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The characters found in jokes are forced to act out the jokes every time they are told.
A writer chronicles his history of depression and critiques society's attitudes toward the mentally ill.
A man suddenly realizes that he hates his wife, and resolves to free himself.
In his new job as an English professor, Tarzan finds himself annoyed by his students, hounded by his department chair, and alienated by the world around him, with solace only from his girlfriend Jane. Naturally, hijinks ensue.
A typical nice-guy colleague with a toxically positive attitude delivers an exhortation to his colleagues about eliminating self-doubt so as to increase work performance.
In a world of corrupt nursery rhyme characters, Detective Humpty Dumpty must investigate a murder with an unexpected tie to his personal life.
A city employs people to act strangely to order to make others feel normal.
After a lifetime of getting pummeled by his own family and wife, a man gets the last laugh.
An accomplished but ineffectual columnist searches for fulfillment, until a death in the family causes him to question the family he took for granted.
Al Roosten, a local business owner always second-best to his competitor, Larry Donfrey, contemplates returning to an anti-drug charity event to ensure that Donfrey is able to help his disabled daughter.