The art of TV comedy is distilled into its purest essence in the format of a sketch show. Sketch comedies have been entertaining viewers at home since the 1940s, when variety shows like Texaco Star ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nobody is going to agree on what the best "Saturday Night Live" sketch is. There are just too many to choose from. Over the series ...

Young guys and old guys. Over-the-top digital animation and plain ol’ “friends hanging out in an apartment” high jinks. Videos that start like anything else you stumble across from your algorithm ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And what about "Weekend Update" desk segments? Do those count as sketches? Well, as an official member of the Pete Davidson fan ...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, as TV fans were being presented with the new Wild West of basic and premium cable, two channels were available for comedy junkies: The Comedy Channel and the simply ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

David Mitchell and Robert Webb said together, "When Channel 4 asked us to do another sketch show, we were startled, bemused, and available. It's a perilous time for the industry and so it's our hope ...

Smack the Pony, starring Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan, and Sally Phillips, is set to make a return to Channel 4 after 23 years ...