The History of Comedy (2017) | Full Cast

Jack Kney

DIRECTOR

Kliph Nesteroff

Self

Robert B. Weide

Self

Elayne Boosler

Self

Patton Oswalt

Self

W. Kamau Bell

Self

Judd Apatow

Self

Conan O'Brien

Self

Rob Reiner

Self

Larry Charles

Self

Keegan-Michael Key

Self

Ali Wong

Self - Comedian

Sarah Silverman

Self

Barry Katz

Self

Neal Brennan

Self

Larry David

Self

Craig Ferguson

Self

Wayne Federman

Self

Jim Gaffigan

Self

Kenya Barris

Self

Rachel Bloom

Self

Laraine Newman

Self

Sean Hayes

Self

Jimmy Kimmel

Self

Steve Martin

Self

Martin Short

Self

Mike Myers

Self

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Self

Carol Burnett

Self

Harry Shearer

Self

George Lopez

Comedian

Bob Mankoff

Self

Carl Reiner

Self

Richard Zoglin

Self

Mel Watkins

Self

Marc Maron

Podcaster

Cindy Chupack

Self

Bobcat Goldthwait

Self

Betty White

Self

Jon Cryer

Self

Nia Vardalos

Self

Maria Bamford

Self

Kathy Griffin

Self

Louie Anderson

Self

Samantha Bee

Self

Yael Kohen

Self

Whitney Cummings

Self - Comedian

Dave Foley

Comedian

Andrea Martin

Self

Nikki Glaser

Self

Pete Holmes

Self - Comedian

Lily Tomlin

Self

Fred Willard

Self

Tig Notaro

Self

Lewis Black

Self - Comedian

Mo'Nique

Self

Mike Birbiglia

Self

Alan Zweibel

Self

Sommore

Self - Comedian

Keith Lucas

Self

Peter Tolan

Co-Producer, Home Improvement

Kenneth Lucas

Self

Wendy Liebman

Self - Comedian

Kevin Smith

Self

Billy West

Self

Loren Bouchard

Self

Adam McKay

Self

Margaret Cho

Self

Jonathan Katz

Self

Russell Peters

Self

Mike Sacks

Self

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Self

P.J. O'Rourke

Self

Anne Beatts

Self

Sean Kelly

(archival footage)

James Andrew Miller

Self

Al Franken

Self

David Zucker

Self

Jerry Zucker

Self

Joseph Telushkin

Self

Dick Gregory

Self

Todd Boyd

Self

Kent Alterman

Self

Scott Saul

Self

Rain Pryor

Self

Norman Lear

Self

Phil Rosenthal

Self

Dick Cavett

Self

Jeffrey Ross

Self

Jen Kirkman

Self

Merrill Markoe

Self

Gail Parent

Self

Catherine O'Hara

Self

Tim Allen

Actor, Home Improvement

Sinbad

Self - Comedian

Billy Eichner

Self

David Cross

Self

Cheech Marin

Self

Gilbert Gottfried

Self

Ivan Reitman

Self

Bill Engvall

Self - Comedian

Jason Sklar

Self

Scott Aukerman

Self - writer

Jim Norton

Self - Comedian

Randy Sklar

Self

Larry Wilmore

Self - Writer, In Living Color

Leonard Maltin

Self

Chonda Pierce

Self - Comedian

Anna Fields

Self

Jessica Pilot

Self - Talent Scout

Mo'nique

Comedian

Lawrence J. Epstein

Self

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor (archiveFootage)

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K.

Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield (archiveFootage)

George Carlin

George Carlin (archiveFootage)

Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay

Stephanie Erb

Ms. Yeats

Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx (archiveFootage)

Anthony Jeselnik

Anthony Jeselnik

Penn Jillette

Pen Jillette

Sam Kinison

Sam Kinison (archiveFootage)

Teller

Teller

Jim Jefferies

Jim Jefferies

Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce (archiveFootage)