Besser, Matt

Summary: Written by UCB founding members Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, this manual covers everything from the basics of two person scene work to the complexities of working within an ensemble to perform long form structures. A practical "how to" book, the guide provides exercises throughout to help the reader master each new concept and technique introduced.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 792.028 BES

Summary: Saget hits upon the trials and tribulations of fatherhood, cautions us on the dangers of shaving sensitive areas, waxes nostalgic about his squeaky clean TV career, and even treats us to a song or two.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BOB

Summary: Lou and Andy are on their way to Disneyland. Trash-talking delinquent Vicky Pollard is being held in a Thai jail on drug smuggling charges and must rely on her mum for help. The British Prime Minister is in Washington, with Sebastian in tow, to buttress his very special relationship with the U.S. President. Carol 'computer says no' Beer has taken a job as a holiday rep in Spain. Marjorie Dawes...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LIT

Summary: A fast-paced, absurd collection of short films, parodies, animations, pranks, and musical numbers. Attempts to shock life back into the art of sketch comedy. Has grotesquely memorable characters and crude animation bits all wrapped up neatly. The apparent slipshod manner of each episode may or may not be part of the skit.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TIM

Summary: The third season of the popular sketch comedy show that first introduced the Wayans family and Jim Carrey to the masses.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Ivory Productions 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IN

Summary: In this final season of the show, nothing was sacred, and no public figure was safe. The show's hilarious sketches challenged censors and viewers with piercing parody.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IN

Summary: A sketch comedy television series.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HUM

Summary: Features two specials: Parallel lives - a wicked and hilarioius look at men, women, and modern America; and The dark side - a frank and funny look at religion, gay rights, and feminism.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS COM

Summary: Corporate executive Jack Donaghy, in this behind-the-scenes romp about sketch show 'TGS;' its neurotic stars, Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney; hapless NBC page Kenneth Parcell and the rest of the befuddled crew working to create the 'magic of television.' Brought to you by the folks at GE Kabletown, it's a season of video obituaries, cross-dressing love, page showdowns, Canadian births and other...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THI

Summary: Cardigans Plus Casual Jackets; combine for fifteen hilarious episodes. This double set includes web redemptions with Tron Guy, the backyard wrestler, the N64 kid and David After The Dentist gets back at his dad. Plus, Old Lee reads Miley Cyrus tweets, Daniel gets to the bottom of an epic Beard Man Fight, the grossest thing you've ever seen on television and that's just the tip of the iceberg,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central 2013

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TOS

Summary: A humorous collection of taboo topics using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks, as well as hidden cameras, and blatant confrontation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PEN

Summary: Dave Chappelle is back! ... Sort of. Three completed episodes from the long-lost third season of Chappelle's Show are finally available for mass consumption. With the success of the first two seasons, Dave finally gets to meet the President of Show Business, spends some time in the limelight on MTV's Cribs, and gives his best impersonations of P. Diddy, Lil Jon and Gary Coleman. Combine that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central Home Video 2006

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHA

Summary: Straight from Amy Schumer's provocative and hilariously wicked mind, Schumer explores sex, relationships and the general mix up that is life with sketches, stand-up comedy, and woman-on-the-street interviews.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central 2015

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INS

Contents: Gerald Ford (1:19) -- Opening (:36) -- Monologue (2:20) -- Segue -- Speed (1:01) -- Bedtime story (2:36) -- Segue -- Shimmer (1:27) -- Gun control (4:42) -- Segue -- Fondue (1:29) -- Dueling Brandos (1:49) -- Anna Freud (2:15) -- Bees on parade (:44) -- Promo -- Weekend update 1 (3:20) -- Spud (1:01) -- Weekend update 2 (1:06) -- Weatherman (1:54) -- Emily Litella (1:20) -- News for the hard of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arista 1976

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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL COMEDY/SPOKEN SAT

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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SAT

Summary: Go behind-the-scenes of a live sketch comedy show. Watch as Jack comes back to GE; Liz gets a visit from an adoption agency caseworker; Liz sits next to Oprah on her flight from Chicago to New York; Tracy and Jenna conduct a 'social experiment;' Jack hooks up with Liz's psycho ex-roommate; Liz thinks she has found the perfect mate; Don Geiss wakes from his coma; Jack falls in love with his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THI

Summary: Extended and uncensored stand-up comedy performances by Carlos Mencia with subjects of race relations, immigration, religion, the mentally challenged and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Partners 2006

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS CAR

Summary: Monty Python's first feature film, in which they perform many of their comedy skits from the television program: Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AND

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MON

Summary: Self-proclaimed pit-bulls of truth, Penn & Teller use their trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks, and hidden cameras to blow the lid off popular notions about second hand smoke, self-help products, diet claims, TV psychics and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PEN

Summary: Amy Schumer explores sex, relationships, and more with sketches, stand-up comedy, and woman-on-the-street interviews. Includes all twenty episodes from the show's first two seasons.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INS

Summary: Features such classic moments as: What if Maya Angelou wrote a tribute to Mayor Marion Barry, A petition to re-name Cross Bay Boulevard as "Tupac Shakur Boulevard--in a predominantly white neighborhood, Chris Rock's outrageous "Taxi driver confessions", Ike Turner's "The rules", "When animals attack in high speed chases II."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1999

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BES

Summary: The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 straight years, between 1967-1978. It was the ultimate variety show with music, acting, larger-than-life guest stars, and of course, comedy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by] Time Life 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CAR