PickVidsBest Stand-up & sketch comedy Videos
The 244 Stand-up & sketch comedy videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 242 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a comedy piece. What they share is that the jokes rely on a shared background in this scene. Channels you will keep seeing include Saturday Night Live, BBC Studios, Comedy Central.
What Have The Romans... - Monty Python's Life of Brian
The classic Life of Brian scene in which revolutionaries list everything the Romans have done for them, from aqueducts to roads.
Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim
Too Many Cooks is an Adult Swim absurdist parody of sitcom opening credits that spirals into a surreal horror comedy.
Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language | CONAN on TBS
Finnish comedian Ismo does a stand-up routine on Conan about the many meanings of the English word 'ass'.
Tim Minchin - If You Open Your Mind Too Much...
A short live performance of Tim Minchin's comedic song about skepticism, from his DVD 'So Live'.
Monty Python's "Life of Brian" (Stoned to death...)
The stoning scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian, where a man is condemned for blasphemy after saying 'Jehovah' over a halibut supper.
Mr. Show - 24 is the Highest Number
A clip from Mr.
Eric Idle - "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - STEREO HQ
Eric Idle performs Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, the song from Monty Python's Life of Brian, in a stereo recording.
stoned for saying jehovah (life of brian)
A short clip from Monty Python's Life of Brian in which an old man is about to be stoned for saying the word Jehovah.
Brain Surgeon - That Mitchell & Webb Look , Series 3 - BBC
A short That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch in which a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon trade jibes over whose job is harder.
Romano Tours - SNL
An SNL sketch in which Adam Sandler plays a tour operator who bluntly clarifies what his Italy tours can and cannot do for customers' lives.
Burnistoun - Voice Recognition Lift
A Burnistoun sketch in which a voice-recognition elevator cannot understand two Scottish men saying the number eleven.
IASIP - Science is a Liar sometimes
A scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in which Mac argues against evolution, claiming science is a liar sometimes.
Do you have a flag? - Eddie Izzard
A clip from Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill about having a flag as justification for claiming a land.
US Bell - New Area Codes
A sketch from the Seattle comedy show Almost Live!
George Carlin on Conspiracies
A one-minute George Carlin clip on conspiracies, making the point that powerful people with shared interests need no formal conspiracy.
The Four Yorkshiremen Sketch
A classic 1967 comedy sketch from At Last the 1948 Show, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman as four prosperous Yorkshiremen trying to outdo each other with exaggerated tales of childhood poverty.
Monty Python - The Machine that goes PING!
The 'Machine that goes PING!' sketch from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, in which hospital staff fuss over a machine while ignoring the patient.
Slightly less than two drinks (cut from That Mitchell and Webb Look S04E04)
A six-minute sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look in which a speaker argues you should never drink more than slightly less than two drinks, the mildly intoxicated sweet spot before drunken madness.
Life of Brian - The People's Front of Judea
The People's Front of Judea scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian, a sketch about rival revolutionary groups.
This Deal's Getting Worse All The Time | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim
A one-minute Robot Chicken stop-motion sketch where Darth Vader keeps altering his deal with Lando Calrissian.
Rick and Morty - You pass Butter
A one-minute Rick and Morty clip in which a small robot asks its purpose and learns it is to pass butter.
Infomercial: For-Profit Online University | Adult Swim
An Adult Swim parody infomercial for a for-profit online university that promises to let you print your own degree.
George Carlin - Idiot and Maniac
A very short clip of George Carlin's bit on idiots and maniacs, about the other drivers on the road.
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - S01E04 - Doctor Tobacco
A sketch from A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1 episode 4, featuring a 'Doctor Tobacco' routine.