The 1960s marked a turning point in comedy, when performers began pushing beyond punchlines and embracing satire, social commentary, and more personal styles of humor. This era produced comedians who ...

There was a time when comedy lived in small, smoky rooms and on crackly vinyl records you played after dinner. Across the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and into the 90s, a handful of stand-up comics slowly pushed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Newhart parlayed his deadpan style into sitcom gold. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Bob Newhart, the “button-down” ...

From left, Edie Adams, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Etherl Merman, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett — among many other comedians of 1960s Hollywood — star in ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, ...