Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America(2009)
DocumentaryComedy
First Air Date: 2009-01-14
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Melding performance, biography and history, this features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?
Air Date: 2009-01-14
This episode looks back at the bespectacled wannabe (Harold Lloyd) and the vain coward (Bob Hope) as the outsiders of...
E02
Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I'm Home!
Air Date: 2009-01-14
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E03
The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel
Air Date: 2009-01-21
Physical comedy and slapstick have always found rich soil in America. From the mastery of Charlie Chaplin and Buster ...
E04
The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
Air Date: 2009-01-21
In the ongoing war against hypocrisy, conservatism, political correctness, prejudice, prudery, censorship, sentimenta...
E05
The Wiseguys: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Air Date: 2009-01-28
America loves the wiseguy who defies convention by speaking the truth no matter the consequences. Whether in the form...
E06
Satire and Parody: Sock It To Me
Air Date: 2009-01-28
Americans have always loved to make fun of the world around them using the slings and arrows of parody and satire. Wh...
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