We've got to stop this epidemic before all of us medical folks are out of our jobs" - nervously joked the director.

"I promised her I'd have you home by 6:30," she said, joking nervously, "I think I won't come in."

Colonists joked nervously; strikers joked back with coarse, grim affection.

He ate the bunch in the staff lift in front of two girl assistants, joking nervously and making rabbit faces at them.

By the third day, his own aides were nervously joking about his taste in pool clothes.

Several producers and executives who have spoken with Universal studio executives in recent months said they nervously joked about whether they would lose their jobs.

Mrs. Rothman joked somewhat nervously, as their heels sank in the wet sand.

'That's a bit ghoulish,' he joked nervously.

"I know," Andre said, joking nervously.

"They seem happy," I joked nervously.