken down including the East Wing, DEI, civil rights and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Unfunny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunny. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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