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Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Are we allowed to make jokes about the Holocaust? In this outrageously funny and thought-provoking film, filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein puts the question about comedy's ultimate taboo to legends including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Shearer, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Susie Essman, Larry Charles, and many other critical thinkers, as well as Holocaust survivors themselves. Through these interviews and clips from our favorite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
iv, 153 pages: illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In recent decades, the philosophy of humor has been recognized as a legitimate subfield of philosophy. The reason for this? Because to understand how humor works is to better understand the nature of human experience. In these 24 insightful, informative, illuminating, and (yes) humorous lectures, explore the philosophical theories and explanations of humor, from blatantly obvious puns to complex narratives to sly twists of language. Rooted in analytic...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bassem Youssef made a decision that's every mother's worst nightmare - he left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian. Dubbed "The Egyptian Jon Stewart," Bassem creates the most viewed television program in the Middle East. He has 30 million viewers per episode, compared to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's 2 million viewers. In a country where free speech is not settled law, Bassem comes up with creative ways to non-violently...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
By the time the DEFA Studio for Animation Film closed in 1992, it had produced more than 800 shorts in a wide variety of styles and techniques. The 16 animation films included in this collection were directed by 8 different animators between 1974 and 1990, and give a taste of animation production in East Germany. Established in 1955, the studio initially produced shorts exclusively for children. During the 1970s and '80s, however, films targeting...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With wonderful timing and mannerisms, and bouncy klezmer music backing them up, these funny old 'alter kockers' deliver, with great delight, the off-color and risqu ǰokes from a bygone era--Container.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
9 videodisc (approximately min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Encompassing over five decades of George Carlin's hilarious and groundbreaking career, the collection brings together for the first time all of the legendary comedian's HBO specials plus hours of bonus material, including Carlin's posthumous audio release, Featuring never-before-released material from the 1960's all the way through to the 2000.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
12 videodiscs (2700 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Include all 100-plus episodes from the show's five-season run in addition to the reunion series Death Comes to Town with a host of bonus features including interviews, commentaries, archival footage, slideshows, and more.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Sordid Lives" creator Del Shores proves once and for all that he is not a writer, he's a self-proclaimed thief! Shores brings to life six one-of-a-kind characters he has met in real life that haven2t made it into one of his plays, films, or TV shows. Shores shares the truth behind how he collected these eccentrics and their stories as he portrays his hilarious, at times touching, off-the-rils encounters with them. The audience will meet 1Yvonne,...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010. The influence the magazine has had on our culture through turbulent times, morphing into Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movies, and the stars and sorrows it has produced.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kevin Hart follows up his 2013 hit stand-up concert movie Let Me Explain, with this record-setting performance filmed in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.
Publisher
Entertainment One Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Katt Williams returns to his hometown of Cincinnati, provoking non-stop laughter on everything from sex, relationships, parenthood, and Katt's own shattered L.A. illusions.
Publisher
Inception Media Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Heather McDonald doesn't hold back on anything, especially when it comes to demonstrating her many talents. Her laugh-out-loud, irreverent storytelling comes to life in this hysterical comedy special. Best known for her roundtable appearances on 'Chelsea Lately,' Heather recounts her attempts to balance fame and family, all while doing it her way!
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 17 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Video in the Villages project introduces video among the Enauênê Nauê Indians, a group still isolated in the north of Mato Grosso. The 10th group to have been visited by the project, these Indians are very extroverted and respond with surprising, high-spirited performances.
19) Moms Mabley
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jackie Moms Mabley was an African-American stand-up comic and showbiz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of African-American Vaudeville to become a mainstream star on the stage and TV. Mabley pushed the boundaries of comedy by tackling topics such as gender, sex, and racism, making her one of the first taboo-pushing comedians on the comedy circuit. Once billed as The Funniest Woman in the World, she performed up until her death in 1975....
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