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2024.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Writer, director, and performer Wyatt Cenac stars in this digital series about a Brooklyn resident moonlighting as a crime-fighting vigilante, confronting self-absorbed parents, upstart artisanal-mustard shops, and his own relevance in the world. Nominated for a 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
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"Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where he penned classic material for Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and all of the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. From SNL, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows--from...
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2013
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Savor moments of Zen like never before, with our Senior Philosophical Correspondents
The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy is revised, expanded, and updated to probe deeper than ever before the philosophical significance of the quintessential "fake" news show of the 21st century.
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"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,...
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[2020]
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1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
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"Fleabag is back for a second bite, and this time she is going toe to toe with the man upstairs. In an unexpected twist of fate, our lost little rascal meets a Priest who jolts her into seeing the world in a different way. Picking up one year later, there are still old wounds to unpick and new ones to dress as the next chapter of Fleabag's life takes her to hell and back....Fleabag and Claire are brought together by an unexpected attack and tensions...
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Exploring the pioneering career of the man whose quirky comic experiments influenced decades of television, from Laugh-In to Late Night.
A true pioneer of television, Ernie Kovacs entertained audiences throughout the 1950s and early 1960s with his zany, irreverent, and surprising humor-and also inspired a host of later comedies and comedians, including Monty Python, David Letterman, much of Saturday Night Live, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Captain...
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2018
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3 videodiscs (389 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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For as long as they can recall, Grace and Frankie have been rivals. Their one-upmanship comes crashing to a halt, however, when they learn that their husbands have fallen in love with each other and want to get married. As everything around the ladies is coming apart, the only thing they can really rely on is each other. This Netflix original re-teams Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin ("9 to 5") as Grace and Frankie, respectively, bringing their chemistry...
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Demonstrates that slapstick film comedies display a canny and sometimes profound understanding of their medium.
Slapstick film comedy may be grounded in idiocy and failure, but the genre is far more sophisticated than it initially appears. In this book, Burke Hilsabeck suggests that slapstick is often animated by a philosophical impulse to understand the cinema. He looks closely at movies and gags that represent the conditions and conventions of...
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Keeping Quiet is a love-letter to the modern sight-gag on film and television, tracing the history of physical clowning since the advent of sound. Taking up the story of visual humour where Paul Merton's Silent Comedy leaves off, Julian Dutton charts the lives and work of all the great comedians who chose to remain silent, from Charlie Chaplin - who was determined to resist the 'talkies' - right through to the slapstick of modern-day performers such...
10) Funny girl
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From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, it is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, this author's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who...
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[2014]
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2 videodiscs (268 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House. Then she became vice president. Veep follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the president's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
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[2016]
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3 videodiscs (377 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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For as long as they can recall, Grace and Frankie have been rivals. Their one-upmanship comes crashing to a halt, however, when they learn that their husbands have fallen in love with each other and want to get married. As everything around the ladies is coming apart, the only thing they can really rely on is each other.
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[2022]
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2 digital videodiscs (ca. 288 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Shortly after moving into their newly finished dream house, Alice's partner, Harry, dies from falling down the stairs. Harry designed the house himself, so it's weird, wonderful, and impractical, and one more disorientation for Alice to endure along with her sense of loss and abandonment. Her beloved partner of twenty years is gone, and now she can't even find the fridge. To add to her problems, Alice discovers that Harry had a habit of hiding stuff...
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c2009
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2 videodiscs (325 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Meet Dr. Elizabeth Goode, PhD, a brash and judgmental therapist who uses her own unconventional methods of therapy to treat the elite of the entertainment, sports and music industries. Her unique brand of treating the celebrity psyche has made her the 'it' therapist in Hollywood and NY.
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[2020]
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15 videodiscs (approximately 28 hr., 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Created by and starring Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, this irreverent, character-driven comedy centers on the "reversal of fortune" story of the once filthy-rich Rose family. Suddenly finding themselves broke, the Roses are forced to rebuild their empire in a small town they once purchased as a joke. As the years go on, we see them thrive in a place they begin to call home, ready to take their personal relationships, business pursuits and, for some,...
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[2023]
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2 videodiscs (438 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Season Two follows various hotel guests over a week, but with each passing day, a darker side of the picture-perfect travelers, hotel employees, and idyllic locale emerges. At its Sicily location, the White Lotus welcomes two couples trying to decide if they're friends or enemies, a three-generation Italian American family exploring its Sicilian roots, and a White Lotus VIP traveling with her husband (and assistant) in tow. Behind the scenes, the...
20) Mum: Season one
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2018.
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1 videodisc [(approximately 180 min.)] : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.





