Mainstream comedy is frankly in a bit of a lull right now. Sitcoms and theatrical comedy movie are disappearing, few comic novels are getting published, and comedy podcasts are just comedians ...

Judd Apatow closes his new book, Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures (Random House), with a photo of Chris Farley and Jim Carrey at the Kid’s Choice Awards in 1997. “It’s always ...

Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau’s new book, “Can We Laugh at That?”, examines comedy’s evolving role amid cultural ...