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It is a realistic series embodying a journey of contemporary interviews with legends and comedians. The series embodies the journey of comedy through history because this is not only history that makes us laugh, but it also shows us how comedy affected the social and political scene through real history in this context.
23 April 1961, Mission Hills, California, USA
24 September 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
5 December 1968, San Francisco, California, USA
11 March 1950, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
22 November 1921, Deer Park, Long Island, New York, USA
13 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 November 1936, Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
9 December 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 April 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 September 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 September 1967, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 March 1947, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
16 October 1947, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 January 1922, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
27 January 1960, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
26 May 1962, Syracuse, New York, USA
18 August 1952, Brooklyn, New York, USA
25 October 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 January 1969, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
5 March 1955, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
1 December 1946, New York City, New York, USA
14 November 1947, Toledo, Ohio, USA
9 August 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 November 1967, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, 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
To its credit, History of Comedy does appear determined to cover every foot of this vast waterfront.
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.
