as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide.
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Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Pure comedies have their place.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
The documentary makes the argument that the 1972 Godspell production planted seeds that would grow into a tree of many branches – one branch being SNL, another SCTV, and then leafing out into comedies like Best in Show starring Levy and SCTV alum Catherine O’Hara.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Ironically enough, Wagner notes that other people in the video have also gone into some form of social media or film and television production, including Tatro, who now has over 3 million YouTube followers and has starred in several comedies, such as The Real Bros of Simi Valley and The Machine.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Following his nine-year stint on SNL, Mooney has appeared in comedies like No Hard Feelings (2023), Miracle Workers (2023), and Unfrosted (2024), as well as Netflix's A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (2024).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
But in the past decade, comedies, at least the big-screen variety, have nearly disappeared.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
From Shakespearean comedies to Disney fairy tales, the sign of a life well lived is so often a woman standing by a man, vowing to obey and sealed with wedding bells.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement A recent spate of darkly glittering comedies give us the opportunity to do just that.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Pure comedies have their place.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
The documentary makes the argument that the 1972 Godspell production planted seeds that would grow into a tree of many branches – one branch being SNL, another SCTV, and then leafing out into comedies like Best in Show starring Levy and SCTV alum Catherine O’Hara.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Ironically enough, Wagner notes that other people in the video have also gone into some form of social media or film and television production, including Tatro, who now has over 3 million YouTube followers and has starred in several comedies, such as The Real Bros of Simi Valley and The Machine.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Following his nine-year stint on SNL, Mooney has appeared in comedies like No Hard Feelings (2023), Miracle Workers (2023), and Unfrosted (2024), as well as Netflix's A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (2024).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
But in the past decade, comedies, at least the big-screen variety, have nearly disappeared.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
From Shakespearean comedies to Disney fairy tales, the sign of a life well lived is so often a woman standing by a man, vowing to obey and sealed with wedding bells.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement A recent spate of darkly glittering comedies give us the opportunity to do just that.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
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And there’s a kinship between modern medicine’s aim to ascribe psychiatric disorders to a handful of chemicals in our brains and the medical catchall of the four-humors framework of centuries past.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While Bruce the shark tore through limbs, there were also conspiracy thrillers, period dramas, counterculture satires, and deeply anti-authority crime flicks to rule the roost.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As a content creator, Hansen is also known for making culinary chaos and gaming satires, which have earned him hundreds of millions of views from a social media fan base.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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