Zucker, David
Summary: "Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 ZUCDoescher, Ian
Summary: "To Shmi or not to Shmi? Torn between duty to the Jedi, attraction to Padm©♭, and concern for his beloved mother, yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker struggles to be master of his fate. The path he chooses will determine not just his own destiny, but that of the entire Republic. And thereby hangs a tale. Alack the day! A noble lady in danger. A knight and squire in battle. And a forbidden love that's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.6 DOECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: YA Fiction DoescherCapitol Steps (Comedy troupe)
Contents: Embattled hymn of the Republicans (2:06) -- Greece! The musical (4:59) -- Twinkie twinkie (1:24) -- Secret Service man (1:54) -- I'm just a pill (2:46) -- Down the road again (2:04) -- I like big bucks (2:52) -- Modern major general disaster (2:27) -- One joke over the line (5:38) -- Justice Roberts (1:46) -- Binders full of women (2:03) -- Harpin' bout the GSA (1:55) -- Al Gore-Zeera (3:44) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Steps Productions 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN CAPDoescher, Ian
Summary: A retelling of The phantom menace in the style of Shakespeare, featuring a disguised queen, a young hero, and two fearless knights facing a hidden, vengeful enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Summary: A tongue-in-cheek conclusion to the best-selling series that adapts Star Wars scripts in Shakespeare's iambic pentameter augments the story of the fall of the house of Skywalker with stirring soliloquies, inside jokes and Elizabethan-style illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction DoescherSummary: ... shows a rather different side of Moses, the Stone Age and the Roman Empire - in which Brooks is a stand-up philosopher playing Caesar's Palace. Next, the truth is finally told about the Spanish Inquisition in a splashy production number featuring song-and-dance monks and swimming nuns ... It's history as you've never known it - completely irreverent and positively hilarious. -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie History 1981Doescher, Ian
Summary: A retelling of The Empire strikes back in iambic pentameter, the style of Shakespeare. Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star, and the evil Darth Vader has hatched a plan to capture the rebels. Will Lord Vader learn how sharper than a tauntaun's tooth it is to have a Jedi child?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction DoescherSummary: Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird" Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDGrahame-Smith, Seth.
Summary: Reveals the hidden life of the 16th U.S. president, who was actually a vampire hunter, obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth and near-death of the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRASummary: In this manic spoof of Hitchcock, a neurotic psychiatrist becomes the new head of a sanitarium and is caught up in kidnapping, murder, and mistaken identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HIGKnight, Sarah
Summary: This "parody of Marie Kondo's bestseller The life-changing magic of tidying up, explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt--and give your f*cks instead to the people and things that make you happy."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 KNISummary: [Carmen] A beautiful gypsy girl uses her irresistable charms to seduce a faithful military guard so that a band of smugglers can penetrate his stronghold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARSummary: Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird" Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WEIBach, P. D. Q.
Contents: Opening & introduction (4:50) -- Short-tempered clavier : preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys except for the really hard ones : S. easy as 3.14159265 (31:47) -- Introduction (3:16) -- Little pickle book (9:59) -- Introduction (1:16) -- Sonata da circo = Circus sonata : S. 3 ring (8:43) -- Calliope frustration (:42) -- Introduction (1:07) -- Three chorale-based piecelets : S. III...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BACSummary: Some of the best stand-up comedians in the business share tips of the trade and full-fledged stories to impart the lessons they learned treading the boards, hitting the road, and of course, on occasion, bombing. Featuring interviews with Jonah Ray, Howard Kremer, Marcella Arguello, Jimmy Pardo, Bill Dwyer, Wayne Federman, Rick Overton, Matt Braunger, Nick Thune, Andrew Michaan, Sean Conroy,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 792.7 UPRDroyd, Ann
Summary: If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, he's probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if he's that far gone, he won't have any idea what's going on around him, and he might end up missing out on all the real fun. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Goodnight iPad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DROEdwards, Melodie
Summary: "This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel. When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth it seemed like the right thing to do, but now eight years later, she's not so sure. In her tourist destination hometown, Anne is comfortable and confident in the life she's built for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2024
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Summary: Jane Slayre, our plucky demon-slaying heroine, a courageous orphan who spurns the detestable vampyre kin who raised her, sets out on the advice of her ghostly uncle to hone her skills as the fearless slayer she's meant to be. When she takes a job as a governess at a country estate, she falls head-over-heels for her new master, Mr. Rochester, only to discover he's hiding a violent werewolf in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ERWManley, Tim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.602 MANSauer, Abe
Summary: "Written and illustrated by two fathers who value good rhymes and the power of simple, evocative illustrations, Goodnight Loon moves the story that so many parents know by heart into Northwoods territory. Illustrations inspired by the style of Goodnight Moon will give even the youngest child something to search for on every page. This faithful homage brings fresh life to a much-loved story"
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2013
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board SauerWillingham, Bill.
Summary: Now that they know the identity of the Adversary, Fabletown prepares to defend itself. That means forming alliances with others who are unconquered by the Adversary's legions, but the arrival of a delegation from the Arabian Homelands shows them how tricky this can prove to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertigo/DC Comics 2006