Comedy History 101

By Harmon Leon

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Journalist/comedian Harmon Leon dives into the history of comedy; bringing podcast listeners some of his favorite comedy influences, cult classics, and all things comedy history. More at: harmonleon.com More at: comedyhistory101.com

Episode Date
Comedy History 101: Best of 2024
Dec 23, 2024
CH101 Select: Chris Farley w/ Director Brent Hodge
Dec 11, 2024
Gallagher w/ Director Josh Forbes
Nov 25, 2024
CH101 Select: Kliph Nesteroff: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
Nov 15, 2024
The Grateful Dead Counterfeiter
Oct 31, 2024
Trailer: The Grateful Dead Counterfeiter
Oct 29, 2024
The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Trailblazing Sitcom Writer Susan Silver
Oct 23, 2024
The Comedy Store w/ Joey Camen
Oct 15, 2024
Paul Bellini & Kids in the Hall
Oct 02, 2024
The Golden Girls & Roseanne w/ Writer Stan Zimmerman
Sep 25, 2024
Arrested Development & Golden Girls w/Jim Vallely
Sep 16, 2024
Grease, Airplane, Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ Casting Director Joel Thurm
Sep 04, 2024
Moms Mabley with Rhonda Hansome
Aug 29, 2024
Ch101 Select: The Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers
Aug 21, 2024
When We Went MAD: A Documentary of Ecch-ic Proportions!
Aug 14, 2024
CH101 Select: 2 Comedians Complain About The Edinburgh Festival
Aug 07, 2024
Comedian Sean Cullen
Jul 31, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live w/ Adam Spiegelman
Jul 24, 2024
Comedy Portrait Photographer Dan Dion
Jul 17, 2024
Yuk Yuk’s w/ Evan Carter
Jun 20, 2024
Dangerfield's w/ Dave Juskow
Jun 13, 2024
CH101 Select: The Harvard Lampoon w/ Michael Small
May 23, 2024
OJ Simpson's Hidden Camera Prank Show, Juice'd!
Apr 11, 2024
Chris Farley w/ Director Brent Hodge
Mar 28, 2024
Jews and Comedy in America with Eddy Portnoy
Mar 19, 2024
Just for Laughs with Darren Frost
Mar 13, 2024
Comedy Cellar with Dave Juskow
Feb 29, 2024
CH101 Select: The Mr. Bill Show with Creator Walter Williams
Feb 16, 2024
The Best of 2023!
Dec 26, 2023
Writing Jokes for President George W. Bush w/Bruce Cherry
Dec 22, 2023
Shemp Howard and The Three Stooges
Dec 14, 2023
Kliph Nesteroff: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
Dec 08, 2023
Writing Jokes for President Bill Clinton w/ Mark Katz
Nov 30, 2023
CH101 Select: Last Comic Standing with Rob Cantrell
Nov 09, 2023
The Jerry Springer Show Infiltration
Nov 02, 2023
Celebrity Journalism of the 1980s
Oct 26, 2023
The Harvard Lampoon w/Michael Small
Oct 19, 2023
Satan Wants You with Directors Steve Adams & Sean Horlor
Oct 09, 2023
Found Footage Festival and Chop & Steele
Sep 28, 2023
Grateful Dead Ticketing Office: PART TWO
Sep 20, 2023
Mad Magazine with Former Editor Joe Raiola
Sep 06, 2023
CH101 Short: 2 Comedians Complain about the Edinburgh Festival
Aug 25, 2023
Revenge of the Nerds with Wormser aka Andrew Cassese
Aug 10, 2023
Seinfeld's Michael Richards Infamous Meltdown with Freddy Lockhart
Aug 03, 2023
CH101 Select: Comedy Central Origin Story
Jul 27, 2023
The Mr. Bill Show with Walter Williams
Jun 29, 2023
History of Irish Stand Up Comedy with Johnny Candon
Jun 22, 2023
The Wolf of Wall Street with Jordan Belfort
Jun 15, 2023
The Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers
Jun 08, 2023
CH101 Select: Rick Overton and Set List
Jun 02, 2023
Last Comic Standing with Rob Cantrell
May 25, 2023
CH101 Select: Wayne Federman and the History of Stand Up Comedy
May 19, 2023
Jackie Mason & Caddyshack 2
Jul 26, 2021
Rick Overton and Set List
Jul 16, 2021
CH101 Select: Abbie Hoffman and The Second City
Jul 09, 2021
CH101 Select: Comedy After 9/11
Jun 18, 2021
Comedy Central's Origin Story
Jun 11, 2021
CH101 Select: Obama's Joke Writer: David Litt
Jun 07, 2021
CH101 Select: Dick Gregory: From Comedian to Activist
Jun 01, 2021
Wayne Federman and the History of Stand Up Comedy
May 14, 2021
CH101 Select: Comedians, The Mob, and the Copacabana
May 07, 2021
CH101 Select: Slipping on a Banana Peel
Jan 08, 2021
(Pt 4) John Belushi: The Sad Final Years
Dec 30, 2020
(PT 3) John Belushi: Making of the Blues Brothers
Dec 21, 2020
(PT 2) History of John Belushi: SNL Years
Dec 12, 2020
History of John Belushi: The Early Days
Dec 07, 2020
CH101 Select: History of Trump Attempting to be Funny
Nov 27, 2020
(PT 2) History of Richard Pryor, The Black Panthers, and Berkeley
Nov 20, 2020
History of Richard Pryor, The Black Panthers, and Berkeley
Nov 13, 2020
History of Freddie Prinze
Nov 06, 2020
History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Borat
Oct 30, 2020
History of Abbie Hoffman and The Second City Theater
Oct 23, 2020
CH101 Select: History of The Comedy Store Strike
Oct 12, 2020
Ch101 Select: History of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
Oct 02, 2020
History of Pepe the Frog
Sep 25, 2020
CH101 Select: History of XXX Party Records
Sep 18, 2020
History of the Animal House Sitcom
Sep 11, 2020
History of The Chevy Chase Show
Sep 04, 2020
CH101 Select: History of the Comedy Store Condo
Aug 28, 2020
History of the Blazing Saddles Sitcom
Aug 13, 2020
History of the Unknown Comic
Jul 17, 2020
CH101 Select: History of George Martin & The Beatles
Jul 10, 2020
History of Carl Reiner
Jul 01, 2020
History of Dick Gregory: From Comedian to Activist
Jun 12, 2020
History of Fred Willard
May 20, 2020
History of Comedy After 9/11
May 02, 2020
History of Sam KInison & the Texas Outlaw Comics
Apr 10, 2020
History of Bill Hicks & the Texas Outlaw Comics
Apr 04, 2020
History of Yakov Smirnoff
Mar 27, 2020
CH101 Select: History of Gallows Humor
Mar 19, 2020
History of Spuds MacKenzie: The Original Party Animal
Mar 12, 2020
History of Fake Charlie Chaplins
Feb 28, 2020
History of Where's the Beef?
Feb 04, 2020
History of Yo Mama Jokes
Jan 24, 2020
CH101 Select: History of SCTV
Jan 17, 2020
History of Mother-In-Law Jokes
Jan 06, 2020
History of Comedians, The Mob, and The Copacabana
Dec 28, 2019
CH101 Select: History of the Comedy Straight Man
Dec 20, 2019
History of Don Rickles, The Irishman, and The Mob
Dec 06, 2019
History of the World's Oldest Jokes
Nov 18, 2019
CH101 Select: HIstory of Moms Mabley
Nov 04, 2019
History of Gallows Humor
Oct 23, 2019
(Pt 2) History of Dolemite
Oct 14, 2019
(Pt1) History of Dolemite
Oct 07, 2019
History of Here Comes the Judge: Comedy's First Meme
Sep 27, 2019
History of SNL Firing Cast Members
Sep 19, 2019
History of Monty Python's German Episodes
Sep 12, 2019
History of Traveling Salesman/Farmer's Daughter Jokes
Sep 03, 2019
CH101 Select: History of CADDYSHACK 2 - THE WORST SEQUEL EVER!
Aug 26, 2019
CH101 Select: History of Devo
Aug 12, 2019
History of Frankie Fay: America's First Stand Up Comedian and Horrible Racist
Aug 05, 2019
History of Mad Magazine (PT 2)
Jul 29, 2019
History of Mad Magazine
Jul 22, 2019
CH101 Select: History of the Andrew "Dice" Clay Controversy
Jul 15, 2019
CH101 Select: History of Beavis and Butt-head's Frog Baseball
Jul 08, 2019
History of Comedians Getting the Hook
Jul 01, 2019
(Pt 2) History of Lenny Bruce, Censorship, and Free Speech
Jun 24, 2019
History of Lenny Bruce, Censorship, and Free Speech
Jun 17, 2019
History of Beatles Producer George Martin's Ties To Comedy
Jun 03, 2019
History of Right-Wing Comedians Punching Down
May 28, 2019
History of Tim Conway
May 21, 2019
History of Alex Jones on Austin Public Access TV
May 14, 2019
History of Slipping on a Banana Peel
May 06, 2019
History of Knock-Knock Jokes
Apr 15, 2019
History of Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road
Mar 25, 2019
Comedy History 101 - Live
Mar 18, 2019
(Pt 2) HIstory of the Purple Onion Comedy Club
Mar 11, 2019
History of the Purple Onion Comedy Club in San Francisco
Mar 04, 2019
History of the Smothers Brothers Meeting President Reagan
Feb 22, 2019
(Pt 2) History of National Lampoon Radio Hour
Feb 15, 2019
History of National Lampoon Radio Hour
Feb 08, 2019
(Pt2) CH101 Select: Comedy That Crosses The Line
Jan 28, 2019
(Pt1) CH101 Select: Comedy That Crosses The Line
Jan 21, 2019
(Pt 2) History of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Comedy Influences
Jan 14, 2019
History of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Comedy
Jan 07, 2019
(Pt 2) CH101 Select: History of SCTV
Dec 28, 2018
Ch101 Select: History of SCTV
Dec 22, 2018
(Pt 2) History of Peep Show And Its American Pilot
Dec 14, 2018
History of Peep Show and Other US Versions of British Comedy Shows
Dec 07, 2018
History of National Lampoon Lemmings
Nov 30, 2018
History of Kentucky Fried Movie
Nov 21, 2018
History of Tunnel Vision: Comedy That Led to SNL
Nov 16, 2018
History of The Groove Tube: Comedy That Led to SNL
Nov 09, 2018
History of the Biggest Flop in TV Comedy History
Oct 29, 2018
CH101 Select: History of Dead Baby Jokes
Oct 22, 2018
HIstory of Trump Attempting Humor in the White House
Oct 16, 2018
History of Richard Pryor's Children’s TV Show: Pryor's Place
Oct 06, 2018
History of Bill Cosby's Creepy Comedy Bits
Sep 28, 2018
History of Richard Pryor and Comedians Who Attempt Comebacks
Sep 21, 2018
History of Louie CK and Comedians Who Attempted Comebacks
Sep 14, 2018
(PT 2) History of Meatballs 4: Worst Movie Sequel Ever
Sep 07, 2018
History of Meatballs 4: Worst Movie Sequel Ever
Aug 31, 2018
(PT2) CH101 Select: History of Louie Theroux
Aug 24, 2018
(PT 1) CH101 Select: History of Louie Theroux
Aug 17, 2018
(PT 2) History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?
Aug 10, 2018
History of Sasha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?
Aug 02, 2018
(Pt 2) CH101 Select: History of Rutland Weekend Television
Jul 27, 2018
(Pt 1) CH101 Select: History of Rutland Weekend Television
Jul 20, 2018
(Pt 3) History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History
Jul 13, 2018
(Pt 2) History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History
Jul 06, 2018
History of William Topaz McGonagall: The Worst Poet in Scottish History: Part One
Jun 29, 2018
CH101 Select: History of the Imrov Comedy Club
Jun 22, 2018
History of Racist British Comedians: PART TWO
Jun 15, 2018
History of Racist British Comedians: PART ONE
Jun 08, 2018
History of OJ Simpson's Hidden Camera Prank Show Juiced
Jun 01, 2018
History of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
May 30, 2018
History of Trump Hitting on Giuliani in Drag
May 18, 2018
History of the Comedy Store Condo
May 11, 2018
History of White House Correspondents' Dinner Comedy
May 05, 2018
History of Dead Baby Jokes
Apr 27, 2018
History of the Andrew "Dice" Clay Controversy
Apr 03, 2018
HIstory of Caddyshack 2: The Worst Sequel Ever
Mar 02, 2018
History of National Lampoon's A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Feb 23, 2018
History of South Park's Spirit of Christmas
Jan 28, 2018
History of Moms Mabley
Jan 16, 2018
HISTORY OF BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD'S FROG BASEBALL
Jan 09, 2018
History of Weird Japanese Game Shows
Dec 27, 2017
History of Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman
Nov 23, 2017
History of XXX Party Records
Sep 28, 2017
History of the Comedy Straight Man
Sep 08, 2017
History of Comedy Crossing the Line
Aug 01, 2017
History of Joke Thieves
Jun 16, 2017
History of DEVO
May 26, 2017
History of SCTV
May 04, 2017
History of Louie Theroux
Apr 05, 2017
History of Rutland Weekend Television
Apr 05, 2017
History of the Improv Comedy Club
Apr 05, 2017