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"Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the...
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The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual is a comprehensive guide to the UCB style of long form comedy improvisation. Written by UCB founding members Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, the manual covers everything from the basics of two person scene work (with a heavy emphasis on finding "the game" of the scene), to the complexities of working within an ensemble to perform long form structures, such as "The Harold" and "The...
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"Join music superstar Glen Campbell for a spectacular celebration of down-home music...You'll have a grand old time filled with music, laughter, and a roster of guest stars that reads like an All-Star team of entertainers: Johnny Cash, June Carter, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Minnie Pearl. --from container"
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"The History of Sketch Comedy will appeal to all kinds of comedy fans as well as fans of Keegan-Michael Key. With epic personal tangents and hilarious asides, their story takes you on an illuminating look at all facets of comedy from the stock characters of commedia del arte in the 16th century, to the rise of vaudeville and burlesque, the golden age of television comedy, the influence of the most well-known comedy schools, and ascension of comedy...
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Monty Python are flying again for a final reunion, well, sort of. This hugely anticipated live show took place on June 20th 2014 at the O2 Arena in London. At a combined age of just 357, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin once again take to the stage and perform some Monty Python's greatest hits with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.
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Collection includes: Are You Being Served? Christmas Crackers (Dec 22 1975); Good Neighbors: Silly, But It's Fun (Dec 26 1977); To the Manor Born: Christmas Special (Dec 25 1979); Allo Allo!: A Bun in the Oven (Dec 24 1991); Last of the Summer Wine: Whoops (Dec 25 1981); Keeping Up Appearances: A Very Merry Hyacinth (Dec 25 1991); Blackadder's Christmas Carol (Dec 23 1988); and The Vicar of Dibley: Winter (Dec 25 1999)
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IFC's hit sketch comedy series, created, written by, and starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, is driven by a series of hilarious character-based shorts all of which take place in Portlandia, the creators' dreamy and absurd rendering of Portland, Oregon, where '90s culture reigns supreme and political correctness is all the rage.
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Comic superstar Chris Rock stars in his fifth solo stand-up performance. From three of Chris's international performances - at South Africa's Carnival City Casino, London's Carling Apollo Hammersmith, and New York's legendary Apollo Theater. He delivers his adults-only take on dozens of social, political and celebrity issues.
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It's Buck, Roy, Junior, Grandpa and the whole Hee Haw gang, all pickin' and grinnin,' singin' and spinnin' tall tales with the citizens of Kornfield Kounty! Includes bonus interviews with Roy Clark and many other cast members. Features performances by Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Jr., Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Donna Fargo, Charlie Rich, Dottie West, and Tennessee Ernie Ford.
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"Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might take the comedy world by storm! Defeated by Rising at the High School Comedy Battle and faced with their lack of experience compared to Broken Glass Slipper at the Hiyama Cup, Azemichi and Taiyo must grapple with yet another loss. But now it's time to...
17) Saturday night
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At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television, and culture, forever. This film is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn't, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words.
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It's Buck, Roy, Junior, Grandpa and the whole Hee Haw gang, all pickin' and grinnin, 'singin' and 'spinnin' tall tales with the citizens of Kornfield Kounty! Performances include the First Lady of Country Music Tammy Wynette, the Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard, plus Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and more.
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