Humorous Interpretation: A contestant chooses a cutting from a humorous play and memorizes it.

These allusions, rather than directly quoting or referencing a source, normally enter the text in a contorted fashion, often through humorous plays on words.

Justus was a typical Amsterdammer, he was first known as a writer of farces and humorous plays.

The show's title is a humorous play on the title of the 1982 TV series Harry's Game.

A number of theatrical companies exist, with repertoires including absurdist, realist, and humorous plays.

"It's a sort of humorous play on words, is it?"

He wrote the poem as a deliberate humorous play on this idea; however, to his surprise, it was taken quite seriously and published.

This story is a superbly humorous play on James' common theme of how the imaginative "children of light" inevitably find trouble in the real, unforgiving world.

Ms. Gand's seasonal fruit creations are excellent, and she revels in humorous plays on American sweets.