All Episodes

Stairway to Stardom: An Audio Documentary

Inside The Comedy Store: Richard Pryor, Jim Carrey, Marc Maron and Tales of Comedy’s Most Famous Club

How Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert & Steve Carell Built The Daily Show w/ Former Field Producer Evan Cutler

How SCTV, The Kids in the Hall & The State Got Their Start: Sketch Comedy Origins

Mitch Hedberg’s Lost Cult Comedy: Los Enchiladas! with Co-Star Brian Malow

Bob Illes: Emmy-Winning Comedy Writer Who Worked with Richard Pryor, Steve Martin & Lorne Michaels

Palestine Comedy Club with Directors Regash & Charlotte Knowles

SCTV, MADtv & SNL Stories with Emmy Winning Writer Chris Cluess

Conan O'Brien, Team Coco & Clueless Gamer with Will Becton

Marc Maron Documentary: Are We Good? w/ Producer Julie Seabaugh

The State: MTV's Cult Comedy Sketch Show

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! w/ Director Michael Bonfiglio

Stairway to Stardom: The Greatest Public Access TV Show Ever w/ Mitch Friedman

The Daily Show, MST3K, & Joke Farming w/ Elliott Kalan

Comedy History 101: Best of 2025

Broad City and the Comedy of Inclusion

Larry Charles: Borat, Seinfeld & Comedy Samurai

SantaCon w/ Director Seth Porges

Kevin McDonald & Kids in the Hall

United States of Comedy w/ Director Habib Yazdi

Jimmy Kimmel Live w/ Adam Spiegelman

Comedy Cellar w/ Dave Juskow

John Candy, SCTV & Second City w/ Author Paul Myers

Grease Airplane Rocky Horror Picture Show w/Casting Director Joel Thurm

Conan O'Brien, Team Coco & Clueless Gamer with Will Becton

Andy Kaufman with Director Alex Braverman

Johnny Carson: The King of Late Night

Larry Charles: Borat, Seinfeld & Comedy Samurai

Arrested Development w/ Writer/Producer Jim Vallely

The State: MTV's Cult Comedy Sketch Show

CH101 Select: The Mr. Bill Show - SNL Origins with Creator Walter Williams

The Def Jam Comedy of Canada: The Nubian Show

Broad City and the Comedy of Inclusion

CH101 Select: Just for Laughs w/ Darren Frost

Rodney Dangerfield w/ Author Michael Seth Starr

Andy Kaufman & Thank You Very Much with Director Alex Braverman

Kevin McDonald & Kids in the Hall

Comedy History 101: Best of 2024

CH101 Select: Chris Farley w/ Director Brent Hodge

Gallagher w/ Director Josh Forbes

CH101 Select: Kliph Nesteroff: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

The Grateful Dead Counterfeiter

Trailer: The Grateful Dead Counterfeiter

The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Trailblazing Sitcom Writer Susan Silver

The Comedy Store w/ Joey Camen

Paul Bellini & Kids in the Hall

The Golden Girls & Roseanne w/ Writer Stan Zimmerman

Arrested Development & Golden Girls w/Jim Vallely

Grease, Airplane, Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ Casting Director Joel Thurm

Moms Mabley with Rhonda Hansome

Ch101 Select: The Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers

When We Went MAD: A Documentary of Ecch-ic Proportions!

CH101 Select: 2 Comedians Complain About The Edinburgh Festival

Comedian Sean Cullen

Jimmy Kimmel Live w/ Adam Spiegelman

Comedy Portrait Photographer Dan Dion

Yuk Yuk’s w/ Evan Carter

Dangerfield's w/ Dave Juskow

CH101 Select: The Harvard Lampoon w/ Michael Small

OJ Simpson's Hidden Camera Prank Show, Juice'd!

Chris Farley w/ Director Brent Hodge

Jews and Comedy in America with Eddy Portnoy

Just for Laughs with Darren Frost

Comedy Cellar with Dave Juskow

CH101 Select: The Mr. Bill Show with Creator Walter Williams

The Best of 2023!

Writing Jokes for President George W. Bush w/Bruce Cherry

Shemp Howard and The Three Stooges

Kliph Nesteroff: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

Writing Jokes for President Bill Clinton w/ Mark Katz

CH101 Select: Last Comic Standing with Rob Cantrell

The Jerry Springer Show Infiltration

Celebrity Journalism of the 1980s

The Harvard Lampoon w/Michael Small

Satan Wants You with Directors Steve Adams & Sean Horlor

Found Footage Festival and Chop & Steele

Grateful Dead Ticketing Office: PART TWO

Mad Magazine with Former Editor Joe Raiola

CH101 Short: 2 Comedians Complain about the Edinburgh Festival

Revenge of the Nerds with Wormser aka Andrew Cassese

Seinfeld's Michael Richards Infamous Meltdown with Freddy Lockhart

CH101 Select: Comedy Central Origin Story

The Mr. Bill Show with Walter Williams

History of Irish Stand Up Comedy with Johnny Candon

The Wolf of Wall Street with Jordan Belfort

The Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers

CH101 Select: Rick Overton and Set List

Last Comic Standing with Rob Cantrell

CH101 Select: Wayne Federman and the History of Stand Up Comedy

Jackie Mason & Caddyshack 2

Rick Overton and Set List

CH101 Select: Abbie Hoffman and The Second City

CH101 Select: Comedy After 9/11

Comedy Central's Origin Story

CH101 Select: Obama's Joke Writer: David Litt

CH101 Select: Dick Gregory: From Comedian to Activist

Wayne Federman and the History of Stand Up Comedy

CH101 Select: Comedians, The Mob, and the Copacabana

CH101 Select: Slipping on a Banana Peel

(Pt 4) John Belushi: The Sad Final Years

(PT 3) John Belushi: Making of the Blues Brothers

(PT 2) History of John Belushi: SNL Years

History of John Belushi: The Early Days

CH101 Select: History of Trump Attempting to be Funny

(PT 2) History of Richard Pryor, The Black Panthers, and Berkeley

History of Richard Pryor, The Black Panthers, and Berkeley

History of Freddie Prinze

History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Borat

History of Abbie Hoffman and The Second City Theater

CH101 Select: History of The Comedy Store Strike

Ch101 Select: History of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump

History of Pepe the Frog

CH101 Select: History of XXX Party Records

History of the Animal House Sitcom

History of The Chevy Chase Show

CH101 Select: History of the Comedy Store Condo

History of the Blazing Saddles Sitcom

History of the Unknown Comic

CH101 Select: History of George Martin & The Beatles

History of Carl Reiner

History of Dick Gregory: From Comedian to Activist

History of Fred Willard

History of Comedy After 9/11

History of Sam KInison & the Texas Outlaw Comics

History of Bill Hicks & the Texas Outlaw Comics

History of Yakov Smirnoff

CH101 Select: History of Gallows Humor

History of Spuds MacKenzie: The Original Party Animal

History of Fake Charlie Chaplins

History of Where's the Beef?

History of Yo Mama Jokes

CH101 Select: History of SCTV

History of Mother-In-Law Jokes

History of Comedians, The Mob, and The Copacabana

CH101 Select: History of the Comedy Straight Man

History of Don Rickles, The Irishman, and The Mob

History of the World's Oldest Jokes

CH101 Select: HIstory of Moms Mabley

History of Gallows Humor

(Pt 2) History of Dolemite

(Pt1) History of Dolemite

History of Here Comes the Judge: Comedy's First Meme

History of SNL Firing Cast Members

History of Monty Python's German Episodes

History of Traveling Salesman/Farmer's Daughter Jokes

CH101 Select: History of CADDYSHACK 2 - THE WORST SEQUEL EVER!

CH101 Select: History of Devo

History of Frankie Fay: America's First Stand Up Comedian and Horrible Racist

History of Mad Magazine (PT 2)

History of Mad Magazine

CH101 Select: History of the Andrew "Dice" Clay Controversy

CH101 Select: History of Beavis and Butt-head's Frog Baseball

History of Comedians Getting the Hook

(Pt 2) History of Lenny Bruce, Censorship, and Free Speech

History of Lenny Bruce, Censorship, and Free Speech

History of Beatles Producer George Martin's Ties To Comedy

History of Right-Wing Comedians Punching Down

History of Tim Conway

History of Alex Jones on Austin Public Access TV

History of Slipping on a Banana Peel

History of Knock-Knock Jokes

History of Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road

Comedy History 101 - Live

(Pt 2) HIstory of the Purple Onion Comedy Club

History of the Purple Onion Comedy Club in San Francisco

History of the Smothers Brothers Meeting President Reagan

(Pt 2) History of National Lampoon Radio Hour

History of National Lampoon Radio Hour

(Pt2) CH101 Select: Comedy That Crosses The Line

(Pt1) CH101 Select: Comedy That Crosses The Line

(Pt 2) History of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Comedy Influences

History of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Comedy <a href="http://www.comedyhistory101.com/comedy-history-101/2019/1/6/history-of-marvelous-mrs-maisels-comedy-influenes" target="_blank"#x3E;Influences</a#x3E;

(Pt 2) CH101 Select: History of SCTV

Ch101 Select: History of SCTV

(Pt 2) History of Peep Show And Its American Pilot

History of Peep Show and Other US Versions of British Comedy Shows

History of National Lampoon Lemmings

History of Kentucky Fried Movie

History of Tunnel Vision: Comedy That Led to SNL

History of The Groove Tube: Comedy That Led to SNL

History of the Biggest Flop in TV Comedy History

CH101 Select: History of Dead Baby Jokes

HIstory of Trump Attempting Humor in the White House

History of Richard Pryor's Children’s TV Show: Pryor's Place

History of Bill Cosby's Creepy Comedy Bits

History of Richard Pryor and Comedians Who Attempt Comebacks

History of Louie CK and Comedians Who Attempted Comebacks

(PT 2) History of Meatballs 4: Worst Movie Sequel Ever

History of Meatballs 4: Worst Movie Sequel Ever

(PT2) CH101 Select: History of Louie Theroux

(PT 1) CH101 Select: History of Louie Theroux

(PT 2) History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?

History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?

(Pt 2) CH101 Select: History of Rutland Weekend Television

(Pt 1) CH101 Select: History of Rutland Weekend Television

(Pt 3) History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History

(Pt 2) History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History

History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History: Part One

CH101 Select: History of the Imrov Comedy Club

History of Racist British Comedians: PART TWO

History of Racist British Comedians: PART ONE

History of OJ Simpson's Hidden Camera Prank Show Juiced

History of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump

History of Trump Hitting on Giuliani in Drag

History of the Comedy Store Condo

History of White House Correspondents' Dinner Comedy

History of Dead Baby Jokes

History of the Andrew "Dice" Clay Controversy

HIstory of Caddyshack 2: The Worst Sequel Ever

History of National Lampoon's A Futile and Stupid Gesture

History of South Park's Spirit of Christmas

History of Moms Mabley

HISTORY OF BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD'S FROG BASEBALL

History of Weird Japanese Game Shows

History of Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman

History of XXX Party Records

History of the Comedy Straight Man

History of Comedy Crossing the Line

History of Joke Thieves

History of DEVO

History of SCTV

History of Louie Theroux

History of Rutland Weekend Television

History of the Improv Comedy Club