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Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Capturing the essence and alchemy of all six seasons of what is now considered to be one of the most groundbreaking comedy television series of the last decade, Best Wishes, Warmest Regards is a gift to fans everywhere who have made the show their own. Included are character profiles from the cast of Johnny, Moira, David, and Alexis, and all of the characters that populate the town, major moments from Moira's endorsement of Herb Ertlinger Winery,...
2) Funny girl
Author
Language
English
Description
In swinging 60s England, the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The show's writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret....
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bassem Youssef made a decision that's every mother's worst nightmare - he left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian. Dubbed "The Egyptian Jon Stewart," Bassem creates the most viewed television program in the Middle East. He has 30 million viewers per episode, compared to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's 2 million viewers. In a country where free speech is not settled law, Bassem comes up with creative ways to non-violently...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Enjoy over 100 of the finest and funniest comedic performances from British comedians and comedy troupes in a special collection never seen before in the States.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 625 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Habitual offender Norman Stanley Fletcher is doing five years or porridge at HM Slade Prison. He passes the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, youge first-time offender Lennie whome Fletch takes under his fatherly wing.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
©1989
Physical Desc
333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fawlty Towers is the hotel of every traveler's nightmare. Basil Fawlty -- ill-tempered, henpecked, and conniving -- tries in vain to be master of his house under the disapproving and ever-watchful eye of his wife, Sybil. The hotel offers service by Manuel, the incompetent Spanish waiter whose feeble grasp of English makes for hilarious misunderstandings, and Polly, the unflappable chambermaid who is Fawlty Towers' only sane employee. Meals are scorched...
7) Springfield confidential: jokes, secrets, and outright lies from a lifetime writing for the Simpsons
Author
Language
English
Description
The longest-serving writer and producer for "The Simpsons" offers a humorous look at the writing and making of the legendary Fox series that has become one of the most revered artistic achievements in television history.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the intimate history of the original Saturday Night Live, from its beginnings as an outlaw program produced by an unruly band of renegades from the comedy underground to a TV institution that made stars of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Joe Piscopo, and Eddie Murphy. This is the book that reveals what really happened behind the scenes during the first ten years of this groundbreaking...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind. In this fully illustrated companion to Netflix's award-winning A Series of Unfortunate Events, you will discover never-before-seen photographs, never-before-told stories, and never-before-revealed secrets spanning all three seasons of the hilariously twisted, acclaimed hit series. You will encounter original concept art, annotated script excerpts,...
13) Fortysomething
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Paul Slippery is an anxiety-ridden British doctor suffering from all those symptoms and more. His wife has embarked on a new career and perhaps an extramarital affair or two. His three oversexed sons mock him without mercy. And at work he's tangled in red tape and tormented by a flaky colleague.
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Never distracted by sanity or logic, senior delinquents Truly, Clegg and Billy rise to higher than ever heights of hilarity in the 26th season of the world's longest running sitcom.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Emmy Award-winning original Saturday Night Live writer draws on personal memories and interviews with such contemporaries as Eric Idle and Dave Barry in a cultural memoir that includes discussions of the creative process behind classic skits.
Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. One night he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (457 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Liz Lemon is the head writer of a live variety program in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy interferes with her show, bring the wildly unpredicatable Tracy Jordan into the cast. Now it's up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try to have a life.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 333 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Hand-picking the keenest insights and funniest exchanges from eighty-four episodes of the groundbreaking streaming series, this carefully curated book offers excerpts from casual yet intimate conversations with the funniest people alive and behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes.
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