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.
20 June 1978, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
17 November 1944, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 March 1947, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
9 August 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 February 1955, Brooklyn, New York, USA
9 December 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
8 June 1958, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1922, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
22 March 1971, Southfield, Michigan, USA
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.
February 09, 2017
To its credit, History of Comedy does appear determined to cover every foot of this vast waterfront.
