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Quips, puns, allusions — the nonsense tumbles out of him so fast, you barely have time to make sense of one joke before he’s onto the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Quips like that were usually accompanied by what Jack McCallum, a longtime Sports Illustrated writer, called Russell’s “famous cackle.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022

Quips the Cook Report's Duffy: "I call it the Voldemort endorsement," referring to the villain from the Harry Potter series.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2016

Quips Johansson: "There's always the half-price ticket line."

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2012

In Quips and Quiddits he loves to show that type of humor dependent on unexpected changes in the meaning of words.

From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post