Jackie Gleason is remembered as one of the most indomitable stars of the 20th century, but underneath his jocular, smiling public demeanor, he dealt …

Gleason started listening to King's radio show and they became friends -- "we had similar backgrounds and a chemistry that makes for good friends," …

In recent decades, comedy has become as big as rock 'n' roll. It's huge, with big-name comedians filling out stadiums and bagging themselves lucrative specials on streaming platforms worth millions of...

Pagliacci, the masterpiece opera composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo about a tormented clown, is a perfect mirror for the individuals on this list. The idea that comedy is derived from some sort of pain has...

If you consider stand-up comedy an art form — and why not since it's just another kind of stage performance? — it's one of the youngest art forms out there. Encyclopedia Britannica traces the origins modern...