Events

Episode two of this nostalgic, visually engaging, and humorous trip down comedy’s Memory Lane includes even more examples of comedy’s so-called controversial “hot potatoes.” How has comedy (both the content and the comedian) shaped and reflected our changing society? What did some of our favorite comedians of yesterday say and do that would surely be targeted in today’s Cancel Culture? Similarly, what subject matter was unacceptable back then but is commonplace now? If the role of the comedian in a free society is to be the truthteller, then how have some of our favorites influenced and changed the way we view the evolving world in which we live? Featured will be humor and comedy stalwarts such as Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, the Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr, Dave Chapelle, Bill Maher and more.