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- ...that the book South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today analyzes the animated television comedy series South Park using philosophical concepts?
- ...that Roger Wilmut went on from typing out the episode list of a BBC comedy show to become a Guardian Top 10 author of books about British comedy?
- ...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?
- ...that Robin Williams' A Night at the Met won a Grammy for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
- ...that Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer made their sitcom debut with their 1992 Channel 4 pilot The Weekenders?
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- ...that the book South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today analyzes the animated television comedy series South Park using philosophical concepts?
- ...that David Letterman parodied Werner Erhard in the 1978 Mork & Mindy episode Mork Goes Erk?
- ...that the Simpsons short Good Night aired April 19, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show and was the first ever appearance of the Simpson family on television?
- ...that the book The Psychology of The Simpsons uses this TV series to analyze topics in psychology including clinical psychology, cognition and Pavlovian conditioning?
- ...that The Simpsons' history began when Matt Groening conceived of the dysfunctional family in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office?
- ...that the title of Dan Castellaneta's album of comedy sketches I Am Not Homer is a parody of Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography I Am Not Spock?
- ...that The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, a book that analyzes the The Simpsons using philosophical concepts, is the main textbook in philosophy courses offered at some universities?
- ...that Richard Hanley's book South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating analyzes issues of applied ethics as presented in South Park?
- ...that the television adaptation of the BBC Radio 2 sitcom Teenage Kicks, originally for BBC Two, has been taken over by ITV?
- ...that the fight scene between Peter Griffin and a giant chicken on Family Guy episode Blind Ambition was originally created for the episode Cleveland Loretta Quagmire?
- ...that Black Entertainment Television comedy series We Got to Do Better, had its name changed from Hot Ghetto Mess amidst allegations of enforcing negative stereotypes of African Americans?
- ...that German rock band Grobschnitt have incorporated pyrotechnics and sketch comedy into their extended performances since the mid-1970s?
- ...that Roger Wilmut went on from typing out the episode list of a BBC comedy show to become a Guardian Top 10 author of books about British comedy?
- ...that Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The School for Scandal has been widely admired, but also criticized for hints of anti-Semitism, particularly regarding its references to Jewish moneylenders?
- ...that despite $170m spent on security, Australian comedy group The Chaser managed to enter the restricted zone of the 2007 APEC Summit in a fake motorcade?
- ...that NHS Together, a group of unions which support Britain's National Health Service, are supported by celebrities such as football (soccer) player Geoff Hurst, adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, actress Tamsin Greig and comedian Arthur Smith?
- ...that Edward Laurillard produced musical comedies in London and New York in the early 20th century, in partnership with George Grossmith, Jr.?
- ...that the Jacobean play The Widow's Tears is thought to be the last comedy written by George Chapman?
- ..that numerous references to Wikipedia on The Colbert Report, an American satirical comedy series, defined the word Wikiality, as "Truth by consensus, rather than fact"?
- ...that English actor, singer and playwright Arthur Williams, best remembered for his comic operas, Edwardian musical comedies and musical burlesques, played over 1,000 roles in his career?
- ...that musical theatre star Phyllis Dare published her autobiography in 1907, but continued to perform in Edwardian musical comedy and on stage until 1951?
- ...that Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, made his directorial debut with the comedy horror short film Hello Friend?
- ...that the Greek Phlyax plays of South Italy might have been an influence on Roman comedies of Plautus?
- ...that the first feature film of director Paul Verhoeven is Business Is Business, a 1971 comedy film about two prostitutes in Amsterdam?
- ...that the low alcohol beer Buckler was taken out of the market in the Netherlands after sales dropped as a result of the negative image created by comedian Youp van 't Hek in 1989?
- ...that the 1932 comedy Pojkarna på Storholmen, starring Fridolf Rhudin, is one of the most successful Swedish films in history?
- ...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?
- ...that the 1983 rock and roll comedy film Get Crazy was a tribute to the famed Fillmore East theater, where director Allan Arkush once worked as an usher?
- ...that Australian soprano Gladys Moncrieff performed her famous role as Teresa in the musical comedy The Maid of the Mountains about 2800 times?
- ...that Blackadder Goes Forth, the final series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, is noted for its sensitive depiction of World War I trench warfare and was placed 16th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute?
- ...that Private Passions, a weekly classical music programme on BBC Radio 3, has occasionally featured interviews with hoax characters played by comedian John Sessions?
- ...that Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi practiced as a lawyer in Cairo as well as writing a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages?
- ...that Charlie Williams, one of the first black football players in Britain after the Second World War and later Britain's first well-known black comedian, responded to heckling by saying: "If you don't shut up, I'll come and move in next door to you"?
- ...that the stump speech of the blackface minstrel show was a precursor to modern stand-up comedy?
- ...that the The Colgate Comedy Hour was a musical variety television show that ran on the NBC television network from November 1950 to December 1956, and was the first NTSC color television broadcast?
- ...that the music video for the Fiona Apple song "Not about Love" (2006) features comedian Zach Galifianakis, and was filmed in and around his neighborhood?
- ...that although the director of Bollywood comedy Malamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it a remake of Waking Ned?
- ...that Catherine the Great wrote several comedies and an opera libretto for the productions of the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg?
- ...that Robin Williams' A Night at the Met won a Grammy for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
- ...that the first volume of printed strips from the furry "Slice-of-life" webcomic A Doemain of Our Own won the 2006 Ursa Major Award for "Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work"?
- ...that the sitcom pilot Free Agents is likely to become the third show from Channel 4's Comedy Showcase to be given a full series?
- ...that the six episodes of the Japanese original video animation series FLCL were produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records?
- ...that the new BBC Two sitcom Never Better has been unfavourably compared with other dark sitcoms such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lead Balloon?
- ...that British comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie made one of their earliest television appearances in their 1983 television pilot The Crystal Cube, a show the BBC hated?
- ...that Blackadder II, the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, contains many tongue-in-cheek references to the plays of William Shakespeare?
- ...that according to TV critic Gareth McLean, none of the Britons featured in the Channel 4 documentary series New Hero of Comedy are "Heroes"?
- ...that Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer made their sitcom debut with their 1992 Channel 4 pilot The Weekenders?
- ...that Maturinus was the patron saint of jesters, comic actors, and clowns during the Middle Ages?
- ...that 2006 novel Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead, was featured among The New York Times' 100 Most Notable Books of The Year?
- ...that Quite Interesting Limited provides the research for UK TV programme QI and The Museum of Curiosity?
- ...that scriptwriter Richard Baer's writing credits for television included twenty-three episodes of Bewitched and five episodes of The Munsters?
- ...that The Curse of Steptoe, a 2008 television play based upon the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, gained the highest audience figures to date for BBC Four?
- ...that Groucho Marx joined Hillcrest Country Club even though it was willing to have him as a member?
- ...that television critics have speculated as to how the 30 Rock episode "MILF Island" will avoid explaining the meaning of "MILF" since the last letter stands for an obscene word?
- ... that Heinrich Böll's humorous short story Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral was written for a May Day broadcast on the Norddeutscher Rundfunk?
- ... that the people of the planet Krikkit are the main antagonists in the Douglas Adams novel, Life, the Universe and Everything?
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