The comedian was booed offstage after telling another clichéd knock-knock joke.
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How to Die Alone definitely finds its groove mid-season as the show moves forward in a way that’s comfortably predictable yet never cliched.—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024 Unfortunately, this practice makes all digital content look the same: robotic, devoid of emotion, cliched, meaningless, and lacking personality or natural flavor.—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 There’s an easy, cliched way to sound design drunkenness.—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024 Lyrics make nods to cliched sentiments that could have been sung by both Jone Jett and Aaron Carter.—Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 12 Sep. 2024 The bottom line: Some lines are old and a bit cliched, but still be true.—Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024 Actually, gift-giving is not obligatory, and the range of gift options for Father's Day has moved on from the cliched socks, ties, or slippers of our youth to include all the treasures that Amazon Prime has to offer and more.—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 In fact, characters in his books rail against the cliched depictions of Native Americans in vintage settings.—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Some might consider these characters as cliched, and possibly offensive, tropes from an outdated view of America.—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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