Carlin, George.
Summary: Carlin's 14th original solo HBO stand-up special delivers dead-on, laugh-out-loud insights on such issues as: the advantages of being old, child worship, and the failure of the so-called 'self-esteem' movement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2008
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS GEOSummary: Recorded live at London's Shaftesbury Theater when Eddie was in the middle of a sold-out 12-week run, superstar British comic Eddie Izzard brings his remarkable stage act to the small screen for the benefit of those unable to attend the performance in person. A darling of critics and audiences alike, the multi-faceted actor/performer is unlike any other standup act on the circuit, making him...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ANTI 2004
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2 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS EDDSummary: The unhippest guy in the room is going to crack you up. Jim Gaffigan is the nice guy next door- with more than a hint of the devil in him. A regular of The Ellen Show and That '70s Show, the versatile actor shows his unique style of humor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD JIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS JIMSummary: Stand-up comedian Gallagher puts his Sledge-O-Matic to work in two of his best stand-up specials, Mad as Hell and Two Real.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BESSummary: 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 COMSummary: 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 CARSummary: Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham returns with Peanut, Walter and José Jalapeño ... on a STEEK!, and introduces Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Melvin the Superhero, in this comedy special.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS JEFSummary: This third season offers viewers an aggressive, 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 PENSummary: Breathing life into an elderly curmudgeon, a purple human-like creature from the Micronesian islands, and a self-effacing talking jalapeno on a stick, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is straight man to some of the funniest partners in show business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS JEFSummary: Live stand-up comedy taped at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. Lewis Black tackles such issues as the State of the Union, abortion, frozen embryos, defecation habits, fossils, bad language, FEMA, and of course, Dick Cheney's aim.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2006
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS LEWSummary: "Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts of the Rhythm Boys...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINSummary: Spalding Gray performs a monologue that mostly recounts his trip to Southeast Asia to create the role of the U.S. Ambassador's aide in the 1984 Oscar-winning film The Killing Fields.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2013
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS SWISummary: The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in Shrek The Musical, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie. Featuring a fantastic score of seventeen all-new songs, along with unforgettable characters and outrageous humor, it's ogre-sized fun for the whole family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS SARMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Summary: An abridged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute for television.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MAGSummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLSummary: A combination of percussion; movement; and visual comedy, Stomp can make music out of anything; anytime; anywhere. Now, see them live in one of the most successful stage shows of all time. This performance brings together performers from the West End, New York and Vegas for the very first time, to Stomp's home town and the theatre where many of the routines were originated; Brighton Dome.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC STOSummary: Compilation of music videos, clips of televised and non-televised performances, and live concert recordings by David Bowie, spanning the 1970s to the 1990s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records 2002