Movies: Sketch comedy

It begins with a warning. It is said that the episode contains scenes that may offend viewers. It is also said that most viewers may experience nagging backache, rapid heartbeat, post-nasal drip and delerium, swelling of the nose, throat, and abdomen...

Friends Ted and Andre are down on their luck with no plans for Christmas. Late one December night, they are visited by a strange guest with an unusual request for help....

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The seventh installment in the original vacation prankster film series....

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The Woody Allen Special is a television special that premiered on CBS on 21 September 1969. Allen hosted and wrote the television special show in which he opens with a standup monologue and acts in a series of comedy skits alongside actress Candice B...

A film full of comedy skits of all kinds....

Dave Allen was an alternative comedian before the phrase even existed. He was an innovator who set the agenda for comedy and comedians for more than thirty years. All he needed was a stool and a glass of something and he was in his element, reflectin...

In his special, rising star Nick Kroll ("The League," “Date Night,” "Get Him to the Greek") blows the doors off the time-honored one-hour format by weaving in hilarious short films, as well as appearances by his infamous characters Fabrice Fabrice, B...

Two wonderful buddies attempt to permanently capture their bond on tape. A Funny Lifestyle short....

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Kelly makes a significant trade without consulting her husband...

Tim is having a hard time finding the jar with all his blood in it....

On the 4th of July in Florida, Kim and Alex make a shocking discovery, Delta-8 isn't real weed. Determined to score the real deal, they embark on a spontaneous cross-country road trip to California....

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical, written by poet and playwright Langston Hughes, which pays tribute to Harlem in the 1920's. Sidney Poitie...

On the occasion of their 30th anniversary as recording artists, Monrad & Rislund embarked on an extensive tour to receive the people's unbridled and well-deserved tribute. This video gives the many who (obviously) could not attend the tribute an impr...

Adapted from the stage production of the same name, 'Basically Black' is a sketch comedy TV pilot that aired in 1973, and due to the provocative racial content, ABC never produced another episode. It stands as a historical milestone, the first televi...

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuk...

The fifteenth entry in the sketch comedy series....

How can you pass up a deal like this!?...