Season 2
6 episodes
54 min. per episode
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A comedian confronts their painful past, revealing how humor shapes society while challenging the boundaries of laughter and truth.
Episodes
How sexual humor, one of the oldest forms of comedy, pushes the limits of both comfort and political correctness.
Exploring the history of sketch and improv comedy and how it evolved into a significant part of comedic talent today.
The history of humor in animated cartoons, their writers, directors, animators and voice actors.
It's always tragic when people die before their time, but what is it about comedians that makes the public feel a special kind of loss when they are suddenly gone, even if they were well into their old age.
Comedy teams and duos were always one of comedy staples, but what made the best of them so great and why aren't there more of them today?
Utilizing archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends and scholars, this is the history of not only what makes us laugh, but how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history.