Comedy

<p>From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the...

<p>Eight Is Enough began its first full season with a gaping hole in the center -- the tragic loss of actress Diana Hyland, who played Bradford matriarch Joan. As the season begins, newspaper columnist Tom Bradford is now a widower and the Bradford clan...

<p>Robert Tyre Bobby Jones, Jr., perhaps the greatest amateur golfer in the history of the sport, is here to show you the secrets of his game. In between winning his legendary Grand Slam in golf and the Masters tournament, this original sports superstar shot...

<p>Big changes were in the air for the legal crew of Night Court as the smash hit show entered the seventh season of its epic nine-season run. Status quo is MIA for the court as the season begins with a visit from Harry's estranged...

<p>It's deja vu all over again in this scandalous comedy about marital infidelity directed by two-time Academy Award winner* Frank Borzage and based on the hit stage play by W. Somerset Maugham. Bored with her marriage to stuffy aristocrat Arnold Cheney (Creighton Hale), Elizabeth...

<p>It's the biggest event since sheep invented wool! Apollo 11's astronauts will walk on the moon -- and the 1,000-ton satellite dish in tiny, sheep-farming Parkes, Australia, will beam that historic first step around the globe. But as giddy citizens prepare for the moment...

<p>The greatest variety acts of the past -- humorists, bands, vaudevillians, dramatists, dancers and more -- return for a second collection of the earliest of the venerable Vitaphone sound shorts. Entertainers from coast to coast, from stage and screen, from the heights of Brooklyn...

<p>Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle made his triumphant return to comedy in the six sparkling Vitaphone shorts he headlines in this collection, two co-starring Shemp Howard himself. While Fatty's return was tragically cut short by his untimely passing, another talent was on the rise -- Shemp...

<p>HBO premieres a four-part showcase for some of the comedy-club circuits most outrageous R-rated comics, hosted by the foremost practitioner of "cringe comedy" and co-star of the HBO series Lucky Louie Jim Norton. Each half-hour edition features an opening routine from Norton, who then...

<p>Comedian/actor Robert Klein stars in his ninth HBO stand-up special, an hour of all new insights into society's foibles and follies, plus several memorable musical interludes. Klein performs his routine in front of a live audience at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts'...

<p>When Johnny Carson announces his retirement from the Tonight Show, it throws the networks, and their executives, two talk-show stars and millions of late night television viewers into a frenzy. Who could replace the most important talk-show host in history? It soon comes down...

<p>A fool when it comes to love, Sally Middleton (Eleanor Parker) vows to give up romance and stop getting silly over men. But when her man-eating pal (Eve Arden) ditches Sgt. Bill Page (Ronald Reagan) for a date with a superior officer, Sally feels...

<p>Andy Hardy, the original teen supreme, comes careening to your screen in the first of a series of collections! MGM's 1937 adaptation of Aurania Rouverol's play Skidding, A Family Affair, proved such a stunning success that production commenced on a series inspired by it...

<p>Ruby (Harlow) is a cynical blonde who is not above swindling her dates. When con man Eddie Hall (Gable) barges into her life, Ruby knows she's met her soul mate. She and Eddie set about a partnership in small-time crime, but a routine scheme...

<p>When cheesecake artist Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan) is offered $100,000 to appear on TV with the model for his world-famous pinups, he's forced to find a woman who doesn't exist. The best-kept secret in the business, "The Randolph Girl" is actually made up of...

<p>When the Commies snatch George Jessel, Butterfly McQueen, Dorothy Lamour and other world leaders, America's Super Secret Agency forms The Phynx, a pre-fab pop band whose musical mission is to play a concert in the castle where the captives are held and rock the...

<p>Monsters and mortality, pro sports and home fitness all get a dino-sized twist in this quartet of Flintstone network specials. The Flintstones' New Neighbors: When the gruesome Frankenstone family moves in next door to Fred and Wilma, Fred is furious but Wilma insists they...

<p>The second season of the beloved TV classic shines so bright it attracted a very special guest star -- real-life NASA titan Gordon "Gordo" Cooper! This ground-breaking situation 'dramedy' was more about friendship than courtship -- the special friendship shared by Eddie (Brandon Cruz)...

<p>Scott Valentine (TV's Family Ties) and Michelle Little discover that true love has many faces, and occasionally claws, in the frightfully funny romance My Demon Lover. The happy-go-lucky but lonely Kaz (Valentine) is looking for love when he meets Denny (Little), a cute, kindhearted...

<p>Opera star Rise Stevens makes her big-screen debut opposite Nelson Eddy in this rollicking adaptation of Ferenc Molnar's The Guardsman set to The Chocolate Soldier's glorious score. Hungary's most popular musical comedy team, Karl Lang (Eddy) and Maria Lanyi (Stevens) are married to the...

<p>When a divorcee returns from a Caribbean cruise, her three bright-eyed girls have a surprise for her: they intend to reunite the family by bringing home the father they scarcely know. But Mom has a surprise, too: she married another man during the cruise!...

<p>When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But when in World War II-era Cairo, do as the spies do! Into that teeming viper's nest stumbles affable American Homer Smith, a reporter who aims to get the story, get it right and, above all,...

<p>Five college buddies fired from their summer jobs start a moving business together. But faced with ruthless loan sharks and brutal rivals, the boys soon find they have more on their hands than other people's furniture. Paul Reiser stars in this remarkably "moving" and...

<p>An all-star cast led by Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mini Rogers, Jeffrey Tambor, Illeana Douglas, Paul Mazursky, Chris Mulkey and Kathy Baker takes on a shattering expose of the back-stabbing world of big business from the award- winning pen of Larrry Gelbart (Tootsie/TV's M*A*S*H)....

<p>They came, they played, they conquered. There was no stopping them. The British invasion of the U.S. pop scene was in full force in 1965. And one of the most super of the supergroups was The Dave Clark Five. The quintet takes to the...

<p>A conservative American businessman living in 1980s Barcelona is joined by his obnoxious cousin, a naval officer. As they compete for women, the two rivals find themselves each embroiled in a culture where anti-American violence is on the rise. An effective mix of romance,...

<p>Two-time Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda ("On Golden Pond," "Coming Home") stars in this wonderful story about the crumbling of a wealthy suburban community's facade of smug respectability when four women allow themselves to become part of a scientific survey that examines their sex lives....

<p>The New York Yankees won today, so life is good for baseball fan Bruce Hallerton. On the same day, wanting to grow closer to his son, Bruce decides to manage a Little League team, so life is also complicated. Suddenly, Bruce must cope with...

<p>Bill Cleaver (Grant Withers) lives to dance. The winner of 11 straight cups at Hoffman's Parisian Dance Palace, he cinches the waltz contest with newcomer Molly O' Neil (Sue Carol), the niftiest little trick in town. So when the management offers them a free...

<p>The shaggy-maned idol rips into his song -- and the audience screams with excitement. Some ecstatic fans storm the stage, wanting simply to touch him. Some want to bear his child. One adoring woman announces she already has. And outside the hall, a horse-drawn...

<p>Oscar-nominee Jill Clayburgh ("An Unmarried Woman," "Starting Over") and Richard Benjamin ("Love at First Bite," "First Family") star in the hilarious film based on the sexy Phillip Roth bestseller -- about the not-so-warm relationship between a Jewish boy and his mother -- that started...

<p>Director John Huston ("The African Queen," "The Maltese Falcon") and a powerhouse cast make magic in this tongue-in-cheek Western saga. Academy Award-winner Paul Newman ("Nobody's Fool," "The Sting") shines as the real life, self-appointed judge. All-star supporting cast includes Academy Award-nominees Anthony Perkins ("Psycho")...

<p>Hey, you! Wanna catch the L.A. garage band that first recorded the oft-covered rock essential "Hey Joe?" That would be the Leaves, seen here in a performance of "In the House of Dr. Stone." The Cool Ones has more cool musical stuff, too. Like...

<p>After the dawn of sound and before the Production Code, Hollywood ran wild and free. Fearlessly and frankly tackling subjects and scenes that would quickly become forbidden to a generation of filmmakers, these seldom-seen pre-Code wonders are both revelatory and sin-sational. This fifth volume...

<p>An enticing trio of suave silver screen seducers lies at the heart of this fourth collection of pre-Code sensations whose subject matter would soon be forbidden by the infamous Production Code. William Powell, Kay Francis and David Manners prove that sophistication and sexiness once...

<p>After nine seasons of headlining more than 200 shows, and five Emmy Awards to his credit, comedian Dennis Miller gets back to his stand-up roots for the HBO special, DENNIS MILLER: THE RAW FEED. With scathingly humorous wit, Miller gets out his sociopolitical thermometer...

<p>(Drama) HBO Films presents The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, a kaleidoscopic look inside the unquiet mind of Peter Sellers. Despite his Hollywood success, his comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life plagued by self-loathing, insecurity and abusive behavior. The film peers behind...

<p>When old school friends meet, they soon become lovers. Only problem is, he's running for President! Will love conquer all and leave him enough energy to conquer the voters? Only time and this hilarious comedy will tell.</p>

<p>Gene Kelly hits the happy road to Paris, love and laughter! The Hollywood icon - the creative force behind Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris and more musical landmarks - produces, directors and stars in a winning family comedy about two single...

<p>Maisie, the knockout dancer, continues to knock 'em flat from the factory floor to up above the clouds in this concluding volume of complete series collection starring Ann Sothern. This collection includes: Maisie Gets Her Man (1942), Swing Shift Maisie (1943), Maisie Goes to...

<p>Emmy Award-winning actress/comedienne Tracey Ullman stars in an all-new autobiographical show that traces her childhood, early career in dancing, acting and music, and rise to stardom on television and films. Featuring Ullman portraying both herself through the years as well as several of the...

<p>What happens when Governor Farley of Idaho (Beau Bridges) decides to close his state borders rather than allow a planeload of immigrant orphans to make it their home? The answer is hilarious, frightening, scandalous - and may well be the start of THE SECOND...

<p>He's made a career exposing artifice, excess and pretense. So what's Dennis Miller doing cozying up with a bunch of high rollers and showgirls in Sin City? He's headlining his all-new seventh HBO stand-up special. Live from Caesar's Palace, Miller tackles such hot topics...

<p>Dave Attell is funnier and more outlandish than ever in his first solo HBO special, a 60-minute concert performed in front of a live audience at The Lincoln Theater, the venerable Washington DC venue. Attell's sarcastic wit and quick-fire delivery prove why he has...

<p>Two longtime friends, whose temperaments are vastly different, share a bond as retirement-home residents.</p>

<p>Not one, not two, but three Red Skeltons zig-zag through this madcap adventure and turn Watch the Birdie into a real treat! The crown prince of clownery flusters his way through high jinks involving three beautiful women and two suave crooks, making this story...

<p>Ivan Reitman, producer of National Lampoon's Animal House and producer/director of Ghostbusters, brings you Big Shots, a slam-bang comedy-adventure with a heart as big as Chicago. It centers on the unlikely but very special friendship that develops between two 11-year-old boys. Obie is a...

<p>Audiences always roared with delight when Red Skelton went one-on-one with post-war life in The Yellow Cab Man, The Fuller Brush Man and other films. In Half a Hero, the legendary comic took on a slice of 20th-century Americana that still resonates today: the...

<p>Red Skelton was already a presence on early TV, brining creations like Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader into millions of living rooms, when he made his last film for MGM, the studio that had been his movie home since 1940. The beloved funnyman...

<p>Think of Red Skelton and chances are you think of Clem Kadiddlehopper, The Mean Widdle Kid or Freddie the Freeloader. These and other Skelton comedy creations have tickled the funnybones of generations of TV viewers. But in The Clown, the legendary comic touches movie...