classic comedy
Funny and lasting
Classic comedy refers to comedic works considered timeless or exemplary—films, plays, or television shows that have endured as standards of the genre: I Love Lucy is classic comedy, We watched some classic comedies from the 1930s.
The phrase can also describe a style of humor rooted in traditional techniques like physical gags, witty dialogue, and situational misunderstanding rather than contemporary or experimental approaches.
- Commedia dell'arteItalian improvised masked theater
- sight gagJoke told through action
- dead panDeliberately expressionless manner
- comic timingHumor's rhythmic precision
- Laurel and HardyContrasting comedic film partners
Charlie Chaplin · Lucille Ball · Buster Keaton · Oscar Wilde · Three Stooges · Abbott and Costello · Mel Brooks · Richard Pryor · Groucho Marx · Mae West · funny business · Carol Burnett · I Love Lucy · P.G. Wodehouse · Marx Brothers · Monty Python
classic comedyclassic tragedy
Drama ending in catastrophe
classic drama · Greek tragedy · Shakespearean tragedy · classic horror
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