But Philip Cokorinos, a bass-baritone, made the most of the opera's comic highlight, Raimbaud's drinking aria.

Mr. Maher's ability to tease the ferocious and verbose right-wing commentator Ann Coulter into a stunned silence is a regular comic highlight of his talk show.

His "I'm all ears" line, widely replayed yesterday morning, was far and away the comic highlight of the evening.

The plot against Malvolio is generally considered a comic highlight of the play, but critics have often complained of its cruelty.

His bullfighting burlesque was a comic highlight of his performance in "Around the World in 80 Days."

Another comic highlight is "Vegematic", about a man who falls asleep while watching late-night TV and dreams he ordered many products that he saw on infomercials.

The comic highlight of one scene is flatulence in a hot tub; in another, it's an unhappy pledge vomiting after binge drinking, as buddies cheer him on.

She also appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) and Scrooged (1988), in which Variety called her "unquestionably [the] pic's comic highlight."

As the "little disturber", a street singer, her performance was the comic highlight of the film, and her characterization in this role catapulted her into a career as a star of comedy films.

The most lamentable comedy of Pyramus and Thisby, all too often the intrusion of fools, is a comic highlight here.