The Funny Yorker

The Funny Yorker was a 1981 - 1984 WPIX-11 comedy sketch show. The show was broadcast on WPIX-11 from November 4 to December 9, 1981. Season Two, which had four episodes rather than six episodes, was broadcast from October 31, 1984 to November 21, 1984.

The show was the first break into New York television for Hailey Matthews, who played an over-excited, tracksuit-wearing, investigative reporter Karen Packer. To maintain the illusion that this her character was real, Matthews' name did not appear in the opening and closing credits, whereas Karen Packer did.

For the second season, all four Karen Packer segments were filmed in August of 84.

A compilation episode was aired on December 25, 1988 entitled "The Funny Yorker Bells".