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Stand-up and comedy from around the world, 2,430 pieces for you: sets their rights holders post free, live comedy channels, the vaudeville records stand-up came from, radio comedy, comedy podcasts and comedy radio. What is in English comes first; each piece is labelled as what its source says it is.

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Sets from their rights holders

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  1. Uncle Josh Weathersby in society

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  2. Fibber McGee and Molly

    Radio comedy · NBC · NBC · 1931–1959

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  3. Uncle Josh Weathersby on a bicycle

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  4. The Great Gildersleeve

    Radio comedy · 1941–1957

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  5. Uncle Josh Weathersby's trip to Coney Island

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  6. Our Miss Brooks

    Radio comedy · 1946–1957

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  7. Uncle Josh Weathersby in a department store

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  8. Bob and Ray

    Radio comedy · CBS · CBS · 1948–1984

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  9. Uncle Josh in society

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  10. Father Knows Best

    Radio comedy · NBC · NBC · 1948–1954

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  11. A meeting of the Ananias Club

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  12. Vic and Sade

    Radio comedy · NBC Blue · NBC Blue · 1937–1946

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  13. Jim Lawson's horse trade

    Comedy record · Stewart, Cal · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  14. My Favorite Husband

    Radio comedy · CBS · CBS · 1948–1951

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  15. Auction sale of household goods

    Comedy record · Girard, Gilbert; Spencer, Len · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  16. Abbott and Costello

    Radio comedy · 1940–1955

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  17. A mid-summer night dream

    Comedy record · Shepard, Burt · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  18. Fred Allen

    Radio comedy · 1932–1966

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

  19. Stump speech on love

    Comedy record · Graham, George · 1901

    Out of copyright in the United States (the recording: 17 U.S.C. 1401); the words performed on it are a work of their own (17 U.S.C. 303(b)).

    The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”

  20. You.Bet.Your.Life

    Radio comedy · 1944–1959

    Old-time radio from its archive; each set's rights as its archive states them are on the series' page.

From the rights holders, on YouTube 1

Comedy that its rights holders post free on their own YouTube channels, played in YouTube's player with YouTube's ads. Comedy is YouTube's category for each.

Where stand-up came from 286

Vaudeville monologues and comedy records on 78s, the Great 78 Project's and the Library of Congress's National Jukebox, each as its archive files it and with its archive's rights statement.

Radio comedy 1,030

Sitcoms, comedians and variety from old-time radio, each with its rights as its archive states them.

Comedy podcasts 1,048

Podcasts in Apple Podcasts' comedy charts: podcasts, not stand-up sets.

Comedy radio stations 65

Stations that name comedy, from Radio Browser.

By country

Comedy in United States 57

Comedy in Germany 50

Comedy in France 43

Comedy in China 39

Comedy in Sweden 39

Comedy in Japan 38

Every country

By language

In English 831

In German 29

In Dutch 11

Every language

Every piece plays where its own catalogue plays it, and is credited there: films their rights holders post on YouTube in YouTube's player; live channels from the iptv-org database on their own pages; records from the Great 78 Project at the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress's National Jukebox; radio comedy from radio drama's archives; podcasts from their publishers' feeds; stations from Radio Browser. Nothing here is copied. “Stand-up” is said only where a source says a piece is a stand-up performance, and stand-up its source has not rated is for adults; everything else keeps its own catalogue’s labels and profiles. What the records’ labels mean.