comedy troupe

{{Short description|Group of comedians working together}}

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A comedy troupe is a group of comedians and associated personnel who work together to perform comedy as entertainment. The term is often used interchangeably with comedy group, and the troupe may specialize in a specific genre or style of comedy.{{cite news|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/10/netflix-documentary-aspergers-are-us-interview-comedy-troupe|title=The Asperger's comedy troupe: 'We want people to like us because we're funny'|first=Stuart|last=Miller|date=11 November 2016|access-date=2 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.emerson.edu/academics/center-comedic-arts/comedy-troupes|website=Emerson College|title=The Center for Comedic Arts: Comedy Troupes|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502053024/https://www.emerson.edu/academics/center-comedic-arts/comedy-troupes|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomedy.net/go-u-blog/2017/2/24/how-to-start-a-troupe|title=How to Start a Troupe|website=Go! Comedy Improv Theater|first=Jessica |last=Loria|date=24 February 2017 |access-date=2 May 2019}}

Some examples of comedy troupes include: the Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Cheech & Chong, the Second City, Kalabhavan, the Firesign Theatre, Monty Python, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, the Kids in the Hall, the Mighty Boosh, the Tenderloins, the Hollow Men, Asperger's Are Us, Kummeli,{{cite book | author=Marjamäki, Tuomas | title=Kummeli. Erittäin hyvin sanottu | publisher=Docendo | year=2015 | isbn=978-952-291-179-7}} Senario, and Them There.