Billy Crystal
Author
Description
"Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spanning several decades beginning in the 1950s, Crystal reminisces about what it was like growing up in a loving Jewish family in Long Beach, LI. He recalls the numerous eclectic relatives who inspired him, the huge influence of jazz on his family, his passion for the New York Yankees, and much more.
Publisher
Distributed by Rhino
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (420 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
7) Here today
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.
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After four years of chasing his stand-up comedy dream in Los Angeles, 34-year-old Scott Rollins (Ben Schwartz, Parks And Recreation) has crashed and burned. Left with little money and a fledging "career," Scott has no choice but to regroup, lick his wounds, and return to his parents' house in Long Island. While trying to figure out what to do next, he pines after his ex, Becky (Eloise Mumford), a successful photographer who has since married a former...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harry Block has gone through three wives, six psychiatrists and dozens of girlfriends during his long literary career. But when Harry writes a bestseller about his best friends, his best friends become his worst enemies.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (104 min.) : Blu-ray, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This best loved bedtime story is a tale that has enchanted generations of young ones. Now children and stars come together for a delightfully animated version of this and other favorite sleepytime tales.
13) Monsters, Inc
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Monsters James P. Sullivan (Sully) and his partner Mike Wazowski work for Monsters, Inc., a utility company that collects children's screams to generate energy for the city Monstropolis. One night, Sully, the top scream-generator, and Mike accidentally let a human girl through her closet door into Monstropolis. They work to return the little girl to her own world, while the CEO of Monsters, Inc. tries to capture her in order to collect more scream...
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Formats
Description
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-Ray (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in panic, can the pair admit they just might be the perfect match for each other?"--Container.
16) City slickers
Series
Formats
Description
City slickers: Three friends go on a cattle drive in order to quench their mid-life crises.
Running scared: Ray and Danny are the wild men of the Windy City's police force whose unorthodox methods get results in a tough town until they come up against Julio Gonzales, a smooth-talking drug dealer who is bucking to become Chicago's first Spanish Godfather.
Throw Momma from the train: Owen says he will murder Larry's lying, conniving ex-wife if Larry...