Comedy from Stand-up to Sitcom - Part 2 I 31

Snowboarding exploded in popularity during the 1990s, but its road to legitimacy was anything but smooth. On this episode of History of the 90s, Kathy Kenzora traces the rebellious roots of snowboarding, from outlaw status at ski hills to its mainstream breakthrough and eventual ...  Show more

In one of the most shocking scandals in sports history, figure skating collided with true crime. This episode dives into the bitter rivalry of Olympic skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, and the 1994 attack that stunned the world just weeks before the Winter Olympics. Kathy ...  Show more

These Are My Children premiered on NBC on 31st January, 1949; the world's first televised soap opera. It lasted only four weeks on air, was broadcast live, and had a tiny budget, but influenced the production of the genre for decades.  As dramas primarily created by and for women ...  Show more

A compilation of stand up sets by comedians Maria Bamford, Hannah Einbinder, Ramy Youssef, Emmy Blotnick, and Daniel Simonsen on The Late Show. Maria Bamford explains sex in a way we can all understand (Original Air Date: January 15th, 2016). Stand up comedians Hannah Einbinder a ...  Show more

Rerun: Gun totin’, horse ridin’ spectacular ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’ opened in Omaha, Nebraska on 17th May, 1883 - the start of a multi-decade run. With a cast of hundreds, including Calamity Jane, Sitting Bull, and Annie ‘Get Your Gun’ Oakley, it toured the world - and forever ...  Show more

Jerry Seinfeld, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Jerry says "I like the Phillies this year."Jay Leno is glad we don't do certain types of comedy any more.Bill Burr says "I don't do (rehearsed) stand-up as much as you would think"Sam Morill says "I look at (my comedy) as social commentary; I d ...  Show more