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Comedian/actor Richard Belzer performs at the Caroline's On Broadway 20th Anniversary Comedy Concert at Carnegie Hall March 27, 2003 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

The stand-up conspiracy theorist

Steven Gimbel, Gwydion Suilebhan
Richard Belzer at the 90th Birthday Of Jerry Lewis at The Friars Club on April 8, 2016 in New York City. (John Lamparski/WireImage/Getty Images)

Richard Belzer, "SVU" star, dies at 78

Erin Keane
American actors Cindy Williams (left) and Penny Marshall sit on their sofa laughing in a still from the television program, 'Laverne & Shirley.' (Paramount Television/Fotos International/Getty Images)

Cindy Williams, working class role model

Alison Stine
Spotlight on a microphone stand on stage (Getty Images/Adam Taylor)

Stand-up helped me confront depression

Kuang Lee
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on April 02, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How Trump redefined shameless hypocrisy

Sophia A. McClennen
Michael Che performs on the Bill Graham Stage during Clusterfest at Civic Center Plaza and The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on June 2, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/FilmMagic)

Michael Che: "Canceling is relative"

D. Watkins
George Carlin (Courtesy of George Carlin's Estate/HBO)

Judd Apatow on George Carlin's genius

Dean Obeidallah
Randy Rainbow (Dirty Sugar Photography)

Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried performs at Caroline's On Broadway on December 22, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images/Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)

Gilbert Gottfried, defender of comedy

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Smith and the function of a slap

Jacques Berlinerblau
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

"SNL" has a new Trump impression

Brett Bachman
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House February 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's mystery medical trip revealed

Brett Bachman
Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time" (HBO)

Maher: "The left" is embarrassing me

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Comedian Maz Jobrani performs at "Loose Change" on October 29, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. | Writer/director Negin Farsad speaks onstage at the "3rd Street Blackout" screening during the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. | Comedian Dean Obeidallah is seen performing in the liberal comedy show on Broadway called "Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party," on April 11, 2011 in Manhattan, NY. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Alberto E. Rodriguez/Jennifer S. Altman)

How 9/11 affected stand-up comedy

Dean Obeidallah
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening Coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump said the US will suspend all travel from Europe - except the UK - for the next 30 days. Since December 2019, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected more than 109,000 people and killed more than 3,800 people in 105 countries. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Fox's Trump interview marred by laughter

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time" (HBO)

How Bill Maher justifies rightward shift

Brett Bachman
Comedian and actor Jackie Mason poses at the Carnegie Deli in New York, 1987 (Robert R McElroy/Getty Images)

Jackie Mason's motley history of bigotry

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Donald Trump and Barack Obama (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Obama and Trump: Who laughed last?

Matthew Rozsa
Cecily Strong as a lawyer and Alec Baldwin as President Elect Donald J. Trump during the Trump Press Conference Cold Open on January 14th, 2017. (Will Heath/NBC)

Who can take a joke? Not conservatives

Sophia A. McClennen
Jana Schmieding and Ed Helms in "Rutherford Falls" (Peacock)

Redefining patriotism thru Native comedy

Kylie Cheung
Chris Rock crashes the opening sketch of SNL's season finale (NBC)

Chris Rock crashes SNL

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Kate McKinnon plays Dr. Anthony Fauci on "SNL" (NBC)

SNL takes on CDC mask guidance confusion

Brett Bachman
John Roberts (Alexander Thompson)

John Roberts never tires of the Beatles

Nicole Michael
Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, John Oliver and Kate McKinnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Comedy Central/NBC/TBS/Warner Media Group)

Is political comedy dead now?

Sophia A. McClennen
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