The Greatest Comedians Of All Time: Performers Who Changed The Comedy World Forever
Laughter is the most potent medicine anyone can offer. When you laugh, the world will undoubtedly laugh along with you.
From ancient times to the present day, comedy has had a spell place in the human experience. Throughout lifetimes, comedians have provided hope and faith to audiences, who turn to them to make them laugh and smile. From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, Lucille Ball became a household name through her hysterical misadventures on her shows such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, and Here's Lucy.
Other comedians used their magic to comment on the current events of the day. Before she became a co-host on The View, Whoopi Goldberg used her incredible wit and humor to introduce her audiences to extraordinary fictional characters to life. Roseanne Barr used her origin story to take viewers into her working-class background and presented them with a new view of another kind of family, which will return to ABC on March 27.
Some forms of comedy ask audiences to push themselves out of their comfort zones and into a minefield of zingers. Before he passed away on April 6, 2017, Don Rickles spent most of his career throwing insults at numerous people. No matter if they were heavy hitters such as Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, and former President Ronald Reagan, Rickles sent his jolly insults that made his audience laugh without hurting their feelings.
Lastly, some comedians became beacons of hope for a new generation of entertainers. Tina Fey became an influential voice to comedy writers as she became Saturday Night Live's first female head writer. Meanwhile, Jon Stewart took on current events and satirized headlines every night on The Daily Show.
Enstars is celebrating the comedy world by honoring these legendary trailblazers.
