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231 relations: Acting, Adam Sandler, Album, Alexei Sayle, Alternative comedy, America's Got Talent, Amusement, Amy Schumer, Aristophanes, Audience, Australia, BBC, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Ben Elton, Bill Murray, Billy Connolly, Bing Crosby, Blackface, Bo Burnham, Bob Hope, Box Office Mojo, Breakaway (2011 film), Bridget Christie, British Journal of Psychiatry, Buster Keaton, Cal Stewart, CBS, Celebrity Juice, Chappelle's Show, Charlie Chaplin, Cheech & Chong, Chelsea Handler, Chico Marx, Chris Morris (satirist), Citizenship, Classical music, Comedic genres, Comedy (drama), Comedy album, Comedy film, Conan O'Brien, Cult following, Dan Leno, Dance, Daniel Kitson, Daniel Tosh, Danielle Ward, Dave Chappelle, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, ... Expand index (181 more) »
- Comedians
- Comedy theatre
- Stand-up comedy
Acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor and comedian.
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist.
Alternative comedy
Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. Comedian and Alternative comedy are stand-up comedy.
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America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as AGT) is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.
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Amusement
Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure.
Amy Schumer
Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director.
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy.
Audience
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cambridgeshire, parts of Suffolk and parts of Lincolnshire.
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Ben Elton
Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director.
Bill Murray
William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas.
Billy Connolly
Sir William Connolly (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish retired comedian, actor, artist, musician, and television presenter.
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman.
Blackface
Blackface is the practice of performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment.
Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber.
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.
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Breakaway (2011 film)
Breakaway is a 2011 Canadian English-language sports-comedy film directed by Robert Lieberman, and produced by Akshay Kumar and Paul Gross.
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Bridget Christie
Bridget Louise Christie (born 17 August 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, actress and writer.
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British Journal of Psychiatry
The British Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all branches of psychiatry with a particular emphasis on the clinical aspects of each topic.
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Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and film director.
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Cal Stewart
Cal Stewart (b. 1856 Charlotte County, Virginia, d. December 7, 1919) was an American comedian and humorist who pioneered in vaudeville and early sound recordings.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on ITV2 between 24 September 2008 and 15 December 2022.
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Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show and starring in the majority of its sketches.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
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Cheech & Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo founded in Vancouver and consisting of American Cheech Marin and Canadian Tommy Chong.
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Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, television host, and producer.
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Chico Marx
Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian, actor and pianist.
Chris Morris (satirist)
Christopher J. Morris (born 15 June 1962) is an English comedian, radio presenter, actor, and filmmaker.
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Citizenship
Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state.
Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Comedic genres
Comedy can be divided into multiple genres based on the source of humor, the method of delivery, and the context in which it is delivered.
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Comedy (drama)
Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. Comedian and Comedy (drama) are comedy.
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Comedy album
A comedy album is an audio recording of comedic material from a comedian or group of comedians, usually performed either live or in a studio.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.
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Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.
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Dan Leno
George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era.
Dance
Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Comedian and Dance are entertainment occupations.
Daniel Kitson
Daniel John Kitson (born 2 July 1977) is an English comedian, actor, performer and writer.
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Daniel Tosh
Daniel Dwight Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is an American comedian, writer, and producer.
Danielle Ward
Danielle Ward (born 9 October 1978) is a British stand-up comedian and writer.
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Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dave Chappelle's Block Party, also known as Block Party, is a 2005 American documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry.
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David Letterman
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer.
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David O'Doherty
David Nicholas O'Doherty (born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty.
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Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer.
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Des Bishop
Desmond Bishop (born 12 November 1975) is an Irish-American comedian.
Diane Morgan
Diane Morgan (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress, comedian and writer.
Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian.
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Ed Byrne (comedian)
Edward Cathal Byrne (born 16 April 1972) is an Irish actor and comedian.
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Ed Wynn
Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian.
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard (born Edward John Izzard; 7 February 1962), also known as Suzy Izzard, is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist.
Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons) are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2018 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 different shows across 322 venues.
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Edison Records
Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important and successful company in the early recording industry.
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Entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Forbes Celebrity 100
Celebrity 100 was an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1999 to 2020, preceded by the ''Forbes'' Top 40 entertainers list.
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Fred Allen
John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.
Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1865 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
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Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel Jesús Iglesias (born July 15, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
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Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution was an American stand-up comedy television series airing on Comedy Central in the United States.
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George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author.
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Graham Norton
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish comedian, actor, author and television host known for his work in the UK.
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Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer who performed in films and vaudeville on television, radio, and the stage.
Half Baked
Half Baked is a 1998 American stoner film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, and Guillermo Díaz.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
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Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990.
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Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch (born Jheronimus van Aken; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant.
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Humorist
A humorist is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking.
Humour
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.
I'm Telling You for the Last Time
I'm Telling You for the Last Time is a 1998 stand-up comedy special and the second starring Jerry Seinfeld.
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IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
Impressionist (entertainment)
An impressionist or a mimic is a performer whose act consists of imitating sounds, voices and mannerisms of celebrities and cartoon characters. Comedian and impressionist (entertainment) are entertainment occupations.
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Inside Amy Schumer
Inside Amy Schumer is an American sketch comedy television series created and hosted by Amy Schumer.
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Irony
Irony, in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected. Comedian and Irony are comedy.
It's Kind of a Funny Story (film)
It's Kind of a Funny Story is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, an adaptation of Ned Vizzini's 2006 novel of the same name.
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Jack Benny
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
James Corden
James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and former television host.
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, writer and comedian.
Jeff Dunham
Jeffrey Douglas Dunham (born April 18, 1962) is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show, and Sonny with a Chance.
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special is the third Jeff Dunham special.
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Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself is a stage performance of comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham.
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Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity is ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's second Comedy Central special, which premiered on September 17, 2007.
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, humanitarian and entertainer, who was famously nicknamed "The King of Comedy" throughout the United States.
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
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Jim Crow (character)
The Jim Crow persona is a theater character developed by entertainer Thomas D. Rice (1808–1860) and popularized through his minstrel shows.
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Jim Gaffigan
James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
Mr.
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Jim Jefferies
Geoff James Nugent (born February 1977), known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian comedian, actor, and writer who holds dual Australian and American citizenship.
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Jimmy Fallon
James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, singer, writer, and producer.
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English actress, comedian, presenter and writer.
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer, and television host.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
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John Bishop
John Joseph Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former semi pro footballer.
John Bishop's Britain
John Bishop's Britain was a British television programme presented by comedian John Bishop.
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John Oliver
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian who hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO.
Joke
A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally.
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor and television host.
Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
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Judy Canova
Judy Canova (November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983),Although one source gives her birth date as November 20, 1916, (DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc., pp. 47–48), census records show an earlier birth date.
Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs (Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival that is held every July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Kevin Hart
Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor.
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain is a 2013 American stand-up comedy concert film featuring Kevin Hart's 2012 performance at Madison Square Garden.
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Late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the United States.
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Laughter
Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system.
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957).
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Lee Evans (comedian)
Lee John Martin Evans (born 25 February 1964) is a British former comedian, actor, musician, singer, and writer.
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Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist.
List of comedians
A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour.
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List of humorists
A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking.
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List of musical comedians
This alphabetical list is limited to comedians who share their comedy through music and song.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Louis C.K.
Louis Alfred Székely (born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker.
Magic (illusion)
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.
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Malcolm Hardee
Malcolm Hardee (5 January 1950 – 31 January 2005) was an English comedian and comedy club proprietor.
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Martin and Lewis
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis.
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Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.
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Mass media
Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the second-largest international comedy festival in the world.
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Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer.
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Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor.
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Michael McIntyre
Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is an English comedian, writer, and television presenter.
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Minstrel show
The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. Comedian and minstrel show are stand-up comedy.
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Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act composed of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
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Modern Times (film)
Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie comedy film produced, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
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Monologist
A monologist, or interchangeably monologuist, is a solo artist who recites or gives dramatic readings from a monologue, soliloquy, poetry, or work of literature, for the entertainment of an audience. Comedian and monologist are entertainment occupations.
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue (from μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.
Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Monty Python
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons".
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Mr. Show with Bob and David
Mr.
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Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a cohesive whole.
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Music hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the Great War.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.
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Not Going Out
Not Going Out is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006 and is the second-longest-running British sitcom (number of series), behind Last of the Summer Wine.
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Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957.
Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses.... is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.
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Outsourced (album)
Outsourced is the debut stand-up comedy album of Canadian comedian Russell Peters.
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P. D. Q. Bach
P.
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Panto!
Panto! is a 2012 one-off Christmas special, made by Baby Cow Productions and broadcast by ITV on Thursday 27 December 2012.
Paul Lynde
Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926January 10, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and game show panelist.
Performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience.
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Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P.D.Q. Bach.
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Pollstar
Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert and live music industry.
Prop comedy
Prop comedy is a comedy genre in which performers use humorous objects, or conventional objects in humorous ways.
Psychopathy
Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited and egocentric traits, masked by superficial charm and the outward appearance of apparent normalcy.
Psychosis
Psychosis is a condition of the mind or psyche that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real.
Pun
A pun, also known as a paranomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
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Racism
Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
Radio comedy
Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve variety show, sitcom elements, sketches, and various types of comedy found in other media.
Radio X (United Kingdom)
Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global.
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Raymond Knight (radio)
Raymond Knight (February 12, 1899 – February 12, 1953) was an American actor, comedian and comedy writer, best known as a pioneer in satirical humor for network radio.
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Red Skelton
Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show.
Red, White and Brown
Red, White and Brown is the second stand-up comedy album by Canadian comedian Russell Peters, recorded at the WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on February 2, 2008.
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Reductio ad absurdum
In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.
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Richard Herring
Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee).
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Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.
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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and musician.
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Ride Along (film)
Ride Along is a 2014 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.
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Road to ...
Road to... is a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.
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Roseanne
Roseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams that originally aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May 22, 2018.
Ross Noble
Ross Markham Noble (born 6 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor.
Russell Peters
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer.
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Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.
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Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.
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Satyr play
The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and tragedy.
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of 180 episodes.
Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.
Slapstick
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.
Sound effect
A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media.
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film.
Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music.
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. Comedian and stand-up comedy are comedy and comedy theatre.
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
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Stewart Francis
Stewart Francis is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer.
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Stoopnagle and Budd
Stoopnagle and Budd were a popular radio comedy team of the 1930s, who are sometimes cited as forerunners of the Bob and Ray style of radio comedy.
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Stump speech (minstrelsy)
The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy (which is an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface). Comedian and stump speech (minstrelsy) are stand-up comedy.
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Surreal humour
Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical.
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Television comedy
Television comedy was/is a category of broadcasting that has been present since the early days of entertainment media.
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Terry Fator
Terry Wayne Fator is an American ventriloquist, impressionist, stand-up comedian, and singer.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers and head writers on the series, along with Steven Molaro.
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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is an approximately annual British television programme broadcast in the last or first week of the year on Channel 4.
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The Champion (1915 film)
The Champion is a 1915 American silent comedy film released by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White.
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The Cuckoo Hour
The Cuckoo Hour, also known as The KUKU Hour and The Raymond Knight Cuckoo Hour, is an American musical variety radio series created by radio comedian Raymond Knight.
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The Firesign Theatre
The Firesign Theatre (also known as the Firesigns) was an American surreal comedy troupe who first appeared on November 17, 1966, in a live performance on the Los Angeles radio program Radio Free Oz on station KPFK FM.
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The Fluffy Movie
The Fluffy Movie is a 2014 American stand-up comedy film directed by Manny Rodriguez and starring Gabriel Iglesias.
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The Goon Show
The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme.
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The Jim Gaffigan Show
The Jim Gaffigan Show is an American sitcom written and executive produced by comedian Jim Gaffigan and his wife Jeannie Gaffigan.
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The John Bishop Show (2015 TV series)
The Christmas Show, formerly known as The John Bishop Show, is a British comedy-variety show presented by stand-up comedian John Bishop at the Hackney Empire Theatre.
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The Kid (1921 film)
The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick.
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The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999.
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The Marriage Ref (American TV series)
The Marriage Ref is an American reality television series and panel game hosted by comedian Tom Papa and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, in which a rotating group of celebrities decides the winners of real-life marital disputes.
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The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.
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The Secret Life of Pets
The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal.
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The Two Ronnies
The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.
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Thomas D. Rice
Thomas Dartmouth Rice (May 20, 1808 – September 19, 1860) was an American performer and playwright who performed in blackface and used African American vernacular speech, song and dance to become one of the most popular minstrel show entertainers of his time.
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Three-act structure
The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution.
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Tim Vine
Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter best known for his one-liners and his role on the sitcom Not Going Out (2006–2014).
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater.
Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comedian, actor, and writer.
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Trainwreck (film)
Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic sex comedy film directed and co-produced by Judd Apatow and written by and starring Amy Schumer along with an ensemble supporting cast that includes Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Mike Birbiglia, Norman Lloyd, and NBA player LeBron James.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United Service Organizations
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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Variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.
Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.
Ventriloquism
Ventriloquism is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) speaks in such a way that it looks like their voice is coming from a different location, usually through a puppet known as a "dummy".
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Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.
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W. C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.
Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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2015 MTV Movie Awards
The 2015 MTV Movie Awards were held on April 12, 2015, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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See also
Comedians
Comedy theatre
- Bedroom farce
- Comedian
- Corral de comedias
- Improvisational theatre
- Mischief Theatre
- Mṛcchakatika
- Puppetry of the Penis
- Ratnavali
- Sketch comedy
- Solo performance
- Stand-up comedy
- Ubhayābhisārika
Stand-up comedy
- 2015 in stand-up comedy
- 2016 in stand-up comedy
- 2017 in stand-up comedy
- 2018 in stand-up comedy
- 2019 in stand-up comedy
- 2020 in stand-up comedy
- 2021 in stand-up comedy
- 2022 in stand-up comedy
- 2023 in stand-up comedy
- 2024 in stand-up comedy
- Alternative comedy
- Anti-humor
- Black comedy
- Character comedy
- Chinese comedy
- Clean comedy
- Comedian
- Comedians (Beavis and Butt-Head)
- Comedy Central
- Comedy club
- Comedy festival
- Comedy festivals
- Cringe comedy
- Guys We Fucked
- Hack (comedy)
- Heckler
- History of stand-up comedy
- Insult comedy
- Joke theft
- List of stand-up circuits
- Manzai
- Minstrel show
- Observational comedy
- One-line joke
- Open mic
- Opening act
- Poper Scientific Stand up
- Ribaldry
- Roast (comedy)
- Sex comedy
- Sick comedy
- Stage name
- Stand-up comedians
- Stand-up comedy
- Stump speech (minstrelsy)
- The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith
- Xiangsheng
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