The New York Times reported in 1939 that Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels terminated the careers of five prominent German comedians. Their crime? Making political jokes about the Nazi regime.

Conducting a join post-match interview after last night's Champions' League victory, FC Bayern München trainer Vincent Kompany and German football's "class clown" Thomas Müller were all smiles at the ...

We can't counter the idea of cancelling late night network comedy by adapting arguments used by gun-lovers:—"Outlaw comedy and only outlaws will have comedy"—can we? It's not going to work that way, ...