The 1950s marked television comedy’s golden age, with shows like The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy defining the sitcom format we still know today. These series pioneered character archetypes, comedic ...

Eddie Cantor sings "This Is Broadway," "Now's the Time to Fall in Love," "Ain't She Sweet?," and "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee." Yma Sumac sings "Hymn to the Sun." Cantor's guests were mostly ...

On this day, April 28, 1950, American comedian and writer Jay Leno was born.

Academy of Radio & Television Arts & Sciences Award for Comedian of the Year awarded to Groucho Marx in 1950. The award consists of a male statuette leaning against an inscribed metal plaque.