Comedy can quickly become outdated, but there are some black-and-white classics which are still just as hilarious all these ...

No longer could white comedians ride in the elongated wake of Black comedy; those who did became dinosaurs. Because of him, comedy is no longer an extended monologue of recitations.

During the late 1960s and early 70s Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen became the nation's first black and white comedy team. During a tense time of segregation and race riots, they won rave reviews — all ...

The White Liars and Black Comedy By Dan Isaac | Last Updated: November 05, 2019 Presented by and at Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal St., NYC, July 14-31.

In the safety of Berkeley’s counter-culture, Pryor and Mooney found Richard’s true comedic voice, one that broke an invisible performance wall for Black comedians — mixed and white audiences ...

They also pull the curtain, showing how white people might act when Black people aren’t present: When a song by the rapper 50 Cent comes on the car radio, for instance, a trio of white women are ...

OPINION: Part two of our series on the history of Black comedy examines how Richard Pryor became the greatest comedian of all time by bringing Black comedy to the masses. The post All comedy is ...