From the 1960s through the 2000s, certain comedians became universal crushes because of how deeply they made us laugh. Beyond the jokes, these iconic performers had a mix of charm, warmth, wit, and ...

There was a time when comedy lived in small, smoky rooms and on crackly vinyl records you played after dinner. Across the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and into the 90s, a handful of stand-up comics slowly pushed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Newhart parlayed his deadpan style into sitcom gold. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Bob Newhart, the "button-down" ...

Vaudeville comedians -- Radio -- Nightclubs -- Television -- Late night -- The emergence of Las Vegas -- Stand-up's great change -- Percolation in the mid-1960s -- Hippie madness at decade's end -- ...

From left, Edie Adams, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Etherl Merman, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett — among many other comedians of 1960s Hollywood — star in ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, ...