Robert Klein
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Biography: Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor. He is known for his appearances on stage and screen. He has released four standup comedy specials including, A Child of the 50s (1973), Mind Over Matter (1974), New Teeth (1975), and Let's Not Make Love (1990). The first two albums received Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations. Klein hosted Saturday Night Live in its first season in 1975 and again in 1978. Klein made his Broadway debut in the 1966 production of The Apple Tree opposite Alan Alda. He earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his performance in Neil Simon's musical comedy They're Playing Our Song (1979). He is known for his film roles in The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Mixed Nuts (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Primary Colors (1998), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), and Reign Over Me (2007). He is also known for his recurring television roles in Law & Order: SVU (2009-2012), The Good Wife (2013-2014), Madam Secretary (2014), Will & Grace (2018-2019). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his specials, Child in his 50's (2001), and Unfair and Unbalanced (2010). He was profiled in the Starz documentary Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: February 08, 1942
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Gender: Male
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The Last Unicorn
Overview: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-19
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Reign Over Me
Overview: A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-22
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Two Weeks Notice
Overview: Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-19
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Overview: A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-03
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One Fine Day
Overview: Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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Mixed Nuts
Overview: The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-21
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Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
Overview: Taped for HBO in August 1998, on the final date of Jerry Seinfeld's tour appearances at New York City's Broadhurst Theater, I'm Telling You for the Last Time presents the standup comedian's so-called "final" standup, or at least his final tour with the standup material that made him famous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-08
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The Safety of Objects
Overview: In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Overview: It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-07
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The Owl and the Pussycat
Overview: Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-03
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The Gypsy
Overview: Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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Hooper
Overview: Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-28
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The Gang
Overview: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-01-19
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Comedian
Overview: A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-11
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I'm with Lucy
Overview: It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had blind dates with over the past year (Doug, Gabriel, Bobby, Barry, and Luke) and her experiences with each one. But which one of the five men is Lucy about to walk down the aisle with?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-04
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An Evening with Robert Klein
Overview: Comedian Robert Klein performs in HBO's first ever standup special.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-31
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Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced
Overview: Comedian/actor Robert Klein stars in his ninth HBO stand-up special, an hour of all new insights into society’s foibles and follies, plus several memorable musical interludes. Klein performs his routine in front of a live audience at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Amaturo Theatre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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Dirty Movie
Overview: An outrageous cut-rate producer 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 he can to be that king.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-15
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Dangerous Curves
Overview: A college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the company of your dreams in return. When the car gets stolen, he and his friend must go to a beauty pageant run by the thief to get it back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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Robert Klein on Broadway
Overview: Robert Klein on Broadway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-26
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Robert Klein Revisited
Overview: Robert Klein returns to HBO for another hour of his classic comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-17
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Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's
Overview: 1984 Live Recording from campus of New York University.
Genres: Comedy Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-24
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Overview: A fascinating look at the most beloved comedy team in motion picture history. Exclusive interviews with those closest to the brothers supplement this collection of highlights from their film, theater, and television appearances and offer a compelling look at their lives both on and off-screen.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-02
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Yesterday's Tomorrows
Overview: Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related series of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-09
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Funny Is Money
Overview: Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related series of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the fifth of the six films, "Funny Is Money," filmmaker Norman Jewison delves into the topic of comedy, using the hype surrounding the finale of the wildly successful NBC series "Seinfeld" as his launchpad to explore how the artform has evolved over the past 100 years.
Genres: Documentary History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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The Back-Up Plan
Overview: When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-23
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Rivals
Overview: A boy with an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man in her life. After his mother remarries, his rage and misery overwhelm him and he plots to kill his stepfather.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-16
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Nobody's Perfekt
Overview: While everyone knows you can't fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can't resist the challenge. Three slightly disturbed psychiatric patients decide to take on the government. What ensues includes car chases, a ferry boat hijacking, strip-teases and lots of fun!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-07
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The Bell Jar
Overview: Adaptation of the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath. Details a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New England, and subsequent breakdown all amidst the horrors of the fifties, from news of the Rosenbergs' execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-20
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Suits
Overview: A deodorant company with a product called "Smell No Mo" pits two rival ad agencies in a race to come up with a campaign for a new-fangled sanitary napkin called Vorcan. The advertising satire follows the New York firm of Cranston & Co. as they fight rival Hoffman & Partners. Cranston fires his creative director which puts a young copywriter with a literature degree on the front line, even though he doesn't want to be. The contest comes down to a schmaltzy campaign by Hoffman with music by Air Supply that uses the tagline "Vorcan: your own personal air supply." or a more down to earth campaign from Cranston of "The pad ain't bad!"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Robert Klein: It All Started Here
Overview: Robert Klein performs a solo standup routine at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-02
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On Location: Robert Klein at Yale
Overview: HBO goes on location to Yale with Robert Klein in 1982.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-14
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Robert Klein: Child in His 50s
Overview: Comic Robert Klein performs a solo stand-up show before an audience at New York City's John Jay College. Features Klein's insights into the foibles of society, the follies of politics and the mixed blessings of aging.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-02
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Robert Klein: The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue
Overview: In his eighth HBO special, the comic reflects on humorous events from his childhood, his summer job as a lifeguard in the Catskills, the 1960s sexual revolution and signs of aging. Taped in New York City at the John Jay College Theater.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-03
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Summer Switch
Overview: Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-19
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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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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Overview: A documentary on the pop music and culture of the 1960's, featuring film and video clips of 60's-era performers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-25
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Sharknado 2: The Second One
Overview: A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites - and only Fin and April can save the Big Apple.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-31
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Goosed
Overview: Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts that her future lover is named Steven, she heads to L.A. to search for him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-28
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The Best of John Belushi
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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This Wife for Hire
Overview: A housewife starts a business hiring herself out as a "wife," to provide various domestic services.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-18
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Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Overview: William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-23
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Labor Pains
Overview: A New York City columnist falls in love with -- and quickly gets pregnant by -- a free-spirited artist who promptly vanishes for eight months.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-07
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Definitely, Maybe
Overview: When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Ira & Abby
Overview: A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-23
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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Overview: The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Comedy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-22
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Putzel
Overview: For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Walter's dreams of taking over his family's smoked fish emporium are disrupted by the arrival of Sally, who starts a relationship with his about-to-retire and very-married uncle. In order to secure his future, Walter attempts to thwart the budding romance and falls for Sally too - throwing everyone's lives into hilarious chaos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-10
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Poison Ivy
Overview: Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-10
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Piñero
Overview: "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg
Overview: A hilarious and heartfelt look at the career and influence of comedy legend Robert Klein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-17
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Clarissa
Overview: Pilot episode of the cancelled follow-up series to Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains it All" in which debutante Clarissa Darling contends to her life in New York City and her internship at a local newspaper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-30
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Another Dirty Movie
Overview: Two college film students set out to make an homage to Charlie LaRue, not for art or for money. They're doing it to get a hot chick.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-25
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Primary Colors
Overview: In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-20
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Notice to Quit
Overview: Andy Singer, a struggling New York City realtor, finds his world crashing down around him when his estranged 10-year-old daughter, Anna, shows up unannounced on his doorstep in the middle of his eviction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Demoted
Overview: What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-12
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People I Know
Overview: A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-21
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The Landlord
Overview: At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-20
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Next Stop Wonderland
Overview: Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin thinks that her love life has hit rock bottom. In reality, the all-time low comes when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad for her in the "personals" section of a local newspaper! Erin's disgust turns to curiosity, however, when the calls start pouring in - all 64 of them! As she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job...all the while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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From Where I Sit
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Overview: The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-02
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Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary
Overview: The definitive film on the harmonica. A comprehensive exploration of the culture, the players, the politics, and of course the music associated with the only instrument where one must breathe naturally to produce sound. This simple act, breathing through the harmonica, forms an undeniable connection between the player and the instrument as it captures the body and spirit of each individual musician that puts it to their mouth. It’s truly a universal phenomenon and the sound, well, it’s undeniable.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-11
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All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Overview: Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-30
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Overview: Animated adaptation of Virginia Lee Burton's children's book.
Genres: Animation Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-10
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Monty Python Conquers America
Overview: This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Radioland Murders
Overview: A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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Jeffrey
Overview: Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-18
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Your Place... or Mine?
Overview: Karen (Tyne Daly) is a San Francisco real estate broker and best friend of psychiatrist Alexandra Benedict (Bonnie Franklin) whose boyfriend leaves her. Karen's husband Phillip (Peter Bonerz) plays rugby with gardener Nick Richmond (Robert Klein) who Karen thinks is the perfect match for Alexandra, but circumstances stop Alexandra from meeting Nick until the last minutes of the narrative.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-02
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Before I Go
Overview: A woman recalls her life and musical career choices in New York City through the years.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-20
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Pajama Tops
Overview: French inspired farce about affairs, mistaken identities and similar hijinks.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-08
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Overview: Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-05
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Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Overview: In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – shared a stage together for the first time in 18 years. Even more remarkably, Graham Chapman was there too....in an urn! The occasion for this reunion was the US Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python, hosted by Robert Klein in front of a live audience.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-21
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Night of 100 Stars
Overview: The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-08
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Comic Relief '90
Overview: Several celebrity comedians take on sadness in the fourth laugh for charity.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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An All-Star Toast to the Improv
Overview: To celebrate the "birthday" of the famous Improv comedy club, 6 famous comedians get up on stage and do their thing. However, to make things interesting, while each one does his particular routine, the other 5 comics sit at the back of the stage and heckle the performer. This video is especially notable for Martin Mull issuing a zinger at Robin Williams that shuts-up the otherwise motor-mouthed comic for at least 5 seconds.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-30
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They're Playing Our Song
Overview: In a story based on the real-life relationship of Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Bayer Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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The Contract
Overview: Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is unexpectedly killed she is forced to choose between the violent world she knows and the ordinary world she does not. As the sun rises on Capitol Hill, Senator Harmon prepares to announce his candidacy for leadership of the Republican party and ultimately the presidency of the United States. The only thing that could deny his dream is the exposure of an evil past full of deception and murder. Hannah engages herself on an action-packed journey that takes her from the Mafia underworld to corruption in the highest levels of government. What she is about to discover could be the greatest and most sinister conspiracy of all time.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-29
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Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian Award
Overview: Hosted by Anderson Cooper, Jerry is honored by fellow comedians Chris Albrecht, Anderson Cooper, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, and Garry Shandling.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-01
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