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  2. History of stand-up comedy - Wikipedia

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    Stand-up comedy has roots in various traditions of popular entertainment of the late 19th century, including vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues like those delivered by Mark Twain in his first (1866 ...

  3. List of photographers of stage and film - Wikipedia

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    Florence Vandamm (1883–1966), British photographer; Meade Brothers Photographers, 233 Broadway near Astor house, New York. Established 1840. [4] Nadar; Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter Tony Bruno (photographer), signed his work: "Bruno of Hollywood, NYC" [1] J Wood, Photo. 208 Bowery, New York [5]

  4. Television comedy - Wikipedia

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    In the US, stand-up comedy programs became popular on many cable television channels beginning in the mid-1980s, as such "brick wall" shows (nicknamed for the stereotypical use of a fake brick wall as a backdrop) were cheap to produce and air. Stand-up humour later had mixed fortunes on the small screen, often shunted away to the small hours or ...

  5. Stand-up comedy - Wikipedia

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    Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues, such as those delivered by Mark Twain in his 1866 ...

  6. Category:19th-century American photographers - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:19th-century African-American photographers and Category:19th-century Native American photographers and Category:19th-century American women photographers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.

  7. Comedy - Wikipedia

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    Comedy is a genre that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.

  8. The 20 funniest comedy teams of all time - AOL

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    By Serge Stevens The comedy team is a sacred show-business relationship. From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes ...

  9. Category:19th century in comedy - Wikipedia

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