Siskel stated "The film contains little comic invention.

Though the first episode veers from easy-target jokes to clever lines to truly comic invention, it is promising enough to make that possible.

Mr. Edwards's heart may be in the right place but his comic invention is in his shoes.

"Brimming with comic invention and adventure," Ms. James wrote.

Alice is always being asked to repeat things, particularly poetry, and many of the most inspired comic inventions in the book begin as mistakes in repetition.

And the comic invention is so prodigal that there are moments when you are no longer certain quite what you are laughing at.

Dunn's card tricks and feats of mental magic blended with Goldberg's comic inventions for a show that amused audiences across the country.

Some of his more inspired comic inventions here come from finding ways to charm Dora away from the man she's supposed to marry.

An occasional idiom or patch of comic invention elsewhere calls up Ms. Jong's earlier achievements.

The shorter version plays better for audiences, while the original is richer in its comic invention and characterizations.