# 'The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564 "2008-05-01T03:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/61 "2008-05-02T12:34:20Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Blocked by the Saudi authorities. [/QUOTE] Blocked by Qatari authorities too. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/62 "2008-05-02T12:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=eenerms] Blocked by Qatari authorities too. [/QUOTE] Don’t feel so bad. It’s blocked by DB LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors: Beancounters of the Capitalist World too. It’s probably blocked by all anti-laughter entities worldwide. Or it could be my bosses would rather I work than look at comedy videos. . . Nah-- it’s because they hate fun. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/63 "2008-05-02T14:40:34Z")
So much for me staying away from the computer and having a productive Friday! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/64 "2008-05-02T16:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Don’t feel so bad. It’s blocked by DB LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors: Beancounters of the Capitalist World too. It’s probably blocked by all anti-laughter entities worldwide. Or it could be my bosses would rather I work than look at comedy videos. . . Nah-- it’s because they hate fun. [/QUOTE] Its blocked here at work, too. The blocker screen says something about “adult humor.” Which Carol Burnett sketch is it? I’m hoping it’s the one with the three guys (Waggoner, Korman, and Vincent Price) at a sump pump convention, trying to get together for dinner but all of whom “know” Vicki Lawrence and would rather be with her. It’s all of them on the phone, multi-screen with Burnett in the middle as the hotel telephone operator. Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/65 "2008-05-02T16:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=DesertDog] Which Carol Burnett sketch is it? I’m hoping it’s the one with the three guys (Waggoner, Korman, and Vincent Price) at a sump pump convention, trying to get together for dinner but all of whom “know” Vicki Lawrence and would rather be with her. It’s all of them on the phone, multi-screen with Burnett in the middle as the hotel telephone operator. Priceless. [/QUOTE] Nope, it’s the Gone with the Wind parody, perhaps the single best sight gag in sketch TV. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/66 "2008-05-02T19:04:36Z")
[QUOTE=Leechboy] What, no love for Australian Comedy? Clarke & Dawe’s [Front Fell Off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg) or [Iraq Strategies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-fssfdTXdU) [/QUOTE] I was just going to mention Front Fell Off, that definitely deserved a place on the list. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/67 "2008-05-02T19:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Without looking, I expect to see “Who’s on First” at the top. [/QUOTE] It was on second. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/68 "2008-05-02T19:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] It was on second. [/QUOTE] Who’s on second? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/69 "2008-05-02T19:19:55Z")
Wouldn’t want to click on video by mistake, but is there anything from “Hardcore TV?” National Pornographic Explorer and This Old Whorehouse are probably in my Top 10 sketches. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/70 "2008-05-02T19:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=janis\_and\_c0] I can’t believe they had only one Carol Burnett Shetch on this list.. [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. I’m thinking of that one with the bumbling dentist who ends up putting half his body to sleep with the novocaine… [Here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYy-paqmyU) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/71 "2008-05-02T19:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Who’s on second? [/QUOTE] “Who…” is on second. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/72 "2008-05-03T00:02:32Z")
I don’t KNOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/73 "2008-05-03T01:52:18Z")
No room on this list for [The Fish Slapping Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o)? That is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/74 "2008-05-03T02:04:41Z")
WAAAAY too much SNL. No Johnny Carson? No Red Green? ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/75 "2008-05-03T03:29:52Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] I don’t KNOW!!! [/QUOTE] THIRD BASE!!! ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/76 "2008-05-03T05:04:14Z")
Nobody loves Colonel Angus but me ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564/77 "2008-05-03T05:53:43Z")
Someone would be well compensated for taking the time to gather all the rights and put out a DVD collection of those clips. It would make a gajillion dollars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-greatest-comedy-sketches-of-all-time/447564.md?page=3)