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Carol Burnett knows funny stuff. She has made enough of it on Broadway, in film and, for 11 seasons, on her eponymous award-winning variety show, where she created a portfolio of iconic characters.

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Of all the cinematic genres, comedy is the hardest to truly master. Humor is so context-dependent, and changes so wildly from person to person (let alone between generations), that many comedies ...

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At this point, sketch comedy on television is an institution. One need only look at "Saturday Night Live," which celebrated its landmark 50th anniversary in 2025 with documentaries and a star-studded ...

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Wong’s work has always been distinguished by her fearlessness and her drive to talk about mundane realities that other people hesitate to disclose. Her jokes are not a self-deprecating list of flaws; ...

Another month, and another bevy of comedy specials and albums are on their way. We’ll be out of the gloom of winter soon, but with these titles set for release in February, things are looking a little ...

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The cartoon of Jerry Seinfeld is that he is the comedian who goes on “about nothing.” The nihilist of the Upper West Side. And yet Seinfeld is, like Chris Rock and few others in comedy, as serious and ...