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| x The Groundlings |
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The Groundlings is an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin to produce sketches and improvised scenes. The troupe moved...
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The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including...
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| x Upright Citizens Brigade |
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1990 |
The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent (and most known) incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh. The...
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| x Three Stooges |
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1925 | 1975 |
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce.
The Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Larry, Moe,...
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| x Marx Brothers |
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The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act, originally from New York City, that enjoyed success in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early 1900s to around 1950. Five of the Marx Brothers’ thirteen feature films were...
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1981 | Charna Halpern |
iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly known as "ImprovOlympic") is a theater located at 3541 N. Clark St., in Chicago, Illinois, in the neighborhood known as "Wrigleyville" (so named for its proximity to Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs). The theater...
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| x Harvard Lampoon |
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1876 |
The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication and social organization founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Published five times yearly, The Harvard Lampoon was originally modelled on the former British...
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| x Compass Players | 1955 | 1958 | David Shepherd |
The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was a 1950s cabaret revue show started by alumni, dropouts and hangers-on from the University of Chicago.. The troupe was active from 1955-1958 in Chicago and St. Louis. Several of the members went on to form...
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| x Monty Python |
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1969 |
Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) were a British comedy group that created the influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made...
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| x The Credibility Gap |
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Lew Irwin |
The Credibility Gap was a satirical comedy team comprising Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander and Michael McKean. Lew Irwin, John Gilliland, Thom Beck, and Len Chandler also performed in their early days. They emerged in the late 1960s...
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| x Stella |
Stella is comedy trio consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain (all three of whom are alumni of the comedy troupe, The State). The group formed in 1997 as a weekly nightclub comedy attraction, performing at New York City...
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| x Flight of the Conchords |
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Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group uses a...
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| x The Kids in the Hall |
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1984 | Dave Foley |
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada,...
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| x Cambridge Circus |
Cambridge Circus is a comedy revue that played in London in 1963. Unfortunately the title sometimes confused audiences, as it was not actually playing at Cambridge Circus itself. (The original name of the revue was A Clump of Plinths.)
Originally a...
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| x Killinggänget | 1991 |
Killinggänget (literally "The Kid-Goat Gang") is a Swedish comedy group, started in 1991. It is named after Glenn Killing, a character played by Henrik Schyffert who has appeared in many of their shows.
The group is notable for their evolution from...
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| x Helt Apropå | 1985 | 1992 | |||
| x ComedySportz |
ComedySportz is an improvisational comedy organization started in 1984 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by a group of local comedians including Dick Chudnow, Bob Orvis, Brian Green and many others.
The traditional format of a ComedySportz (CSz) show...
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| x Stiller and Meara | Jerry Stiller |
Stiller and Meara (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara), a husband and wife comedy team, were a big hit in the 1960s and 1970s, making frequent appearances on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show.
Stiller and Meara were among the earliest...
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| x The Whitest Kids U' Know | Sam Brown |
The Whitest Kids U' Know is an American sketch comedy troupe and television program of the same name. The group consists of Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter, though other actors occasionally appear in their...
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