Jan Hooks
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Biography: Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. Hooks was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the last two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a number of other film and television roles, including on 30 Rock and The Simpsons.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Decatur, Georgia, USA
Birthday: April 23, 1957
Deathday: October 09, 2014
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Gender: Female
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Overview: The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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The Joe Piscopo Special
Overview: This is an HBO Special in which Joe Piscopo has 60 minutes to try to do many of his famous impressions. He has mostly his Saturday Night Live friends to help do small skits on the Special.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-22
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Funland
Overview: When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-16
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Overview: He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley, an aspiring Chippendales dancer, the bashful host of The Chris Farley Show ( m 'member?") and more.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-26
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Overview: Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and an even bigger appetite, drags his wife and kids across the country to the star-studded Toronto Film Festival. But in between the nonstop parties and all-you-can-eat buffets, Glick soon finds himself in the middle of an outrageously scandalous mystery that becomes the celebrity scoop of the decade!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-08
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Frosty Returns
Overview: Mr. Twitchell, a greedy old businessman, has invented Summer Wheeze: a spray that instantly removes snow and slush! Now Holly has to keep Frosty from melting, and convince everybody that snow's actually a good thing.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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Wildcats
Overview: Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-14
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Overview: A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-29
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Simon Birch
Overview: Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Batman Returns
Overview: Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds herself transformed into Catwoman and is out for revenge...
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-19
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The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
Overview: Late night, sketch/variety comedy special starring comedian Martin Short. It features most of Marty's classic characters: Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr, Irving Cohen, and, from the SNL days, lawyer Nathan Thurm.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-20
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A Dangerous Woman
Overview: Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the shifty Getso. Conflict seems to follow Martha, since she also becomes romantically involved with local fix-it man, Mackey, who is sleeping with Frances as well.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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The Women of SNL
Overview: A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-01
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Coneheads
Overview: A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Overview: A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-25
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