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  • The History of Comedy Going Clean/Flipping Funny (Season 2, Episode 6)
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    TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

The History of Comedy

Going Clean/Flipping Funny (Season 2, Episode 6)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

Famous comedians debate what are the differences between, qualities of and reasons for going off-color or keeping one's act clean, what makes a filthy joke work, and why some famously clean comedians will never take the R route.
Cinematographers
Jack Kney | B.J. Strongman (as B.J. Iwen)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Aug 19, 2018

Release date
Aug 19, 2018 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 nomination

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84 cast members
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Jeff Allen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Tim Allen
Self - Actor / Comedian / Actor, Home Improvement Self - Actor / Comedian / Actor, Home Improvement   See fewer
W. Kamau Bell
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Mike Birbiglia
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Lewis Black
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Elayne Boosler
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Joseph Breen
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Neal Brennan
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George Carlin
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Dave Chappelle
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Larry Charles
Self - Writer / Producer, Seinfeld Self - Writer / Producer, Seinfeld   See fewer
Margaret Cho
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Cindy Chupack
Self - Writer, Modern Family Self - Writer, Modern Family   See fewer
Andrew Dice Clay
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Bill Cosby
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Whitney Cummings
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Larry David
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Ellen DeGeneres
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Bill Engvall
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W.C. Fields
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Dave Foley
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Jeff Foxworthy
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Jim Gaffigan
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Nikki Glaser
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Buddy Hackett
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Ryan Hamilton
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Sean Hayes
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Bill Hicks
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Mary Hicks
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Pete Holmes
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Barry Katz
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David Letterman
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Wendy Liebman
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Gabe Liedman
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George Lopez
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Keith Lucas
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Kenneth Lucas
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Bernie Mac
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Marc Maron
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Michael Jr.
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Mo'nique
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Sam Morril
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Jim Norton
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Tig Notaro
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Conan O'Brien
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Tom Papa
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Chonda Pierce
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Jessica Pilot
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Richard Pryor
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Brian Regan
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Chris Rock
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Ray Romano
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Bob Saget
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Jerry Seinfeld
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Sarah Silverman
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Sinbad
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Jonathan Slocumb
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Sommore
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Peter Tolan
Self - Writer / Producer / Co-Producer, Home Improvement Self - Writer / Producer / Co-Producer, Home Improvement   See fewer
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Self - Creator, In Living Color Self - Creator, In Living Color   See fewer
Larry Wilmore
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Ali Wong
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Steven Wright
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Tom Yorton
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Loni Anderson
Susan Walters (archive footage) (uncredited) Susan Walters (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Desi Arnaz
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Lucille Ball
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Beth Behrs
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Johnny Carson
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Stephen Colbert
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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Larry King
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Jay Leno
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Elaine Benes (archive footage) (uncredited) Elaine Benes (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Groucho Marx
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Cameron Mathison
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Megan Mullally
Karen Walker (archive footage) (uncredited) Karen Walker (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Richards
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John Ritter
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Dick Smothers
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Tom Smothers
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Eric Stonestreet
Cameron Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited) Cameron Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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