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Comedy group list
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for the American comedy domain
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| The Groundlings |
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The Groundlings is an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin to produce sketches and improvised scenes. The troupe moved...
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| The Second City |
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The Second City is a long-running improvisational theatre based in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto, metro-Detroit,...
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| Upright Citizens Brigade |
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TV Program | 1990 |
The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh. The original...
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| Three Stooges |
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1925 | 1975 |
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. They were commonly known by their first names: "Larry, Moe, and Curly", and "Moe, Larry, and Shemp",...
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| Marx Brothers |
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Musical Artist |
The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedian who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television.
Born in New York City, the Marx Brothers were the sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany. Their mother, Minnie Schönberg, was...
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| iO |
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1981 |
iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly known as "ImprovOlympic") is a theater located at 3541 N. Clark St., in Chicago, Illinois, in the neighborhood known as "Wrigleyville" (so named for its proximity to Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs). The theater...
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| Harvard Lampoon |
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Organization | 1876 |
The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication and social organization founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Published five times yearly, The Harvard Lampoon was originally modelled on the former British...
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| Compass Players | 1955 | 1958 |
The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was a 1950s cabaret revue show started by alumni, dropouts and hangers-on from the University of Chicago.. The troupe was active from 1955-1958 in Chicago and St. Louis. Several of the members went on to form...
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| Monty Python |
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Musical Artist | 1969 |
Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. A total of 45 episodes were made over four series ...
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| The Credibility Gap |
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The Credibility Gap was a satirical comedy team comprising Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander and Michael McKean. Lew Irwin, John Gilliland, Thom Beck, and Len Chandler also performed in their early days. They emerged in the late 1960s...
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| Stella |
Stella is comedy trio consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain (all three of whom are alumni of the comedy troupe, The State). The group formed in 1997 as a weekly nightclub comedy attraction, performing at New York City...
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| Flight of the Conchords |
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Musical Artist |
Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the...
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| The Kids in the Hall |
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TV Program | 1984 |
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Their eponymously titled television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in...
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| Cambridge Circus |
Cambridge Circus is a comedy revue that played in London in 1963. Unfortunately the title sometimes confused audiences, as it was not actually playing at Cambridge Circus itself. (The original name of the revue was A Clump of Plinths.)
Originally a...
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| Killinggänget | Fictional Character Creator | 1991 |
Killinggänget (literally "The Kid-Goat Gang") is a Swedish comedy group, started in 1991. It is named after Glenn Killing, a character played by Henrik Schyffert who has appeared in many of their shows.
The group is notable for their evolution...
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