Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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0:00 Introduction
2:09 The Ancient History of Sketch Comedy
4:14 The Surfshark Inquisition
5:35 Commedia dell'arte and The Birth of the Bit
6:41 Sketch Hits the Stage
7:57 The Vaudeville Variety Show
8:51 That's Racist!
9:44 Electricity Arrives and Comedy Escapes
11:20 Video Killed The Radio Show
12:21 1967 and The Dawn of the Sketch Show
13:33 Live from New York...
14:32 YouTube and the Freebooting Revolution
15:50 Internet Killed The Sketch Show
16:58 Comedy and Content Creators
18:02 Rise of Relatability
18:59 A Brief Moment of Sincerity
19:27 The Current State of Sketch Comedy
21:09 More of the Current State But Now I'm In Jail
22:51 What We're Missing
24:32 Outroduction

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