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Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 33-35 from the series. A scrumptious blend of runny camembert, comma, banana and cheese sandwiches, comma, cheese westerns, comma, lemon curd tartlet, comma, a self-ejecting tomato, comma, and other accidents involving food, comma, plus some cheap-laughs, period.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1969
Language
English
Description
Episodes 10-13 from the series. Episode 10 is untitled. Replete with the Upperclass twit of the year, albatross, lavatorial humour, a man who puts bricks to sleep by hypnosis, interruptions, police state silly voices, Ken Shabby, restaurant abuse and cannibalism, historical impersonations, pet conversions, a gorilla librarian, and a very silly psychiatry sketch.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 27-29 from the series. The BBC is short of money. Consequently, this volume contains such rubbish as the life of Tchaikowsky, Schooboys' Life Assurance Company, Fraud film squad, one slice of strawberry tart without so much rat in it, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit Jean-Paul Sartre, and other perfectly normal medical phenomena.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 30-32 from the series. An ambitious and intricate masterwork, with memories of Everest climbed by hairdressers, party hints, a new theory on brontosauruses, a second theory on fire, brigade choirs singing songs about Marcel Proust, the minister of not listening to people, the silliest sketch we've ever done, and "The Pantomine horse is... a secret agent film.".
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1970
Language
English
Description
Episodes 17-19 from the series. Live from the Grill-o-mat snack bar, we present the architect sketch, how to give up being a mason, moron insurance sketch with nude lady, the Society for putting things on top of other things, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht, the man who is alternately rude and polite, "blackmail," and dung.
Series
Publisher
Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From displays of the human form--both beautiful and grotesque--to tricks of illusion, and wonders from the far-off world, the sideshow has captivated audiences since its popularity arose in the Victorian Era. It was those featured on the side stages of circuses, fairground midways, and halls of exhibition that still captivate our curiosities today. Ripley's Believe It or Not! Presents Sideshow and Other Carnival Curiosities brings those performers...
8) The circus
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A four-hour mini-series that tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, the film follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men who shaped the circus. Battle for the Big Top is the untold story of the battles of the three circus kings -- James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling-all vying for control of the vastly profitable and widely influential American Circus. New York Times bestselling author Les Standiford recreates a remarkable...
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