24/7 Comedy

24/7 Comedy was a 24-hour live radio format produced by iHeartMedia's Premiere Networks in the United States and by Bell Media in Canada. This satellite-driven format showcased established and emerging comedians, such as Jeff Foxworthy and Louis C.K., in a rapid-fire comedic delivery and was hosted by an array of stand-up and improv comedians targeting the 18-54 demographic range. 24/7 Comedy can still be heard on the Android/iOS app iHeartRadio, which streams 24/7 Comedy via Internet radio.

It was first conceived in April 2008 by Bill Bungeroth, who had his partner George Gimarc design the format. The first demos were cut in March 2009, and the network's first logs generated in October. 24/7 Comedy's debut on air was September 27, 2010 in Riverside, California, on KFNY, and a few weeks later digitally on iHeartRadio on October 22, 2010.

The original independent radio company was purchased by Clear Channel Communications in July of 2012, retaining several of the core employees, including George Gimarc, as well as Quinn Cannady, Troy Dorman, Dave Rainkin and host / comedian John Mulrooney.

Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter.

Comedy!

Comedy! (French: Comédie !) is a 1987 French drama film written and directed by Jacques Doillon.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

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Comedy (Black album)

Comedy was the second official album by Black, released in 1988. It reached No.32 in the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Vearncombe

Personnel