Funny Is Money (1999)

Showtimes In the 20th Century is a millenniumrelated strand of featurelength documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing In the fifth of the six films Funny Is Money filmmaker Norman Jewison delves into the topic of comedy using the hype surrounding the finale of the wildly successful NBC series Seinfeld as his launchpad to explore how the artform has evolved over the past 100 years