Literary humour; comedy, humourists, writers, humorous blogs; a guide to top websites
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Allen, Woody
Aristophanes, Wikipedia entry.
Atkinson, Rowan
Atkinson, Rowan. Rowan Atkinson. Wikipedia entry.
Rowan Atkinson biography at BFI Screenonline
Australian humour
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Beerbohm, Sir Max. Max Beerbohm artwork.
Bob Hope. 96 years of Hope. Bob Hope’s website. Hear Bob tell a joke.
British humour, British comedians, British comedy
BBC – BBC Radio 7 Comedy Homepage
A beginner’s guide to British humor. EF Blog
Comedians. BBC profiles of British comedians.
Fry, Stephen. Stephen Fry homepage. The Adventures of Stephen Fry
Interviews on video with Stephen Fry.
Wikipedia entry on Stephen Fry.
Gervais, Ricky. Ricky Gervais. The Office
Gervais, Ricky. Ricky Gervais Website and Podcast
Goon Show Depository, an exhaustive information source.
Goon Show Site. Downloads. MP3s.
Goon Show Preservation Society
Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Wikipedia
British TV comedies
The Morecambe and Wise Home Page
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Cleese, John. The John Cleese website. A new direction in cyber-space silliness.
Comedians
Comedy Online. Stand up comedy in Britain.
Comedy-O-Rama. Great figures of comedy.
Comedy: definition and history, from Wikipedia.
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Edna Everage.com. Dame Edna Everage
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Festivals, comedy festivals
Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Greenwich Comedy Festival, London.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Montreal Comedy Festival. Hahaha
New Zealand International Comedy Festival
French humour
Youhumour
Retrouvez toute l’actualité de l’humour, humoristes, théâtres et festivals. Toute l’actualité de l’humour francophone est sur Youhumour ! (French and International)
Fry, Stephen. The Stephen Fry homepage. The Adventures of Stephen Fry
Funny Websites.com,
a large archive of humourous websites: one-liners, cartoons, animations, advice, office humour, etc.
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German humour
Henning Wehn: German Comedy Ambassador to Great Britain
Wikipedia entry on German humour.
Gervais, Ricky. Ricky Gervais Website and Podcast
Professional jokes.
Medical jokes, social worker jokes, lawyer jokes, etc.
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A. P. Herbert
Wikipedia entry.
Humour search engines
Humour websites. A directory and search engine for humour on the internet.
YouHumour
Retrouvez toute l’actualité de l’humour, humoristes, théâtres et festivals. Toute l’actualité de l’humour francophone est sur Youhumour !
Humor Search Engine. Jokes, humor. Humorsearch.com.
Humour in English Literature, a discussion between Clive James and Peter Porter (audio).
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Jewish humour
Harry Leichter’s Large Collection of Clean Jewish Humor
Jokes
Journals, magazines
Private Eye. The British satirical magazine.
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Leacock, Stephen
Stephen Leacock. Selected poetry.
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Marx Brothers. Chico, Harpo, Groucho
Montreal Comedy Festival. Hahaha
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Onion
America’s online satirical journal.
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Parker, Dorothy. A Dorothy Parker website.
Dorothy Parker, Wikipedia entry.
Poems/Humorous poems
Amazingly Bad Poetry Journal
A collection of bad poetry and humorous comment on topical subjects.
Ogden Nash Online
A large e-text archive collection of Nash’s verse.
Pope, Alexander
Alexander Pope
Wikipedia
Alexander Pope
An introduction.
Private Eye
The British satirical magazine.
Professional jokes. Medical jokes, social worker jokes, lawyer jokes, etc.
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Quotations
Humor Quote
Thinkexist.com
Famous quotes.
Quotes and Authors
Humor Quotes
Brainyquotes.com
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Sellers, Peter
PeterSellers.com
Peter Sellers official Web site offers biography, filmography, photos, quotes, news and more about the legendary actor.
Peter Sellers
This is a non-commercial tribute site.
Peter Sellers videos and audios on YouTube.
Peter Sellers
Wikipedia
Shakespeare, William
Shakespearean comedy.
Wikipedia entries.
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Thurber, James. James Thurber, a website.
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Waugh, Auberon. Auberon Waugh. The Guardian
Waugh, Evelyn
Evelyn Waugh. Doubting Hall, an Evelyn Waugh website.
Wilde, Oscar
An Ideal Husband. A searchable etext.An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. The Literature Page
The Importance of Being Earnest
Le Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Oscar Wilde’s grave.Photographs of Wilde from the Clark Library.
Wodehouse, P. G.
The Russian Jeeves and Wooster Society