Course Schedule – Spring 2024 / Old Courses / COMEDY CENTRAL
Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Leslie Goldman, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner
You never know what to expect at a Comedy Central class. It could be a session on New Yorker cartoons or a live interview with a top-shelf television comedian.
We cover silent comics such as Charlie Chaplin as well as streaming sensations, like the award-winning Ted Lasso show. In other words, this class explores everything that has made Americans laugh over the past 100 years.
A WEEK / MONDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
| COMEDY CENTRAL | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Sep 04 | Labor Day – No Class | |
| Sep 18 | Wayne Cotter | The Funniest Decade – the 1930s, Part 3 (Comic Theatre) |
| Oct 02 | Wayne Cotter, John Shyer | Tonight Show Legends |
| Oct 16 | Ruth Ward | Dick Gregory |
| Oct 30 | Wayne Cotter | The History of Sketch Comedy |
| Nov 13 | Arlene Hajinlian | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler |
| Dec 04 | Special Guest Darresa Rodriguez | Stand-up at Quest |
Other Classes:
- JAZZ AT NOON
- WORLD OF THEATER
- THE SCARLET LETTER
- THE GREAT GATSBY
- TOCQUEVILLE’S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A CLASSIC FOR OUR TIME
- MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
- HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- THEATER TALKBACK
- SOCIAL EVENTS
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- SIXTIES
- ELIZABETH GASKELL
- WEEK IN PARIS
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- FABULOUS FIFTIES
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZART’S WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY