What sense does it make to construct a list containing such items as the Olympia Restaurant, a dead parrot, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Julia Child, the argument clinic, and word association with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor?
A lot, if the list you're talking about the 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.
I could quibble -- they didn't include Samurai Optometrist, or the Anal Retentive Chef -- but why would I? They did include Ernie Kovacs, Sid Caesar, "Who's on First?," and Monty Python.
Jerry Della Femina, in his 1971 classic From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor, recalls seeing a book of the greatest 100 advertisements. He said he wished he'd written every one of them. I feel the same way about each of these skits.
And if you've never heard of Ernie Kovacs or the Four Yorkshiremen, you're in for a treat.