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Episode Detail: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel - Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

A focus on slapstick comedy recalls the antics of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges, Martin and Lewis, the Marx Brothers and Lucille Ball.

Episodes: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel - Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America - 9 total Episodes

1/28/2009: Satire and Parody: Sock It to ME?    Season 1, Episode 6
1/28/2009: The Wiseguys: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break    Season 1, Episode 5
1/28/2009: The Wiseguys: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break; Satire and Parody: Sock It to ME?
1/21/2009: The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better    Season 1, Episode 4
1/21/2009: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel    Season 1, Episode 3
1/21/2009: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel; The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
1/14/2009: Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I'm Home!    Season 1, Episode 2
1/14/2009: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?    Season 1, Episode 1
1/14/2009: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?; Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I'm Home!
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Premiered: January 14, 2009, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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Premise: Interviews with more than 90 comedians accent this history of American comedy, which is broken down by genre (domestic, parody and satire, physical, etc.) and features clips and profiles of notable performers.

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