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"Dead Parrot" from Monty Python from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Dead Parrot" from Monty Python (03:25)

The premise: a man (John Cleese) attempts to return his brand-new parrot to the pet shop, having realized that the bird is quit... more >

"Argument Clinic" from Monty Python from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Argument Clinic" from Monty Python (06:22)

A man pays a professional arguer (John Cleese) to have an argument with him. The argument becomes about what exactly constitute... more >

"The Idiot in Rural Society" from Monty Python's Flying Circus from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"The Idiot in Rural Society" from Mon... (05:00)

A mockumentary on the daily routine and role of a village idiot, it's five minutes of John Cleese playing a dignified rube disc... more >

"Nairobi Trio" from The Ernie Kovacs Show, 1956 from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Nairobi Trio" from The Ernie Kovacs ... (02:48)

Ernie Kovacs most representative sketch was probably this one, in which he put three men in ape suits and had them mime to a tw... more >

"Consumer Probe" from SNL from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Consumer Probe" from SNL (04:40)

An early SNL talk-show sendup that's rarely been surpassed. A consumer-affairs reporter (Candice Bergen) confronts a shady toy... more >

"Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage" from SCTV from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage" fro... (04:44)

Jerry Lewis. Ingmar Bergman. Two cinematic titans join forces in SCTV's epic parody of the European art film.

"Ministry of Silly Walks" by Monty Python from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Ministry of Silly Walks" by Monty Py... (04:04)

This classic sketch, which opens with the sight of John Cleese buying a newspaper and then taking weird, gigantic steps down Lo... more >

"Marijuana" on Fridays w/ Andy Kaufman from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Marijuana" on Fridays w/ Andy Kaufman (06:15)

This short-lived L.A. version of Saturday Night Live produced one classic moment, courtesy of guest host Andy Kaufman and Micha... more >

"Went With the Wind" from The Carol Burnett Show (Part of 2) from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Went With the Wind" from The Carol B... (09:21)

In this Gone With the Wind parody a broke Scarlett O'Hara (Burnett) tears the curtains off Tara's windows to create a dress, bu... more >

"Went With the Wind" from The Carol Burnett Show (Part 1 of 2) from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Went With the Wind" from The Carol B... (06:47)

In this Gone With the Wind parody a broke Scarlett O'Hara (Burnett) tears the curtains off Tara's windows to create a dress, bu... more >

"Sweeps Week/The Days of the Week" from SCTV from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Sweeps Week/The Days of the Week" fr... (06:48)

Rendering future soap-opera parodies unnecessary, SCTV's "Days of the Week" stretched through two seasons in the earl... more >

"The Clock" from Your Show of Shows from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"The Clock" from Your Show of Shows (07:12)

In this classic bit of physical comedy, Caesar, Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris are characters on a German cuckoo clock who... more >

"Great White North" from SCTV from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Great White North" from SCTV (02:15)

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play two ignorant hick Canadians who discuss how to get a mouse into a Molson bottle so the compan... more >

"Head Crusher vs. Face Pincher" by Kids in the Hall from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Head Crusher vs. Face Pincher" by Ki... (02:45)

"I am crushing your head," is a phrase synonymous with Kids in the Hall, not just because of the regularity of the bi... more >

"Argument to Beethoven's Fifth" from Caesar Hour, 1954 from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Argument to Beethoven's Fifth" from ... (05:51)

Here, on live TV, without benefit of editing or retakes, Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray silently mime a domestic dispute whose c... more >

"Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn" by French & Saunders from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn" by F... (10:29)

The cult classic "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" is so campy and over-the-top that it would seem to defy parody. Ye... more >

"Four Candles" by The Two Ronnies from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Four Candles" by The Two Ronnies (06:45)

Armed with a lengthy shopping list, one man (Ronnie Barker) tries to work through it with the help of the general store shopkee... more >

"Four Yorkshire Men" by At Last the 1948 Show from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Four Yorkshire Men" by At Last the 1... (04:12)

At Last the 1948 show lampoons the obnoxious truth of existence that rich people always claim that life was easier and happier ... more >

"Spanish Inquisition" by Monty Python from Greatest Comedy Sketches

"Spanish Inquisition" by Monty Python (04:15)

In England, this classic Monty Python sketch assures us, simply uttering the phrase, "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisit... more >

Wycked Sceptre Party Tape from Mr. Show from Greatest Comedy Sketches

Wycked Sceptre Party Tape from Mr. Show (05:18)

Heavy metal band Wycked Sceptre has a problem. A homemade videotape of one of their parties is about to leak to the public and ... more >

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