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1161) Lenny: Bojangles
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Lenny (1974 ; approx. 111 min.): "The story of the complexities and contradictions of the legendary comedian Lenny Bruce's mercurial character"--Container.
Bojangles (2000 ; approx. 101 min.): "Biography of the legendary showman Bill Robinson better known as Mr. Bojangles"--Container.
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The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend. Cheech Marin came of age at an interesting time in America and became a self-made counterculture legend with his other half, Tommy Chong. This insightful memoir delves into how Cheech dodged the draft, formed one of the most successful comedy duos of all time, became the face of the recreational drug movement with the film Up in Smoke, forged a successful solo career with roles in The Lion King...
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Fresh off of his two-month college comedy tour, Pete returns to New York City with newfound confidence in his comedic abilities. While growing more assured, he continues to struggle over what he really wants out of comedy and how to find a happy balance between his old, faith-based self and the new, more ambitious comic he's becoming.
1172) Knock 'em dead
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Captain Darac novels volume 4
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"All summer, Captain Paul Darac of Nice's Brigade Criminelle has been in a happy place with the woman he loves, the jazz group in which he plays, and the police team he leads. But as the Brigade is called to the murder of an elderly man at nearby Saint-Laurent station, things begin to change and two of these relationships look set to fail. At the scene, the victim is identified as ex-comedy star Ambroise Paillaud, born locally and recently retired...
1173) Rosie O'Donnell
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Presents the life and career of comic, actress, and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell.
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Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing, such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts, have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and television sitcoms. But fewer women who write and perform their own comedy have become stars, and, most often, they've been successful because they were willing to be funny-looking, from Fanny Brice...
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Español
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The original, widely-loved Cantinflas animated program that ran in the US and Mexico from 1972-1982. Thirteen episodes per volume. In this collection of animated shorts from the beloved animated series, Cantinflas will travel the world, the universe, space and through time, to bring the most important times, places and characters in history.
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"Dudley Riggs didn't have to run away from home to join the circus. Home was the circus. Son of the acclaimed aerial flyers Riggs and Riggs, he made his circus debut as a polar prince parading in a wagon pulled by a polar bear. At the age of five, he graduated to a risque vaudeville act during the circus off- season; at eight, he outgrew his cutes (and his child stardom) and joined his high-flying parents on the trapeze. Eventually he had to learn...
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