List of comedies (original) (raw)
A list of comedies by medium and country of origin.
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
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