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Beach, Christopher. Class, Language and American Film Comedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Booth, William. “Shtick Shift: Stand-Up’s Edge No Longer Cuts.” Washington Post, April 24, 2005.

Brennan, Patricia. “Madcap Pioneer of Sketch Comedy.” Washington Post, February 13, 2014.

Budd, Louis J., ed. On Humor: The Best from American Literature. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992, x.

Clark, Leroy D. “The Second Coming of Amos ‘N’ Andy.” New Crisis 107, no. 1 (January/February 2000): 34.

Cohen, Rich. “The Godfather of Studio 8H.” Rolling Stone 1113 (September 16, 2010): 68–84.

Cohen, Sarah Blacher, ed. Comic Relief: Humor in Contemporary American Literature. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992, xiii.

Cole, Ryan. “Sketch Comedy.” New Criterion 32, no. 6 (February 2014): 73–75.

Collis, Clark. “Saturday Night’s All Right.” Entertainment Weekly 983 (March 21, 2008): 22–29.

Critchely, Simon. On Humor: Thinking in Action. London: Routledge, 2002.

Debruge, Peter. “Comedy Hatchlings.” Variety 324, no. 16 (July 22, 2014): 49–51.

Dolan, Jon. “The New Queen of Shocking TV Comedy.” Rolling Stone 1209 (May 22, 2014): 24.

Edwards, Savin. “Key & Peele: TV’s Funniest Show.” Rolling Stone 1194 (October 24, 2014): 24.

Farley, Christopher John, and Simon Robinson. “Dave Speaks.” Time 165, no. 21 (May 23, 2005): 68–73.

Fauset, Jessie Redmon. Comedy: American Style. Dover: Dover Publishing, 2013.

Gruber, Eva Rochester. Humor in Contemporary Native North American Literature: Reimagining Nativeness. New York: Camden House, 2008.

Helem, Lisa. “Triumph the Dog.” Newsweek 145, no. 1 (December 27, 2004): 34.

Horwitz, Simi. “Who’s New, Pussycat?” Back Stage East 48, no. 8 (February 22, 2007): 9–10.

Kim, Serena. “But Seriously.” Vibe 12, no. 4 (April 2004): 128–131.

Kohen, Yael. We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy. New York: Picador, 2013.

Kois, Dan. “Unfrozen Cerebral Humorist.” New York Times Magazine, July 21, 2013, 22–25.

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Krichtafovitch, Igor. Humor Theory: Formula of Laughter. Parker: Outskirts Press, 2006.

LaMarre, Heather L., Kristen D. Landreville, Dannagal Young, and Nathan Gilkerson. “Humor Works in Funny Ways: Examining Satirical Tone as a Key Determinant in Political Humor Message Processing.” Mass Communication & Society 17, no. 3 (2014): 400–423.

McDonald, Paul. “ ‘They’re Trying to Kill Me’: Jewish American Humor and the War against Pop Culture.” Studies in Popular Culture 28, no. 3 (April 2006): 19–33.

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Morreal, John. Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor. Hoboken: Wiley- Blackwell, 2009.

Nordlinger, Jay. “Rodney Rules.” National Review 53, no. 11 (June 11, 2001): 60–61.

Peyser, Marc. “Prepare to Twitch.” Newsweek 143, no. 26 (June 28, 2004): 13.

Pinsker, Sanford. “The Tall Tale, American Humor and America.” Midwest Quarterly 41, no. 4 (Summer 2000): 448.

Poniewozik, James. “Slow Jamming the Laughs.” Time 183, no. 7 (February 24, 2014): 51.

Salamon, Julie. “An Evolving Vision in Black and White.” New York Times 151, no. 52016 (February 1, 2002): E1.

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Watkins, Mel. On The Real Side: A History of African American Comedy. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1999.

Weitz, Brian. “Can Roseanne Save Sketch Comedy?” FADER 65 (December 2009–January 2010): 82–85.

Weeks, Brigitte. “Good for a Laugh.” Washington Post News Feed 118, no. 153 (May 7, 1995): 16.

Weitz, Brian. “The State.” FADER 65 (December 2009–January 2010): 82–85.

Witchel, Alex. “Shades of Black Humor.” New York Times Magazine 154, no. 53152 (March 13, 2005): 32–37.

Wright, Lavinia Jones. “He Who Laughs Last.” Billboard 120, no. 39 (September 27, 2008): 48.

Zoglin, Richard. “The Laugh Factory.” Time 176, no. 6 (August 9, 2010): 40–43.