In the end, though, this documentary is a celebration of something that has become, quite simply, American humor.

The television sitcom provides an opportunity to compare British and American humor.

It became an important part of white American humor in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

And then some big-brained person suggested the club idea, which stands alone as an example of American dry humour.

High modernism plus American humor equals this writer who encompassed them both.

The magazine's irreverent, often shocking, sensibility would influence American humor for decades to come.

The topic of prison rape is relatively common in American humor.

Perhaps the problem is that since the invention of radio, American humor has tended to be verbal rather than physical.

"But I find the tradition of American humor is closer to my sensibility," he explained.

Real or fictional frivolous lawsuits are a popular target of American humor.