Comedy franchises

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Gilligan's Island 4 L, 11 T

Saturday Night Live 13 L, 42 T

Popeye 5 L, 35 T

Mad (magazine) 3 L, 18 T

National Lampoon (franchise) 6 L, 15 T

Blackadder 2 L, 8 T

Beverly Hills Cop (franchise) 17 T

Ghostbusters 2 L, 29 T

Revenge of the Nerds 5 T

Pee-wee Herman 1 L, 15 T

The Naked Gun 1 L, 9 T

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 16 T

The Simpsons 13 L, 41 T

All Dogs Go to Heaven 4 T

Home Alone (franchise) 12 T

Nicktoons 25 L, 120 T

Our Gang 1 L, 117 T

Mr. Bean 1 L, 21 T

George of the Jungle 9 T

Mr. Magoo 10 T

South Park 10 L, 44 T

Shrek (franchise) 3 L, 13 T

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends 2 L, 14 T

Inspector Gadget 1 L, 10 T

Futurama 7 L, 11 T

Family Guy 8 L, 36 T

Felix the Cat 2 L, 10 T

Wallace and Gromit 4 L, 22 T

The Incredibles 2 L, 13 T

Rugrats (franchise) 5 L, 14 T

The Monkees 3 L, 37 T

The Pink Panther 3 L, 15 T

Laurel and Hardy 2 L, 19 T

Betty Boop 1 L, 45 T

Looney Tunes 10 L, 42 T

The Onion 1 L, 16 T

Asterix 4 L, 14 T

British comedy puppets 19 T

Mickey Mouse 9 L, 38 T

101 Dalmatians 2 L, 15 T

Monty Python 11 L, 31 T

Don Quixote 3 L, 16 T

The Addams Family 5 L, 6 T

Buffyverse 6 L, 12 T

Garfield 5 L, 19 T

Nintendo franchises 62 L, 92 T

The Second City 2 L, 24 T

Nippon Animation 2 L, 52 T

Chespirito 2 L, 4 T

The Beverly Hillbillies 1 L, 14 T

The Three Stooges 4 L, 53 T

The Ren & Stimpy Show 2 L, 19 T

Heathcliff (comics) 6 T

The Smurfs 6 L, 27 T

Creature Comforts 1 T

Comic Relief 4 L, 50 T

Max Headroom 9 T

Spirou et Fantasio 1 L, 18 T

The Adventures of Tintin 9 L, 42 T

Darkwing Duck 2 L, 1 T

TaleSpin 4 T

Kung Fu Panda 2 L, 12 T

The Mask (franchise) 7 T

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 8 T

Fritz the Cat 6 T

Droopy 21 T

Rocko's Modern Life 2 L, 6 T

Hanna-Barbera 14 L, 32 T

Ed, Edd n Eddy 4 L, 10 T

Marx Brothers 2 L, 24 T

Police Academy (franchise) 1 L, 6 T

Bonkers (TV series) 5 T

The Toxic Avenger (franchise) 10 T

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1 L, 8 T

The Muppets 12 L, 18 T

The Goodies 2 L, 1 T

"Crocodile" Dundee 2 T

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy 5 L, 16 T

Little Lulu 8 T

Ice Age (franchise) 2 L, 4 T

Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) 2 L, 4 T

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5 L, 22 T

Teen Wolf (franchise) 1 L, 4 T

Gremlins (franchise) 9 T

The Princess and the Frog 2 L, 5 T

The Critic 10 T

Rick and Morty 5 L, 29 T

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 L, 22 T

Despicable Me 1 L, 22 T

Mort & Phil 1 L, 7 T

The Loud House 3 L, 14 T

BoJack Horseman 3 L, 30 T

Wet Hot American Summer (franchise) 2 L, 5 T

Scrooge McDuck 2 L, 12 T

Pixar franchises 12 L, 6 T

Illumination (company) franchises 3 L, 7 T

Megamind (franchise) 7 T

Green Acres 1 L, 1 T

Comedy film franchises 40 L, 54 T

Rat Pack 3 L, 9 T

Cartoon Cartoons 7 L, 16 T

Beetlejuice 10 T

Barbershop (franchise) 12 T

Beethoven (franchise) 10 T

Wreck-It Ralph (franchise) 8 T

Uncle Buck (franchise) 4 T

The Katzenjammer Kids 8 T

Elf (franchise) 5 T

Rio (franchise) 1 L, 6 T

Danger Mouse 5 T

Marsupilami 8 T

Doug (TV series) 2 L, 3 T

¡Mucha Lucha! 1 T

Little Shop of Horrors 6 T

The Goonies 1 L, 3 T

Zootopia (franchise) 3 L, 6 T

The Bad Guys 6 T

Inside Out (franchise) 6 T

Parker Family Saga 1 L, 15 T

A Christmas Story 1 L, 11 T

Chicken Run (franchise) 3 T

Sing (franchise) 1 L, 8 T

The Secret Life of Pets (franchise) 5 T

Herbie (franchise) 1 L, 5 T

Hee Haw American television show (1969–1993 and 1996–1997)

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Genre: Comedy, Music

Director: Herbert Klynn, Bill Davis

Cast: Roy Clark, Gunilla Hutton, Buck Owens, Grandpa Jones, Junior Samples, Minnie Pearl ... more »

Producer: Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth

Writer: Gordie Tapp, Archie Campbell

Televised comedy/variety show with a country bent. more »

rank #1 · 58 2 11

Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with the fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as the backdrop. It aired first-run on CBS from 1969 to 1971, in syndication from 1971 to 1993, and on TNN from 1996 to 1997. Reruns of the series ran on RFD-TV (from September 2008 through April 2020) and currently on Circle (beginning January 2020).
Gilligan's Island American television series

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Genre: Comedy, Family

Director: Jack Arnold, Leslie Goodwins

Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson ... more »

Producer: Sherwood Schwartz, Robert L. Rosen

Writer: Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz

Seven men and women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm. more »

rank #2 · 226 11 32

Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. The show had an ensemble cast that featured Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to April 17, 1967. The series followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive on an island on which they had been shipwrecked. Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts, of which Gilligan was frequently responsible for the failure, to escape their plight.
- Television series about being lost from home · 9T
- Television series by United Artists Television · 25T
- 1960s American sitcoms · 142T
The Goonies 1985 American film by Richard Donner

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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery

Director: Richard Donner

Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton ... more »

Producer: Harvey Bernhard, Richard Donner

Writer: Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient treasure. more »

rank #3 · 75 2 31

The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure comedy film co-produced and directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, based on a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg. In the film, a band of kids who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and, in doing so, they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate. During the adventure, they are chased by a family of criminals who want the treasure for themselves.
- 1980s English-language films · 1,274T
- 1985 comedy films · 183T
- 1980s adventure comedy films · 56T
Laugh-In American comedy television series

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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Music

Director: Mark Warren, Gordon Wiles

Cast: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Gary Owens, Alan Sues, Arte Johnson ... more »

Producer: George Schlatter, Ed Friendly

Writer: Jim Mulligan, Allan Manings

The original rapid fire sketch comedy show. more »

rank #4 · 96 4 15

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network, hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. It originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967, and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm (ET). It quickly became the most popular television show in the United States.
- 1960s American variety television series · 75T
- 1960s American sketch comedy television series · 12T
- 1970s American variety television series · 82T
Cantinflas Mexican film actor

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rank #5 · WDW 7 4

Fortino Mario Moreno y Reyes, known casually as Mario Moreno and professionally as Cantinflas (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), was a Mexican film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered to have been the most accomplished Mexican comedian and is celebrated throughout Latin America and in Spain. His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain and has given rise to a range of expressions including cantinflear, cantinflada, cantinflesco, and cantinflero.
- 20th-century comedians · 466T
- Mexican Freemasons · 5T
- Roman Catholic Freemasons · 10T
Red Skelton comedian

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rank #6 · WDW 124 5 13

Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
- 20th-century American male artists · 3,071T
- Deaths from pneumonia in California · 464T
- 20th-century American male musicians · 7,796T
The Red Green Show Canadian television series

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Genre: Comedy

Director: Rick Green, William G. Elliott

Cast: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Bob Bainborough, Jeff Lumby, Wayne Robson ... more »

Producer: Steve Smith, Rick Green

Writer: Rick Green, Steve Smith

Red Green airs his handyman show from Possum Lodge, Canada, and also experiences some zany adventures in real life. more »

rank #7 · 12 1

The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States (airing on more than 100 PBS affiliates at its peak), from 1991 until the series finale 7 April 2006, on CBC. The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows (particularly The Red Fisher Show). Reruns currently air on CBC Television, CTV Comedy Channel, and various Public Broadcasting Service stations. It was produced by S&S Productions, which is owned by Steve and Morag Smith. Directors on the series include Steve Smith, Rick Green and William G. Elliott.
- Television shows filmed in London, Ontario · 8T
- YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming · 312T
- 1990s Canadian sketch comedy television series · 23T
In Living Color Television series

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Genre: Comedy

Director: Paul Miller, Terri McCoy

Cast: Shanin Lonsway, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Tommy Davidson, Deidre Lang ... more »

Producer: Kevin Berg, Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writer: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Les Firestein

The Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show. more »

rank #8 · 19 1 16

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Television and was taped at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- 1990s American black television series · 8T
- Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series · 221T
- 1990s American sketch comedy television series · 64T
Weird Science 1985 film by John Hughes

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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson ... more »

Producer: Joel Silver, Jane Vickerilla

Writer: John Hughes, Al Feldstein

Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that. more »

rank #9 · 131 375 22

Weird Science is a 1985 American teen science fiction comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock. The title is taken from a pre-Comics Code Authority 1950s EC Comics magazine of the same name, the rights to which were acquired by the film's producer Joel Silver. The title song was written and performed by American new wave band Oingo Boingo.
- 1980s English-language films · 1,392T
- Teen science fiction films · 11T
- American coming-of-age comedy films · 131T
The Wiz 1978 film by Sidney Lumet

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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family

Director: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt ... more »

Producer: Rob Cohen, Berry Gordy

Writer: L. Frank Baum, William F. Brown

An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience. more »

rank #10 · 17 3 15

The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure fantasy film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an all-black cast, the film was loosely adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name. It follows the adventures of Dorothy, a shy, twenty-four-year-old Harlem schoolteacher who finds herself magically transported to the urban fantasy Land of Oz, which resembles a dream version of New York City. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, she travels through the city to seek an audience with the mysterious Wiz, who they say is the only one powerful enough to send her home.
- 1970s American films · 2,631T
- 1970s English-language films · 3,886T
- 1970s musical fantasy films · 28T