Journalist/Comedian Harmon Leon dives into comedy cult classics, comedic influences, and all things comedy history.
You know the classic childhood joke: Why did the chicken cross the road? Seems harmless, right? Well, this seemingly carefree joke has ugly disturbing origins - rooted in American racism. Eeewww!
We dive into the origins of this anti-joke - and show how things aren’t what they seem to be…
Comedy History 101 Podcast: Live is coming to NYC: Tues, 3/19, 7pm, The PIT Loft
Special live edition of our podcast, Comedyhistory101 - where we SCHOOL YOU IN COMEDY
Harmon Leon (Vice) and Scott Calonico (Sundance Film Festival) are joined by Chris O'Neil (StoryFest) will be bringing you:
The History of XXX Party Records
Party records were albums that people would play at night after the kids went to bed. Party Records helped launch the careers of Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, Skillet & Leroy, and Tina (Calling all the Freaks) Dixon
Banter, clips, comedy history - and more at The PIT Loft
Tickets: https://thepit-nyc.com/events/comedy-history-101-podcast-live/?fbclid=IwAR26Q9SeR4m_v15DJJi-zEaSwsArK0Abvpul7zJOjc6WlLg0DjLbDD19BIo
Yes, we dive further into the history of the legendary San Francisco comedy club, The Purple Onion - up until it closed in 2012.
In the early days, the club launched the careers of Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, and Phyllis Diller. In this episode we cover the decline of the Purple Onion in the 70s and 80s - and how it resurrected as a garage rock club, and eventually returned to its comedy roots in the 90s. In fact, Zach Galifianakis filmed his comedy special, Live at the Purple Onion, ironically, live at the Purple Onion.
