Our
Favorite Comedy Links:
Buster
Keaton - the greatest comedian who ever lived
Charlie Chaplin - the Little Tramp lives on
Harold Lloyd - one of the pioneers of modern feature-length comedy
Roscoe
"Fatty" Arbuckle - rediscover this
funny man whose tragic life cut his career short
Charlie
Chase - another worthwhile comedian in the Roach
Studio
Laurel and Hardy - if you have never seen their silent films, you are
missing some of their best work
Silent
Movies - a comprehensive general site
Laurel
and Hardy - two man, one thought; timeless humor and check out
Our Gang Comedies - no cutesy kids here, just great comedy
Popeye the
Sailor - from Thimble Theater comics strips to Max Fleischer's
black & white classics; Jack Mercer was a brilliant voice actor
The Marx Brothers - anarchy reigns supreme
W.C. Fields - "The Bank Dick" is one our favorite movies
The Three
Stooges - cheap production values hamper their
short subjects but they still are funny.
Abbott and Costello - their films are not among our favorites; they were
always better than the material
Bob Hope - he
never impressed us on radio or TV but his "Road" pictures with Bing
are gems
Jerry Lewis - he's not for everyone, but we love his early 1960s
films
http://members.aol.com/oxford0614/Monty Python -
Rare indeed: films as good as their TV shows
Zazu Pitts (1898-1963)- a star who'm Olive Oil's voice was taken
from
Fred Allen - no one seems to
have done a site devoted to this great satirist; guess WE will have to!
Jack Benny - Comedy-O-Rama
tribute page, and more!
Edgar
Bergen & Charlie McCarthy - great writing
and characters that live on in our culture
Fibber
McGee & Molly - great use of sound effects
(the hall closet!) and good funny dialogue and another site
Abbott and Costello - some of Lou's best work was in this setting before a
live audience; check out the text to their version of "Who's on First?"
Duffys Tavern - "where the elite meet to eat"... no website for this
great show either (?)
The Life of Riley - no website for William Bendix in one of the first sitcoms
ever?
Guess we need to do this one too!
Fannie Brice-
Our very own tribute page.
Groucho Marx - a great wit even without his brothers
Amos and Andy - considered racist today, the early incarnation of this
show was classic human comedy
Bing
Crosby - sing sming! give us his comic timing; Bing
Crosby also pioneered
prerecorded shows
Daws Butler -
the voice magician and a great man
Stan Freberg - often forgotten brilliant satirist whose heyday was the
1950s
Bob & Ray - classic radio comedy four decades after radio
supposedly died
Old Time Radio.com - our good friend Max Schmid is an expert in this field
The Goons - Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, and all their wacky Goons
Adventures in Cassettes - vintage radio tapes
Boston Pete's Old Time Radio Place - to buy sound
California
Albums - a great resource for Comedy "vinyl" LPs
Stan Freberg - often forgotten brilliant satirist whose heyday was the
1950s
Daws Butler -
he wrote and performed in many of Stan Freberg's greatest recordings
Bob Newhart
- his subtle style has been hip for five decades
Bill Cosby - hear the sounds of this naturally funny man
Nichols and May - before "The Graduate" and "The Bird
Cage" they were the quintessential comedy couple... but no website seems
to exist for them
Mel Brooks - stand up, actor, director, song writer, producer,
script writer
Woody
Allen - before he became the film genius, his stand-up comedy was refreshingly simple
Bill Dana - forgotten great; we have not found anything on the web about him
yet
Lenny Bruce - the symbol of free speech in humor has no website
devoted to him?
Mort Sahl - the great political satirist has been doing it since
the 1950s and is still going strong
David Frye - his political satire of the early 70s has not been surpassed (but
he has no website)
George
Carlin - saying what you really think can be
funny and enlightening
Shelly Berman- Not gone
or forgotten, he is touring in 2004!
Tom Lehrer - singing songs of political incorrectness
Rodney Dangerfield - the man who made putting yourself down funny
Monty Python - yes, they even made funny albums
Firesign Theater - wild and wonderful, complex and ridiculous, the
pioneers of the modern stereo comedy albums.
Cheech and Chong - drug culture subject matter not withstanding, one of
the few comedy teams of the 70s who also helped pioneer the modern stereo
comedy album
Dr. Demento - sharing his love of comedy with us all
Steve Martin - has gotten better with age; we love him in "LA
Story"
Richard Pryor - strong stand up comedian
Shelly Berman- Not gone
or forgotten, he is touring in 2004!
Hal Roach - producer of Laurel
& Hardy, Harold Loyd, Buster Keaton, he started it all!
Buster Keaton
- he was also a great comedy director
Charlie
Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
- one of the pioneers of modern feature-length comedy
Roscoe "Fatty"
Arbuckle - rediscover this funny man whose
tragic life cut his career short
Roberto Benigni - One of the few
performers making great comedy in the 1990s, even with subtitles
Woody
Allen - he makes intelligently funny films
Billy Wilder
Ernst Lubitz
Preston Stergus
Mel Brooks - from a writer for Sid Caesar to director of "The
Producers," this is a funny man
Carl Reiner
Gene Wilder
Mike Nichols
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins
Blake Edwards
Jerry Lewis - he's not for everyone, but we love his early 1960s
films
Max Fleischer
Chuck Jones - one of the great animation directors; the timing and
design on the Road Runner alone was stunning
Bob Clampett
Tex Avery
Friz Freleng
John Kricfalusi - the man who brought creativity back to TV animation.
Check out the Spumco website
Nick Parks - original and wonderful genius of the clay, especially "Wallace & Gromit"
The Coen Brothers - modern independent wonders
Wes Anderson - an up and coming good guy
Steve Martin - has gotten better with age; we love him in "LA
Story"
Phil
Silvers - the unappreciated funniest man in the history of TV
Groucho Marx - a great wit even without his brothers
Will Rogers - stage, radio, film -- this great humorists did it all
Stan Freberg - often forgotten brilliant satirist who's heyday was the
1950s
Roberto Benigni - One of the few
performers making great comedy in the 1990s, even with subtitles
Daws Butler - the
greatest cartoon voice actor ever (also go here!)(and for his Kellogg's characters)
Peter Sellers - not just a comic mimic but a great actor
Mort Sahl - was doing insightful political humor before it was
fashionable
Jonathan Winters - brilliant but has never reached his potential
Jean Sheperd - one of the truly original humorists of the last
half-century; we loved his WOR show in the 1970s
Madeline Kahn - a brilliant comedienne
Andy Kaufman - not a comedian, he insisted; he broke all the rules and
changed the face of comedy
Harry Hill - a fine British comedian
Steve Martin - has gotten better with age; we love him in "LA
Story"
Robin Williams - a great improvisational comic, surprises spring forth
from his loins, we mean head. (In grade school Lorie would run around the house
imitating him for an hour after Mork & Mindy.)
Bill Irwin - incredible mime; should have been the Harold Lloyd of the 90s
Steven Wright - a rare "quiet" comedian, refreshing
Harry Shearer - a independent satiric voice working in and out of the
system
Billy Connolly - Scotland most successful comedian
Janeane
Garofalo - an stand-up and actress who is
refreshingly honest
Dennis Miller - a comic encyclopedia
Penn and Teller - if the Marx Bros. were magicians
Tracey Ullman - amazingly versatile comic actress
Christine
Cavanaugh - the versatile cartoon voice actress
Nancy Cartwight
- The voice of Bart Simpson
Billy Barty - One of the greatest Little People ever!
Martha Raye - what a mouth, what a talent
William
Demarest - good bio page side kick, prat fall, he did it all
Betty Hutton - energy, talent and energy
Ann Sothern - another page - Masie Ravier and so much more
Eddie Bracken - radio (henry, henry aldrich), films and guest shots on
tv
Owen Wilson - I fist saw him in one thing and then hea was in a
bunch of good stuff
Shelly Berman- Not
gone or forgotten, he is touring in 2004!
1950s
Youll
Never Get Rich / The Phil Silvers Show (Bilko) - find out why this was
the funniest show of the 1950s
Admiral
Broadway Review /Your
Show of Shows / Caesars
Hour - Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard
Morris, and the writers made some hilarious TV
moments Buy Sid's Collection
Our Miss Brooks - why isn't Nick at Nite playing this timeless show?
Burns & Allen - they hit their stride on TV; George talking to the
camera was revolutionary at that time
Jack Benny - his weekly show aired from 1932 (radio) to 1965 (TV)
and this site
Abbott and Costello - we love their
TV series the best; not to mention their hilarous live performances on the
Colgate Comedy Hour
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - sharp comic timing, Bob Denver was brilliant as Maynard
G. Krebs
I Love Lucy - the momma of all TV sitcom
Amos and Andy - considered racist today, the TV version was the first
with an all black cast
The Honeymooners - Gleason's brilliant gem of a show, especially the
1955-56 season
Ernie
Kovacs - TV as an art form died when we lost
this genius
1960s
The Andy Grffith Show - good character writing and Don
Knotts' best work
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The
Flintstones - the first season was classic, but
then it has been a slow decline in quality ever since
The
Rocky and Bullwinkle Show - the wittiest cartoon
show ever
Get Smart - Mel Brooks' and Buck Henry's often imitated spy spoof
Smothers
Brothers - still funny after all these years
The Carol
Burnet Show - this was the last great comedy
sketch show
Green Acres - Eddie Alberts gem.
Cartoon-O-Rama - HANNA-BARBERA INDEX
Car 54 Where Are You? - A classic TV show!
1970s
Monty
Python's Flying Circus - the wildest Britcom
ever made, inspiring generations of comics to come
All In The Family - the first seasons were sharp, caustic and hilarious
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - finally a sitcom about a strong single woman
The Bob Newhart Show - Bob's first hit sitcom and still his best
The Odd Couple
- we are in awe of brilliant timing of Jack Klugman and Tony Randall Fawlty Towers - the funniest Britcom ever made
M*A*S*H - better than the Altman film (if possible)
Saturday Night
Live (1975-1980) - the classic years and still
the best
Richard Pryor - strong stand up
comedian
1980s
Taxi - the best sitcom of the 1980s; should have lasted
twenty years
Soap - very funny goings-on
The Muppet
Show - Jim Henson's funniest work
SCTV - consistantly funny parodies and characters
Pee-Wee's Playhouse - not really a kid's show, was it?
Cheers - a flawed by funny sitcom: Carla's character needed
better development... Why didn't anbyone ever get drunk in that bar?
1980s and
onward
Kids in the Hall - Canada's inspired lunacy
Late Night with
Conan O'Brien - the surprise of the 90s;
brilliant comedy sketch work
Mr. Bean - Rowan Atkinson has made subtle slapstick fashionable
again
Seinfeld - sometimes too mean-spirited but always the funny
scripts on TV
The Simpsons - proof that animation can be intelligently written and
very funny; why aren't there more cartoons this good?
Third Rock from the Sun - John Lithgow look like he is having a ball
The Drew
Carey Show - nice to see a sitcom in the late
90s that is NOT about "eye candy"
The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart - where 60% if the youth get there
news? Well it nakes watching the news easlier to swallow. GREAT political
satire! We love Jon!
Other Comedy (and Cartoons!) Sites
Animation and Cartoon Heaven - a great online mag
for us cartoon buffs
Oh Yeah!
Cartoons - find out what great new cartoons
NickToons is doing!
Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Waterson's charming and thoughful comic
strip
Cartoon Alley - funny and clean comics of all shorts
Comedyzine - hilarious humor mag
Vintage Vaudville - vintage
comedy history and a rare RealAudio sounds
AprilFools.com
- the year-round, gag central of the web
Greg Dean's College of Comedy Knowledge - everything you ever wanted to know about stand-up
comedy but didn't know where to ask
The World of the Insane - just what is says
A Very Funny Place... REALLY! - a good comedy website
The Funny Firm - comedy for use by radio personalities, writers, and
public speakers UK Laughter Links - a great source for British comedy sites
Friday Night Improvs - live from Pittsburg!
Comedy Central - too many reruns, but Dr. Katz is worth the cable bill
Laughing Matters - funny comedy troupe
Soundbites -
news, satire & comedy in RealAudio
Radio Theater - a resource for contemporary and classic radio theater.
Animation Nerd's Paradise - everything about the world of animated cartoons and
more
Animation World Magazine
- a good resource
The Toon Tracker- home of the lost cartoons
Davey and Goliath - not just a religious story, but good stop-motion
animation with a good, unpredictable story
The Corporation - "satirical humor in a conglomerate vein"
Warner Bros.
- at their best
Hanna Barbera - more to enjoy
Hanna Barbera Studio
Like TV - Classic TV Site
Modern Television - Interesting links and articles
Censored Cartoon Page
Toon Tracker Video Page & Top Sites ont eh web
Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Stage and Screen
Humor
Writers
William
Shakespeare - why not start with the greatest comedy
writer who ever lived
Robert Benchley - one of the great humorists of our century
Larry Gelbert
Steve Martin
- has gotten better with age; we love him in "LA Story"
Pun of the Day, http://www.punoftheday.com
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