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1 day ago · Find out which show bested "Saturday Night Live," "Kids in the Hall," "Key & Peele," and more titles on our list of TV's top sketch comedies ever.
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- ‘The League of Gentlemen’ (1999-2002) Created and performed by quartet of Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson, The League of Gentlemen takes place in the cloistered, fictional Northern English village, Royston Vasey.
- ‘Fridays’ (1980-1982) In 1980, while SNL’s pioneering first cast and Lorne Michaels were exiting their station, “ABC wanted to literally clone SNL and we all resisted like crazy,” Fridays cast member Melanie Chartoff told TV Party.
- ‘Human Giant’ (2007-2008) Somewhere between their training ground at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and three thriving TV careers (Parks and Recreation, The League, Children’s Hospital and more), the charismatic trio of Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and Aziz Ansari made 14 episodes of MTV sketch show Human Giant.
- ‘The Amanda Show’ (1999-2002) By the age of 13, Amanda Bynes was already the breakout star of one trailblazing kid-sketch show, All That, and a perfect balance between Kristen Wiig’s malleability with Chris Farley’s surrealist physicality.
May 29, 2019 · Nickelodeon unveiled its all-new cast of seven tweens and teens for its upcoming revival of sketch comedy series “All That.” The new version debuts Saturday, June 15 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, and...
May 17, 2024 · Here's a look, in no particular order, at the 25 biggest sketch comedy shows of all time, which you can watch as full episodes or on a sketch-by-sketch basis.
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- 'Chappelle's Show' (2003-2006) IMDb Score: 8.8/10. The story of Chappelle's Show defined its generation. The biggest shame of the series is that it only lasted three seasons - only two in full.
- 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' (1969-1974) IMDb Score: 8.8/10. The Beatles of British comedy, Monty Python took their British sense of humor to the mainstream and earned international acclaim.
- 'Your Show of Shows' (1950-1954) IMDb Score: 8.8/10. Your Show of Shows is one of the foundational comedies in the history of TV, sketch or otherwise. The show starred Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, but the writing staff is who are still actively celebrated to this day in best friends Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
- 'The Carol Burnett Show' (1967-1978) IMDb Score: 8.7/10. The Carol Burnett Show should never be forgotten when it comes to her groundbreaking sketch comedy show.
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Jun 11, 2019 · From classic shows like Mystery Science Theater 3000 to modern favorites like Documentary Now!, here are the best of the best sketch shows on Netflix.
