When ‘In Living Color’ Faced Off Against the Super Bowl Halftime Show—and Won
In the 1990s, Super Bowl halftime shows were lame. Fox decided what people needed was Jim Carrey setting himself on fire.
In the 1990s, Super Bowl halftime shows were lame. Fox decided what people needed was Jim Carrey setting himself on fire.
Mel Brooks’s audacious comedy was the first movie to incorporate audible flatulence (though the offending noises were muted when the film aired on television).
Larry David has been using your favorite ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ catchphrase since long before ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ first aired.
Box office success does not always equal critical acclaim. But many of the biggest hits of the 1990s are still being talked about, and revisited, today.
You've never heard of most of these movies. There's good reason for that.
From creepy, kooky family hits to indie success stories, Netflix has an impressive selection of comedies.
John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson were more prone to giggle fits than the characters they played on ’The Office.’
The classic Will Ferrell Christmas movie celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023.
John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago inspired ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.
The honor for comedic excellence has been turned down a couple of times and rescinded once.
From Nicolas Cage to Jean-Claude Van Damme, plenty of Hollywood stars have performed on screen as fictionalized versions of themselves.
"Paramount owns the Cheech and Chong franchise, right? How about 'Cheech and Chong vs. Jason?’”
The comedy classic has a Quote-A-Long version coming to a multiplex near you.
The comic teased that we may not have seen the last of Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
Director John Landis wrote the script for ‘An American Werewolf in London’ when he was just a teenager—but for years, no one wanted to make the movie.
The 'splatstick' horror classic was shot inside of a junior high school and owes its very existence to Stephen King.
Could anyone dance that horribly in real life? Yes.
The cast of 'The Golden Girls' had plenty of fun between takes.
In the fall of 1990, two shows about meta high-schoolers premiered. Only one would last through the holidays.
In the summer of 1985, Paul Reubens introduced America’s youth—and millions of young-at-heart adults—to a new kind of comedy.
The 1983 hit comedy ‘Trading Places’ turned 40 this year. Discover more fun facts about the John Landis-directed classic that helped turn stars Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd into household names.
Jim Carrey had a year unlike any other actor in 1994, during which he starred in three number one comedies: 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,' 'Dumb and Dumber,' and 'The Mask.'
In 1993, Fox thought they could win the late-night wars with the premiere of "The Chevy Chase Show." Unfortunately, that was until Chevy Chase walked on stage.
Rack up properties like Paddy's Pub in the new ‘It’s Always Sunny’ edition of Monopoly.