History of Comedy After 9/11

Comedy History 101

Needless to say, we are currently living through a crisis. But we know that laughter is the best medicine - and comedy will help us prevail.

It’s helped us in the past - in dealing with tragic events.

This episode, we look at comedy right directly after 9/11. They said irony was dead - but comedy help us pull through tragedy - especially with The Onion, SNL, Letterman, The Daily Show, and Gilbert Gottfried's legendary joke at the Friar's Club Roast.

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