Simon Hoggart

When people move from one extreme set of views to embrace another equally batty picture of the world, they expect us to applaud their choice, as if the fact that they have rejected one form of nuttiness somehow validates the screwball views they hold now.

British Journalist

Rainn Wilson

My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I don't get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, I'm just a screwball all day long.

American Actor

James Patrick Murray

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

American Journalist

Kylie Bunbury

I'm pretty proud of my fastball. I can throw a screwball. It's not as accurate, and I don't have the velocity like I do with my fastball, but I think my fastball is not too shabby.

Canadian Actress

Lynn Nottage

The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and relax.

American Playwright

Terry Teachout

I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns.

American Critic

Rose Matafeo

I'm a fan of classic romance films as well as screwball comedies. I think love stories are just compelling narratives.

Charles Kettering

People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.

American Inventor

Zooey Deschanel

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

American Actress

Douglas Hodge

There's a certain amount of screwball and genius in 'Willy Wonka.

English Actor

Used in informal settings among friends or in light-hearted conversations.

Colloquial Term

Although generally playful, be cautious as some might find it slightly offensive.

Humor Tolerance

Avoid using 'screwball' in professional or formal contexts. It's too casual.

Not Professional

Specific to baseball; unfamiliar to those outside the sport.

Baseball Jargon

The screwball is a special pitch and not thrown as frequently as others like a fastball.

Not a Standard Throw

Highlights that something is unexpected or bizarre, often in a funny way.

Conveys Surprise

Can be an exaggeration to add humor or disbelief without being literally true.

Hyperbolic Use

Refers to fast-paced, quirky humor often involving romance and misunderstandings.

Comedy Style

Most popular in the 1930s and 1940s but still influences modern films.

Historical Genre

 he's also a one-man help hotline for our photographers at any time he could get a call in the middle of the night from india or an update from an explorer stranded on an iceberg so i mean you know it's always exciting every day's exciting natural you never know what screwball thing

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