EPISODE
SEASON
The History of Comedy - Season 1
The comedy series explores more archive snapshots of contemporary interviews with comic myths throughout history. This is a different comic history that puts things on a different path and it is what makes us laugh always. This comedic framework explains the reason behind the impact of this comedy on the social and political scene throughout world history everywhere.
19 November 1936, Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
13 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 November 1944, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 December 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
19 July 1968, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
22 March 1971, Southfield, Michigan, USA
16 October 1947, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
12 October 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
29 September 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14 November 1947, Toledo, Ohio, USA
2 August 1970, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
1 December 1970, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
27 July 1957, Galveston, Texas, USA
4 February 1977, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
13 June 1953, Denver, Colorado, USA
25 October 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 November 1956, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
19 April 1982, San Francisco, California, USA
6 March 1947, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
5 July 1958, Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
23 October 1959, Downey, California, USA
17 May 1962, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
20 March 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
February 09, 2017
To its credit, History of Comedy does appear determined to cover every foot of this vast waterfront.
February 09, 2017
What History of Comedy does within that hour is to bring what are often viewed as isolated incidents into context.
February 09, 2017
The CNN program would be enjoyable just for its wealth of vintage clips...To watch this series is to remember - or, depending on your age, to be introduced to - earlier comics who were incendiary in their own way, in much less permissive times.
