Comedy Archive

I’ve been compiling a library of comedians content to be able to listen to, transcribe and study their work over their life:

Comedy Archive – Spreadsheet

I’ve got through transcribing a bunch of live sets from the first person I chose and made an album out of my fav Greatest Hits. If anyone is interested in writing up transcripts, text analysis and/or reviews let me know.

Here it is in short:

Comedian	Content Type	Title	Date	Transcripts
Ade Edmondson	Sitcom	The Young Ones	1982–1984
	Stage play	Bottom Live	1993
Alexie Sayle	Sitcom	The Young Ones	1982–1984
	Sketch show	Alexei Sayle’s Stuff	1988–1991
Andy Kaufman	Stand up concert	Carnegie Hall	1978
Ardal O’Hanlon	Sitcom	Father Ted	1995–1998
Bill Bailey	Sitcom	Black Books	2000–2004
	Stage show	Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra	2009
Bill Hicks	Stage show	Relentless	1992	Text
	Stage show	Revelations	1992	Text
	Stage show	Austin Texas Laff Stop	1993	Text
Billy Connolly	Stage show	Billy & Albert	1987
Captain Hotknives	Compilation album	Greatest Hits	2020
Charlie Brooker	TV Special	Charlie Brooker’s Yearly Wipe	2010 – Present
Chris Rock	Stand up concert	Bring the Pain	1996	Text
	TV Stand up	Saturday Night Live	1996	Text
	Stand up concert	Bigger & Blacker	1999	Text
	Stand up concert	Never Scared	2004	Text
	Stand up concert	Kill the Messenger	2008	Text
	Stand up concert	Tamborine	2018	Text
David Mitchell and Robert Webb	Sketchshow	That Mitchell and Webb Look	2006
Desiree Akhavan	Web series	The Slope	2010–2012
Don DeLillo	Novel	White Noise	1985
Dylan Moran	Stand up concert	Monster	2004
	Stand up concert	Like, Totally… Dylan Moran Live	2006	Text
	Stand up concert	Off the Hook	2015	Text
Eddie Izzard	Stand up concert	Unrepeatable	1994	Text
	Stand up concert	Glorious	1997	Text
	Stand up concert	Dress to Kill	1998	Text
	Stand up concert	Circle	2002	Text
	Stand up concert	Stripped	2009	Text
Eddie Murphy	Stand up concert	Delirious	1983	Text
	Stand up concert	Raw	1987	Text
George Carlin	Stand up concert	On Location with George Carlin	1977	Text
	Stand up concert	Again	1978	Text
	Stand up concert	Carlin at Carnegie	1982	Text
	Stand up concert	Playin’ with Your Head	1986	Text
	Stand up concert	Doin’ It Again	1990	Text
	Stand up concert	Class Clown	1972	Text
	Stand up concert	Carlin on Campus	1984	Text
	Stand up concert	What Am I Doing in New Jersey?	1988	Text
	Stand up concert	Jammin’ in New York	1992	Text
	Stand up concert	Back in Town	1996	Text
	Stand up concert	You Are All Diseased	1999	Text
	Stand up concert	Complaints and Grievances	2001	Text
	Stand up concert	Life Is Worth Losing	2006	Text
	Stand up concert	It’s Bad For Ya	2008	Text
	TV Stand up	Saturday Night Live Monologue	1975	Text
	TV Stand up	Saturday Night News with George Carlin	1984	Text
Hugh Laurie	Sketchshow	A Bit Of Fry and Laurie	1987
Jennifer Saunders	Sitcom	Absolutely Fabulous	1992–1996
Jo Brand	Stand up concert	Barely Live	2003
Joseph Heller	Novel	Catch 22	1973
Josie Long	Stand up festival	Romance and Adventure	2012
Lee Mack	Game Show	Would I Lie to You?	2007–Present
	Stand up concert	Live	2007	Text
	Stand up concert	Going Out Live	2010	Text
Les Dawson	Sketch show	The Les Dawson Show	1979–89
Maria Bamford	Stand up concert	Old Baby	2017	Text
	Stand up concert	Weakness Is the Brand	2020	Text
Mark Thomas	TV Stand up	Mark Thomas Comedy Show	2005
	Stand up club	Sex, Filth and Religion	1995
Mitch Hedberg	TV Stand up	Strategic Grill Locations	1999	Text
Moms Maybley	Stand up club	Moms Mabley Breaks It Up	1962
Monty Python	Sketchshow	Monty Python’s Flying Circus	1970
Morecombe & Wise	Sketchshow	The Morecambe & Wise Show	1978–83
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore	Comedy album	Derek and Clive	1976
Richard Ayoade	Film	Submarine	2010
Richard Pryor	Film	Silver Streak	1976
	Stand up concert	Live & Smokin’ as Himself	1971	Text
	Stand up concert	Live in Concert as Himself	1979	Text
	Stand up concert	Live on the Sunset Strip as Himself	1982	Text
	Stand up concert	Here and Now as Himself	1983	Text
	TV Stand up	Saturday Night Live	1975	Text
Ricky Tomlinson	Sitcom	The Royle Family	1998
	Stand up	Laughter Show	2008
Rik Mayall	Sitcom	The Young Ones	1982–1984
Robin Williams	Stand up concert	Live on Broadway	2002	Text
Ronnie Barker	Sketchshow	The Two Ronnies	1971–1987
Sam Kinison	TV Stand up	Saturday Night Live	1985–1986
Stewart Lee	Stand up concert	Stand Up Comedian	2005	Text
	Stand up concert	90s Comedian	2006	Text
	Stand up concert	Carpet Remnant World	2011 – 2012	Text
	Stand up concert	Content Provider	2018	Text
Tim Minchin	Stand up concert	So Live	2007

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Finally as a bonus, here’s a great dark comedy & yet barely known about radio show. Written and performed by Dylan Moran in 2010:

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