1.   Tiller writing the storyline still whisked his audience round the world but the comedy element was more dominant.

2.   Director Randall Miller seems most comfortable with the comedy element.

3.   Leno has cut his guests from four a night to three, sometimes two, while increasing the comedy elements.

4.   These are time-tested comedy elements.

5.   The comedy elements and unusual twists served to keep my attention to the end.

6.   Without the comedy element, the movie would have fallen flat.