Sentence examples for pioneering comedy from inspiring English sources

We were doing the television show, and records, and stage shows, and Marty was being what he always was, the figurehead for brilliant, pioneering comedy.

One of television's pioneers whose comedy techniques have had an enduring influence on comedians like Woody Allen, Robin Williams and Carol Burnett, Mr. Caesar is virtually unknown to younger audiences.

MR: Robert, what's your opinion of Woody Allen being a pioneer in comedy?

As we were talking, I suddenly realized, knowing her history and how she recorded several albums in the sixties and seventies and was a pioneer in comedy and she studied classical piano in Lima, Ohio, I asked her if she would consider recording a song for our album.

Voters eager to embrace late night's younger generation could reward Jimmy Fallon for reinvigorating "The Tonight Show," or critical darling John Oliver for "Last Week Tonight's" pioneering blend of comedy and muckraking.

Finally, everybody loves indie comedy pioneer and movie star Zach Galifianakis, right?

At one end of the spectrum are comedy pioneers like Jackie Gleason and Lou Costello, who used their girth as part of their humor.

(As Charlie Higson, that pioneer of catchphrase comedy, once told me: "You mustn't be too subtle on tour").

Another writer who knows all about performing for children is poet John Hegley, one of the pioneers of alternative comedy at clubs such as London's Comedy Store.

And in that sense this license to eat marks a generational shift from comedians in their 40s like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who made their mark by being funny and also more feminine and pretty than comedy pioneers like Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers.

But he was also a great pioneer of satirical comedy, electrifying a generation with new possibilities in puncturing those in power as the host of That Was The Week That Was in 1962.