# What Made America Laugh - Classic Comedy of the '30s, '40s & '50s (1997)

Another late 90s compilation tape featuring golden comedic bits from early household television, radio, and theater. List of names/people featured and/or mentioned in order: ACT 1 - The 1950s: Television: Comedy's New King Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Milton Berle Senior Wences Henny Youngman Shelly Berman Victor Borge Jonathan Winters Lenny Bruce Eddie Cantor Lucille Ball George Gobel Sam Levinson Steve Allen Maurice Chevalier Jackie Gleason George Burns and Gracie Allen Jack Benny Phil Silvers and Dick Van Dyke Jay North Ozzie and Harriet Nelson Sid Caesar, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris Paul Winchell Donald MacBride, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis ACT 2 - The 1940s: When Hollywood Went To War Gracie Allen Spike Jones (and his City Slickers) - "Der Fuehrer's Face" Timmie Rogers (and the Excelsior Hepcats) - "Bring Enough Clothes for Three Days" Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, and Jimmy Stewart Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Frances Langford, and Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour and Jane Russell - "His Girl Friday" Linda Darnell Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Deanna Durbin, Kay Kyser, Hedy Lamarr, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Lucille Ball, Don Wilson, and Carole Landis Red Skelton, Cass Daley, Danny Kaye, Abbott & Costello Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland - "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" Shemp Howard - "Private Buckaroo" Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel - "His Girl Friday" Jack Benny and Larry Adler Freddie Allen - "It's in the Bag" Mel…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1997
- By: Reader's Digest / Charles Grinker Productions
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/whatmadeamericalaughclassiccomedyofthe30s40s50s1997)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/whatmadeamericalaughclassiccomedyofthe30s40s50s1997?play=1)