Is there no quality control on lame old gags anymore?

It was an old gag, and I didn't pay any attention to it.

But, to paraphrase the old gag, the operation could be a success and the patient might die.

How do I know you won't pull the same old gag?

It was an extremely old and worn out audience participation gag, but the fans didn't really seem to mind.

Who says he was the first - it sounded like an old gag at the time.

This is the oldest gag in the book, of course.

"It's an old gag I learned back in my smuggling days."

Must be an old gag, thought Bond to himself.

Or perhaps it was how he made the oldest gag in the book funny again.