Period comedy
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Anachronistic comedy.
I mean, did you just make up that term? Or is that an actual genre comedy?
I don’t disagree that your term is adequately descriptive, I’m just curious as to whether that is a known name for this genre of comedy. I’m not trying to argue here.
I made it up... that's all.
If we're including television I'm disappointed that nobody mentioned Blackadder.
If not, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Anachronistic Comedy? Blazing Saddles is one, if ye think about it...
"Our Flag Means Death" seems like a solid example
"Johnny Dangerously" came to mind once.
Once.
You bastige. You fargin sneaky bastage. Why you miserable cork-soaker!
The Death of Stalin is great.
“The Death of Stalin” is perhaps similar to what you’re thinking of, basically about the shenanigans with in the Kremlin fallowing Stalin’s death.
I mean, I guess the term might just be “historical comedy”
Depending on your definition of modern, History of the World Part 1 is great.
Drunk History.
Also,
That episode of Sunny where they bullshit the connection between Paddy's Pub and the cracking of the liberty bell
"A Knight's Tale" is a sports comedy but about jousting
It leans a little more toward academic than some of the others here, and spans a broader time span, but History of The World p1 is pretty good.
Academic? History of the World Part I? I guess you could say it has about as much academic rigour as the average Mel Brooks movie.
I was being silly.
Guess I should've gone with "Academic? It doesn't even cover ancient Greece."
Examples:
- Black Knight (2001)
- arguably, A Knight's Tale (2001) if you consider it sufficiently funny (big year for anachronistic knights)
- All of the Ice Age films I guess
- Year One (2009)
there's actually tons of these.
Year One is so good
Brave of you to say this
Some may call me a hero.
Personally I think I just have bad taste in movies.
I can recommend norsemen. It's a series, though.
I have watched it, very nice show.
You may appreciate "miracle workers" the first season is set in modern times (kinda) but each other season is set in a different historical setting.