Robert Klein
Author
Language
English
Description
A funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir by Robert Klein, the beloved and award-winning comedian who has entertained audiences for more than four decades. Best known for his unique brand of observational humor-seen on Broadway and in film and television-Klein details his life from ages nine to twenty-five as viewed "through the gauze of time." Klein's theme park of memories alternates dark moments with sunlit humor. Teenage frustrations prompted...
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The seventies in America were a time of social and cultural ferment, and Ira Resnick was there with his camera to capture it all. Now he is opening his archives to reveal hundreds of rare celebrity photos--many never seen since their original publication in magazines like Rolling Stone, People, and Us."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Zoe wants a baby, but has a problem letting anyone get close to her. The perfect solution is to become artificially inseminated. Shortly after she conceives twins, she finally meets the man of her dreams. Will he stick around when he finds out?
Publisher
Educational Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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.
9) Before I Go
Author
Language
English
Description
A once-successful musician living in New York faces the fact that her life might never get better and considers ending it all. In a last-ditch effort to find happiness and in her own uniquely sarcastic way, she faces her dead-end job, dating apps, her childhood, and her depression head-on to come back from the edge with a vengeance.
Author
Language
English
Description
An outrageous cut-rate producer, Charlie LaRue (Christopher Meloni) is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told. As Charlie and his filmmaking team hilariously struggle to write a script and assemble their award-winning cast, the movie-within-a-movie emerges with one dirty joke after another. Only one can take the crown for writing the dirtiest joke ever told and Charlie will do whatever...
11) Hooper
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Language
English
Description
Burt Reynolds stars as a stunt man at the top of his industry challenged by a younger, cockier stunt man eager to claim top honors from Hooper. Hooper (Reynolds) and ski (Jan-Michael Vincent) warily test each other out, but with a growing respect for their mutual skill ... and their coolness in the face of danger. But in the end, only one of the two men is brave enough--or foolish enough--to dare a seemingly impossible stunt in this lighthearted romp....
12) Since '45
Author
Language
English
Description
Produced in 1979, this classic short documentary explores the mass media and its impact upon society, uncovering shocking details showing how in many cases it is the media itself that drives the news cycle.
13) Goosed
Author
Language
English
Description
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".