Summary: The road to fame is filled with setbacks, personal demons, and failure, but for those who keep going, the journey is worth it. Oscar-winner Melissa Leo and Ari Graynor star in this character-driven drama series about a group of ambitious up-and-comers struggling to find success in Hollywood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV I'MSummary: Fresh off of his two-month college comedy tour, Pete returns to New York City with newfound confidence in his comedic abilities. While growing more assured, he continues to struggle over what he really wants out of comedy and how to find a happy balance between his old, faith-based self and the new, more ambitious comic he's becoming.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CRASummary: "Television's original genius. In the infancy of any medium, there will be someone who realize its potential well before anyone else. Ernie Kovacs was such a visionary, and between 1951 and 1962 he broke rules that hadn't even been made yet, creating a television "language" that is now taken for granted. ... over 13 hours of programs that span the all-too-brief but brilliant television career...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory LLC 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ERNSummary: Explores the struggles of 'making it big' in the 1970's L.A. comedy scene. Every night, a group of young, up-and-coming comedians waits their turn to perform at Goldie's, the hottest stand-up club in Hollywood. But first they'll have to win over club owner Goldie, who rules the Sunset Strip with an iron fist. For them, stand-up is a drug and they're willing to sacrifice everything to get their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IMSummary: The single-camera series is inspired by Jim Gaffigan's real life, exploring one man's struggle in New York City to find a balance between fatherhood, stand-up comedy and an insatiable appetite. Ashley Williams co-stars in The Jim Gaffigan Show as Jim's wife, and cult comedy favorites Adam Goldberg and Michael Ian Black also star as Jim's best friend and his wife's meddling confidante,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021