“Defining” can be a nebulous descriptor, but let’s try to give some form to it: Which sketches helped alter sketch comedy itself? SNL“Lazy Sunday” (2005)This music video may be more Weird Al than classic sketch comedy, but what “Lazy Sunday” accomplished secures its place on this list. (Evan Vucci/AP)SNL usually leads the pack for political sketch comedy, but it didn’t do many memorable pieces during the Obama presidency. The comedy sketch to movie evolution has been done over and over, but the sketch to Broadway performance to Netflix special? “The Amanda Show” was among a slew of sketch comedy series that starred and targeted kids.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 14:48 UTC