running gag

Examples (10)

• There was this running gag about a penguin.
• The sitcom kept a running gag where the elevator was always out of order.
• Our team has a running gag about the coffee machine refusing to cooperate on Mondays.
• The director introduced a running gag that pays off in the final scene.
• It started as a throwaway line but quickly became a running gag among the fans.
• They turned his mispronounced name into a running gag throughout the conference.
• In her stand-up set, she revisits a running gag every few minutes as a callback.
• The comic uses a running gag involving a perpetually unlucky cat.
• By season three, the show was leaning too hard on a running gag, and some viewers got tired of it.
• Even in the credits, they sneak in a running gag for those who stick around.