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  1. Top Rated Comedy Movies and "Luminaries" (IMDB.com)
      Provides a list of the top 10 rated by IMDB. (Other surveys will result in different lists). Movies include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), Tosun Pasa (1976), Modern Times (1936), City Lights (1931), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Some Like It Hot (1959), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and The General (1927). The luminaries include Charles (Charlie) Chaplin, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Blake Edwards, Jim Carrey, Harold Ramis, Mel Brooks, and Adam Sandler.

  2. Shakespeare, William - Plays (Bartleby)
      Provides the plays of William Shakespeare, including The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well that Ends Well, Twelfth-Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Life and Death of King John, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, King Henry the Fourth, The Life of King Henry the Fifth, King Henry the Sixth, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Lear, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. 5-00

  3. Ball, Lucille (Gale Group)
      Provides a biography of the comedian and owner of Desilu studios who has been called "the most popular female comedian on television, and arguably the most popular female practitioner of physical comedy in the first half-century of prime-time television." Visitors sometimes misspell as Lucile, Lucel, Lucelle, or Luciele. 8-01

  4. Carson, Johnny (CBS News)
      Provides a picture and biographical information. "Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and droll comedy for 30 years, died Sunday. He was 79."

      "His wealth, the adoration of his guests — particularly the many young comics whose careers he launched — the wry tales of multiple divorces: Carson's air of modesty made it all serve to enhance his bedtime intimacy with viewers." 1-05

  5. Cosby, Bill (InfoPlease.com)
      "He became known as a comedian and was subsequently the first African-American actor to star in a dramatic series on television (I Spy, 1965–68). He has since starred in several television series, most notably the situation comedy The Cosby Show (1984–92), the most popular program on American television during the late 1980s. Cosby has won numerous Emmy awards and written several books, including Fatherhood (1986). He was inducted (1992) into the Television Hall of Fame, and six years later he was awarded a presidential medal." 1-05

  6. Cosby, Bill (Biography.com)
      "Although he has always avoided racial humor in his comedy, he began to speak out about portrayals of African Americans in American entertainment in the 1990s. Upon his 1994 induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, Cosby asked network television executives to 'stop this horrible massacre of images [of African Americans] that are being put on the screen now. I'm begging you, because it isn't us.' In 1998, Cosby was among five performers who were saluted at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. A ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center and was attended by President and Mrs. Clinton." 1-05

  7. Young Persons Getting News from Late-Night TV (MSNBC News)
      "Depending on the turnout at the polls this November, it may be one of the more important stories of the 2004 campaign: Increasing numbers of young prospective voters turning to late-night comedy television shows to get their election news." 9-04

  8. -11-23-06 Sharpton: Richards' Apology Not Enough (CNN News)
      "IThe Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday he refused to accept an apology from actor Michael Richards, who spouted a racist rant at a comedy club last week." 11-06

  9. -10-07-09 Editorial: Will "SNL" Skit Hurt Obama? (CNN News)
      "In the comedy skit, the president is asked about unrealized campaign promises, including closing Gitmo, combating global warming, allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, withdrawing from Iraq, improving the status of the fight in Afghanistan, reforming health care and several others. On screen the response on a check list was: that each item was 'not done.' " Video 10-09

  10. Soupy Sales Died at 83 (CNN News)
      "Soupy Sales, a comedian from the golden era of television, died Thursday. He was 83."

      "Sales was known for his long-running children's show 'Lunch With Soupy Sales,' which started in 1953 and began his trademark slapstick pie-throwing antics. The comedy show featured skits that culminated in Sales getting walloped with pies in the face." 10-09

  11. Diller, Phyllis (CNN News)
      "Way before people such as Roseanne Barr, Kathy Griffin and Rosie O'Donnell broke ground for women in comedy, there was Phyllis Diller. She got started in the late '50s, a time when female stand-up comics were a rarity." 08-12

  12. Joan Rivers (Time.com)
      "As soon as word spread that the legendary Joan Rivers had died Thursday, fellow comedians and celebrities swiftly took to social media to mourn the comedy icon." 04-13

  13. Snoring May Indicate a Serious Problem (ABC News)
      "Snoring is the stuff of sitcoms, sketch comedy and late nights tossing and turning between the sheets."

      "But it can also be a symptom of sleep apnea, a serious illness in which a person stops breathing while sleeping, sometimes hundreds of times a night." 03-07

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