"Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody (2009)

Director:

Michael Kantor

Writer:

Michael Kantor (written by)

TV Series:

"Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" (2009)

Original Air Date:

28 January 2009 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Comedienne | Comedian

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
Amy Sedaris	...	Herself - Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bud Abbott	...	Himself (archive footage)
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)
Roseanne	...	Herself
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