A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object.

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This was a comedy on CBS television from nineteen seventy-five to nineteen eighty-five.

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But there are enough lighthearted moments to keep the movie a comedy.

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A top banana is the leading person in a comedy show.

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It was a comedy starring the famous Marx Brothers.

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and I would say, 'We were doing a comedy show.'" "They would say,'Really? For the troops?'

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One of them is "Glee," a popular comedy about a high school musical group.

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He won a lead role in the situation comedy "Bosom Buddies" in nineteen-seventy-nine.

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"Much Ado About Nothing" is a good example of a Shakespearian comedy.

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Vaudeville comedy acts usually contained a series of disconnected jokes.

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He has also won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy.

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"There are a few elements of crudity in the humor; but it also had a beautiful, classic romantic comedy shape.

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that looks behind the scenes of a fictional television show, was named best comedy series for the third year in a row.

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Recently,director Dayyan Eng brought Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey to China to shoot a bilingual comedy.

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"So it is within that general framework of a romantic comedy that is going to end happily, we create the little moments that catch people by surprise."

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"Because it is a romantic comedy and you know how it is going to end up, on a certain level the story has to be predictable because you know they are going to end up together."

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That's really the classic American screwball romantic comedy formula I was trying to find the middle path where people who understand classic romantic comedy would really respond to it, but it would appear fresh and new enough to appeal to a younger audience."

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