KnowraAmerican comedyLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to American comedy, each with the reason it gives.All 7Narrower topic 6Compared with 1British comedyCompared with: Comparisons highlight differences in broadcasting, performance conventions, and comic treatment of class.Abbott and CostelloNarrower topic: Their career shows how vaudeville comedy adapted to mass-media entertainment.George BurnsNarrower topic: Burns’s career exemplifies how American comedy moved from vaudeville into broadcast and film.Dick Van DykeNarrower topic: Van Dyke’s work carried stage-derived physical comedy into popular American television and film.Groucho MarxNarrower topic: Groucho’s films and broadcasts became lasting landmarks within this broad tradition.Bud AbbottNarrower topic: Abbott’s career belongs to the changing tradition of American popular comedy.Lou CostelloNarrower topic: The duo became a prominent influence within twentieth-century American popular entertainment.