Funny Is Money

About Funny Is Money

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length 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…

Norman Jewison's Funny Is Money is a 1999 comedy documentary film. At 120 minutes long, it arrived in October 1999.

Milton Berle appears as Self, Dave Chappelle as Self, Phyllis Diller as Self, and Margaret Cho as Self. The screenplay is by Harry Shearer.