Comedy

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

Bruce Willis goes from "Die Hard" to dead on arrival as some of the biggest names in entertainment serve up punches of their own to Hollywood's go-to action star. And with Roast Master Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the helm, nobody is …

The second season of the critically-acclaimed The History of Comedy is a six-part CNN Original Series that is executive produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner (Hazy Mills) with Emmy Award winners Mark Herzog and Christopher G. Cowen (Herzog & Company), and showrunner Stephen J. Morrison, and examines what makes people laugh and how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history. How sexual humor, one of the oldest forms of comedy, pushes the limits of both comfort and political correctness.

Exploring the passing of comedic legends and how the connection with their audiences makes the loss more significant.

Exploring the history of sketch and improv comedy and how it evolved into a significant part of comedic talent today.

The movie comic genius of Harold Lloyd is presented. The majority of this documentary shows scenes if not almost complete movies in some instances of Lloyd's, those clips grouped together by themes omnipresent in comedies, such as surprise, satire and situation. One segment is devoted to Lloyd's later movies, a type which many of his contemporaries were unable to move into, namely the talkies. Another special sequence is devoted to the fact that Lloyd did most of his own stunts, those taking place high above street level done without trick photography and before safety measures were put into place within the industry.

When it comes to satirical observational comedy, Eugene Mirman is a wizard at finding humor in what ordinary people find mundane.

This set collects a wide variety of Vitaphone shorts, from vaudevillians at the height of their popularity, to big bands, to singers, to dramas and comedies there's something for everyone here. There are a lot of surprising films here, with just about every one offering something special.

It's Donald Trump's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.