While pain and suffering may help, another essential and more overlooked ingredient for comedy is confidence.
The Peter Sellers award for comedy was presented to the black comedy Sightseers, directed by Ben Wheatley.
Prudent thing is to read his blogs for comedy and discount his forecasts.
While that really did happen to "Your Show of Shows, " it feels like a contrivance, an excuse for comedy.
The writers of Louis claimed the prize for comedy series and Lena Dunham's Girls was named best new TV series.
The rise in DVD sales in our sagging consumer economy shows, in part, the ache we have for comedy in a recession.
More recently it has become the accent of choice for comedy characters like Little Britain's Vicky Pollard and the villagers in comedy film Hot Fuzz.
Wheatley, whose previous films include Down Terrace and the Kill List, has a further nod with a nomination for the Peter Sellers award for comedy.
He says he's made hundreds of stand-up comedy appearances a year, including at a New York City comedy club where he has performed since 1997, on network television, as a warm-up for Comedy Central audiences and in film.
Sure, serious, tiny, angsty films are great, but in a best-case scenario, an appreciation for comedy bleeds into the rest of voting, and the academy nominates Bill Murray for a performance where he doesn't just stand around looking sullen.
They will compete with Friday Night Dinner and Sky series Spy for best new comedy, while Jack Whitehall and Hugh Bonneville are both up for best TV comedy actor for their roles in the shows.
"'Ben and Kate' and 'The Mindy Project' have everything we want to stand for in comedy ... smart writing, hugely appealing casts and comedy that feels contemporary and real ... which is why we're confident they will continue to build on what is already an appointment comedy night for young, influential audiences on Tuesdays, " said Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly in a statement.
French is best known for her comedy collaboration with Jennifer Saunders and for her popular sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
The plan is for the comedy night to become a monthly event and the acts for April have already been confirmed.
"The Hangover, " a comedy about misadventures in Las Vegas, won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical movie.
NBC's low-rated critical darling 30 Rock garnered a record-setting 22 nominations for a comedy.
It won an Emmy this year for best comedy series, while Aniston won best comedy actress.
The band have plans for a comedy feature film and other TV and radio projects.
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Traders seem to have a limitless capacity for unintentional comedy in their emails, instant messages and texts.
He relishes crunching numbers, and has an instinct for plain talk as well as for broad comedy.
Although she tunes in mostly for the comedy, Flanagan says a byproduct of viewing is getting information and analysis.
All that's important, DeMontreux says, is that she shares the same tastes and loves for the comedy she produces.
Actor Chris Langham - who played blundering minister Hugh Abbot - also won the award for best comedy performance.
But Fry is still best remembered for his comedy partnership with Hugh Laurie, and their show A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
It holds strong to the idea that an empathetic and less than winning hero is the best sort of character for a comedy.
Friendly, who produced "Big Mama's House, " "Doctor Dolittle, " and "Courage Under Fire, " also believes Americans will be clamoring for more comedy and feel-good films.
Nye is best known for laddish comedy Men Behaving Badly, which started life on ITV in 1992 before becoming a hit on BBC One.
The story of a talking teddy bear earned almost half of its money overseas which is an almost unheard of feat for a comedy.
Last September, he won the 2008 Emmy for Best Comedy Writing.
On SAG's television side, with "30 Rock" ending its run, its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin won the SAG awards for best comedy performers.
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