"Comédie larmoyante", or "tearful comedy", was established as a genre in the 1700s in which country?

Which French artist pioneered pointillism, painting with small dots of color? Cretulescu Church, built in 1722, stands in which Black Sea country? Which comedian and Frank Sinatra pal was born Joseph Gottlieb? Jerry Lewis made his directing debut with a 1960 film in which he played which title role? Comedy Central had a hit in 1994 with which British import starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley? Which Canadian comedy series moved from the CBC to NBC and then to Cinemax? Which comedy style, in which the performer shows no emotion, is associated with Buster Keaton? Al Franken titled his 1996 bestseller "___ Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations". Whose name fills the blank?