Talk:Comedy genres

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Contents 1 Untitled comment 2 Wordplay? 3 Double act? 4 Sketch/Upshow comedy 5 Impersonations 6 Parody or "Pisstake" Comedy

[edit] Untitled comment

This page only lists stand-up comics, so I added 2 from Tv and film.

[edit] Wordplay?

Shouldn't there be a category for verbal comedy/wordplay/wit? Aroundthewayboy 02:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Double act?

The page does not seem to mention the Double act, or does that fall under one or more of the existing table entries? --Teratornis 05:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sketch/Upshow comedy

Hi, just wanted to clear any confusion about the recent points on Upshow Comedy and Sketch Improv Comedy. Those points were put in by a friend of mine who is an aspiring stand-up comic, and these two types are his own inventions that he's hoping to popularize on his own someday. This was his first time using Wikipedia, and I think he's learned since then this is not a place for posting info on yourself. However, someone else had added other comedians to those types' tabs on famous comedians. Since only my friend does this type of comedy so far, it is likely there was a misunderstanding as to what these two types are really about. My friend has since removed the two tabs. Burnside65 14:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

The Sando (talk) 08:01, 5 December 2007 (UTC) That's silly, most improv is sketch based. IT's what ask fors are for.

[edit] Impersonations

I forgot the word "Impersonations" (been in Japan too long) and came to this page to find it but it was not here. A major genre of comedy, non? --Timtak (talk) 06:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parody or "Pisstake" Comedy

How about a category for spoof comedy? Example: Jerry & David Zucker the writers of The Scary Movie series and Airplane (aka Flying High!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.81.3 (talk) 11:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)