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Season: 1 | unknown
Year: 2009

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs

14 January 2009
Comedy's nerds, jerks and oddballs are given the spotlight.

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Narrator (voice)
Judd Apatow	...	Himself - Writer, Producer, Director
Hal Kanter	...	Himself - Writer
Bill Irwin	...	Himself - Actor
Michael McKean	...	Himself - Actor
Harold Lloyd	...	Himself (archive footage)
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes	...	Herself - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd)
Joseph Adamson	...	Himself - Film Historian (as Joe Adamson)
Bob Hope	...	Himself (archive footage)
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Critic
Larry Gelbart	...	Himself - Writer for Bob Hope
Jonathan Winters	...	Himself - Comedian
Max Wilk	...	Himself - Writer
Robert Klein	...	Himself - Comedian
Dick Gregory	...	Himself - Comedian
Gerald Nachman	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Richard Lewis	...	Himself - Comedian
Lily Tomlin	...	Herself
Jean Carroll	...	Herself - Comedian
Joan Rivers	...	Herself - Comedian
Kaye Ballard	...	Herself - Comedian (as Kay Ballard)
Phyllis Diller	...	Herself
Woody Allen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cavett	...	Himself - Talk Show Host
Jason Alexander	...	Himself - Actor
Anne Beatts	...	Herself - Writer
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself - 'Playboy' (as Hugh Hefner)
Chris Rock	...	Himself - Comedian
Jerry Seinfeld	...	Himself - Comedian
Cheech Marin	...	Himself - Comedian
George Lopez	...	Himself - Comedian
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez	...	Himself (archive footage)
Groucho Marx	...	Himself (archive footage)
Andy Kaufman	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Shapiro	...	Himself - Manager of Andy Kaufman
James Burrows	...	Himself - Director
George Carlin	...	Himself - Comedian
James L. Brooks	...	Himself - Co-creator, 'Taxi'
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself - Talk Show Host
Steve Martin	...	Himself
Carl Reiner	...	Himself - Director
Jaleel White	...	Himself - Actor
Robin Williams	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Zoglin	...	Himself - Critic
Dick Smothers	...	Himself - Comedian
Garry Marshall	...	Himself - Executive Producer, 'Happy Days'
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
George Schlatter	...	Himself - Producer
Richard Buckley	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Lord Buckley)

Season 1, Episode 2: Honey, I'm Home!: Breadwinners & Homemakers

14 January 2009

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Herself - Narrator (voice)
Jason Alexander	...	Himself
Roseanne Barr	...	Herself
Anne Beatts	...	Herself
Gertrude Berg	...	Herself (archive footage)
James L. Brooks	...	Himself
George Burns	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Burrows	...	Himself
Bob Carroll	...	Himself
Jean Carroll	...	Herself - Comedian
Bill Cosby	...	Himself (archive footage)
Larry David	...	Himself
Madelyn Davis	...	Herself (as Madelyn Pugh Davis)
Jeff Foxworthy	...	Himself
Larry Gelbart	...	Himself
Matt Groening	...	Himself
Gerard Jones	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Norman Lear	...	Himself
Richard Lewis	...	Himself
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Critic
Rose Marie	...	Herself
Garry Marshall	...	Himself
Joyce Randolph	...	Herself
Carl Reiner	...	Himself
Jay Sandrich	...	Himself
Jerry Seinfeld	...	Himself
George Shapiro	...	Himself - Manager of Carl Reiner
Lewis J. Stadlen	...	Himself - Actor
Robert Thompson	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Dick Van Dyke	...	Himself
Larry Wilmore	...	Himself
Bud Yorkin	...	Himself
Bill Cobbs	...	Himself (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 3: Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts

21 January 2009

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Herself - Narrator (voice)
Joseph Adamson	...	Himself - Film Historian (as Joe Adamson)
Judd Apatow	...	Himself
Lucille Ball	...	Herself (archive footage)
Kaye Ballard	...	Herself
Richard Belzer	...	Himself
Jim Carrey	...	Various (archive footage)
Stephen Cox	...	Himself - Film Historian
Tommy Davidson	...	Himself
Joe Franklin	...	Himself
Bill Irwin	...	Himself
Hal Kanter	...	Himself
Buster Keaton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Klein	...	Himself
Bert Lahr	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself
Steve Martin	...	Himself
Bill Marx	...	Himself
Michael McKean	...	Himself
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself
Joan Rivers	...	Herself
Chris Rock	...	Himself
Tom Smothers	...	Himself
Robert Thompson	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Patricia Eliot Tobias	...	Herself - Film Historian
Dick Van Dyke	...	Himself
Jeffrey Vance	...	Himself
Larry Wilmore	...	Himself
Jonathan Winters	...	Himself
George Carlin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Smothers	...	Himself (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 4: When I'm Bad I'm Better: The Groundbreakers

21 January 2009

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Narrator (voice)
Anne Beatts	...	Herself - Writer
Richard Belzer	...	Himself - Comedian / Actor
Shelley Berman	...	Himself - Comedian
Bernie Brillstein	...	Himself - Producer / Manager
Daphne Brooks	...	Herself - Cultural Historian
Lenny Bruce	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Carlin	...	Himself - Comedian (also archive footage)
Susie Essman	...	Herself - Comedian
Leigh French	...	(archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
Dick Gregory	...	Himself - Comedian / Activist
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself - Playboy (as Hugh Hefner)
Robert Klein	...	Himself - Comedian
Paul Krassner	...	Himself - Author / Satirist
Moms Mabley	...	(archive footage)
Bill Maher	...	Himself - Comedian (also archive footage)
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Critic and Historian
Cheech Marin	...	Himself - Comedian / Actor
Elaine May	...	(archive footage)
Carlos Mencia	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Paul Mooney	...	Himself - Writer / Comedian
Bob Newhart	...	Himself - Comedian
Mike Nichols	...	(archive footage)
Richard Pryor	...	(archive footage)
Joan Rivers	...	Herself - Comedian
Chris Rock	...	Himself - Comedian
Mort Sahl	...	Himself - Comedian
George Schlatter	...	Himself - Producer
George Segal	...	(archive footage)
Dick Smothers	...	Himself - Comedian
Tom Smothers	...	Himself - Comedian (also archive footage)
David Steinberg	...	Himself - Comedian / Director
William Tankersely	...	Himself - Vice President of Program Practices, CBS
Mel Watkins	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Jill Watts	...	Herself - Mae West Biographer
Mae West	...	(archive footage)
Max Wilk	...	Himself - Writer
Mason Williams	...	(archive footage)
Jonathan Winters	...	Himself - Comedian
Richard Zoglin	...	Himself - Critic
Keith Gerchak	...	Samuel Leslie (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 5: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys

28 January 2009

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Herself - Narrator (voice)
Joseph Adamson	...	Himself - Film Historian (as Joe Adamson)
Jason Alexander	...	Himself - Actor
Judd Apatow	...	Himself - Writer / Producer / Director
Kaye Ballard	...	Herself
Anne Beatts	...	Herself - Writer
Joy Behar	...	Herself - Comedian
Richard Belzer	...	Himself - Comedian / Actor
Jack Benny	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joan Benny	...	Herself - Daughter of Jack Benny
Shelley Berman	...	Himself
Daphne Brooks	...	Herself - Cultural Historian
George Carlin	...	Himself - Comedian
Dick Cavett	...	Himself - Talk Show Host
Larry David	...	Himself - Writer / Actor
Phyllis Diller	...	Herself - Comedian
Susie Essman	...	Herself
W.C. Fields
Redd Foxx
Joe Franklin	...	Himself - Talk Show Host
Larry Gelbart	...	Himself - Writer
Whoopi Goldberg
Dick Gregory
Gerard Jones	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Richard Lewis	...	Himself - Comedian
Paul Lynde
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Critic and Historian
Garry Marshall	...	Himself - Writer / Producer / Director
Groucho Marx
Paul Mooney	...	Himself - Writer / Comedian
Eddie Murphy
Max Mutchnick	...	Himself - Writer
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself
Reynaldo Rey	...	Himself - Comedian
Joan Rivers	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Chris Rock	...	Himself
Jeffrey Ross	...	Himself - Comedian
Phil Silvers
Lewis J. Stadlen	...	Himself - Actor
David Steinberg	...	Himself - Comedian / Director
Dick Van Dyke
Mel Watkins	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Larry Wilmore	...	Himself
Alan Zweibel	...	Himself - Writer

Season 1, Episode 6: Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody

28 January 2009

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Herself - Narrator (voice)
Bud Abbott	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roseanne Barr	...	Herself (as Roseanne)
Shelley Berman	...	Himself
Mel Brooks	...	Himself (archive footage)
Carol Burnett	...	Herself
Sid Caesar	...	Himself (also archive footage)
George Carlin	...	Himself
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lou Costello	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tommy Davidson	...	Himself
Will Ferrell	...	Himself
Larry Gelbart	...	Himself - Writer
Peter Kastner	...	Himself
Robert Klein	...	Himself
Tom Lehrer	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael McKean	...	Himself (scenes deleted)
Carl Reiner	...	Himself
Will Rogers	...	(archive footage)
George Schlatter	...	Himself
Allan Sherman	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Steinberg	...	Himself
Jon Stewart	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Thompson	...	Himself - Cultural Historian
Damon Wayans	...	(archive footage)
Keenen Ivory Wayans	...	(archive footage)
Larry Wilmore	...	Himself
Ben Yagoda	...	Himself - Biographer: Will Rogers
Alan Zweibel	...	Himself - Writer