Dave Allen
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Biography: David Tynan O'Mahony, better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish observational comedian and satirist. Initially becoming known in Australia during 1963–64, Allen made regular television appearances in the United Kingdom from the later 1960s and until the mid-1980s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Birthday: June 06, 1936
Deathday: March 10, 2005
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Gender: Male
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Dave Allen
Overview: Dave Allen was an alternative comedian before the phrase even existed. He was an innovator who set the agenda for comedy and comedians for more than thirty years. All he needed was a stool and a glass of something and he was in his element, reflecting laconically on such subjects as sex, the Irish and God, traffic, smoking, the Bible, Life and Death. Also sex, the Irish and God... This DVD contains his very own personal choice of sketches, gags and monologues. It's a vintage display from a unique raconteur - a man who observes out guilt, weaknesses and doubts and makes us laugh at them and at ourselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
Overview: British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-10
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Dave Allen Live ...On Life
Overview: With his trademark props - the stool and the whisky glass - Dave Allen proves the essentials of great comedy are simply a microphone, an audience and an hour-and-a-half of your time! Undoubtedly Dave Allen On Life showcases this most original stand-up comedian at his unsurpassable best. Hand-picked by Dave from his self-titled BBC series in 1993. These classic monologues on the idiocy of life include over 20 minutes of footage never seen on TV before.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-09
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Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Overview: Told by family and friends, with rare unseen archive, this documentary reflects on the career of Dave Allen, relative of poet Katharine Tynan, and a natural performer who cut his teeth at Butlins. He became a TV star in Australia in his twenties, before returning home to dominate the schedules here in Britain with his unique blend of sketches and stories in a career that took in films, plays, documentaries and chat shows, alongside award winning comedy series.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-28
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One Fine Day
Overview: Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric
Overview: A 1974 documentary in which comedian Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics including Alexander Stuart Wortley who lives in a box on wheels, a cowboy vicar and the artist/filmmaker Bruce Lacey showing his set-up where he pretends to fly a Lancaster bomber in his garage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-08
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Squeeze a Flower
Overview: When greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-12
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Vintage Dave Allen
Overview: A personal selection of 1½ hours of the finest gags from the grand master of innovative comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
Overview: An All-Star salute to Sir Lew Grade, featuring Julie Andrews, Tom Jones, and the last public performance by John Lennon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-18
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The Best of Dave Allen
Overview: Compilation of favourite gags, routines and observations, selected from across the groundbreaking comedian's thirty years in showbusiness and including trenchant reflections on life, death, smoking and the nature of the Irish, all delivered from his trademark stool with a glass of whisky in hand.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Dave Allen: Eccentrics at Play
Overview: Sequel to the documentary ‘Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric’.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-30
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