Summary: Still considered iconic for their live performances from Studio 8H in New York, the original cast set the tone for years to follow with their irreverent, edgy humor. They combined anti-establishment political satire with rock-and-roll attitude for a show that spoke to the youth of the 1970s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SATSummary: Aspiring stand-up comedian Will is forced to face the realities of relentless hecklers, drunk comedy groupies and hard-to-impress morning radio DJs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Enterainment 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OPESummary: A successful singer-songwriter hatches a plan to help his friend's struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOLSummary: 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: Jimmy Quinn, an alcoholic comedian, travels the country by bus, as the world of standup comedy slowly dies. One day at a motel, his long-lost son David, who has dropped out of med school to be a comedian, appears. They grow closer during their road trip, but tensions rise due to Jimmy's destructive behavior. David learns about Jimmy's failed relationship with Laura and his past as a comedian....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: "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 stooge: Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An aging comedian tours the California desert, lost in a cycle of third-rate venues, novelty tourist attractions, and vain attempts to reach his estranged daughter. By day, he slogs through the barren landscape, inadvertently alienating every acquaintance. At night, he seeks solace in the animation of his onstage persona. Fueled by the promise of a lucrative Hollywood engagement and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ENTSummary: 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JIMSummary: Inspired by Jim Gaffigan's real life, It explores one man's struggle to find balance between fatherhood, stand-up comedy and an insatiable appetite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JIMSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie ThreeSummary: In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society, leading him to embark on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime that brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego, the Joker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY JOKClement, Jemaine
Summary: A folk music/comedy duo from New Zealand try to make it big in New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FLISummary: Follows the everyday trials of single dad Louie as he struggles to raise his kids, advance his career, and somehow get some action in the meantime. Facing one bummer after another, Louie takes on inattentive crowds, insane relatives, and a hair-raising U.S.O. tour of Afghanistan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOUSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OBVRock, Chris
Summary: When a comedian, having become a reality TV star at the hands of his fiancée, allows a newspaper profile writer follow him around for a day, he explores the issues in his life and learns about the writer's life as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2015
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TOPSummary: Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on a booze-soaked college trip. Now, 23 years later, that trip has come back to haunt him as he and his estranged father are kidnapped back to Russia by the mob to atone for something they say he did. Together, Bert and his father must...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MACBirbiglia, Mike
Summary: A stand-up comedian tries to balance his rising career and a long-term relationship with his girlfriend while also dealing with a sleep disorder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012