# Is there "comedy" in other countries?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-comedy-in-other-countries/242082>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-comedy-in-other-countries/242082 "2004-04-26T13:15:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-comedy-in-other-countries/242082/21 "2004-04-28T21:07:28Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Israel has a long and proud history of sketch comedy, often in conjunction with music and singing - much like the classical British Musical Theatre (but slightly more sophisticated). A lot of it is cheerfully absurdist and deeply satyrical.
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> As for standup, there was a huge boom in the Nineties which seems to have died down a bit (and thank God for that - for a while every shlub with a mike and a smirk considered himself a comedien). Comedy is one of the great Israeli pastimes.

… which is all good and well, except that the Satire Columns look kind of weak when compared to reality :eek:

Dani

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-comedy-in-other-countries/242082/22 "2004-04-29T01:14:40Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> A lot of it is cheerfully absurdist and deeply satyrical.

Satyrical, eh? Sounds kinky.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-comedy-in-other-countries/242082/23 "2004-04-29T01:22:07Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Satyrical, eh? Sounds kinky.

That’s when the comedians have cloven hooves.

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