CHICAGO — This isn’t meant to be answered with certainty, but for a moment, ask yourself: What is the single best comedy sketch of all time? From any source — Abbot & Costello, Monty Python, “Saturday ...

Comedy Central has been producing absolute gems since the '90s. Here, we rank the 15 greatest shows the network has produced ...

To clear matters up for your well-meaning parents, here are a couple of things that sketch comedy isn’t: It’s not standup, which involves only one person telling jokes presentationally before an ...

Live from Philadelphia, it's the Philly Sketchfest. The comedy group is throwing its 15th festival, bringing sketch comedy writers and performers together for a shows. The lineup starts May 31 and ...

At this point, sketch comedy on television is an institution. One need only look at "Saturday Night Live," which celebrated its landmark 50th anniversary in 2025 with documentaries and a star-studded ...

Keegan-Michael Key was just the person to write “The History of Sketch Comedy.” At least, that’s what Elle Key thought. “Elle pitched me, gosh, what was it, seven and a half, eight years ago,” ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. At the end of each semester, a vibrant ensemble of student actors and writers unite ...

“Saturday Night Live” has been on the air for 50 seasons. Times Culture journalists covering the milestone wrote about their own memories of watching the show, late at night and the morning after.

This post was updated July 6 at 8:56 p.m. Nothing is sketchy about the dedication of the Sketch team of Shenanigans Comedy Club at UCLA. The team is one of four creative departments that make up the ...

One weirdo you might've missed: McCarthy in a cut-for-time sketch from her February 13, 2016 episode. In "Supermarket Spree," she played Padget, a determined contestant in a grocery shopping game show ...

When Denver Sketch Festival producers Katie Congrove and Connor Schuck think back on last year’s inaugural event, one memory still makes them laugh. A performer from Philadelphia, who goes by the ...