Before it was shelved last year, the show was populated by weak characters--Franken's Al Freundlich was a total boob--and riddled with tired gags (e.g., Freundlich's shrieking harpy of a wife, whom we hear only over the phone.)

The verdict given by Empire online is equally negative; it says that the "talented cast keep some low-key action and tired gags from derailing this disappointing farce".

But in a review published after its release, Albright recanted his earlier statement and wrote that the visuals were not enough to save the finished product from being a "qualified disaster" due to a "leaden plot" and a "juvenile" script that relied too heavily on tired gags and tasteless ethnic humor.

My students don't exactly roll around in the aisles at my tired gags, but laughter is very therapeutic - in the right setting, writes Steve Jones.

The Rotten Tomatoes Consensus stated "Superhero Movie is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same".

Ms. Lopez and Mr. McConaughey are (so to speak) engaging enough as the central couple in this innocuous romantic comedy, but the filmmakers squander their appeal with lackluster writing and tired sub-sitcom gags.

IGN editor Alicia Malone rated the film 3 out of 10 and wrote "Marlon Wayans' found footage spoof A Haunted House is a mess of cheap, tired gags that wishes it was a Scary Movie."

In a book on cartooning written by Dave Breger, the author lists a series of "tired gags," and gives a suggestion on how to exploit them.

Mr. Douglas's rote, offhand performance is truer to the spirit of the movie, which is a hash of tired gags and indifferently executed chases (Scott).

Too often Mr. Weidman regurgitates history without dramatizing it or, worse, settles for tired gags, whether about Mr. Ford's clumsiness or Mr. Sondheim's lyrics for "West Side Story."