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List of comedies
A list of
comedies
by medium and country of origin.
Table of contents
1 Theatrical Comedies
1.1 France
1.2 Russia
1.3 United Kingdom
1.4 United States
2 Radio Comedies
2.5 Canada
2.6 United Kingdom
2.7 USA
3 Television Comedies
3.8 Australia
3.9 Canada
3.10 United Kingdom
3.11 USA
Theatrical Comedies
France
La Puce � l'Oreille
(trans. "A Flea in Her Ear") by
Georges Feydeau
Russia
The Government Inspector
by
Nikolai Gogol
(made into the
Danny Kaye
screen
musical
The Inspector General.)
United Kingdom
The Importance of Being Earnest
by
Oscar Wilde
(adapted for film and television numerous times)
Much Ado About Nothing
by
William Shakespeare
Rocky Horror Show
by Richard O'Brien
Operettas by
Gilbert and Sullivan
including
Patience
,
Iolanthe
,
The Mikado
'\',
The Pirates of Penzance
'' and many others.
United States
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Into the Woods
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Many American stage musicals have a strong comedic element.
Radio Comedies
Canada
Double Exposure
The Royal Canadian Air Farce
Spring Thaw
United Kingdom
Beyond Our Ken
The Clitheroe Kid
The Glums
The Goon Show
Hancock's Half Hour
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
It's That Man Again
The Men from the Ministry
My Word
The Navy Lark
The News Huddlines
The Now Show
Old Harry's Game
Radio Active
Round the Horne
The Sunday Format
USA
Amos & Andy
The
Jack Benny
Show
Burns & Allen
Col. Stoopnagle & Bud
Audience of Two
Television Comedies
Australia
Australia, You're Standing in It
(sketch comedy)
The D-Generation
(
sketch comedy
)
Fast Forward
(sketch comedy)
Full Frontal
(sketch comedy)
Hey Dad
(
sitcom
)
Kingswood Country
(sitcom)
The Late Show
(sketch comedy)
The Paul Hogan Show
(sketch comedy)
Mother and Son
(sitcom)
Kath and Kim
(sitcom)
The Games
(
satire
/sitcom)
Frontline
(satire/sitcom)
Canada
An American in Canada
Blackfly
CODCO
Four on the Floor
JR Digs
Just for Laughs
Kids In The Hall
The Red Green Show
Rick Mercer's Monday Report
Royal Canadian Air Farce
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Trailer Park Boys
Wayne & Shuster
''
XPM
United Kingdom
Absolutely Fabulous
'Allo 'Allo
Are You Being Served
As Time Goes By
At Last the 1948 Show
Birds of a Feather
Blackadder
Black Books
Bottom
Brittas Empire
Cambridge Circus
Chef
Coupling
Dad
Dad's Army
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Drop The Dead Donkey
Ever-Decreasing Circles
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
The Fast Show
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
The Frost Report
George and Mildred
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Give My Head Peace
The Goodies
The Good Life
Goodness Gracious Me
Hancock's Half Hour
(later known as
Hancock
)
Harry Enfield and Chums
Hi De Hi
Hippies
I'm Alan Partridge
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Keeping Mum
Keeping Up Appearances
Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
Last of the Summer Wine
The League of Gentlemen
Let Them Eat Cake
The Likely Lads
Maid Marian and her Merry Men
Man about the House
Men Behaving Badly
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Morecambe and Wise
Mr. Bean
My Family
My Hero
The New Statesman
Not the Nine O'Clock News
O Dr. Beeching
The Office
One Foot in the Grave
Only Fools and Horses
On The Buses
Open All Hours
Porridge
Q5
Red Dwarf
Rising Damp
The Royle Family
Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
Sorry
Spaced
Steptoe and Son
Sykes
That Was The Week That Was
(familiarly known as "TW3")
The Office
The Thin Blue Line
Three Up - Two Down
Till Death Us Do Part
TLC
To the Manor Born
Two Point Four Children
The Two Ronnies
Up Pompeii
The Vicar of Dibley
What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads
(continued
The Likely Lads
series)
Yes, Minister
and
Yes, Prime Minister
, its continuation
The Young Ones
USA
3rd Rock from the Sun
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Addams Family
All in the Family
The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Arliss
Baby Bob
Barney Miller
The Ben Stiller Show
Bewitched
Bilko
The Brady Bunch
Candid Camera
Cheers
Chico and the Man
Coupling
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Designing Women
Dream On
Everybody Loves Raymond
Eve
Family Guy
Family Matters
Frasier
Friends
Full House
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
The Golden Girls
Good Morning Miami
Good Times
Happy Days
The Honeymooners
I Dream of Jeannie
King of the Hill
The Larry Sanders Show
Laverne and Shirley
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
M*A*S*H
Maude
Monk
Mork and Mindy
The Munsters
The Muppet Show
The Nanny
No Time for Sergeants
The Partridge Family
The Phil Silvers Show
Police Squad
The Real McCoys
Rhoda
Sabrina
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sesame Street
Sex and the City
The Simpsons
South Park
Spin City
Suddenly Susan
Taxi
Three's Company
Townies
Two and a Half Men
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
Welcome Back, Kotter
WKRP in Cincinnati
See also:
Comedy film
Farce