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This Day in Comedy History
April 8 - April 14
April 8



2000 - Christopher Walken hosts Saturday Night Live and the world gets its first taste of the “More Cowbell” sketch. https://vimeo.com/257364428




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April 10





1988 - The 8th Golden Raspberry Awards take place in Hollywood, and Bill Cosby’s Leonard Part 6 was the big “winner” with three trophies: Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay. Worst Actress went to Madonna (Who’s That Girl?) over Sharon Stone (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold) ,Worst Director was a tie, going to Ishtar and Tough Guys Don’t Dance, and Worst Song went to George Michael for Beverly Hills Cop II. Also nominated were Garbage Pail Kids, Ernest Goes to Camp (Jim Varney), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, Million Dollar Mystery and From the Hip (Judd Nelson).





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April 12







2002 - Based on the popular TV series The Red Green Show, the movie Duct Tape Forever opens in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMV-QuZCEuE

2002 - Starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the romantic comedy sports flick Bend It Like Beckham opens in the UK.


2007 - The comedy video website Funny Or Die launches. The first video posted is The Landlord, which features one of the website’s founders Will Ferrell having some problems with, you guessed it, his landlord. The clip would register more than 80 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIdxVR_7ikg

2015 - The 24th MTV Movie Awards take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles where Amy Schumer hosts, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne win Best Gut Wrenching Moment for Neighbors, and Jimmy Kimmel presents the Comic Genius Award to Kevin Hart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJ9j2GaG4E

2019 - The Gad Elmaleh series Huge In France premieres on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AG7tsCshXI
April 13




1962 - The bawdy comedy Carry On Cruising opens in theatres throughout Britain. The sixth release of the 31 films in the Carry On series, it is the first to be shot in colour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-2DSj_a3c






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