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4) Funny people
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
George is a very successful stand-up comedian who learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura.
6) I funny
Author
Series
I funny volume 1
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
303 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this freewheeling, no-holds-barred performance before a packed house in Raleigh, North Carolina, Bill fearlessly and hilariously lets loose on a comprehensive set of unique insights and controversial topics: the 'Great Recession,' fake patriotism, President Obama, Michael Jackson, the drug war, health care, the Tea Party movement, reverse racism, religion, and much more, including the first-ever burka fashion show.
Author
Formats
Description
Before his name became synonymous with a new style of comedy; before he had written, directed, or produced his first movie or TV show; before he and his roommate Adam Sandler were performing stand up at dive bars in LA; before all that, Judd Apatow was a kid in Syosett, Long Island who was utterly obsessed with comedy. At 16, he started hosting a radio show for his local high school station, and he would call up the biggest comics of the day -- comics...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filmed live at Toronto's Elgin Theater, this Oscar-winning comedian talks about everything from baby monitors to his addiction to placebos. Also includes an early performance at a Boston comedy club and a short film entitled One Soldier.
10) Mr. Universe
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jim Gaffigan performs live stand-up comedy. He answers such questions as why whales are fat; the effect of hotel rooms on behavior; fast food; etc.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Features some of the hottest comics shown on Comedy Central Presents. Includes performances by Lewis Black, Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin, Carlos Mencia, Brian Regan, and more.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Grab your robe and see Hanks get inducted into the exclusive "Five Timers Club" with other legendary hosts Steve Martin, Paul Simon and Elliott Gould. From playing a string of original characters like a Roadie on Wayne's world and Mr. Short Term Memory to lampooing his own movies like "Big" and "Cast away," Hanks' characters continue to run the spectrum with each one seemingly funnier than the last.
Publisher
Salient Media
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British comedian Eddie Izzard performs a stand-up comedy routine at the Wembley Arena in London, with topics such as the Greek Gods and Medusa's hair, similarities between transvestites and superheroes, and fighting sharks.
14) I'ma be me
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Live from Washington, D.C., and edgier than ever, Wanda holds nothing back as she riffs on the perks of having a black president, coming out, getting married, motherhood, aging, and twenty-first century pirates.
15) The Aristocrats
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedy veterans, Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, use their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke. The joke is an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public. It's called The Aristocrats.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The unhippest guy in the room is going to crack you up. Jim Gaffigan is the nice guy next door- with more than a hint of the devil in him. A regular of The Ellen Show and That '70s Show, the versatile actor shows his unique style of humor.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"No one steps up to life's banquet, holds out her tray, and orders, "Grief, please!" Yet as a child, Candy Pekkala was served a heaping helping of it. But every buffet line has a dessert section, and when a cousin calls with a Hollywood apartment to sublet, it seems though Candy is finally offered something sweet. It's good-bye to Minnesota and hello to California, where a girl who has always lived by her wits has a real chance of making a living...
19) Glorious
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British comedy sensation Eddie Izzard in a live performance.
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