A Funny Sort of History

Stories from the history of comedy

  • Not the Nine O’Clock News – Shockingly Conventional

    Not the Nine O’Clock News – Shockingly Conventional

    In the UK of the late 1970s, TV sketch comedy was a rather cosy place. It was a world represented by the likes of The Two Ronnies, Morecombe & Wise, and Mike Yarwood – people…

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  • Sketches

    Sketches

    This week, I’m going to cover comedy sketches, one of the simplest and most fundamental examples of the art. Despite their simplicity, a sketch is not just a handful of gags strung together. The sketch…

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  • What’s the plan?

    What’s the plan?

    Let me tell you the plan for this site. Funny… On this site, I’ll publish articles about comedy in its many forms. From the subjects I cover, I’ll pepper in samples for you to read,…

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