50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time 0
Posted on
April 10, 2008 by
jeremyazevedo
The best skits ever to appear on television.
Nerve and IFC have joined forces to take on the daunting task of reviewing and compiling the 50 greatest comedy sketches to ever air on television. Ranging from the obvious Saturday Night Live and Monty Python skits to the mostly forgotten earlier shows from the 50s and 60s, some of the best stuff ever is collected here, with video evidence to back it up. Fans of “The State” (a show that is notoriously late to arrive on DVD and often commands retarded amounts of money for VHS copies on ebay) will be happy to see that their favorite show is well represented here! And there’s no Mad TV, which is great, because that show sucks. But no “Laugh In”? What the hell is that?
I personally would have like to see a little bit more Upright Citizens Brigade, maybe some Stankervision or Wondershowzen, more Kids in the Hall… This list eschews a lot of the new, really far out stuff in order to make 20 (!) spaces for SNL and SCTV skits (which are pretty much the same thing) that we’ve seen a bajillion times already. I’m also not a fan of how The Chappelle Show has a 3 to 1 ratio vs. In Living Color, which did the “racial humor” thing not only better, but at a time that it was quite a bit more relevant and edgy. Whether or not you agree, you should have a look at this list, it’s a great time waster and there’s a lot of funny stuff here for virtually anyone’s taste.
