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- 6. No Offense Aug 19, 2018
- Exploring family-friendly comedy and the struggles of abiding by strict network censors.
- 5. In It Together Aug 12, 2018
- The history of comedic duos and the evolution of comedy teams.
- 4. Gone Too Soon Aug 5, 2018
- Exploring the passing of comedic legends; the connection with their audiences.
A CNN Original Series exploring what makes us laugh, why and how that's influenced our social and political landscape throughout history.
Network. CNN. Release. February 9, 2017. ( 2017-02-09) The History of Comedy is a CNN documentary series, as part of CNN Original Series. The documentary explores the underlying questions of what makes American people laugh, why, and how the laughter influenced their social and political landscape throughout American history. [1]
CNN Original Series examines the historic influence of comedy in an eight-part documentary. Archival footage and contemporary interviews with comedy legends, scholars and current stars combine to ...
CNN Original Series examines the historic influence of comedy in an eight-part documentary. Archival footage and contemporary interviews with comedy legends, scholars and current stars combine to explore what makes people laugh and how comedy has affected history's social and political landscape. Judd Apatow, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho ...
Jul 16, 2023 · The History of Comedy CNN July 15, 2023 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT A look at groundbreaking comics, including George Carlin, Dick Gregory and Lenny Bruce, who embraced the risqué side of comedy and risked careers, prison, and even their lives to fight censorship.
The History of Comedy: With Kliph Nesteroff, Robert B. Weide, Elayne Boosler, Patton Oswalt. Utilizing archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends and scholars, this is the history of not only what makes us laugh, but how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history.
Feb 8, 2017 · CNN —. The most important hour of “The History of Comedy” – an eight-part CNN documentary devoted to stand-up – might be the most serious and sobering: the high toll comedy exacts on its ...