Joan Rivers
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"In the late fifties and sixties, iconoclastic young rebels in Chicago opened two tiny theaters--The Compass and The Second City--where they satirized politics, religion, and sex. Building scenes by improvising based on audience suggestions turned out to be a fine way to develop great actors, directors, and writers. Alumni went on to create such groundbreaking works as The Graduate, Groundhog Day, and Don't Look Up. Many of them also became stars...
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Joan Rivers has proven herself over and over again to be one of the hardest working women in show business. Since her launch as one of the main guest hosts of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Joan has carved out a niche as one of the most loved personalities in the media. At 78, she is funnier than ever, and has no interest in slowing down. Shot in front of a sellout Chicago audience, see Joan at her best, performing with energy, grace, and her...
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The cameras follow trailblazing comic, Joan Rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the Carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers reveals her relentless desire to keep working with humor and empathy. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, Rivers is once again returned to the spotlight she so richly deserves and cements her reputation as one of stand-up's towering...
26) Napoleon
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Join a precocious Golden Retriever pup as he takes off on a magical journey to the wilds of the Australian Outback in this wonderful, all-animal adventure.
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The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story! Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a host for the then-infant cable-TV shopping network, QVC. A few years and over fifty million viewers later, Kathy, "the champion of the middle-aged, not-so-beautiful woman," is a national phenomenon. In "It's Better To Laugh...," Kathy reveals to her fans the most precious jewels of all -- her laughter, her tears,...
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What's so funny about space and science? Our season finale features the incomparable comedian Joan Rivers. In this episode, she provides color commentary for a Red Carpet parade of previous show topics, including space tourism, the anniversary of Apollo 11, and the search for alien life (both in space and in Hollywood). Guests: Joan Rivers, comedian.
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Veteran funnylady Joan Rivers hosts an honest look into the lives of the most famous women in comedy through personal, in-depth interviews. Some of the most talented female comics working today shed light on the courage, dedication, and passion that is required to be successful in a male-dominated scene.
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A clip-filled celebration featuring many of the series' most popular segments, with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and the multi-talented Electric Company cast. A cultural phenomenon in the '70s, this wildly popular educational television show with big laughs had a bigger message: teaching children basic reading and grammar skills with the emphasis on fun. Includes interviews with cast members Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer,...
36) Napoleon
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A family adventure which tells the tale of a golden retriever puppy on a journey across the Australian outback in search of home.
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Spoiled Beverly Hills housewife Irma Summers totals a $50,000 car while racing home in order to make it to the couch in time for her afternoon talk shows. Convinced that her retired husband Walter is fed up with her antics and has set out to kill her, Irma stays one step ahead of the perceived plot. She escapes her mansion with an enterprising con-woman, and the mismatched pair soon find themselves up to their elbows in action, intrigue, and misadventures....
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Pee-wee's Playhouse volume 3
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It's the wildest holiday ever when some V.I.P.'s (Very Important Persons) stop by to wish Pee-wee a V.M.C. (Very Merry Christmas)! Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are off the beach and on Pee-wee's floor making Christmas cards, Magic Johnson joins Pee-wee for a wild sleigh ride in the Magic Screen, and Dinah Shore sings the "12 Days (or so) of Christmas!"
40) Goosed
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After a woman is informed by a psychic that the man of her dreams is a doctor named Steve, the woman desperately begins the search for the right "Steve".