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Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's television series. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their work from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke (or "bit")[1] while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation.[2] Sketch comedy is a genre within American television that includes a multitude of schemes and identities.

"Sketch show" redirects here. For the English TV programme, see The Sketch Show. For the Japanese band, see Sketch Show (band).

Chicago Sketch Fest

SF Sketchfest

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival

British Comedy Awards

List of sketch comedy groups

List of sketch comedy television series

Nininbaori

List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches

Saturday Night Live TV show sketches

Brave New Workshop

Brigham, Armando (2 November 2020). . hollywoodinsider.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

"A Brief History of Sketch Comedy and its Evolution From 1959–2020"