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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
62) And so it goes
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a retired real-estate agent is forced to take care of a granddaughter he just met, he enlists the help of one of his female neighbors and forms a relationship with both her and his granddaughter.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A couple who were radicals in the '60s now face the problems of raising children in suburbia. With a young Republican for a son, one daughter that's only concerned with fashion, and another who is a tomboy, life is never dull in the Keaton household.
65) Hitch
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Alex Hitchens, a dating couselor who has helped countless men woo the women of their dreams, has trouble forming his own romantic relationships.
66) Wild oats
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Eva, a widow and retired history teacher, enjoys a quiet life. Everything changes when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. At the not-so-gentle urging of her best friend Maddie, Eva deposits the money and the two friends head to the Canary Islands with every intention of living it up. But their fantasy is short-lived when they discover that they have become media sensations overnight....
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2007, 1951.
Language
English
Description
The pilot & first season that introduced America to the redheaded housewife with show business aspirations, her long-suffering bandleader husband, and their friends the Mertzes (the prototypical sitcom wacky neighbors). Produced by Ball & Arnaz' company Desilu, the duo (along with co-creator Jess Oppenheimer) decided to shoot the show in Hollywood, on 35 mm film in front of a live studio audience, with three cameras to capture the action.
71) Three amigos!
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A silent screen comedy team is unwittingly hired by a Mexican village to help them get rid of terrorizing bandits.
Series
Language
English
Description
Father of the bride and Father of the bride II : Father of the bride: The prenuptial pandemonium begins when the bride-to-be announces her engagement, setting off an outrageous chin of events, including a chaotic first meeting with the in-laws and a wedding day snowstorm. Father of the bride Part II: George Banks feels far too young to be a grandfather ... and way too old to become a father again. So, when his recently married daughter Annie and...
75) Elf
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A human child raised by elves at the North Pole, learns of his human family and goes to live with them in New York City.
Series
Language
English
Description
National Lampoon's Christmas vacation: Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark's a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives. Rated PG.
Step brothers: Brennan and Dale are two middle-aged loafers who are forced to live together when their parents get married. When their immature antics over TV...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2007, 1952.
Language
English
Description
Contains gems such as "Job switching" in which Lucy and Ethel do unforgettable battle with a chocolate factory conveyor belt; and "The operetta" in which Lucy's money problems bring down the curtain on her role as "Queen of the gypsies". This collection also includes the groundbreaking "pregnancy shows", including the touching moment at the Tropicana when Lucy breaks the news to Ricky that they are going to have a baby, and "Lucy goes to the hospital"...
80) Son of Paleface
Series
Publisher
Brentwood Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A man heads out west to claim his fathers inheritance, and teams up with a cowboy and his horse to get to the bottom of a gold shipment robbery. An attractive female outlaw must save the hapless hero along the way.
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