Comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía), as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was remarkably influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre can be simply described as a dramatic performance which pits two societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye famously depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old", but this dichotomy is seldom described as an entirely satisfactory explanation. A later 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 sense, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse to ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter.
David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle (/ʃəˈpɛl/; born August 24, 1973) is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist. Chappelle began his film career in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and continued to star in minor roles in the films The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak. His first lead role in a film was in Half Baked in 1998. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show, which ran until his abrupt retirement from the show in 2005. Chappelle is ranked forty-third in Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
Chappelle was born David Khari Webber Chappelle in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 1973. His father, William David Chappelle III, was a professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. His mother, Yvonne (née Reed), was a professor at Howard University, Prince George's Community College, and the University of Maryland and is also a Unitarian Universalist minister. Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Woodlin Elementary School. During young Chappelle's formative years, his comic inspiration came from various comedians, particularly Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.
Jim Carrey: And the Golden Globe goes to..."Elf"! Oh, wait. That wasn't nominated this year!
Meryl Streep: I just realized you see completely through my dress. So, that's why I'm standing with my legs together.
Meryl Streep: I'd like to thank the people at Universal, it's just that there are so many people there who want to take credit for me that I woudln't know where to start
Bill Murray: ...and I'd also like to thank my personal hair stylist, who, for 14 years, has been trying to destroy my natural good looks.
Danny DeVito: Thank you, thank you. It's really good to see a couple of you.
Danny DeVito: I've known Michael Douglas longer than some men's wives have been alive
Peter Jackson: I didn't realize that seven years in this movie would turn me into a hobbit.
Peter Jackson: I guess I didn't realize that seven years in this movie would turn me into a hobbit.
Meryl Streep: And I'd also like to thank my agent, because Tim Robbins forgot to thank his agent.
Diane Keaton: Playing a woman to love at 57 is like trying to reach a star with a step ladder.
Jack Nicholson: I don't know whether to be happy or ashamed, because I thought we'd made a comedy.
Jack Nicholson: I don't know whether to be happy or ashamed, because I thought we'd made a comedy.
Jack Nicholson: I don't know whether to be happy or ashamed, because I thought we'd made a comedy.
Here's looking at you kid
You got the German measles
It's a comedy
Ich brech' es auseinander wenn's von sich aus nicht mehr hält
Und schaff' den alten Plunder um die Ecke
Bleibst du in der Stadt so hau' ich von dir ab
Auch wenn ich mich im Dunkeln nach dir strecke
Durch die Eingangstür gesegelt kommt mein linker Schuh in Schwung
Der rechte würde so was niemals machen
Billig war das Leder und die Schritte noch sehr jung
Unerfahren in komplizierten Sachen
Die Comedy auf deinen Lippen verlangt eine von meinen Rippen
Für die Königin!
Leise hab' ich mir gedacht will ich dich verzaubern
Schnell und laut das wär' zu offensichtlich
Doch dann aus Versehen abgerutscht glitt ich dir zu Füßen
Unterm Tisch da war das alles nicht mehr wichtig
Pausenlos weggeguckt alles übersehen
Der Startschuß hängt noch klitschnaß auf der Leine
Ein Katzenjammer aussichtslos bettelt um sein Glück
Und erinnert mich ganz deutlich an das meine...
Die Comedy auf deinen Lippen verlangt eine von meinen Rippen
Für die Königin!
Für den Allmächtigen!
Modungon amugodo dallajiji anhasso gujo no hana negyothe obnungol
Gujyo shigane hurume charari hwibsullyo ni hunjog kajido
Modu sarajyo borigil hona ohiryo do sonmyonghe jinun non yejon gudero
Dashi ne kumul chadnun non nohanal jiugedanun senggagdo
Ijen soyongobso irohge norul wonhanun naingol
Sure chidun morissog chwihe jamdun kumedo ni mosubul jiulsun obsosso
Tanun galjungi doeo achim hessari doeo onjena non negyothe momullo
Ijodago marheji ijodallan noegen hona gugon nege shwibji anha
Musun jalmoshirado jojirun saramchorom haruedo myotbonshig jiogsogul saraga
Ye ye why just give me what these pains iron nemam morugeji nonun to darun sarangul
Ye ye now just wanna be your lover noegedo mojianha naui nunmul da gajyo gaboryo
Muosul hedo nega odi ida hedo domuji nomanul ijul suga obso nan
Gure norul idgi wihe piwoden dambewa monghejyoman ganun
Ne morien oroji no nugurul mannado gu soge nal mudobwado
Nega inun odiedo onjena niga isso ojig nan gure nomanun wonhe negero dorawa jwo
Narul boryogamyonso dama duryo essodon norul kone teumyo urosso
Donun gajilsu obnun kuthne borilsu obnun jidoghan ne sarangi gayojwo
Ijodago marheji ijodallan noegen hona gugon nege shwibji anha
Musun jalmoshirado jojirun saramchorom haruedo myotbonshig jiogsogul saraga
Ye ye why just give me what these pains iron nemam morugeji nonun to darun sarangul
Ye ye now just wanna be your lover mojianha alge doel te gutenun nujo nege dorawa
Wonchi anha nomanun iron sulphum morugirul saranghanun sarame
Nunmul bomyo ununil iron aphumun na hanamyon dwe
Dashi hanbonman nege gihoeljwo rock the mic
Dashi hanbonman nege dorawa break down
Ye ye why just give me what these pains iron nemam morugeji nonun to darun sarangul
Ye ye now just wanna be your lover noegedo mojianha naui nunmul da gajyo gaboryo
Ye ye why just give me what these pains iron nemam morugeji nonun to darun sarange