The History of Comedy


The History of Comedy is a CNN documentary series, as part of CNN Original Series.
The documentary explores the underlying questions of what makes American people laugh, why, and how the laughter influenced their social and political landscape throughout American history.
The show utilizes archival footage, punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedians and scholars.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Originally, an Episode 4 called "Parody & Satire" was supposed to have been broadcast on 30 March 2017. It was probably postponed until 06 August 2017, because on that date Episode 7 called "Making Fun" is about parody and satire. So it looks like CNN postponed the "Parody & Satire" episode to become the seventh one, and changed its name to "Making Fun"!

Season 2 (2018)