Oct 01, 1999
120 min
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Funny Is Money (1999)

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the fifth of the six films, "Funny Is Money," filmmaker Norman Jewison delves into the topic of comedy, using the hype surrounding the finale of the wildly successful NBC series "Seinfeld" as his launchpad to explore how the artform has evolved over the past 100 years.

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Milton Berle

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Dave Chappelle

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Phyllis Diller

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Margaret Cho

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Dick Gregory

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Robert Klein

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Norman Lear

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Mort Sahl

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