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Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Comedy veterans, Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, use their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke. The joke is an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public. It's called The Aristocrats.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Spanning several decades beginning in the 1950s, Crystal reminisces about what it was like growing up in a loving Jewish family in Long Beach, LI. He recalls the numerous eclectic relatives who inspired him, the huge influence of jazz on his family, his passion for the New York Yankees, and much more.
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 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, 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, 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.
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
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When writer-turned-comedian Dick Cavett became the host of his own talk show in 1968, his mentor, Groucho Marx, quickly became a frequent guest. Groucho's appearances on The Dick Cavett Show captured what Cavett calls "the last of Groucho's greatness."
18) Hee haw
Publisher
Time Life Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A weekly comedy and country music series.
19) Quality time
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Jim Gaffigan is in top form for his seventh comedy special. The four-time Grammy-nominated comedian doesn₂t understand why people aren't more honest about the reasons they don₂t want to attend events, while at the same time embraces lying to kids. From horses and dog birthdays to traveling and museums, Jim continues to impress.
20) Oh, come on
Author
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
David Cross covers a multitude of subjects all told in his unmistakably provocative style. America's original southern gentleman, Cross talks about being a new dad and hacky ₁new dad₂ bits, sixteenth-wave feminism, the joys and terror of a ₁couples colonic,₂ American life in the Trump era, and a sad self-effacing tale of naked clarity. Stare into the abyss one more time until the next time and see what makes David Cross one of the top 100...
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