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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For eleven years, the six-person comedy team known as The Commune has killed onstage, waiting for its big break. The team finds itself at a crossroads, when one of the group becomes a solo success and the others start to wonder if they will make it after all.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is a candid look inside the agony and ecstasy of making people laugh for a living. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director, and the star performer. There is no rehearsal, no practice, and no safety net when they are in front of a live audience. For most people, baring their soul on stage and having an audience "boo" at them would become a life-long trauma, but for stand-up comedians, it's a nightly challenge.
3) Love, Gilda
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Incredibly, she was able to find humor in even the darkest of times. Her spirit lives on in comedy as a female trailblazer who continues to inspire many present day comedic performers.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
"Laughing Matters" profiles four lesbian stand-up comics who were "out" onstage before it was chic. Alternating between interviews and live performances, these women share their stories of how they came to be comedians and how they use the realities of being lesbian in their performances.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Donna Stern is a Brooklyn comedian who gets heartlessly dumped by her two-timing boyfriend. While trying to drown her troubles at the stand-up comedy club, she has a drunken one night stand with a cute young professional named Max (who's not even remotely her type) and ends up pregnant. Donna has to do what is expected of a "responsible adult" just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including hosting the Academy Awards a record 19 times and his annual USO Christmas military tours.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As one of the funniest, freshest faces on television and film, the comedian is dominating the world of comedy today with her unique blend of honesty and an unapologetic sense of humor. Schumer's provocative, hilariously wicked mind is on full display as she headlines her first HBO stand-up comedy special.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film will feature one of Williams' last full-length interviews for the series, including never-before-seen comments on his life and comedic and dramatic work, as well as tributes to Williams by those who knew and worked with him, along with clips from moments throughout his career.
12) Joker
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.
13) Joy ride
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frenemies and veteran comedians Dana Gould and Bobcat Goldthwait carefully navigate the highways of the American South and their decades-old contentious friendship; reflecting upon their careers and relationship with comedy. Buckle up.
14) Man on the moon
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stunning portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film celebrates the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. Filled with stunningly restored archival Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, it is directed by Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian.
16) Three amigos
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
17) Gilbert
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gilbert Gottfried rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his brash stand-up act and personality. Now, after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself as a family man.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and newly restored classic films reveal a side to Chaplin that...
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Episodes of the Red Skelton show and other Skelton performances featuring his cast of comic characters, including: Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, Junior, Mean Widdle Kid, Cauliflower McPugg, Sheriff Deadeye, George Appleby.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (235 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A revealing four-part documentary series from writer/director W. Kamau Bell offering a deeply personal exploration of Bill Cosby's descent from "America's Dad" to an alleged sexual predator. Exploring the complex story of Cosby's life and work, Bell invites comedians, educators, journalists, and Cosby survivors to have a refreshingly candid, first-of-its-kind conversation about the man, his career, and his crimes. Bell takes an unfiltered look...
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