Mark Twain

Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Llyod

Vaudeville

The Marx Brothers

Bob Hope

Radio

Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, and 'Stand-Up'

Television

Second City And Improvisation Comedy

Saturday Night Live

American Comedy Archive

In 2005, Bill Dana and Emerson College established the American Comedy Archive in an effort "to acquire, preserve and make available primary source material that documents the professional activities of the ground breaking individuals who have written, produced or performed comedy for radio, television, motion pictures or live performance."

Canada