5 min clip - Doctor Who Spoof 1985

9min 5sec @ThinkgoogleUK clip - @davidwalliams on rediscovering his comedy heroes

Text from youtube "Comedian, writer and actor David Walliams - best known for Little Britain and his many children’s books - tell us about rediscovering his comedy heroes on YouTube.

Hosted by comedian Russell Kane."

7min @theeconomist clip - Bassem Youssef: Why we should #laugh at #leaders

Text from youtube "Bassem Youssef has been called “the Jon Stewart of the Middle East”. On the seventh anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring he talks to The Economist’s award-winning cartoonist, KAL, about political satire and what it means for democracy.

Dr Bassem Yousef is a television comedian. He used satirical comedy to hold the authorities to account during the Egyptian revolution. Dr Bassem Yousef was a symbol of the promise of the Arab spring and of its ultimate failure. When demonstrations became in 2011, Dr Yousef quit his job as a heart surgeon to start a comedy show on YouTube.

Bassem Youssef's wit and satire poked fun at the hypocrisy of the state run media which tried to discredit the protests. And it quickly became a smash hit. Bassem Youssef was one man standing against the regime with no weapons but his jokes and it soon made him an enemy of the state."

11min 33sec @TheCrashCourse clip - #Greek Comedy, #Satyrs, and Aristophanes

Text from youtube "Get ready for hilarity, because this week, we're diving head first into Greek Comedy. Actually, though, maybe don't get TOO ready for hilarity. Taste in humor has changed a little over the last couple of thousand years. You already know about Greek Tragedies, with their hamartia and catharsis and whatnot. Today we're going to look at how Greek comedy evolved out of those tragedies, first as Satyr plays, and later as full-blown comedies. So come along. There are a few laughs involved, I promise."

9min @TheeNerdwriter clip - Mr. Bean Is A Master Of #Physical #Comedy

3 min 17 secs of tim hawkins on #church - non denominational, church coffee #cafes, the message translation, "christian"

found via thechurchsofa

edgar wright - how to do #visual #comedy

eddie izzard on religion