hi! you may be interested in responses to previous similar questions

I know comedy itself isn't novel, but when did our notions of stand-up comedy become a thing? Is it new-ish, or were there instances of this occurring in other periods?

Were there any historical equivalents of stand-up comedians?

When did professional comedians start to appear? So we have any of their jokes/routines?

did they have stand up comedians in the 1920s?