History of Comedy

Send your memories of old New York and Catskills comedy acts to [email protected].

[Heather Struck @hstruck]

By the by, @RealRobertWebb and @RealDavidMitchell, the wedding episode of Peep Show is so, so brilliant.

[Heather Struck @hstruck]

How does #parksandrec do a show about Hugo Chavez w/o being pedantic?Have Fred Armisen play a Venezuelan diplomat-http://tinyurl.com/yyh263p

[The Awl @Awl]

Urban Sophisticates Discriminate Against Terrible Comedy -- http://www.theawl.com/?p=33648

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

RT @AIannucci - Watched a Buster Keaton film today. The Director's commentary comes up on cards.

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

Success! RT@The_AV_Club - Betty White confirmed for SNL, May 8 http://onion.com/cN8CKn

[The Awl @Awl]

Did We Do Worse Things To France Than Giving Them Jerry Lewis? -- http://www.theawl.com/?p=30719

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

@ConanOBrien announces 30-city tour - http://tinyurl.com/ybwt9v2

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

Email [email protected] with your stories about New York comedy performance in the 40s and 50s.

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Least accurate portrayal of TV writer's room ever? It was created by Carl Reiner who wrote for Sid Caesar.

[History of Comedy @HistoryofComedy]

Thanks for the RT @LifetimeStories!

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RT @hstruck - The funniest part of this razor-sharp Daily Show clip might be those light-up glasses - http://tinyurl.com/yac2gab

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Contribute here to an oral history project with your memories of 40s-50s comedians - http://brkny.wordpress.com/ #comedy #newyork

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Inventive storytelling in Woody Allen's 1965 "shot a moose" bit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmnLRVWgnXU #comedy

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Send your memories of comedy here - www.brkny.wordpress.com