Meanings
- idiomaticuncountableSomething that is very funny or humorous.
Those little irritating habits of your parents can be comedy gold.
2001, Judy Carter, The Comedy Bible - From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide, page 575 more examples
[…] where the streets were paved with comedy gold as far I was concerned.
1999, Stephen Dixon, Deirdre Falvey, Gift of the Gag - The Explosion in Irish Comedy, page 98Lastly, the audience will surprise you and laugh in places you never even thought were funny and teach you where the true comedy gold lies in your performance.
2005, Larry Moss, The Intent to Live - Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor, page 230This was comedy gold for me. How could I not get better after doing that for a while?
2006, Dan Rosenberg, The Book on Hosting: How Not to Suck as an Emcee, page 6You have just turned chaos into comedy gold with a flick of your laughter wand.
2024, Brandy Covington, Anxiety Relief - Laugh Your Way To Calm, page 11In video after video, he unspools comedy gold about the gulf between the earnest rituals of modern parenting and the essential, eternal weirdness of a small child’s inner life.
2025 March 20, Amelia Nierenberg, “How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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