Mel Brooks has worked with some of the greatest comedians of the 20th and 21st centuries, so he knows what he's talking about ...

Female comedians on Netflix offer a mix of seasoned vets and rising stars for endless laughs. Stand-up comedy has evolved through the years, with female comedians now taking the genre by storm.

Why, then, do we persist in specifically elevating the achievements of the relatively few female comedians who’ve made it big? For one thing, male comedians still get the majority of stand-up ...