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The Jerky Boys Biography, Photos, Pictures

Johnny B and Kamal are caustic phone-pranksters whose debut effort was the best-selling comedy album of 1993 Their second album, Jerky Boys 2, was released in 1994 The Jerky Boys Movie arrived in theaters the following year; it received poor reviews and low ticket sales

The Korn Kobblers Biography, Photos, Pictures

When Austin alt-country stars the Hickoids pelt an audience with corn, a socially beneficial tradition is being followed dating back to the ’30s and the Korn Kobblers, advertised in their heyday as “America’s most nonsensical dance band

Cute and quirky with songs to match, Jim Henson’s Muppets have been responsible for over three decades of children’s entertainment that isn’t just for kids

The Quiet Ones Biography, Photos, Pictures

Former members of the eclectic Muckafurgason, Brooklyn’s the Quiet Ones are Andy Ure and Chris Anderson, who play kid-friendly songs about such things as bananas and crayons set to adult, ’60s-rooted pop melodies

The Simpsons Biography, Photos, Pictures

The most successful animated family in television history, the Simpsons were the brainchild of cartoonist Matt Groening, previously best known for his work on the weekly comic strip Life Is Hell

The Slickerettes Biography, Photos, Pictures

Like a vice president, the background vocalist is generally pitied as a person with not much to do but stand around waiting for their cue to do something that inevitably doesn’t last very long

The Smothers Brothers Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ironically enough for an act built around the tensions of sibiling rivalry, the Smothers Brothers were the longest-lived comedy team in history; originally a folk duo, the brothers tempered their childlike, irreverent musical humor with enough sly satire and subtle political commentary to earn both an ardent following from the counterculture and considerable backlash from more conservative quarters

The song “La la la la la la la la la la la” (or “The Smurfs Theme” for short) became a national trademark worldwide in the 1980s when the Smurfs cartoon reached huge popularity

The Terrible Twos Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the more underreported sociological trends of the new millennium — thanks on one hand to the baby-boomer generation continuing to insist that the cultural zeitgeist is All About Them and on the other to the mainstream media’s obsession with all things young ‘n’ kicky even when that only means coverage of whomever Paris Hilton is dating this week — is that Generation X has started shifting quietly into middle age

The Three Stooges Biography, Photos, Pictures

After 60-plus years of being an American comedy institution, the history of the Stooges is well documented elsewhere What’s not commonly known, however, is that the final lineup (consisting of Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Curly Joe DeRita) made comedy records, primarily for the children’s market that had brought them belated television fame in the late ’50s and early ’60s