Articles of category "Comedy show"

Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending. A recognized characteristic of comedy is that it is an intensely personal enjoyment. A comedy joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. A comedy joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual.

Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. As its name implies, the channel carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated. Comedy Central began on April Fool's Day 1991, after Home Box Office, owned by Time Warner, merged its Comedy Channel with MTV Networks' HA! comedy channel, owned by Viacom. Much of Comedy Central's programming consists of 1980s through mid-1990s comedy movies and stand up comedians. In late 2004, it was reported that the top four rated shows on Comedy Central.