PickVidsBest Stand-up & sketch comedy Videos
The 244 Stand-up & sketch comedy videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 242 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a comedy piece. What they share is that the jokes rely on a shared background in this scene. Channels you will keep seeing include Saturday Night Live, BBC Studios, Comedy Central.
But we're speaking Japanese! 日本語喋ってるんだけど
A two-minute comedy sketch in which a foreigner speaking fluent Japanese is repeatedly not understood by Japanese people who refuse to process it.
Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox
A three-minute David Mitchell's Soapbox rant addressed to Americans about the phrase "could care less", arguing it means the opposite of what speakers intend.
Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
A classic Norwegian TV comedy sketch from NRK's show Oystein og jeg, subtitled in English, in which a monk calls a helpdesk to learn how to use a book instead of a scroll.
Expert Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters
A roughly three-minute Onion News Network satire in which a host consoles a severely depressed zoologist who spent his whole life studying anteaters.
George Carlin: Earth with Plastic
A short George Carlin bit on the Earth and plastic, in which he suggests the planet may have let humans evolve just to make plastic.
George Carlin "The American Dream" Best 3 Minutes of His Career
A three-minute clip of George Carlin's bit on the American dream, arguing that the owners of the country do not want an educated population capable of critical thinking.
Danish language
A sketch from the Norwegian NRK show Uti Var Hage poking fun at the Danish language and how hard it is to understand.
Monty Python's The life of Brian - I want to be a woman
A clip from Monty Python's Life of Brian in which Stan says he wants to be a woman and have babies.
That Mitchell and Webb Look - Kill All The Poor
A short sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look in which the characters cheerfully propose a drastically callous solution to poverty.
Monty Python - How To Do It
A one-minute Monty Python sketch, 'How to Do It', which tells viewers how to rid the world of all known diseases in a deliberately glib way.
Everything's+Amazing+ +Nobody's+Happy
A short clip of Louis C.K.'s Conan interview riff 'Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy', about how people take modern technology for granted and complain about marvels.
Eddie Izzard - Do you have a flag?
A one-minute Eddie Izzard comedy clip about how the British Empire claimed countries by planting flags.
Argument Clinic
The classic Monty Python sketch in which a man visits an Argument Clinic to buy an argument.
Four Yorkshiremen- Monty Python
The classic Monty Python sketch in which four Yorkshiremen compete to claim the hardest upbringing, each story more absurd than the last.
Chris Rock - How not to get your ass kicked by the police!
A Chris Rock sketch giving comedic advice on how to behave during police encounters to avoid getting hurt.
Monty Python What have the romans ever done for us YouTube
The Life of Brian scene in which revolutionaries list what the Romans have done for them, from aqueducts to roads, despite their complaints.
Oscar, James and George in the company of Bertie
A Monty Python sketch in which Oscar Wilde, James Whistler and George Bernard Shaw trade witticisms in a stuffy literary salon with Bertie.
Welcome to the Private Police | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | BBC
A short Fry and Laurie sketch in which a man returns from vacation to find his local police station has been privatized, with paid tiers of service.
Monty Python Dead Parrot
The classic Monty Python sketch in which a customer tries to return a dead parrot to a pet shop owner who insists it is only resting.
"Computer Says No..." | Little Britain | Lucas & Walliams
The Little Britain sketch in which call-center worker Carol types into her computer and replies 'computer says no' to every request.
James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire
A short stand-up clip from James Acaster's Netflix special about the British Empire and museums that display things taken from other countries in glass boxes.
George Carlin Doesn't vote
A four-minute clip of George Carlin arguing that voting is a way of keeping people in a distracted bubble, and that non-voters have as much right to complain as anyone.
Don't Mention the War! | Fawlty Towers | BBC Comedy Greats
The classic Fawlty Towers scene in which Basil Fawlty tries not to mention the war while serving German guests, ending in goose-stepping and mocking.
Word Association - Saturday Night Live
A 1975 Saturday Night Live sketch in which Chevy Chase gives Richard Pryor a word association test during a job interview, escalating into trading racial slurs.