Comedy

Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (1984).

As Paul Feig's reboot of Ivan Reitman's classic sci-fi-horror-comedy readies to hit theaters, we're looking back at the film that started it all.

Reese Witherspoon in 'Legally Blonde' (2001).

Test audiences were so invested in the tale of Elle Woods that they got the ending changed.

The late 1970s sitcom left its mark on pop culture—and introduced the world to a comedian named Robin Williams.

What began as a student film soon blossomed into one of the most iconic cult movies of all time.

Mel Brooks wears a Red Nose for Comic Relief in England in 1989.

Mel Brooks is a 10,000-trick pony who has made us laugh as a performer, writer, musician, and, of course, a director.

Bond with the gang over a mutual love of 'Road House.'

The cast, crew, and studio thought it would fail. One writer cried. It ended up being one of the biggest hits of 1990.

Rodney Dangerfield still got no respect. But Kurt Vonnegut did.

'Fawlty Towers,' the 1970s BBC comedy series co-created by and starring John Cleese, ran for just two seasons. But it managed to gain a following that is still growing today.

The award-winning series was pitched as what happens to a couple when "it's [just] you and your wife in the car."

The more-watched but older NBC comedy with a number and a rock in the title.

"Married ... With Children" owes this '50s sitcom a big debt.

Uncover fascinating facts about “The Honeymooners,” Jackie Gleason’s classic 1950s sitcom that was also television’s first spin-off.

Utterly fearless, Mel Brooks’s classic comedy joked about every taboo subject the late 1960s had to offer.

"We trace our Quaker ancestors back 320 years and they were mostly farmers, but I don’t know how many of them grew oats for your company."

John Candy worried that Richard Pryor hated him. With good reason.

Diane Keaton was an influence, and Prince was a fan.

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'Woman Haters' showed us what Larry, Curly, and Moe were all about, but they weren’t quite the trio we know today.

A decade before 'Entourage' made him a mega-star, the director of this cult comedy had to fight to cast Jeremy Piven.

Despite consistently poor reviews, the series spawned seven feature films, one live-action series, a cartoon, and a possible upcoming reboot.

Director Blake Edwards came up with an idea for a heist movie in which a jewel thief is having an affair with the wife of the detective who’s pursuing him. Then he cast Peter Sellers as the detective, and everything changed.