Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight! What makes something funny, what is the difference between laughing and crying, what is the point of laughter? These are good questions!

But they shan't be answered! Nay! Who can feign to know the deep dark mysteries of comedy? "Dying is easy, comedy is hard" -Edmund Kean

Rather, our favorite dynamic duo will bring you on a journey through their favorite comedies pulling apart comedic attributes so that you may be illuminated on just how difficult it is to be funny, on purpose. To be funny on purpose. Either that or to make you cry. I don't remember which...

Some of the movies mentioned:

Marx Brothers:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/

Screwball: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029947/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032599/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033373/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

Mel Brooks: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/

W.C. Fields:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022883/

Woody Allen: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/

Information about the lost Jerry Lewis movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33030466/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/

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