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.[1] [2] [3]
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,[1] Kummeli,[4] Senario, and Them There (known as Horrible Histories troupe and the Six Idiots).