For Baby Boomers, certain comedians were once household names, even if they’ve largely faded from public memory today. These ...

From the 1960s through the 2000s, certain comedians became universal crushes because of how deeply they made us laugh. Beyond the jokes, these iconic performers had a mix of charm, warmth, wit, and ...

Bob Newhart parlayed his deadpan style into sitcom gold. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Bob Newhart, the “button-down” stand-up comedy sensation of the 1960s who parlayed his low-key, Everyman ...

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 ...

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, ...

Vaudeville comedians -- Radio -- Nightclubs -- Television -- Late night -- The emergence of Las Vegas -- Stand-up's great change -- Percolation in the mid-1960s -- Hippie madness at decade's end -- ...

(Reuters) - Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, ...