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  • Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009– )
  • TV Series | 55 min | Documentary, Comedy
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009– )
TV Series | 55 min | Documentary, Comedy

Melding performance, biography and history, this features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
Seasons
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Director
Writers
Michael Kantor (written by) | Jon Macks (special material: Billy Crystal) | Laurence Maslon (written by)
Cinematographer
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Updated Jan 14, 2009

Release date (First episode)
Jan 14, 2009 (United States)

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Cast

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95 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Billy Crystal
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
6
Amy Sedaris
Self - Narrator / Narrator Self - Narrator / Narrator   See fewer
6
Leonard Maltin
Self - Film Critic / Self - Film Critic and Historian / Self Self - Film Critic / Self - Film Critic and Historian / Self   See fewer
5
Robert Klein
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
4
George Carlin
Self - Comedian / Self Self - Comedian / Self   See fewer
4
Larry Gelbart
Self - Writer / Self / Self - Writer for Bob Hope Self - Writer / Self / Self - Writer for Bob Hope   See fewer
4
Joan Rivers
Self - Comedienne Self - Comedienne   See fewer
4
Anne Beatts
Self - Writer / Self Self - Writer / Self   See fewer
4
Chris Rock
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
4
4
George Schlatter
Self - Producer / Self Self - Producer / Self   See fewer
3
Judd Apatow
Director / Producer / Self / Self - Writer / Self - Writer, Producer, Director Director / Producer / Self / Self - Writer / Self - Writer, Producer, Director   See fewer
3
Michael McKean
Self / Self - Actor Self / Self - Actor   See fewer
3
Joe Adamson
Self - Film Historian Self - Film Historian   See fewer
3
Jonathan Winters
Self - Comedian / Self Self - Comedian / Self   See fewer
3
Dick Gregory
Self - Comedian / Activist Self - Comedian / Activist   See fewer
3
Richard Lewis
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
3
Kaye Ballard
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
3
Jason Alexander
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
3
Conan O'Brien
Self / Self - Talk Show Host Self / Self - Talk Show Host   See fewer
3
3
Dick Smothers
Self - Comedian / Self Self - Comedian / Self   See fewer
3
3
3
3
Richard Belzer
Actor / Self - Comedian / Self Actor / Self - Comedian / Self   See fewer
3
Shelley Berman
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
3
David Steinberg
Director / Self - Comedian / Self Director / Self - Comedian / Self   See fewer
3
Robert J. Thompson
Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian   See fewer
3
Hal Kanter
Self / Self - Writer Self / Self - Writer   See fewer
2
Bill Irwin
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
2
Max Wilk
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
2
Jean Carroll
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
2
Phyllis Diller
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
2
Dick Cavett
Self - Talk Show Host Self - Talk Show Host   See fewer
2
Hugh Hefner
Self - 'Playboy' / Self - Playboy Self - 'Playboy' / Self - Playboy   See fewer
2
Jerry Seinfeld
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
2
Cheech Marin
Self - Comedian / Actor Self - Comedian / Actor   See fewer
2
George Shapiro
Self - Manager of Andy Kaufman / Self - Manager of Carl Reiner Self - Manager of Andy Kaufman / Self - Manager of Carl Reiner   See fewer
2
James Burrows
Self / Self - Director Self / Self - Director   See fewer
2
2
2
Richard Zoglin
Self - Critic Self - Critic   See fewer
2
Larry David
Actor / Self / Self - Writer Actor / Self / Self - Writer   See fewer
2
2
Susie Essman
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
2
2
Tom Smothers
Self / Self - Comedian Self / Self - Comedian   See fewer
2
Paul Mooney
Comedian / Self - Writer Comedian / Self - Writer   See fewer
2
Lewis J. Stadlen
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
2
Alan Zweibel
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
2
Joe Franklin
Self / Self - Talk Show Host Self / Self - Talk Show Host   See fewer
2
Gerard Jones
Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian   See fewer
2
Daphne Brooks
Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian   See fewer
2
Mel Watkins
Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian   See fewer
2
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes
Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd   See fewer
1
Gerald Nachman
Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian   See fewer
1
1
George Lopez
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Jaleel White
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Bob Newhart
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
1
Bill Maher
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Joy Behar
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Jeffrey Ross
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
1
1
Reynaldo Rey
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
1
Mort Sahl
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Joan Benny
Self - Daughter of Jack Benny Self - Daughter of Jack Benny   See fewer
1
Max Mutchnick
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
1
Bernie Brillstein
Manager / Self - Producer Manager / Self - Producer   See fewer
1
1
1
Paul Krassner
Satirist / Self - Author Satirist / Self - Author   See fewer
1
William Tankersley
Self - Vice President of Program Practices, CBS Self - Vice President of Program Practices, CBS   See fewer
1
1
Ben Yagoda
Self - Biographer: Will Rogers Self - Biographer: Will Rogers   See fewer
1
Stephen Cox
Self - Film Historian Self - Film Historian   See fewer
1
Patricia Eliot Tobias
Self - Film Historian Self - Film Historian   See fewer
1
Jill Watts
Self - Mae West Biographer Self - Mae West Biographer   See fewer
1
Bill Cobbs
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Keith Gerchak
Samuel Leslie (uncredited) Samuel Leslie (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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