Period comedy
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Anachronistic comedy.
I mean, did you just make up that term? Or is that an actual genre comedy?
I donβt disagree that your term is adequately descriptive, Iβm just curious as to whether that is a known name for this genre of comedy. Iβm not trying to argue here.
I made it up... that's all.
If we're including television I'm disappointed that nobody mentioned Blackadder.
If not, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
"Our Flag Means Death" seems like a solid example
Anachronistic Comedy? Blazing Saddles is one, if ye think about it...
"Johnny Dangerously" came to mind once.
Once.
You bastige. You fargin sneaky bastage. Why you miserable cork-soaker!
The Death of Stalin is great.
Depending on your definition of modern, History of the World Part 1 is great.
Drunk History.
Also,
That episode of Sunny where they bullshit the connection between Paddy's Pub and the cracking of the liberty bell
Examples:
- Black Knight (2001)
- arguably, A Knight's Tale (2001) if you consider it sufficiently funny (big year for anachronistic knights)
- All of the Ice Age films I guess
- Year One (2009)
there's actually tons of these.
Year One is so good
Brave of you to say this
Some may call me a hero.
Personally I think I just have bad taste in movies.
It leans a little more toward academic than some of the others here, and spans a broader time span, but History of The World p1 is pretty good.
Academic? History of the World Part I? I guess you could say it has about as much academic rigour as the average Mel Brooks movie.
I was being silly.
Guess I should've gone with "Academic? It doesn't even cover ancient Greece."
You may appreciate "miracle workers" the first season is set in modern times (kinda) but each other season is set in a different historical setting.