Joyce Brothers
Biography: Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. She first became famous in 1955 for winning the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which established her as a pioneer in the field of "pop (popular) psychology". Brothers is often credited as the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream. Her syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for Good Housekeeping, in which she contributed for nearly 40 years. As Brothers quickly became the "face of psychology" for American audiences, she often appeared in various television roles, usually as herself. From the 1970s onward, she also began to accept fictional roles that parodied her "woman psychologist" persona. She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various genres. Numerous groups recognized Brothers for her strong leadership as a woman in the psychological field and for helping to destigmatize the profession overall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joyce Brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: October 20, 1927
Deathday: May 13, 2013
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Known For
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002-12-17
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Overview: Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's story of a man willing to go to any length for a shot at fame.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-17
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The Lonely Guy
1984-01-27
The Lonely Guy
Overview: A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-27
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Oh, God! Book II
1980-10-03
Oh, God! Book II
Overview: God appears before 11-year-old Tracy Richards to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan 'Think God.' Naturaly, Tracy's divorced parents think Tracy's crazy, and plot to halt her 'heaven-sent' mission to spread God's word.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Age Isn't Everything
1991-01-02
Age Isn't Everything
Overview: Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-02
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Analyze That
2002-12-06
Analyze That
Overview: The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-06
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Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977-10-11
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Overview: Dick Clark reviews popular music of the '50s and '60s.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-11
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Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03
Last of the Great Survivors
Overview: A dedicated social worker joins forces with a group of senior citizens fighting City Hall to prevent the demolition of their apartment building and falls for the man she meets on a blind date at a punk rock club. She soon learns that he is the building inspector who condemned the seniors' decrepit home, forcing her to turn to her amorous lawyer ex-boyfriend to find the loophole that will save the building.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-03
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988-08-16
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Overview: Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-16
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Dorm Daze 2
2006-09-05
Dorm Daze 2
Overview: The gang from Dorm Daze is back, but this time they're on a cruise ship on a tropical voyage through the high seas. The cruise makes an educational stop at the island of San Paradiso, where the students are supposed to explore an important archaeological site. Things go from normal to crazy as their visit coincides with every other college's spring break. The moment the boat docks, classes are over! For these Billingsley students, their Semester at Sea will be an adventure no one will ever forget.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-05
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A Night to Die For
1995-05-18
A Night to Die For
Overview: TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Ditka, and Ice-T. Aired on CBS ahead of a screening of Die Hard 2, the day before the third film was released.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-18
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Lover's Knot
1996-07-12
Lover's Knot
Overview: A pair of lovers have no idea that their affair is overseen and orchestrated by an angel sent by Cupid to see that they remain together in this romantic comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-07-12
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Love at Stake
1987-08-01
Love at Stake
Overview: Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real witch and has evil plans for the town.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-01
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For Love of Angela
1982-01-01
For Love of Angela
Overview: Angela, a beautiful and high spirited girl, has found her true love at last in the dashing Harrison, heir to a department store fortune. But Angela, who is a shop-girl at the store, must contend with Harrison's mother, owner of the chain. If Harrison defies his mother and continues his passionate alliance with Angela, he threatens to lose a life of wealth. But if he obeys his domineering mother, he may lose the only true love of his life.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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More Wild Wild West
1980-10-07
More Wild Wild West
Overview: Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
Genres: Western Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-07
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014-05-14
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Overview: Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-14
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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979-05-10
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Overview: 1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-10
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01
Television: The First Fifty Years
Overview: Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The King of Comedy
1982-12-18
The King of Comedy
Overview: Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988-12-02
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Overview: When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-02
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Spy Hard
1996-05-24
Spy Hard
Overview: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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Stand Up and Be Counted
1972-05-01
Stand Up and Be Counted
Overview: Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-01
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The Misery Brothers
1995-01-01
The Misery Brothers
Overview: Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Exit to Eden
1994-10-14
Exit to Eden
Overview: Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar, Omar's partner, Nina, and undercover police officers Fred and Sheila. Unaware of the number of people chasing him, Elliot enjoys his stay at the resort, and finds himself falling in love with head dominatrix Lisa.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993-02-04
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Overview: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-04
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Beggarman, Thief
1979-11-26
Beggarman, Thief
Overview: In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom's widow.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-26
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Animal Behavior
1989-10-27
Animal Behavior
Overview: Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. Her research is overlooked by ignorant colleagues, but one man, Mark, a cellist, helps Alex with her research.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Dear God
1996-11-01
Dear God
Overview: A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Troop Beverly Hills
1989-03-24
Troop Beverly Hills
Overview: A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-24
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The War Between Men and Women
1972-06-01
The War Between Men and Women
Overview: A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002-03-29
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Overview: Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
2001-01-15
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
Overview: A filmmaker makes a documentary about Elvis sightings
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-15
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Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986-12-31
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
Overview: Charlie Barnett shows you how to succeed in college without trying.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-31
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Desperate Lives
1982-03-03
Desperate Lives
Overview: A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-03
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Glory Years
1987-01-01
Glory Years
Overview: A group of former high-school buddies have a reunion in Las Vegas. Thinking to increase their alumni fund, they proceed to use it to gamble at the casinos. Of course, they lose it all. They then get together and try to figure out a way to win it all back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Hero at Large
1980-02-08
Hero at Large
Overview: An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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