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Series 1-3 Disc 1. Fashion -- Fat -- France -- Iso tank -- Birthday -- Magazine. -- Disc 2. Hospital -- Death -- Morocco -- New best friend -- Poor -- Birth. -- Disc. 3. Doorhandle -- Happy New Year -- Sex -- Jealous -- Fear -- The end. -- Bonus DVD: Gorgeous little things. Based on the original idea by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. Originally released in 1992-1994. 540 min. DVD 5866

Series 4 Parralox -- Fish farm -- Paris -- Donkey -- Small opening -- Menopause. Originally aired on television during the 2001 season. 240 min. DVD 5895

Series 5 Cleanin' -- Book clubbin' -- Panickin' -- Huntin', shootin', fishin' -- Birthin' -- Schmoozin' -- Exploitin' -- Cold turkey. Originally aired on television during the 2003 season. 240 min. DVD 5867

All In The Family: The Complete First Season.

Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers. Disc 1. Meet the Bunkers; Writing the president; Oh, my aching back; Judging books by covers -- Disc 2. Archie gives blood; Gloria's pregnancy; Mike's hippie friends come to visit; Lionel moves into the neighborhood -- Disc 3. Edith has jury duty; Archie is worried about his job; Gloria discovers women's lib; Success story; The first and last supper. The first season of the 1970's sit-com that broke ground for the way it discussed controversial topics and dealt with bigotry and politics. The show's central character, Archie Bunker, was a working-class family man who held bigoted, conservative views of the world. His viewpoints clash with nearly everyone he comes into contact with especially his liberal son-in-law, Mike. Archie's daughter, Gloria, often sided with Mike, while his saintly wife, Edith, was the rock that held the family together. Originally broadcast on television in 1970 and 1971. 386 min. DVD 2881.

All In The Family.

Producer, Norman Lear; director, John Rich. Featuring: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers. Three episodes from one of the first sit-coms to take on controversial social issues. Judging books by covers: Archie ridicules Mike and Gloria's intellectual friend Roger for being gay, but he is straight as an arrow. Archie later discovers that his macho drinking buddy is gay and proud of it. Gloria discovers women's lib: When Gloria demands that Mike start treating her as an equal and he hesitates she takes a bold exodus from the household, leaving Archie to comfort and enlighten his lonely son-in-law. Gloria poses in the nude: When Gloria casts her inhibitions to the wind to pose for Mike's artist friend, Mike (the most free-thinking member of the household) experiences reservations. 1971. ca.75 min. Video/C 6897

Ally McBeal

Contents: Disc 1. Pilot, Silver Bells, Cro-magnon, The Attitude. Disc 2. Theme of Life, The Playing Field. Pilot: Ally's childhood sweetheart, Billy, and his gorgeous gifted attorney wife, now work at the same law firm as Ally. To top that indignity, Ally loses her first case. Attitude: Ally rules out a handsome D.A. as a potential romantic interest, but later relents and sees him again. Cro-Magnon: Ally dates a nude model and defends a 19-yr.-old accused of assault for punching a man who insulted his date. Silver Bells: Ally gets a case involving a threesome seeking a legal marriage. Theme of life: Ally's unorthodox new therapist Tracy advises her to try kickboxing to relieve stress as she defends a doctor from a malpractice suit. Playing Field: Ally tries to follow Tracy's advice as she struggles with conflicts over her "sex appeal." Special features: Preview of Ally McBeal: the official guide; music video Searchin' my soul by Vonda Shepard. Cast. Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Gil Bellows. 1997-1998. 2 videodiscs. 264 min. DVD 824

Amos n' Andy

Amos n' Andy on radio

Check and Double Check (feature film)

Amos and Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy[video] Media Resources Center, DVD X904; vhs Video/C MM1157

Ely, Melvin Patrick. The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon / Melvin Patrick Ely. New York: Free Press; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991. (UCB Main PN1991.77.A6 E49 1991; UCB Moffitt PN1991.77.A6 E49 1991)

Cripps, Thomas. "The Films of Spencer Williams." Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 12, No. 4. (Winter, 1978), pp. 128-134.

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The Amos 'n' Andy Show: Discs 1-2 (TV, 1950's)

Selected episodes from the 1950's television sit com which relates the comic adventures of Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown (Amos n' Andy), two black men trying to make it in Harlem whose lives are complicated by the schemes of the Kingfish. Written variously by Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Paul West, and Jay Sommers. Alvin Childress (Amos) ; Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy) ; Tim Moore (Kingfish) ; Ernestine Wade (Sapphire) ; Amanda Randolph (Mama) ; Johnny Lee (Calhoun). Contents: Disc 1: Getting momma married, Parts 1 & 2 -- Andy buys a house -- The happy Stevens -- Arabia -- Disc 2. Andy plays Santa Claus -- The broken clock -- The Winslow woman -- Call Lehigh 4-9000 -- Leroy lends a hand. DVD 7387

The Amos 'n' Andy Show: Discs 3-4 (TV, 1950's)

Selected episodes from the 1950's television sit com which relates the comic adventures of Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown (Amos n' Andy), two black men trying to make it in Harlem whose lives are complicated by the schemes of the Kingfish. Written variously by Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Paul West, and Jay Sommers. Alvin Childress (Amos) ; Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy) ; Tim Moore (Kingfish) ; Ernestine Wade (Sapphire) ; Amanda Randolph (Mama) ; Johnny Lee (Calhoun). Contents: Disc 3: Birthday card -- Relatives -- Kingfish's last friend-- Quo vadis -- Andy falls in love with an actress -- Disc 4. Sapphire disappears -- The gun-- The turkey dinner -- Superfine brush-- Cousin Effie's will. DVD 7388

The Amos 'n' Andy Show: Discs 5-6 (TV, 1950's)

Selected episodes from the 1950's television sit com which relates the comic adventures of Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown (Amos n' Andy), two black men trying to make it in Harlem whose lives are complicated by the schemes of the Kingfish. Written variously by Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Paul West, and Jay Sommers. Alvin Childress (Amos) ; Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy) ; Tim Moore (Kingfish) ; Ernestine Wade (Sapphire) ; Amanda Randolph (Mama) ; Johnny Lee (Calhoun). Contents: Disc 5: Hospitalization -- The antique shop -- Rare coin (also on vhs Video/C 9639) -- Young girl's mother -- The girl upstairs -- Disc 6. Amos helps out -- The ballet tickets -- The diner -- The engagement ring -- Andy gets a telegram. DVD 7389

The Amos 'n' Andy Show: Discs 7-8 (TV, 1950's)

Selected episodes from the 1950's television sit com which relates the comic adventures of Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown (Amos n' Andy), two black men trying to make it in Harlem whose lives are complicated by the schemes of the Kingfish. Written variously by Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Paul West, and Jay Sommers. Alvin Childress (Amos) ; Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy) ; Tim Moore (Kingfish) ; Ernestine Wade (Sapphire) ; Amanda Randolph (Mama) ; Johnny Lee (Calhoun). Contents: Disc 7: The adoption -- Leroy's suits-- The convention -- Ready made family -- Kingfish gets drafted -- Disc 8. Traffic violations -- The society party -- Kingfish's secretary-- The new neighbors -- Vacation. DVD 7390

The Amos 'n' Andy Show: Discs 9 (TV, 1950's)

Selected episodes from the 1950's television sit com which relates the comic adventures of Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown (Amos n' Andy), two black men trying to make it in Harlem whose lives are complicated by the schemes of the Kingfish. Written variously by Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Paul West, and Jay Sommers. Alvin Childress (Amos) ; Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy) ; Tim Moore (Kingfish) ; Ernestine Wade (Sapphire) ; Amanda Randolph (Mama) ; Johnny Lee (Calhoun). Contents: Eyeglasses -- Seeing is believing -- Viva la France -- The boarder . DVD 7391

Amos'n Andy.(TV, 1951)

Cast: Alvin Childress, Spencer Williams, Jr., Tim Moore, Ernestine Wade, Amanda Randolph, Johnny Lee, and Horace Stewart.

Amos n' Andy: Introduction of actors to studio audience by producers (6 min.) -- Amos n' Andy: The rare coin (27 min.) -- Amos n' Andy: Kingfish enlists (25 min.) Video/C 4761

Vol. 4: Antique shop: Kingfish becomes an agent to get the commission from the sale of an antique shop. Kingfish teaches Andy to fly: Kingfish talks Andy into flying lessons so he can impress the ladies. 999:729:4

Vol. 6: The rare coin (27 min.) -- The Christmas story (27 min.) Video/C 9639

Vol. 7: Second honeymoon (27 min.) -- Andy buys a house (27 min.) Video/C 9640

Vol. 8: Andy's vacation; Happy Stevenses 999:728

Vol. Vol. 8a: Kingfish's secretary; The Society 999:728

Vol. Vol. 10: Cousin Effie's will; The adoption 999:729:10

Vol. 11: Eye glasses (27 min.) -- Superfine Brush Company (aka Superfine brushes) (27 min.) Video/C 9641

Vol. 11a: The Kingfish gets drafted; Kingfish's secretary 999:729:11

Vol. 13: Getting momma married 999:729:13

Vol. 14: Young girls mom ; Broken clock 999:729:14

Vol. 15: The Kingfish's last friend ; The society party 999:729:15

Vol. 16: Christmas show ; Relatives 999:729:16

Vol. 18: Amos helps out ; Sapphire disappears 999:729:18

Vol. 19: Counterfeiters in the basement ; Turkey dinner 999:729:19

Vol. 20: Superfine brushes; Traffic violations 999:729:20

Amos 'n Andy. Kingfish Enlists (25 min.) Video/C 4761

Andy Griffith (TV Time Comedy. Discs 1-2)

Disc 1. Side A. Andy Griffith (30 min. each episode): Rafe Hollister sings; Class reunion; Big house; Wife for Andy; Mountain wedding. -- Disc 1. Side B. Andy Griffith: Opie and the spoiled kid; Andy discovers America; Aunt Bea's medicine man; Darlings are coming; Great filling station robbery. -- Disc 2. Side A. Andy Griffith: Loaded goat; High noon in Mayberry; Barney's first car; Andy's English valet; Dogs, dogs, dogs. -- Disc 2. Side B. Andy Griffith: The rival.

Cast: Andy Griffith show: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts. Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan.Andy Griffith show: Widower Sheriff Andy and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bea in Mayberry North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney. DVD 2859

The Andy Griffith Show (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

Widower Sheriff Andy (Andy Griffith) and his son Opie (Ron Howard), live with Andy's Aunt Bea in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin, Deputy Barney (Don Knotts). 960-1968, 6 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

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The Andy Kaufman Show

This whole show may be a joke, spoof, or serious attempt at creating a late-night talk show. But who knows? That's what makes it fun. That's what makes it Andy Kaufman. Originally aired in 1983 on the PBS series, Soundstage. 58 min. DVD 4479 [see also The Real Andy Kaufman DVD 4480]

Arrested Development.

Cast: Alia Shawkat, David Cross, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Will Arnett. Based on the characters created by Mitchell Hurwitz.

Season One, disc 1 Six episodes (including the pilot episode) from the first season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. Ground: behind the scenes of "Arrested Development" featurette; original songs by David Schwartz. Pilot -- Top banana -- Bringing up Buster -- Key decisions -- Charity drive -- Visiting ours. 163 min. DVD 5461

Season One, disc 2 Episodes 7-14 from the first season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. My mother, the car -- In God we trust -- Storming the castle -- Pier pressure -- Public relations -- Marta complex -- Beff consomme -- Shock and AWW. 176 min. DVD 5462

Season One, disc 3 Episodes 15-22 from the first season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. Staff infection -- Missing Kitty -- Altar Egos -- Justice is blind -- Best man for the GOB -- Whistler's mother -- Not without my daughter -- Let them eat cake. 176 min. DVD 5463

Season Two, disc 1 Episodes 1-6 from the second season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. The one where Michael leaves -- The one where they build a house -- Amigos! -- Good grief -- Sad sack -- Afternoon delight. Special features: Audio commentary on select episodes; deleted and extended scenes; "Season one in 3 minutes" overview; blooper reel; campaign videos from "The immaculate election" episode. 132 min. DVD 5464

Season Two, disc 2 Episodes 7-12 from the second season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. Switch hitter -- Queen for a day -- Burning love -- Ready, aim, marry me! -- Out on a limb -- Hand to God. 132 min. DVD 5465

Season Two, disc 3 Episodes 13-18 of the second season of a comedy television series about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. Motherboy XXX -- The immaculate election -- Sword of destiny -- Meat the veals -- Spring breakout -- The righteous brothers. 132 min. DVD 5466

Season Three Disc 1. The cabin Show ; The British bombshell ; Forget me not ; Notapusy ; Mr. F ; The ocean walker ; Prison break-in -- Disc 2. Making a stand ; S.O.B.s ; Fakin' it ; Family ties ; Exit strategy ; Harboring resentment. Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, WIll Arnett, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross. The third seaso of the television comedy about a wealthy California family that has lost all of its money and whose father has ended up in jail. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. 286 min. DVD 6129

The Awful Truth: The Complete First Season.

Written and directed by Michael Moore. Segments from the satirical television program shot in the trademark "guerilla video" style by Michale Moore. Each episode is filled with observations that bridge comedy and controversy and places Moore in the middle of today's hot topics.

First Season. Vol 1. v. 1. Episode 1. Cheaper way to conduct a witch hunt; Funeral at an HMO -- Episode 2. Beat the rich; Sodomobile -- Episode 3. Crackers vs. Mickey Mouse; Voice-box choir -- Episode 4. Sal, the bill collector; Duck and cover -- Episode 5. Awful truth man of the year; TV pundits?; 150 feet from NBC -- Episode 6. Work care!; LucyCam; Air-drop TVs on Afghanistan. 150

First Season. Vol. 2 v. 2. Episode 7. Cohen is a wimp; LucyCam #2; Manpower Inc.-- Episode 8. Montana shacks; Joe Camel needs a job; LucyCam #3 -- Episode 9. Hail Turdonia; Teen sniper school; Hitler makes a withdrawal -- Episode 10. Crackers vs. the Egg Farm; Michael Moore playset; American apartheid; Bill Gates' housewarming -- Episode 11. Weapon inspectors; Make a wish foundation; We find Hillary a date -- Episode 12. NAFTA Mike; Strikebreakers; Merger. 150 min. DVD 2047

Second Season. Vol. 1 Episode 1. Advertiser appreciation night -- Episode 2. Compassionate conservative night -- Episode 3. Help the dead guy -- Episode 4. German vacation night -- Episode 5. Focus for Congress.-- Episode 6. Taxi driver. 150 min. DVD 2048

Second Season. Vol. 2 Episode 7. Dixie flag night -- Episode 8. Stop and frisk night -- Episode 9. Replacement Mike -- Episode 10. Store the homeless -- Episode 11. Gulf war -- Episode 12. Find Clinton a job. 150 min. DVD 2049 min. DVD 2046

The Beulah Show. Volume One.

Two episodes of the television program by ABC-TV produced in the 1950's. In Dancing Lessons (Director, Richard Bare), Beulah teaches the Henderson's son, Danny, how to dance, and when Danny is stood up by his date, Oriole finds him a blind date. In The Babysitter (Director, James Tinling), Beulah who is babysitting for the spoiled child of Mr. Henderson' business associate, leaves the child in the care of her boyfriend, Bill. Featuring: (1st episode) Hattie McDaniel (Beulah), Louise Beavers, Ruby Dandridge, Ernest Whitman; (2nd episode) Ethel Waters (Beulah), William Post, Jr., Ginger Jones, Dooley Wilson, Butterfly McQueen. 1950-1953 54 min. Video/C 7008

The Beulah Show. Volume Two.

Cast: Louise Beavers, David Bruce, Ruby Dandridge, Ernest Whitman, Jane Frazee (first and second episodes). Two episodes of the television sit-com produced in the early 1950s presenting an early example of African American stereotypes on television. 1950-1953. 50 min. Video/C MM495

The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

Meet the Clampett gang, an Ozark hillbilly family tht struck oil and moved to Beverly Hills. There's Jed (Buddy Ebsen), a kind and sensible man turned millionaire; Granny (Irene Ryan), old, senile and paranoid; Elly May, incredibly beautiful and naive and Jethro Bodine (Max Baer Jr.), Jed's stupid nephew. 1962-1971, 6 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

Beverly Hillbillies (TV Time Comedy) Discs 5-6

Disc 5. Side A. Beverly hillbillies (30 min. each episode): Jethro goes to school; Pygmalion and Elly; Elly races Jethrine; Great feud; Home for Christmas -- Disc 5. Side B. Beverly hillbillies: No place like home; Jed rescues Pearl; Back to Californny; Jed's dilemma; Jed saves the Drysdale's marriage. -- Disc 6. Side A. Beverly hillbillies: Elly's animals; Jed plays Solomon; Duke steals a wife; Jed buys the freeway; Jed becomes a banker. -- Disc 6. Side B: Beverly hillbillies: Family tree; Jed pays his income tax; Clampetts are overdrawn; Giant jackrabbit; Clampetts and the Dodgers. Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr., Raymond Bailey, Nancy Kulp, Bea Benaderet. Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts are simple folk living off the land until Jed Clampett accidentally discovers oil on his property and he and his family become instant millionaires. Deciding to move to Beverly Hills to take advantage of their new-found wealth, the Clampetts find that their down-to-earth lifestyle clashes with their new upper-class neighbors. DVD 2859

Bill Maher: New Rules

Collected from one of the most popular segments of the acclaimed HBO original series Real Time with Bill Maher, New Rules takes steady aim at - well, just about everything in sight, bringing in the host's incisive wit and hilarious asides, covering such topics as politics, fast food, cell phones, and gas prices, among others. 2006. 45 min. DVD 6026

The Bing Crosby Show

Features a comedy sketch starring Jack Benny and Bing Crosby. Always one trying to impress the ladies, Jack tries to sneak his girlfriend Sheree North, onto Bing's Show. Sheree dances and Jack, as usual, hams it up. Produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 26 min. Video/C 9354

The Bob Hope Comedy Hour

In this rare live musical variety show, Bob Hope's third appearance on television, he performs before an all GI audience accompanied by the troupe from his World War II tour. Included are performances by Marilyn Maxwell, Les Brown and his "Band of Renown," The Taylor Maids, Hi Hatters, Judy Kelly and Nelson Case, plus Bob in two skits of Army life. 60 min. Video/C 9383

The Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents

Bob Hope's 284th and last television special for NBC takes a nostalgic and humorous look at the comedian's personal relationships with the nation's last eleven presidents, including historical footage with every president from FDR to President Clinton. Includes special appearances by President George and Barbara Bush, President Bill and Hillary Clinton, President Gerald and Betty Ford. Also joining Bob are Naomi Judd, Don Johnson and Tom Selleck. Originally broadcast on television by NBC in 1996. 50 min. Video/C 9385

The Brady Bunch. Volume 1.

Two episodes from the television show, The Brady Bunch, featuring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland, Chris Knight, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick, Susan Olsen, Barry Williams. In The Honeymoon (28 min.), Mike marries Carol, merging his family of three sons with that of her three daughters. In A camping we will go (28 min.), the boys pull out all stops to spook the girls from ever wanting to go camping with them again. Episodes originally broadcast in 1969. 51 min. Video/C 6847

Marinucci, Mimi. "Television, Generation X, and Third Wave Feminism: A Contextual Analysis of The Brady Bunch." Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 505-24, February 2005.

Owen, Rob. Gen X TV : the Brady Bunch to Melrose Place Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1997. (MAIN: PN1992.6 .O93 1997; MOFF: PN1992.6 .O93 1997)

Brass Eye (series and special)

Features a television special and six episodes from the British television satirical comedy Brass eye, a controversial spoof of current-affairs, media representations and the role of the celebrity in the UK. The television special attacks the British media's treatment of a paedophilia scare. Originally shown in 1997; television special originally aired in 2001. 167 min. DVD 2089

[Burnett, Carol] The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump up the Lights

Cast: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrance, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner. Captured moments in the legendary question and answer segment of every "Carol Burnett show", here Carol and her cast, are reunited before a live audience to relive, recount and remember their favorite moments from interacting with the show's studio audiences. 42 min. DVD X231

[Burnett, Carol] The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers

Cast: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrance, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner. Join Carol Brunett, Harvey, Vicki and Tim as they reminisce. Marvel over their most hilarious mements when they couldn't keep straight faces. Includes outrageous, exclusive outtakes, vintage clips of sketches from the original show and a musical tribute to costume designer Bob Mackie. 42 min. DVD X232

Burns and Allen (TV Time Comedy. Disc 8)

Disc 8. Side A. Burns & Allen (30 min. each episode): Bank president; Breaking up the team; Mailman and the divorce attorney; Surprise birthday party for Harry; Free Contents: trip to Hawaii -- Disc 8. Side B. Burns & Allen: Gracie's checking account; Harry Morton's male secretary; Income tax man; Space patrol visits the kids; Teenage girls spend the weekend. Cast: Burns & Allen: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet. Burns & Allen (aka. George Burns and Gracie Allen show): Neighbor Blanche Morton frequently joins Gracie Allen in escapades which annoy accountant hubby Harry and provide George with an opportunity to offer a humorous soliloquy. DVD 2859

Eagan, Eileen. "Our Town in Cold War America: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show( 1950-1958)." Film & History, Feb-Dec1996, Vol. 26 Issue 1-4, p62-70, 9p

Burns and Allen Show (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 4)

With the comedian Gracie Allen and George Burns this show developed a format that gave birth to the television sit-com. Witty, ironic and loveable, this is the show that broke all the molds. Disc 4 : Side A. 1950-1958, 6 episodes, 30 min each. DVD 2860

Eagan, Eileen. "Our Town in Cold War America: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show( 1950-1958)." Film & History, Feb-Dec1996, Vol. 26 Issue 1-4, p62-70, 9p

Burns and Allen(Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Fred Clark, Harry Von Zell. The format of this delightful show was set in the Burns home. George was cast in the dual role of on-screen narrator and straight man for Gracie's scatterbrained interactions with various people and situations. 1997. 30 min. Video/C 6757

Eagan, Eileen. "Our Town in Cold War America: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show( 1950-1958)." Film & History, Feb-Dec1996, Vol. 26 Issue 1-4, p62-70, 9p

Ca estão

Camilio de Oliveira, Luisa Barbosa, Luis Mascarenhas, Luis Aleluia, Rosa Villa, Cristina Amaral, Paula Marcelo, Tereza Metro, Isabel Santos, Filipa Ganh~ao, Elsa Galv~ao, Fernando Rock. Segments from a Portuguese television series beginning in 1987. A politically oriented television program featuring leading figures in Portugal. In Portuguese. 180 min. DVD 6225

[Caesar, Sid] Caesar's Hour (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris. This highly imaginative variety program featured musical reviews, situation comedies and variety entertainment. The tireless genius, Sid Caesar, led his sidemen of Carl Reiner and Howard Morris in an evening of funny routines. 1997. 60 min. Video/C 6754

[Caesar, Sid] The Sid Caesar Collection. 1, The Magic of Live TV

Contents: Seven dwarfs bet -- Board rooms of Hollywood -- Five dollar date -- Sid with Benny Goodman -- The clock -- Fella needs a girl -- Haircuts: so rare & flippin' -- This is your story.

Cast: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Benny Goodman. Writers: Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Mel Tolkin, Sid Caesar.

Special features: Sid honored at 1999 Friars Club ceremony; bonus musical sketch with Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa; interview extra: Carl Reiner; Side by side comparisons of the digital restoration process; bonus sketch: Sid's Airplane Movies' routine; cast and writer bios.; chapter search. 75 min. DVD 1362

[Caesar, Sid]The Sid Caesar Collection. 2, Inside the Writers' Room

Sleep sketch -- Boy at a first dance -- What is Jazz? (Chita Rivera and Jack Cole) -- German General -- Aggravation Boulevard.

Performers: Cast: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Chita Rivera, Jack Cole. Writers: Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Mel Tolkin, Sid Caesar. Special features: Bonus sketch: Sid sings "Nan's birthday; interview extra: Mel Brooks; Original playbill program from "Caesar's hour performance of "Aggravation Blvd."; Bonus sketch: "The four Englishmen"; Chapter selection. 75 min. DVD 1363

[Caesar, Sid]The Sid Caesar Collection. 3, Creating the Comedy

Contents: The fur coat -- Cobbler's daughter -- Argument to Beethoven's 5th -- People to people -- From here to obscurity.

Performers: Cast: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Charlton Heston. Writers: Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Mel Tolkin, Sid Caesar.

Special features: Bonus sketch: the silent movie, "A rich man's joke," starring Charlton Heston; Interview extra: Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart; Bonus musical sketch: the Haircuts sing "Going crazy,"; original script of "Progress Hornsby" with handwritten changes and cuts; cast and writer biographies; chapter selection. 75 min. DVD 1364

Encyclopedia of Television

[Caesar, Sid] Your Show of Shows. [1950-04-29]

Contents: Marital bliss / S. Caesar, I. Coca -- Marguerita Piazza -- Hamilton Trio -- Professor Pizzicato / H. Morris, S. Caesar -- Billy Williams Quartet -- First Day of School / S. Caesar -- Bullfighter / Mata & Hari -- Standing in the Movie Line / S. Caesar, I. Coca -- Billy Hayes and the Highland Dancers -- Afternoon of a Faun / I. Coca, W. Archibald -- La Boheme / M. Piazza, F. Knight -- Coming Attractions for a Gangster Movie / S. Caesar -- In Paris / M. Piazza, S. Caesar, I. Coca. Includes television advertisements for Magnovox, Swifts meats, Chiquita bananas, RCA Victor, Snow Crop frozen foods and three promotions by Milton Berle for the Cancer Fund. 88 min. Video/C 5012

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The Catherine Tate Show. The Complete First Season.

Cast: Catherine Tate, Mathew Hope, Niky Wardley, Angela McHale. In this first season of the British sit-com, meet the opinionated, manipulative Nan; the Aga Saga Woman who simply can't cope; Paul and Sam, the impossibly excited couple; Bunty, the Doncaster spinners oldest majorette; Margaret, who is frightened of her own shadow; Bernie, the Irish nurse; Ben and Karen, the sleep starved new parents; Elaine Figgis, the eternal romantic engaged to a convicted murderer on death row; and Lauren, the teenager who never backs down and is never "bovvered." Originally produced for the BBC television season 2004-2005. 171 min. DVD 9507

The Catherine Tate Show. The Complete Second Season.

Cast: Catherine Tate, Mathew Hope, Niky Wardley, Angela McHale. Continuing on, the second season of the popular British television series improves upon the foundations laid out in the first, from Cockney Nan to the rather outspoken schoolgirl, Lauren. With a host of new creations, includes the modern gentleman bachelor, Derek Faye, and indignant Northerners Janice and Ray. Originally produced for the BBC television season 2005. 176 min. DVD 9508

Chappelle's Show.

African American comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy television show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture. Includes all 12 "uncensored and unblurred" episodes with commentary on 5 from creators David Chappelle and Neal Brennan. 283 min. DVD 4212

Chappelle's Show. Season Two

In his second television season Dave Chappelle is back and he has even more to say. He contains the right mix of edginess, profanity, grotesque features, and sexual situations to have a hit. His guests include Rick James, Lil' Jon, and Wayne Brady. Cast: Dave Chappelle, Anthony Berry, Bill Burr, Yoshio Mita, Paul Mooney, Charles Q. Murphy, Randy Pearlstein, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush. Originally broadcast during the 2004 television season. 308 min. DVD 6728

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Charley's Aunt (Playhouse 90)

Cast: Art Carney, Orson Bean, Jeannette MacDonald, Tom Tryon, Jackie Coogan, Gene Raymond. In this television adaptation of the play by Brandon Thomas, two Oxford students in need of a chaperone for their girlfriends' visit persuade a third student to dress as a woman to play the part. Videocassette release of the 1957 television adaptation on Playhouse 90. 82 min. Video/C 9664

Cheers:

Cast: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt.

First Season Disc 1. Give me a ring sometime (pilot), Coach's daughter, Sam's women, Tortelli tort, Sam at eleven, Any friend of Diane's. -- Disc 2. Friends, Romans and accoutants, Truce or consequences, Coach returns to action, Endless summer, One for the book, Spy who came in for a cold one. -- Disc. 3. Now pitching, Sam Malone, Let me count the ways, Father knows best, Boys in the bar, Diane's perfect date, No contest. -- Disc 4. Pick a con ... any con, Someone single, someone blue, Show down (pt. 1-2). Episodes from season one about the regulars at a Boston bar. Sam Malone's drinking problem (which led him to buy the bar Cheers) soured his career as a pitcher. When a young teaching assistant, Diane Chambers is left by her fiancee, she takes a job waitressing at the bar, leading to a rocky, on-again, off-again relationship with Sam. The bar where everybody knows your name is a home away from home for Sam's old Coach, know-it-all Cliff, bitter waitress Carla, and regular Norm, owner of the largest bar tab. Originally released as a television program from 1982-1983. 539 min. DVD 2873

Second Season Cast: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt. Disc 1. Power play. Li'l sister don't cha. Personal business. Homicidal ham. Summer's return. Affairs of the heart. -- Disc 2. Old flames. Manager coach. They called me Mayday. How do I love thee, let me call you back. Just three friends. Where there's a will. -- Disc 3. Battle of the exes. No help wanted. And coachie makes three. Cliff's rocky moment. Fortune and men's weight. Snow job. -- Disc 4. Coach buries a grudge. Norman's conquest. I'll be seeing you (2 pts.) Special features. Episodes from season two about the regulars at a Boston bar. Love is in the air -- or is it? -- as Sam "Mayday" Malone and Diane Chambers launch their turbulent, on-again off-again romance. Other hilariousseason 2 highlights include Carla's dismay at the sudden reappearance of her ex-husband, Nick Tortelli and his new bride and Coach returns to the baseball field as the tyrannical manager of a Little League team. Orginally released as a television program 1983-1984. Originally released as a television program from 1983-1984. 539 min. DVD 2874

Third Season

Disc 1. Rebound, part 1-2. I call your name. Fairy tales can come true. Sam turns the other cheek. Coach in love, part 1-2. -- Disc 2. Diane meets Mom. An American family. Diane's allergy. Peterson Crusoe. A ditch in time. Whodunit? The heart is a lonely snipe hunter. -- Disc 3. King of the hill. Teacher's pet. The mail goes to jail. Bar pet. Behind every great man. If ever I would leave you. The executive's executioner. -- Disc 4. Cheerio, Cheers. The bartenders tale. The belles of St. Clete's. Rescue me. Episodes from season three about the regulars at a Boston bar. Sam and Diane face the breakup of their explosive relationship and newcomer Frasier Crane is introduced. And the Cheers gang says goodbye to a beloved barstool regular - Coach. Originally aired on television during the 1984-1985 season. 619 min. DVD 2875

Chef!

Cast: Lenny Henry, Caroline Lee Johnson, Roger Griffiths with special guests. British sit-com of Gareth Blackstock, the "finest" chef in England, possibly the world, who rules the kitchen of Le Chateau Anglais, the most upscale French restaurant in England. Personnel: Although Gareth rules his kitchen with a will as hard as an iron skillet, he may be soft when it comes to sacking anyone. Beyond the pass: The struggling restaurant may be turned over to creditors...worse yet, a diner asks for salt! Subject to contract: There's a secret ingredient in today's menu when a prep assistant loses an adhesive bandage somewhere in the meal. Videocassette release of three episodes of the BBC television show broadcast in 1993. 87 min. Video/C 9703

Chef!: A Second Helping

Cast: Lenny Henry, Caroline Lee Johnson, Roger Griffiths with special guests. A British sit-com of Gareth Blackstock, the "finest" chef in England, possibly the world, who rules the kitchen of Le Chateau Anglais, the most upscale French restaurant in England. Big cheese: All statuses are quo in the kitchen: it's a madhouse, especially when Chef Gareth gets ready for the arrival of an eminent restaurateur. Fame is the spur: A little TV-publicity can't hurt the restaurant but no one expects the cameras to be rolling when a prep assistant lets live crayfish escape. Rice and peas: Bumbling prep assistant Everton gets a chance to shine when the restaurant plans a special Jamaican menu. Videocassette release of three episodes of the BBC television show broadcast in 1994. 87 min. Video/C 9704

Chico and the Man.

Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jack Albertson, Della Reese, Scatman Crothers. Ed Brown was a cantankerous old widower who owned and operated a small filling station in Los Angeles. He hired a fast-talking, cheery young Chicano, Chico Rodriguez, to help him run the place. Since Chico also lived in the garage, the two were always together, and when they weren't bickering between themselves, they came to a greater understanding of each other's generation and culture. They even learned to love each other. Pilot [episode] -- If I Were a Rich Man -- Chico and the Van -- Chico's Padre -- Ed Talks to God -- Chico's Cousin Pepe. Originally produced for television between 1974 and 1978. 150 min. DVD 4444

Colgate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Guests: Burt Lancaster, Kitty Kallen, Jack Benny, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Malone, Sheldon Leonard. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were frequent hosts on the Colgate Comedy Hour. "Their good looks, wit and charisma resulted in some of variety television's most memorable moments." Originally broadcast from 1950-1954. 270 min. DVD X250

Comic Relief(HBO)

Peformers: Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Steve Allen, Richard Belzer, Sandra Bernhard, Sid Caesar, John Candy, George Carlin, Tony Danza, Richard Dreyfuss, Firesign Theatre, Michael J. Fox, Estelle Getty, Bobcat Goldthwait, Buddy Hackett, Pee Wee Herman, Michael Keaton, Madeline Kahn, David Letterman, Robert Guillaume, Eugene Levy, Jerry Lewis, Howie Mandel, Penny Marshall, Dennis Miller, Bette Midler, Martin Mull, Minnie Pearl, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Joan Rivers, Paul Rodriguez, Garry Shandling, Dick Shawn, Martin Short, David Steinberg, George Wendt, Henry Winkler, Henny Youngman. c1994. 128 min. Video/C 8642

Comic Relief '87(HBO)

Performers: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Steve Allen, , Louie Anderson, Roseanne Barr, Justine Bateman, Dabney Coleman, Peter Cook, Dana Carvey, Bill Dana, Michael J. Fox, Estelle Getty, Dick Gregory, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Laroquette, Jon Lovitz, Rue McClanahan, Dennis Miller, Dudley Moore, Catherine O'Hara, Louis Nye, Stuart Pankin, Tom Paston, Paul Reiser, Paul Rodriguez, Paul Shaffer, Judy Tenuta, Alan Thicke, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Marsha Warfield, Lucy Webb, Steven Wright. c1987. 134 min. Video/C 8643

Comic Relief III(HBO)

This film features America's hottest comics during theirperformances at the Comic Relief III benefit for thehomeless. Included are hosts Billy Crystal, WhoopiGoldberg and Robin Williams, along with Elayne Boosler,Bobcat Goldthwait, Arsenio Hall, Bob Newhart, Paula Poundstone, Paul Reiser, Pat Riley, Bob Saget,Garry Shandling, Steven Wright, Richard Lewis, RickDucommun, Paul Rodriguez, and Louie Anderson. Originally produced in 1989 60 min. Video/C 8775

Comic Relief V(HBO)

Performers: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, GarryShandling, Brett Butler, Bob Saget, Alan King, PaulRodriguez, Dennis Miller, Kevin Pollak, PaulaPoundstone, Dave Chappelle, Bill Maher, Sid Caesar,Imogene Coca, Bob Goldthwait, Marga Gomez, CarlosMenicia, Paul Mooney, Howard Morris, Rick Overton,Carl Reiner, Jeffrey Tambor.

In this sixth installment of Comic Relief, an amazingarray of Hollywood's funniest people are back yetagain to raise money for the homeless. Includes atribute to the casts of Your Show of Shows and StarTrek, the next generation. c1994. 118 min. Video/C 8644

Comic Relief VI(HBO)

Performers: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Garry Shandling, Brett Butler, Bob Saget, Alan King, PaulRodriguez, Dennis Miller, Kevin Pollak, PaulaPoundstone, Dave Chappelle, Bill Maher, Sid Caesar,Imogene Coca, Bob Goldthwait, Marga Gomez, CarlosMenicia, Paul Mooney, Howard Morris, Rick Overton,Carl Reiner, Jeffrey Tambor. c1992. 118 min. Video/C 8645

Comic Relief VII(HBO)

Performers: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, DennisMiller, Paula Poundstone, Robert Wuhl, Chris Rock,Drew Carey, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Jeni, Steve Allen,Louie Anderson, Margaret Cho, Bill Dana, Robert Klein,Don Knotts, David Letterman, Louis Nye, Tom Poston,Bob Saget, Tom Scott, Sinbad, Shadoe Stevens, SuzanneWestenhoefer, Bob Zmuda. Over two dozen of America's comedians present a programof stand-up comedy, skits, and mind-bending mania as afundraiser for the homeless. Includes a reunion of theoriginal cast from the Steve Allen Show and a take-offon the O. J. Simpson trial by Robin Williams and BillyCrystal. c1996. 120 min. Video/C 8646

The Best of Comic Relief '90(HBO)

Performers: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Paula Poundstone, Dennis Miller, Dana Carvey, Joan Rivers, Steven Wright, Rita Rudner, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robert Klein, Louie Anderson, Paul Rodriguez, George Carlin, Elayne Boosler, Natalie Cole, Dave Coulier, Allan Harvey, Al Jarreau, Jake Johannsen, Kevin Meaney, Tom Parks, Bob Saget, Robert Wuhl. c1990. 120 min. Video/C 8647

[Colbert, Steven] The Best of the Colbert Report.

In this age of skepticism and not getting it, Americans want the truth, and no one gives it to them better than Stephen Colbert. Watch as Stephen shows the nation how he "better" feels the facts, "better" knows the districts, and justifies injustices. Contents: The Word : Truthiness -- The Word : Wikiality -- Better know a district -- Indecision 2006 -- Green screen challenge -- Barry Manilow -- Guitarmageddon -- Saginaw Spirit -- Papa Bear -- Cooking with feminists -- Jane Fonda interview -- Stone Phillips : Let the gravitas begin -- Stephen Jr. -- Stephanie Jr. -- Threat down -- Ice cream & Willie Nelson -- Hungarian bridge -- A rare correction -- Meta-free-phor-all. Special features: The word (including Merriam-Webster's 2006 word of the year: truthiness ; Better know a district; Green screen challenge ; Stephen Jr. - flight of a patriot ; :Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly enters the Eagle's Nest ; Cooking with feminists Meta-free-phor-all. Originally broadcast on television in 2005-2007. 160 min. DVD 9252

The Cosby Show.

Cast: Bill Cosby; Phylicia Rashad; Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The story of a prosperous African American couple living in New York City, raising five children in an uplifting, positive environment. Originally broadcast on television in 1984.

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Season 1

Special features: 90 min. of classic Cosby show footage ; deleted scenes ; bloopers, audition footage ; celebrity guest appearances ; Cosby cast member retrospectives. 575 min. DVD 4192

Season 2

Disc 1: Episode 1. First day of school -- episode 2. The juicer -- episode 3. Happy anniversary -- episode 4. Cliff in love -- episode 5. Theo and the older woman -- episode 6. Halloween -- episode 7. Denise drives -- episode 8. Rudy suits up. -- Disc 2: Episode 9. Clair's sister -- episode 10. Denise's friend -- episode 11. Clair's toe -- episode 12. Mrs. Westlake -- episode 13. Vanessa's bad grade -- episode 14. The auction -- episode 15. Theo and Cockroach. -- Disc 3: Episode 16. The dentist -- episode 17. Play it again, Russell -- episode 18. A touch of wonder -- episode 19. Full house -- episode 20. Close to home -- episode 21. Theo's holiday -- episode 22. An early spring. -- Disc 4: Episode 23. Denise's decision -- episode 24. The card game -- episode 25. Off to the races. 625 min. DVD 8140

Season 3: Disc 1The third season of the television series depicting a close-knit and prosperous African American family dwelling in New York City. Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable and his wife Clair, an attorney, are a happily married, dual-profession couple with aspirations of raising their 5 children in an uplifting, positive environment. Episodes 1-9: Bring 'em back alive -- Food for thought -- Golden anniversary -- Man talk -- Mother, may I? -- The march -- Theo's flight -- Vanessa's rich -- Denise gets a D. Originally broadcast on NBC television during the 1986-1987 season. 198 min. DVD 8061

Season 3: Disc 2 Episodes 10-17: A girl and her dog -- War stories -- Cliff in charge -- Monster Man Huxtable -- Rudy spends the night -- Say hello to a good buy -- Denise gets an opinion -- Calling Doctor Huxtable. 176 min. DVD 8062

Season 3: Disc 3 Episodes 18-25: You only hurt the one you love -- The shower -- Cliff's 50th birthday -- I know that you know -- Andalusian flu -- Bald and beautiful -- Planning parenthood -- Hillman. 176 min. DVD 8063

Season 4. Disc 1 Episodes 1-7: Call of the wild -- Theogate -- It's ain't easy being green -- Cliff's mistake -- Shakespeare -- That's not what I said -- Autumn gifts. 161 min. DVD 8082

Season 4. Disc 2 Episodes 8-15: Looking back -- Where's Rudy? -- Bookworm -- Dance mania -- The locker room -- The show must go on -- Twinkle, twinkle little star -- The visit. 184 min. DVD 8083

Season 4. Disc 3 Episodes 16-23: The drum major -- Waterworks -- Once upon a time -- Petanque -- Trust me -- Home for the weekend -- The prom -- Gone fishin'. 184 min. DVD 8084

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Cast: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines; with special guests: Ted Danson, Kathy Griffin, Richard Lewis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Laraine Newman, Bob Odenkirk, Mary Steenburgen, Nia Vardalos. In this television comedy Larry's got it all: a loving wife, good friends, a successful carreer, and a great home. Prone to speaking the unspeakable, honest to the point of insensitivity, Larry is a walking victim of misunderstandings and missed opportunities.

Season 1 Contents: Porno Gil -- Ted and Mary -- The pants tent -- The bracelet -- Interior decorator -- The wire -- AAMCO -- Beloved aunt -- Affirmative action -- The group. Originally released as an HBO television program. 390 min. DVD 5885

Season 2 Contents: The car salesman -- Thor -- Trick or treat -- The shrimp incident -- The thong -- The acupuncturist -- The doll -- Shaq -- The baptism -- The massage. Originally released as an HBO television program in 2000. 300 min. DVD 5886

Season 3 Cast: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines. Content: Chet's shirt -- The Benadryl brownie -- Club soda and salt -- The Nanny from hell. -- The Terrorist attack -- The Special section -- The Corpse-sniffing dog -- Krazee-eyez killa -- Mary, Joseph & Larry -- The Grand opening. Originally released as an HBO television program. 390 min. DVD 5887

Season 4 Disc 1. Mel's offer -- Ben's birthday party -- The blind date -- The weatherman -- The 5 wood -- Disc 2. The car pool lane -- The surrogate -- Wandering bear -- The survivor -- Opening night. 330 min. DVD 6726

Season 5 Disc 1. The Larry David sandwich -- The bowtie -- The Christ nail -- Kamikaze bingo -- Lewis needs a kidney -- The smoking jacket -- Disc 2. The seder -- The ski lift -- The Korean bookie -- The end.Bonus features: "The history of 'Curb' ... so far" & "The history of 'Curb' ... even further": two exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries detailing the origin, evolution and production of 'Curb,' featuring interviews and casting tapes. Originally broadcast on HBO television during the 2005-2006 season. 315 min. DVD 6727

Season 6 Disc 1 : Episode 1: Meet the Blacks --Episode 2: The anonymous donor -- Episode 3: The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial -- Episode 4: The lefty call -- Episode 5: The freak book -- Episode 6: The rat dog -- Disc 2: Episode 7: The Tivo guy -- Episode 8: The n word -- Episode 9: The therapists -- Episode 10: The Bat Mitzvah -- Special features: On the set: Curb your enthusiasm ; A conversation with Larry David and Susie Essman - recorded live at New York's 92nd Street Y ; Gag reel. 300 min. DVD 9134

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Leverette, Marc. "Deconstructing Larry, 'The Last Man': Larry David, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Comedies of the Self." Studies in Popular Culture, Oct2004, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p1-17, 17p

Da Ali G Show.

The outrageous television comedy series starring British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of three totally different characters: Ali G, who calls himself a 'hip-hop journalist, Borat, a chatty naive Kazakstan TV personality and Bruno, a flighty Austrian fashion designer. The main attraction of the series is Cohen's satirical interviews with high-profile personalities, none of whom are aware that the whole enterprise is a big joke. Episode 1: Law: Ali G: Police, Richard Thornburgh, Ed Meese ; Borat: Dating ; Bruno: on the catwalk -- Episode 2. War: Ali G: At the U.N. ; Boutros Boutros-Ghali, religion roundtable, General Brent Scowcroft ; Borat: Guide to etiquette -- Episode 3. Politics: Ali G: Newt Gingrich, ice cream glove, Donald Trump, drugs ; Borat: Guide to hobbies ; Bruno: NY fashion week. -- Episode 4. Art: Ali G: Art, James Lipton, media roundtable, Buzz Aldrin ; Borat: Acting ; Bruno: Los Angeles -- Episode 5: Science: Ali G: science roundtable, Ralph Nader, C. Everett Koop, nuclear protestors ; Borat: Minor league baseball. -- Episode 6: Belief: Ali G: Goes to Hollywood, sex roundtable, James Baker, Marlin Fitzwater ; Borat: Guide to the South ; Bruno: Alabama. Special features: Unedited Spyz movie that Ali G pitched in Hollywood; unseen footage of Borat and the Hamptons Horse Show and the American Patriotism Event; audio commentary with Sacha Baron Cohen and series producer/writer Dan Mazer; glossary of Ali G jargon. Originally produced in 2000. 180 min. DVD 2919

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central's hit series, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart with episodes from the extremely popular Indecision 2004.

Indecision 2004. Disc 1: Democratic National Convention: The Race From the White House.Comedy Central's hit series, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart with episodes from the extremely popular Indecision 2004. In addition to news reports of the real world with a satirical edge, the Daily Show also has celebrities (and semi-celebrities) on for interviews with the host, Jon Stewart. Convention day 1 (7/27/04): Speeches by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton ; Rob Corddry ; guest: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson -- Convention day 2 (7/28/04): Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy and Howard Dean address the convention ; Stephen Colbert ; guest: Senator Joe Biden. -- Convention day 3 (7/29/04): Kucinichi! Sharpton! Edwards! ; A film about John Kerry ; a film about Tungsten -- Convention day 4 (7/30/04): Stephen Colbert covers John Kerry's acceptance speech ; Rob Corddry ; Lewis Black catches new stories that fall through the cracks "Back in Black." Host: Jon Stewart; correspondents, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms. Originally broadcast on television in 2004. DVD 4076

Indecision 2004. Disc 2, Republican National Convention: Target New York In addition to news reports of the real world with a satirical edge, the Daily Show also has celebrities (and semi-celebrities) on for interviews with the host, Jon Stewart. Convention day 1 (8/31/04): Speeches by John McCain and Rudy Giuliani ; Stephen Colbert rubs elbows with Republicans, is branded a pervert ; guest: Ted Koppel -- Convention day 2 (9/1/04): Arnold Schwarzenegger and Laura Bush rally ; George W. Buch biopic "Words speak louder than actions;" guest: Dan Bartlett. -- Convention day 3 (9/2/04): Zell Miller explodes ; footage of Dick and Lynne Cheney (edited for younger viewers) ; guest: John McCain -- Convention day 4 (9/3/04): George Gush accepts nomination ; Rob Corddry uncovers what protesters wanted ; guest, Chris Matthews. Host: Jon Stewart ; correspondents, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms. Originally broadcast on television in 2004. DVD 4077

Indecision 2004. Disc 3, Bonus Material In addition to news reports of the real world with a satirical edge, the Daily Show also has celebrities (and semi-celebrities) on for interviews with the host, Jon Stewart. First Presidential debate : the squabble in Coral Gables -- Election night '04: prelude to a recount -- Daily Show rock! presents "midterm elections," an educational musical animated short -- John Edwards announcement (presidential candidacy) -- Stephen Colbert: Interviews I could get [with] Rev. Al Sharpton, Senator Bob Graham, Don King ; Minority retort -- Rob Corddry: Democratic debate in NY; Democratic debate in Detroit; The secretaries' tour -- Ed Helms: Original introduction ; principle spinner -- Samantha Bee: Block the vote ; So you want to bee ... a 527 organization? -- the National anthem performed by Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms -- Continental skiff boat oarsmen for veracity -- Steve Carell: trail and tribulations -- Bob Wiltfong: Sticker shock. Host: Jon Stewart ; correspondents, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms. Originally broadcast on television in 2004. DVD 4078

The Day Today. Part One

Cast: Christopher Morris, Steve Coogan, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Michael Alexander. The first three episodes from a television satire of British news programmes. It parodies the 'hard-hitting' style of journalism, as well as mocking sports journalism, weather reports,American news programmes, business reports, soa poperas and many other targets. This segment contains footage of a helicopter being flown at small children,an American Elvis impersonator, a gangsta rapper, the constitutional crisis that followed John Major's fightwith the Queen and an interview with a swimming poolattendant. c1995. 86 min. PAL format Video/C 9853

The Day Today. Part Two

Cast: Christopher Morris, Steve Coogan, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Michael Alexander. The first three episodes from a television satire of British news programmes. It parodies the 'hard-hitting' style of journalism, as well as mocking sports journalism, weather reports,American news programmes, business reports, soap operas and many other targets. This segment contains footage of exploding dogs,police eating suspects, homeless people, clips from asoap opera and a world cup machine that explains theprogress of the game. c1995. 86 min. PAL format Video/C 9854

Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 1

Show 1. A. J. Jamal, Simply Marvalous, Pierre, D. L. Hughley -- Show 2. Ricky Harris, J. Anthony Brown, Adele Givens, Reggie McFadden -- Show 3. Bill Bellamy, Laura Hayes, Gi George, Ted Carpenter. Three full length shows from the Black Entertainment cable network's comedy series Comicview. 80 min. DVD 1052

Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 2

Show 1. Martin Lawrence (host), Chris Tucker, Kevin Anthony, Alonzo "Hamburger" Jones, Bernie Mac -- Show 2. Chris Rock (host), Ronnie Long, Dominique, Rudy Rush -- Show 3. Cedric the Entertainer (host), George Willborn, Sonya D., Mike Bonner. Three full length shows from the Black Entertainment cable network's comedy series Comicview. 80 min. DVD 1059

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon, Larry Matthews.

The Night the Roof Fell In: Rob and Laura each tells their side of an argument to friends when Rob doesn't come home after a marital dispute. The versions are vastly different. Never Name a Duck: Two orphan ducklings come to live at the Petrie house. When one gets sick Rob and Laura teach Richie lessons on love and responsibility. Videocassette release of two episodes from the television program produced 1961-1966. 50 min. Video/C 8224

Hustling the Hustler: Will Buddy's younger brother, Blacky, sucker Rob out of $300 bucks during a friendly game of pool before he leaves town? Bank Book 6565696: Rob discovers Laura has a secret bank account. What could she possibly be doing with this extra cash? He decides she must be saving up to buy him a birthday present. Videocassette release of two episodes from the television program produced 1961-1966. 50 min. Video/C 8223

Give Me Your Walls: Rob ruins the living room wall and then hires an eccentric painter to undo the damage. Man's Teeth Are His Own: Rob visits a new dentist when his dentist friend Jerry is out of town and then tries to hide the offending dental work from him.. Videocassette release of two episodes from the television program produced 1961-1966. 50 min. Video/C 8225

Never Name a Duck -- Bank Book 6565696 -- Hustling the Hustler -- The Night the Roof Fell In -- A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own -- Give Me Your Walls. Videocassette release of six episodes from the television program produced 1961-1966. 156 min. Video/C 8226

The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Time Comedy. Discs 9-10)

Disc 9. Side A. Dick Van Dyke show (30 min. each episode): Hustling the hustler; Bank book; Night the roof fell in; Never name a duck; Show me your walls. Cast: Dick Van Dyke: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon, Larry Matthews. Little Rascals: Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman. Dick Van Dyke show: Created by Carl Reiner, shows the misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home. The show expertly blended slapstick with sophistication, influencing the caliber of TV comedy programs for decades. DVD 2859

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Diff'rent Strokes: The Complete First Season.

Complete first season of the television sit-com Diff'rent Strokes. The story centers around two African-American kids from Harlem who are adopted by a wealthy white widower living on Park Avenue with his precocious teenage daughter, and their no-nonsense housekeeper.

Contents: 1. Movin' in -- 2. The social worker -- 3. Mother's last visit -- 4. Prep school -- 5. The spanking -- 6. Goodbye Dolly -- 7. The trial -- 8. Retrospective (pt. 1).Originally broadcast on television in 1978. 196 min. DVD 2961

Disc 2 Contents: 9. Retrospective (pt. 2) -- 10. The fight -- 11. The club meeting -- 12. The woman -- 13. No time for Arnold -- 14. The relative -- 15. The tutor -- 16. The new landlord -- 17. Willis's privacy. DVD 2962

Disc 3 Contents: 18. Mrs. Garrett's crisis -- 19. The job -- 20. The trip (pt. 1) -- 21. The trip (pt. 2) -- 22. Getting involved -- 23. Willis's birthday -- 24. The girls' school. DVD 2963

Ellen. The Complete Season One

Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Joely Fisher, David Anthony Higgins, Clea Lewis, Maggie Wheeler, Holly Fulger, Arye Green, Alice Hirson, Steven Gilborn. A television comedy series centering around the life of Ellen Morgan, a 30-something, neurotic bookstore employee. She tries to get by in life dealing with her various friends whom include the outgoing redhead Paige, the insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, the coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, and the critical and obnoxious Audrey. Most challenging of all, Ellen also has to contend being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois and Harold. Originally broadcast on television during the 1994-1995 season. 310 min. DVD 3005

Ellen. The Complete Season Four

Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Joely Fisher, David Anthony Higgins, Clea Lewis, Jeremy Piven. DeGeneres plays a thirty-something neurotic Los Angeles bookstore owner who manages to get through her daily follies with the help of her loyal friends. While confronting contemporary social issues, Ellen serves up laughs and offbeat goofiness. Season four includes the famous two-part episode in which Ellen comes out (The Puppy Episode). Vol. 1: Give me equity or give me death ; A deer head for Joe ; Splitsville, man ; The parent trap ; Looking out for number one ; The bubble gum incident ; Harold and Ellen ; Not so great expectations ; The pregnancy test -- v. 2: Kiss my bum ; Bowl, baby, bowl ; Fleas navidad ; Alone again...naturally ; Joe's kept secret ; Makin' whoopie ; Ellen unplugged ; Ellen's deaf comedy jam -- v. 3: Hello, Dalai ; Secrets & Ellen ; Reversal of misfortune ; The clip show patient ; The puppy episode (part 1) ; The puppy episode (Part 2) ; Hello muddah, hello faddah ; Moving on. Originally broadcast on television during the 1996-1997 season. DVD 6645

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The Real Ellen Story

Examines the controversial television Sitcom "Ellen" in which a major character reveals that she is a lesbian. Includes interviews with actors and ABC/Disney executives. 1998. 52 min. Video/C 5885

Ernie Kovacs. The Best of Ernie Kovacs.

A revealing, sympathetic close-up of one of America's greatest comedians, this definitive anthology is loaded with classic Kovacs bits from the Ernie Kovacs show. Television was Kovacs' electronic playground, where he experimented with effects and ideas that could not be carried out on any other medium. His legacy lives on, inspiring many comics and TV practitioners of the present day. Television was Kovacs' electronic playground, where he experimented with effects and ideas that could not be carried out on any other medium. Cast: Ernie Kovacs, Jolene Brand, Bobby Lauher, Joe Mikolas, Maggi Brown, Frances McHale, Bob Warren.

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Disc 1 Cast: Ernie Kovacs, Jolene Brand, Bobby Lauher, Joe Mikolas, Maggi Brown, Frances McHale, Bob Warren. Ernie Kovacs monologue -- 1812 Overture (also on vhs Video/C 6570) -- Various shorts -- Western parody -- Nairobi duo in space -- Musical office -- Oscilloscope sketches -- Wolfgang Sauerbraten (also on vhs Video/C 6570) -- Dinner symphony -- Whom dunnit? (also on vhs Video/C 6570)-- Kitchen symphony (also on vhs Video/C 6570) -- Percy Dovetonsils -- Wagon train -- Kovacs on music -- Hospital sketch -- Swan Lake of gorillas -- Musical spaghetti -- Nairobi trio -- Street scene -- Ah! Sweet mystery of life -- Stork Club -- Matzoh Hepplewhite -- Albert Grindley -- Talking flies -- Hot date -- Die Valkerie -- Great Submergo -- Jack Lemmon intro -- Oscilloscope sketches -- Ballerina -- Monster pool -- Clutching hand -- Trashy books. 185 min. DVD 7290

The Best of Ernie Kovacs. Disc 2 Eugene -- Silent western (also on vhs Video/C 6570)-- Eugene reads -- Pinball -- Eugene's lunch box -- Dutch masters -- Miklos Molnar -- Auntie Gruesome -- Matzoh Hepplewhite -- Figaro -- Percy Dovetonsils -- Roger Simess -- Ernie at the peep-show -- Dr. Rentzler Ewing -- Oscilloscope routines -- Turkish bath -- Ernie at the piano -- Percy on Easter -- Ernie's monologue -- Radio & pie in the face -- Mr. Question man -- Hepplewhite's magic show -- Ernie's final monologue -- Nairobi trio -- Mississippi mud -- Percy's ode to Stanley's cat -- I can't give you anything but love -- Ernie's last show -- Edie's Marilyn Monroe -- Take a good look clues -- The Trenton years. 175 min. DVD 7290

The Best of Ernie Kovacs. Vol. 1 Features: The "crazy" 1812 Overture; a parody of 1950's TV Westerns; the Musical Office; the Kitchen Symphony; the woman-in-a-tub skits; Percy Dovetonsils reads a poem called "Leslie the mean animal trainer;" Wolfgang Sauerbraten selling Pffft spritzer; the bow & arrow blackouts; the "Whom Dunnit" game show. 60 min. Video/C 6570

The Face is Familiar

General Electric Theater, 1954. Directed by Frank Tashlin. Hosted by Ronald Reagan. Cast: Jack Benny and others. A comedy about a man whose face no one could remember. Originally aired 21 November 1954 (Season 3, Episode 9). Video/C 4760

Father Knows Best. Season One

Cast: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin. Television series about a "typical" mid-century, middle-class, Midwestern American family living in Springfield, Ohio: Jim Anderson, insurance salesman and father, his wife Margaret, and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Disc 1: Bud takes up the dance -- Lesson in citizenship -- The motor scooter -- Football tickets -- Live my own life -- Grandpa Jim's rejuvenation -- Bud's encounter with the law. -- Disc 2: Thanksgiving Day -- Second honeymoon -- Typical father -- Margaret goes dancing -- The Christmas story -- Sparrow in the window -- Boy's week. -- Disc 3: A friend of old George's -- Bud the snob -- The promised playhouse -- Jim the farmer -- Father of the year -- The mink coat. -- Disc 4: The matchmaker -- Bud the bridesmaid -- Proud father -- Father delivers the papers -- No partiality -- Close decision. Special features: Disc 1: Daddy's girls (with Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue) : all-new interviews with the actresses who played the Anderson sisters, Kathy and Betty ; Disc 2: Robert Young's home movies (narrated by Young's grandson Bill Proffitt) : beautiful footage of Robert Young's real-life family shot between the 1930s and the 1970s reveals the inspiration behind much of "Father knows best"; Behind the scenes (narrated by Bill Proffitt) : rare color "home movies" from the set of "Father knows best" ; Disc 3: "24 hours in Tyrantland" : in 1959, the U.S. Department of the Treasury paid to have this special episode produced. It was never broadcast, but was shown in schools, churches and civic groups for the purpose of selling U.S. saving bonds. When Betty, Bud and Kathy don't want to help sell U.S. Bonds, Jim teaches them a lesson by making them spend a day living under a tyrannical dictator-- him! ; Disc 4: "Window on Main Street" pilot episode "The return" : shortly after "Father knows best" went off the air in 1960, Robert Young and Eugene B. Rodney returned to the CBS lineup producing this new series starring Young. DVD 9643

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Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection.

Cast: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth.[v. 1.] A touch of class ; The builders ; The wedding party ; Hotel inspectors -- [v. 2.] Gourmet night ; The Germans ; Communication problems ; The psychiatrist -- [v. 3.] Waldorf salad ; The kipper and the corpse ; The anniversary ; Basil the rat. Special features: New and archival talent interviews; director's commentary; who's who guide to the stars of Fawlty Towers; a visit to Torquay: home of Fawlty Towers ; guest ledger of the series' cameo appearances. In this comedy series produced for British television, Basil Fawlty is the sharp-tongued, short-fused owner of Fawlty Towers, a hotel plagued by crisis, chaos and bizarre characters. Contains all 12 episodes of the series.Originally broadcast by BBC in 1975 and 1979. 500 min. DVD 5048

Apter, Michael J. "Fawlty Towers: A Reversal Theory Analysis of a Popular Television Comedy Series." Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 128-138, Winter 1982.

Jagendorf, Zvi. "Fawlty's Cloud-Capped Towers: The Tempest and the Comedy of Post-Imperial Depression." JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama, vol. 5-6, pp. 59-79, 1999.

Short, Mick. "From Dramatic Text to Dramatic Performance." In: Exploring the language of drama : from text to context / edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, and Peter Verdonk. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. (Main Stack PR627.E9 1998)

Flip Wilson Show

Five episodes from the television series. Among the segments, Flip is joined by Bill Cosby in "Marvin and Howard," night nurse Gina Lollobrigida and Geraldine Jones are here too along with Big Bird who dances his way through a song with Flip. Also included are Reverend LeRoy, David Frost interviewing Geraldine, Bobby Darin and Flip in a fathering class taught by Tim Conway, Geraldine singing with Ray Charles, Redd Foxx as a heckler, and much more. Contents: Show 1. The first show ; Big Bird ; What's happenin' now? ; David Frost with Geraldine -- Show 2. Born losers ; The night nurse ; Duet with Gina Lollobrigida -- V. 2. Show 1. Rent a friend ; Ray Charles & Geraldine ; George Wyle helps with a duet -- Show 2. Men of the world ; The heckler & the comic ; Expectant fathers -- Special episode. George Wyle's introduction ; The horse sketch ; The Osmond Brothers ; The drive in. Flip Wilson with guest stars Bill Cosby, Gina Lollobrigida, Big Bird, David Frost, Ray Charles, Don Rickles, Leslie Uggams, Tim Conway, Redd Foxx, Bobby Darin, Lucille Ball, the Osmonds. Episodes originally broadcast Sept. 17, 1970-Jan. 13, 1972. 115 min. DVD 5346

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Frasier: The Complete First Season, 1993-1994.

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin, John Mahoney, Dan Butler.

Eminent psychiatrist Frasier Crane leaves Boston tostart life afresh in Seattle and finds himself on theradio airwaves as the host of his own call-in adviceshow. When he's not dealing with problems of histroubled listeners, he's embroiled in skirmishes athome. Contains the entire 24 original episodes fromthe first season.

Disc 1. Good son (pilot)--Space quest--Dinner at eight--I hate Frasier Crane--Here's looking at you--Crucible-- Disc 2. Call me irresponsible--Beloved infidel--Selling out--Oops--Death becomes him--Miracle on Third or Fourth Street -- Disc 3. Guess who'scoming to breakfast?--Can't buy me love--You can'ttell a crook by his cover--Show where Lilith comesback--Midwinter Night's dream--And the whimper is --Disc 4. Give him the chair--Fortysomething--Travelswith Martin--Author, author--Frasier Crane's day off--My coffee with Niles. ca. 544 min. DVD 2024

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Cast: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell. In this television sit-com the Banks family, a respectable Californian family, take in a relative - Will Smith, a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia. The idea is to make him responsible and mature, but Will has other plans... Contents: The fresh prince project -- Bang the drum, Ashley -- Clubba hubba -- Not with my pig, you don't -- Homeboy, sweet homeboy -- Mistaken identity -- Def poet's society -- Someday your prince will be in effect -- Kiss my butler -- Courting disaster -- Talking turkey -- Knowledge is power -- Day damn one -- Deck the halls -- Lucky charm -- The ethnic tip -- The young and the restless -- It had to be you -- Nice lady -- Love at first fight -- Banks shot -- 72 hours -- Just infatuation -- Working it out. Originally produced in 1990. 588 min. DVD 8060

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Friends (The Best of Friends)

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer. A television sit-com about six young people on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, who find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the antidote to the pressures of life. Episodes from a television program originally produced between 1994 and 1998.

Pilot -- The one with two parts (both parts) -- The one with all the poker -- The one where Ross finds out -- The one with the prom video. 151 min. Video/C 8586

The one where no one's ready -- The one with the embryos -- The one with Ross's wedding (both parts) -- The one with all the Thanksgivings -- The one where everybody finds out. 151 min. Video/C 8587

The one where no one's ready -- The one with the embryos -- The one with Ross's wedding (both parts) -- The one with all the Thanksgivings -- The one where everybody finds out. 151 min. Video/C 8588

The one with Chandler in a box -- The one-hundredth -- The one with all the resolutions -- The one where Ross got high -- The one with the proposal (parts 1 and 2). 151 min. Video/C 8589

Freaks & Geeks

A television show about two very unique cliches of teenagers dealing with life in an American high school during the 1980's. The show covers everything that you remember from high school that you may have chosen to forget. Contents: Disc 1. Pilot episode -- Beers and weirs -- Tricks and treats. -- Disc 2. Kim Kelly is my friend -- Tests and breasts -- I'm with the band. -- Disc 3. Carded and discarded -- Girlfriends and boyfriends -- We've got spirit. -- Disc 4. The diary -- Looks and books -- Garage door. -- Disc 5. Chokin' and tokin' -- Dead dogs and gym teachers -- Noshing and moshing.-- Disc 6. Smooching and mooching -- Little things -- Discos & dragons. Originally broadcast on NBC from 1999 to 2000. DVD 2680

Full House. The Complete Seventh Season

Cast: Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron. The seventh season of a television series about single dad Danny Tanner, a sports broadcaster later morning talk show host, and his three little girls Michelle, Donna Jo, and Stephanie. In this season Michelle enters a soapbox derby. D.J. aces the SATs and Stephanie starts a new school and makes a surprising new friend. Meanwhile Danny gets an offer on the Tanner house at double its value. Disc 1: It was a dark and stormy night ; The apartment ; Wrong-way Tanner ; Tough love ; Fast friends ; Smash Club: the next generation -- Disc 2: High anxiety ; Another opening, another no show ; The day of the rhino ; The prying game ; The bicycle thief ; Support your local parents -- Disc 3: The perfect couple ; Is it true about Stephanie? ; The test ; Joey's funny Valentine ; The last dance ; Kissing cousins -- Disc 4: Love on the rocks ; Michelle a la cart ; A date with fate ; Too Little Richard too late ; A house divided. Originally broadcast on television during the 1993-1994 season. 572 min. DVD 8597

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Goodness Gracious Me(BBC Television, 1998-2000)

Produced by Anil Gupta; directed by Nick Wood. Cast: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia. A British television comedy series presenting a satirical exploration of racial stereotypes in Britain, as seen from an Indian point-of-view. With a stunning stream of sketches and songs presents series 1, 2, and 3 plus the special "Back where they came from." Originally presented on BBC television between 1998 and 2000. 580 min. DVD 3793 (series 1 also on VHS Video/C 8527)

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The Goldbergs

Contents: The Goldbergs: Marriage Counselor. 1953, 22 min. Video/C 4763

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Heaven for Betsy

Heaven for Betsy: The Raise. 1952. 12 min. Video/C 4763

Hogan's Heroes.

Cast: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis.

The informer: In this original pilot episode of the comic television series about American prisoners of war, a German spy witnesses Hogan's underground operation and can't believe his eyes. Not it's up to the heroes to make sure no one believes his story! (the original pilot, airdate Sept. 17, 1965)Kommandant of the year: The heroes must create a diversion before they can sabotage a German rocket-bomb stashed inside the camp. Thanks to the vanity of the camps Kommandant and a phony award ceremony -- the mission is a booming success! (airdate, Oct. 1, 1965).50 min. Video/C 8765

The Great impersonation: When three of Hogan's heroes are captured by a German patrol, he must convince Sargeant Shultz to masquerade as a hard-headed Kommandant Klink and free some of his captured men. (airdate, February 4, 1966)It takes a thief-- sometimes: Hogan learns a band of underground sabateurs operating near Stalag 13 are actually an undercover Gestapo team. The heroes intervene to make sure the Germans' plans backfire with explosive results. (airdate, January 28, 1966). 50 min. Video/C 8766

Hogan go home: Hogan is ordered to return to the States for a hero's welcome. At first, he is overjoyed, but soon he has a change of heart but unfortunately it may be too late, for his replacement is already on the way. (airdate, January 13, 1968) Will the real Adolf please stand up? (airdate, December 2, 1966). Carter's imitation of Hitler comes in handy when the heroes need to smuggle top-secret photos of German fortification plans to the Allies. But the scheme nearly backfires when Carter gets carried away with his performance!. 50 min. Video/C 8767

Honeymooners: Little Man Who Wasn't There. Goodnight Sweet Prince.

In Little man who wasn't there Ralph's nerves make him turn to the company psychiatrist for help--the diagnosis: Norton is driving him crazy so to save his sanity, Ralph decides to cut Norton out of his life. In Goodnight sweet prince Ralph has to begin working the night shift and has trouble adjusting his sleeping habits so Alice and Norton scheme to make him sleep during the day. 55 min. Video/C 4033

The Honeymooners Lost Episodes. 1

Contents: Letter to the boss (11/14/53) -- Suspense (1/24/53) -- Dinner guest (5/2/53) -- Ralph Kramden's greatest schemes (bonus episode).

Letter to the boss: Ralph, believing he has been fired, writes a nasty letter to the boss, but then finds out he has been promoted and with Northon's help, attempts to head off the letter, before his boss reads it. Suspense: Ralph overhears Alice rehearsing for a play and jumps to the conclusion that she is plotting to murder him. Dinner guest: In an attempt to gain the favor of his boss, Ralph and Alice invite him and his wife over for dinner. Ralph Kramden's greatest schemes: A parade of the wildest plots, plans and harebrained scenarios ever conconcted by Brooklyn's favorite bus driver. 1953-55. 120 min. DVD 991

The Honeymooners Lost Episodes. 2

Contents: Songs and witty sayings (5/14/55) -- Norton moves in (4/18/53) -- Income tax (3/7/53).

Songs and witty sayings: Ralph's new scheme to earn money leads him and Norton to enter an amateur contest. Then Alice and Trixie also enter the contest over their husbands' objections. Norton moves in: The Nortons are having their apartment painted and move in with Ralph and Alice. Income tax: Ralph has some money to spend and he must decide among paying his income taxes, donating to a church charity, or buying a new bowling ball. 1953-55. 120 min. DVD 992

Honeymooners: My Fair Landlord. Income Tax

In My fair landlord Ralph sees an investment opportunity when he decides to buy a house with Norton as the tenant. After signing a 99 year lease, Norton realizes that he is not living in Shagri-La and tries to break his lease. In Income Tax Ralph is torn among several urges. He has some money to spend and he must decide among paying his income taxes, donating to the church charity, or buying a new bowling ball. 60 min. Video/C 4034

Honeymooners: Better Living Through TV; Mind Your Own Business

Better living through TV: Ralph and Norton go on TV to sell the Handy Housewife Helper. Mind your own business: Because he follows Ralph's advice, Norton loses his job, but he seems to be doing so well as a steam iron salesman that Ralph wants in on the action. Two episodes of the honeymooners, originally broadcast Nov. 12, 1955, and May 26, 1956. ca. 50 min. Video/C 6610

I Love Lucy. See Also: Lucille Ball Show (Lucy Show)

[The Best of] I Love Lucy 1

A collection of "five of the ten most popular" I love Lucy episodes. Lucy does a TV commercial: Lucy gets intoxicated selling Vitameatavegamin. Lucy's Italian movie: Lucy soaks up local color and winds up in a wine vat. Lucy does the tango: Lucy hides several eggs in her shirt while rehearsing with Ricky. The Freezer: Lucy almost freezes to death. Harpo Marx: Lucy mirrors the crazy antics of Harpo. 126 min. Video/C 9200

[The Best of] I Love Lucy 2

A collection of "five of the ten most popular" I love Lucy episodes. Job switching: Lucy stuffs herself with chocolate while on the job in a candy factory. L.A. at last: Lucy lights her nose on fire. Lucy is enceinte: Lucy tries to tell Ricky that they're expecting a baby. The ballet: Lucy tries to be graceful while learning ballet. Ethel's home town: Lucy, Ricky and Fred try to upstage Ethel. 124 min. Video/C 9201

I Love Lucy: Job Switching. Fashion Show.

In Job Switching Ricky and Fred become house husbands while Lucy and Ethyl get jobs in a candy factory with hilareous results. In Fashion Show Lucy talks her way into modeling at a celebrity fashion show, thinking she'll keep the duds. 51 min. Video/C 4031

I Love Lucy: Lucy Does a TV Commercial. Lucy's Italian Movie.

In Lucy does a TV commercial Lucy connives her way into doing a TV commercial for an alcoholic health tonic. The tongue-twisting name gets her into trouble and sampling the elixer during multiple takes doesn't help. In Lucy's Italian movie Lucy, while traveling in Italy, is offered a part in a movie. Thinking the movie is about wine-making, she sets off for a vinyard to do some research for the role, and quickly finds herself in a vat of trouble. 51 min. Video/C 4032

I Love Lucy

Encyclopedia of Television

Season One. Vol. 1 (1951)

Presents the original, rarely-seen pilot and the first three episodes of one of television's most successful sit-coms. I love lucy pilot: Lucy tries to get into the act when Ricky's band auditions for TV. The girls want to go to a nightclub: Fred and Ricky want to see a prize fight, but Lucy and Ethel have something else in mind. Be a pal: Lucy tries to rekindle the romance in her marriage. The diet: Lucy starves and steams her way into a size 12 dress. 106 min. DVD 1350

Season One. Vol. 2 (1951)

Lucy thinks Ricky is trying to murder her: A misunderstood conversation overheard by Lucy makes her suspicious of her husband. The Quiz show: To win $1, 000 Lucy pretends to have been married to someone else. The audition: Lucy clowns it up as Buffo the Clown. The seance: Lucy and Ethel become interested in the supernatural. 106 min. DVD 1351

Season One. Vol. 3 (1951)

Men are messy: Ricky throws his clothes everywhere and Lucy sets out to prove that men are untidy. The fur coat: Lucy thinks Ricky has given her the ultimate gift. Lucy is jealous of girl singer: Lucy disrupts a chorus line. Drafted: Lucy and Ethel are convinced their husbands are headed for the armed services. 106 min. DVD 1352

Season One. Vol. 4 (1951)

Adagio: Lucy gets a dancing lesson from Fred. Benefit: Lucy and Ricky perform a classic vaudeville routine. Amateur hour: Lucy gets more than she bargained for while babysitting. Lucy plays cupid: Match-making backfires for Lucy. 104 min. DVD 1353

I Married Joan. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.

I married Joan: In this comedy Joan yearns to become an actress, but when she tries to do a television commercial she discovers acting is far from the glamorous profession she expected. Includes commercials for General Electric refrigerators. Burns and Allen show: In this episode "The Swami", Gracie thinks she must divorce George when a fortune teller says she will have a second husband. So George, aided by his friends, uses a swami outfit to straighten Gracie out. Includes milk commercials. 60 min. Video/C 4027.

I Married Joan. (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring Joan Davis, Jim Backus. Two "I married Joan" episodes back to back featuring the slightly wacky merry adventures of Joan Davis and Jim Backus starring as Judge and Joan Bradly Stevens. Getting in and out of trouble in this fast-paced half hour was Joan Davis' trademark. 30 min. Video/C 6758

I Remember Mama(Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice, Robin Morgan. One of the earliest TV family comedies, this half hour told the story of a Norwegian-American family and their experiences in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. 30 min. Video/C 6756

In Living Color.

Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, James Carrey, Kelly Coffield, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, T'Keyah "Crystal" Keymah, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Jamie Foxx, Shawn Wayans.

Season One. Pilot -- The wrath of Farrakhan -- Lean on me beautiful-- Transitions -- A date with Grace Jones -- Jheri'skids -- Don King - the early years -- Endangeredspecies -- Introducing ... Homey D. Clown -- VeraDimilo -- Anton in The People's Court -- Conspiracy -- Homey D. Clown returns. Presents the first season of the show that bridged thegap between black and white audiences by at onceexploiting stereotypes and then proving how ridiculousthey could be, without being politically correct orpreachy, and never without the aid of top-notch humor. The writing was spectacular, each of theperformers were incredibly talented, and the chemistrybetween them showed. Notes: Originally aired on television during the 1990-1991season. Special features: Commentaries on select episodes;"Looking back 'In living color: the first season'"featurette; "In living color: the first season"featurette; "Back in step with the Fly Girls" featurette; HBO Comedy Festival 2001. 299 min. DVD 2435

Season two of the TV show that bridged the gap between black and white audiences by at once exploiting stereotypes and then proving how ridiculous they can be. Season two continues to feature short, humorous skits, rap music and dance segments. Contains several stock characters and scenarios, such as Fire Marshall Bill, which recur in various episodes and continue to cross every possible line with their ethnic humor. Originally produced in 1991-1992. DVD 4616

The third season of the popular African-American sketch comedy television show that first introduced the Wayans family and Jim Carrey to the masses. With its in-your-face look at celebrities and pop culture, this season the Fly Girls return with a sexy newcomer named Jennifer Lopez. Originally produced in 1991 and 1992. DVD 4617

The fourth season of the popular African-American sketch comedy television show that first introduced the Wayans family and Jim Carrey to the masses. No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit show that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results. Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, James Carrey, Kelly Coffield, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx. Originally produced in 1992 and 1993. DVD 4618

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny & Bogart

Performers: Jack Benny, Humphrey Bogart, Sara Berner, Benny Rubin. Humphrey Bogart made his first live television appearance on this Jack Benny program, whichfeatures a comedy sketch of police detective Bennygrilling 'baby-face' Bogart. Videocassette release of a television program originallyproduced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 29 min. Video/C 9357

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny & Liberace

Performers: Jack Benny, Liberace, Shirley Mitchell, Rex Evans. Pianist Liberace visits the Jack Benny show. Violin maestro Jack pushes Liberace to perform,resulting in a hilarious duet, one of the funniestmoments in television. Videocassette release of a television program originallyproduced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 29 min. Video/C 9358

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny & Friends

Performers: Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Walt Disney, The Beach Boys, Naomi Stevens, Bill Baldwin, Lee Patterson. Jack Benny's one hour special, with guests Bob Hope, Elke Summer, and Walt Disney. With help from the Beach Boys, surfers Jack and Bob Hope search for the perfect wave, plus a wacky send-up of Mary Poppins -- Italian style. Videocassette release of a television program originally produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 55 min. Video/C 9359

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny New Year

Performers: Jack Benny, Eddie Anderson, Shirley Mitchell, Benny Rubin, Jill Jackson, Sammy Weiss, Wayne Songer, Frank Remley. Jack is all decked out for a night on the town on New Year's Eve when his date stands him up. But loyal pal Rochester won't let Jack down on this poignant New Year's show. Videocassette release of a television program originally produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 27 min. Video/C 9356

Jack Benny Show: Benny, Burns & Bing

Performers: Jack Benny, George Burns, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Eddie Anderson. Pianist Liberace visits the Jack Benny show. Jack connives to get his pals George Burns and Bing Crosby to be guests on his show -- at a reduced rate of course. Rochester is also on hand with a special appearance by Bob Hope. Videocassette release of a television program originally produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 24 min. Video/C 9360

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny & Bob Hope

Performers: Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Eddie Anderson, Don Wilson, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin. In this rare, thought to have been lost kinescope, Jack and special guest Bob Hope set out on "The Road to Nairobi," only to be captured by cannibals! Also includes brief appearances by Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Videocassette release of a television program originally produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 26 min. Video/C 9361

Jack Benny Show: Jack Benny & Jayne Mansfield

Performers: Jack Benny, Jayne Mansfield, Eddie Anderson, Mel Blanc, Muriel Landers, the Sportsmen Quartet.Jack will do anything to get a big star to appear on his program, as sexy Jayne Mansfield finds out! Also appearing on the show is Mel Blanc, "Man of a thousand voices." Videocassette release of a television program originally produced by CBS Television in the 1950's. 28 min. Video/C 9362

Jack Benny Show.

Featuring Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Eddie Anderson, Don Wilson. The format for this show was well honed after two decades on radio. The transition to television was easy with Jack's personality well established including his stinginess, his vanity about his age, his ancient "Maxwell" automobile and his lousy violin playing. 30 min. Video/C 6758

Jack Benny Show. Benny in the Lineup

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The Jeffersons: The Complete First Season.

Cast: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Zara Cully, Berlinda Tolbert, Mike Evans, Paul Benedict. Disc 1: A friend in need -- Louise feels useless -- George's family tree -- Lionel, the playboy -- Mr. Piano man -- George's skelton -- Lionel cries uncle -- Mother Jefferson's boyfriend. -- Disc 2. Meet the press -- Rich man's disease -- Former neighbors -- Like father, like son -- Jenny's low.

The complete first season of the 1970s situation comedy The Jefferson's. These programs highlight George Jefferson, successful, but bigoted and snobbish, African-American businessman. George's dry cleaning business takes off and he moves his family into a fancy high-rise apartment on the East Side of Manhattan. Originally produced as episodes of the television program The Jeffersons in 1975. DVD 1470

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Kitchen Confidential(TV, 2005)

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Nicholas Brendon, John Francis Daley, Jaime King, Bonnie Somerville, Owain Yeoman. Contains all episodes of the television series in which a New York City chef, who is also a novelist, recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets of life behind kitchen doors. 325 min. DVD 7822

The Kumars at no. 42 (BBC Television, 2001)

Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar; directed by Lissa Evans. Cast: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Vincent Ebrahim, Indira Joshi, Meera Syal. In this British television sit-com the Kumars, a fictional immigrant family, have bulldozed their back garden to build a studio for their spoilt son Sanjeev, who fancies himself a celebrity chat show host. Each week, celebrity guests partake in the unique Kumar experience: a thorough interrogation by the entire family. 70 min. Video/C 8527

Leave It to Beaver: The Complete First Season

Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, Rusty Stevens. Join the Cleavers, America's quintessential TV family. Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver can't seem to avoid trouble, and his older brother Wally and his pal Eddie Haskell, aren't any help. Originally broadcast on television during the 1957-1958 season.

Disc 1: Beaver gets "spelled" -- Captain jack -- The black eye -- The haircut -- New neighbors -- Brotherly love -- Water, anyone? -- Beaver's crush -- The clubhouse -- Wally's girl trouble -- Beaver's short pants -- The perfume salesmen -- Voodoo magic -- Part-time genius. 364 min. DVD 5189

Disc 2: Party invitation -- Lumpy Rutherford -- The paper route -- Child care -- The bank account -- Lonesome beaver -- Cleaning up beaver -- The perfect father -- Beaver and poncho -- The state vs. beaver -- The broken window -- Train trip -- My brother's girl -- Next-door Indians. 364 min. DVD 5190

Disc 3: Tenting tonight -- Music lesson -- New doctor -- Beaver's old friend -- Wally's job -- Beaver's bad day -- Boarding school -- Beaver and Henry -- Beaver runs away -- Beaver's guest -- Cat out of the bag. 364 min. DVD 5191

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Coontz, Stephanie. "'Leave It To Beaver' and 'Ozzie and Harriet': American Familes in the 1950s." In: The way we never were : American families and the nostalgia trap New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1992. (MAIN: HQ535 .C643 1992; MOFF: HQ535 .C643 1992)

Denis, Christopher Favorite families of TV Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1992. (MOFF: PN1992.8.F33 D46 1992)

Leibman, Nina C. Living room lectures : the fifties family in film and television Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995. (Main Stack PN1992.8.F33.L45 1995)

Taylor, Ella. Prime-time families television culture in postwar America Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990, c1989 (Full-text online (UCB users only) print copies: MAIN: PN1992.8.F33 T391 1989; MOFF: PN1992.8.F33 T39 1989)

Life of Riley

Life of Riley: Foreman for a Day. 1953, 25 min. Video/C 4763

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Life with Elizabeth (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 4)

Tells the story of married couple Elizabeth (Betty White) and Alvin (Del Moore). Each episode consisted of three vignettes; three different plots. Leisurely paced, the comic conflicts often grew out of husband Alvin's disapproval of Elizabeth's logic. Disc 4 : Side B. 1952-1955, 6 episodes, 30 min each. DVD 2860

Life with Father

The story of Clarence Day Sr, a stern but loving Victorian father, his wife Vinnie, and their four red-headed sons. --Broadcast History: Nov 1953-May 1954. This half hour sitcom debuted on CBS on 22 November 1953 and lasted three seasons (last telecast on 5 July 1955). Video/C 4761.

Little Britain

Cast: Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Steve Furst, Paul Putner, Stephen Aintree, Charubala Chokshi, Joann Condon, Evie Garratt, Sally Hawkins, Siobhan Hayes, Lorraine Hilton, Ruth Jones, Habib Nasib Nader, Karen Seacombe, Tony Tang. The complete series of the British television sensation. Take a journey around Little Britain, a small and surreal parallel universe peopled by over-the-top eccentrics, lunatics and social misfits. Its the breathtaking debris of modern society. Meet Vicky Pollard, the gloriously incoherent trailer trash teenager. Emily Howard, the world's least convincing transvestite. Then there's Andy, sitting all day in his wheelchair painstakingly looked after by Lou, who has no idea his friend can walk and many more. Originally broadcast on BBC television between 2003 and 2006. 745 min. DVD 8863

Little Rascals (TV Time Comedy. Discs 10)

Disc 10. Side A. Hal Roach's [Little] Rascals: Waldo's last stand; Sundown Ltd.; Dogs of war; Pooch; Fly my kite; Derby Days -- Disc 10. Side B: Hal Roach's [Little] Rascals: Bear shooters; Official officers; Spook spoofing; Lazy day; Mary Queen of Tots. Hal Roach's [Little] Rascals: Presents episodes of the Our Gang comedies, shown on television as the Little Rascals. DVD 2859

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: Lucy Hunts Uranium

Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Fred MacMurray. A fake newspaper headline "Big uranium strike outside Las Vegas," sends Ricky & Lucy, Fred & Ethel, and even Fred MacMurray, into the desert, competing to strike it rich. Videocassette release of television episode originally broadcast on Jan. 3, 1958. 51 min. Video/C 999:3786

The Lucy Show (Lucille Ball show) (TV Time Comedy. Discs 3-4)

Disc 3. Side A. Lucy Show (aka. Lucille Ball Show, 30 min. each episode): Lucy the starmaker; Lucy meets Robert Goulet; Lucy gets Jack Benny's account; Lucy and Sheldon Leonard; Lucy and the bean queen. -- Disc 3. Side B. Lucy show: Lucy meets the law; Viv visits Lucy; Mainstreet, USA; Lucy and the submarine; Lucy meets Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Disc 4. Side A. Lucy Show: Lucy gets caught in the draft; Lucy gets a roommate; Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs; Lucy and Paul Winchell; Lucy flies to London -- Disc 4. Side B. Lucy Show: Little old Lucy; Ring-a-ding ring; Lucy gets trapped; Lucy the babysitter; Lucy and Phil Silvers. Cast: Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Gale Gordon Lucy show: Widow Lucy Carmichael and her friend, recently divorced Vivian Bagley, move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own and her job working as the personal secretary to the grumpy banker Mr. Mooney. DVD 2859

[Best of] Mad TV

Cast: Ike Barinholtz, Daniele Gaither, Bobby Lee, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael McDonald, Nicole Parker, Ron Pederson, Jordan Peele, Aries Spears, Stephnie Weir, Paul Vogt. MADtv is a late night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of the popular MAD magazine. Material includes celebrity impersonations, music video, commercial, movie, and TV show parodies, recurring characters, musical guests, and the occasional mock cartoons. Directed by Bruce Leddy. 175 min. DVD 7823

Make Room for Daddy. (The Golden Years of Television)

Peter Pan / written by Mac Benoff; directed by Sheldon Leonard; produced by Louis F. Edelman -- Wyatt Earp visits the Williams / written by Henry Garson; directed by Sheldon Leonard; produced by Louis F. Edelman. One of the longest running television comedies, this program starred Danny Thomas as Danny Williams, a soft-hearted husband and father who was constantly being upstaged by his bratty yet lovable children. Programs originally telecast between 1953 and 1971. 58 min. Video/C 6779

The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Nancy Walker.

Love is All Around: Rebounding from a broken romance, Mary Richards is starting over in a new town with a new apartment and new job. But her life takes some strange turns when a New Yorker named Rhoda claims the apartment -- and her gruff new boss shows up drunk at a most inopportune time. Support Your Local Mother: Rhoda's mother Ida pays an unexpected visit and when Rhoda refuses to let her in Mary lets Ida stay at her place and gets a lesson in maternal guilt. Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1970. 50 min. Video/C 8237

He's No Heavy, He's My Brother: When a scheduling mix-up forces Mary to take her vacation early, she and Rhoda scramble to plan a sunny getaway. But the only way to get last-minute accomodations involves a Mexican restaurant owner and the delivery of a mysterious package. Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda: Moving in with Mary when a fire damages her apartment Rhoda learns that living with Mary is not so easy, and Mary could do without her best friend's midnight TV watching too. Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1971 and 1972. 50 min. Video/C 8238

My Brother's Keeper: Phyllis tries to set up her brother Ben with Mary, only to be horrified when Ben seems to become infatuated with Rhoda. To Phyllis' relief she learns that she has nothing to worry about... Put on a Happy Face: Mary has a really bad day and by the time she makes it up to the stage to accept her coveted Teddy Award (with Ted as her date), she is limping, crying, wearing one fuzzy slipper and battling a disastrous hair day. Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1973. 50 min. Video/C 8239

Lars affair: When Phyllis learns that her husband is having an affair with someone at WJM Television Network, she enlists Mary's help. Ted Baxter meets Walter Cronkite: After eight tries and a fierce publicity campaign, Ted finally wins his Teddy Award and now he feels ready for the big time. But his chance at greatness comes sooner than he thinks, when Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1973 and 1974. 50 min. Video/C 8240

Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? Mary refuses to reveal a source and is held in contempt by an angry judge. When she begins to waver it's up to Lou -- and a few prostitutes -- to keep her standing tall. The System: The inveterate gambler Lou, after a big losing streak, discovers that Ted has a foolproof system for betting on football. Against Lou's better judgment, they form a partnership, but can Ted's pigskin prophecies keep them in the money? Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1974 and 1975. 50 min. Video/C 8241

Chuckles Bites the Dust: Murray, Lou and Ted find it hard to keep a straight face when they learn that WJM's Chuckles the Clown has been killed by a rougue elephant. But for the always proper Mary, the untimely death of Chuckles is no laughing matter. Once I Had a Secret Love: When Lou comes to work unshaven, shaky and sockless, Mary knows something is up. But can she keep the secret of Lou's drunken tryst with Sue Ann? Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1975 and 1976. 50 min. Video/C 8242

Lou dates Mary -- The last show. Lou dates Mary: The relationship between Lou and Mary was the show's deepest and most complex. In this gentle and funny episode, Mary asks Lou to dinner. Could their kiss lead to something bigger? The Last show: In the final show of the series the new station manager fires almost everyone in the newsroom. Videocassette release of two episodes of the television show broadcast in 1977. 50 min. Video/C 8243

M*A*S*H

Cast: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Switt, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, William Christopher. A television comedy highlighting the outrageous antics of three skilled young surgeons drafted from civilian life and assigned to a unit of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. Produced by Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart; associate producer, Burt Metcalfe ; developed for television by Larry Gelbart.

Season 1: Disc 1. MASH, the pilot -- To market, to market -- Requiem for a lightweight -- Chief surgeon who? -- The moose -- Yankee Doodle doctor -- Bananas, crackers, and nuts -- Cowboy -- Disc 2. Henry, please come home -- I hate a mystery -- Germ warfare -- Dear dad -- Edwina -- Love story -- Tuttle -- The ringbanger -- Disc 3. Sometimes you hear the bullet -- Dear dad... again -- The longjohn flap -- The Army-Navy game -- Sticky wicket -- Major Fred C. Dobbs -- Cease fire -- Showtime. Originally aired on television between September 17, 1972 and March 25, 1973. 612 min. DVD 1000

Season 2 Disc. 1. Divided we stand -- Five o'clock Charlie -- Radar's report -- For the good of the outfit -- Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde -- Kim -- L.I.P. (local indigenous personnel) -- The trial of Henry Blake -- Disc 2. Dear Dad ... three -- The sniper -- Carry on, Hawkeye -- The incubator -- Deal me out -- Hot Lips and empty arms -- Officers only -- Henry in love -- Disc 3. For want of a boot -- Operation noselift -- The chosen people -- As you were -- George -- Mail call -- A smattering of intelligence. Originally aired on television between September 15, 1973 and March 2, 1974. 612 min. DVD 7530

Season 3 Disc 1: The General flipped at dawn -- Rainbow Bridge -- Officer of the day -- Iron guts Kelly -- O.R. -- Springtime -- Check-up -- Life with father -- Disc 2: Alcoholics unanimous -- There is nothing like a nurse -- Adam's rib -- A full rich day -- Mad dogs and servicemen -- Private Charles Lamb -- Bombed -- Bulletin board -- Disc 3: The consultant -- House arrest -- Aid station -- Love and marriage -- Big mac -- Payday -- White gold -- Abyssinia, Henry. Originally aired on television 1974-75 season. 612 min. DVD 7531

Season 4 Disc one. Welcome to Korea -- Change of command -- It happened one night -- The late Captain Pierce -- Hey, doc -- The bus -- Dear Mildred -- The kids -- Disc two. Quo vadis, Captain Chandler? -- Dear Peggy -- Of moose and men -- Soldier of the month -- The gun -- Mail call again -- The price of tomato juice -- Dear ma -- Disc three. Der tag -- Hawkeye -- Some 38th parallels -- The novocaine mutiny -- Smilin' Jack -- The more I see you -- Deluge -- The interview. Originally aired on television between September 12, 1975 and February 24, 1976. 632 min. DVD 7532

Season 5Disc 1. Bug out -- Margaret's engagement -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Lt. Radar O'Reilly -- The nurses -- The abduction of Margaret Houlihan -- Dear Sigmund -- Mulcahy's war -- Disc 2. The Korean surgeon -- Hawkeye get your gun -- The colonel's horse -- Exorcism -- Hawk's nightmare -- The most unforgettable characters -- 38 across -- Ping pong -- Disc 3. End run -- Hanky panky -- Hepatitis -- The general's practitioner -- Movie tonight -- Souvenirs -- Post op -- Margaret's marriage. 637 min. DVD 7539

Season 6 Disc 1. Fade in, fade out -- Fallen idol -- Last laugh -- War of nerves -- The Winchester tapes -- The light that failed -- In love and war -- Change day -- Disc 2. Images -- The MASH olympics -- The grim reaper -- Comrades in arms (Pts. 1&2) -- The merchant of Korea -- The smell of music -- Patient 4077 -- Disc 3. Tea and empathy -- Your hit parade -- What's up, Doc? -- Mail call three -- Temporary duty -- Potter's retirement -- Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde -- Major Toppo. Originally aired on television between September 20, 1977 and March 27, 1978. 637 min. DVD 7540

Season 7Disc 1. Commander Pierce -- Peace on us -- Lil -- Our finest hour, pts. 1 & 2 -- The billfold syndrome -- None like it hot -- They call the wind Korea -- Major ego -- Disc 2. Baby it's cold outside -- Point of view -- Dear comrade -- Out of gas -- An eye for a tooth -- Dear sis -- B.J. papa san -- Inga-- Disc 3. The price -- The young and the restless -- Hot lips is back in town -- C*A*V*E -- Rally round the Flagg, boys -- Preventative medicine -- A night at Rosie's -- Ain't love grand? -- The party. Originally aired on television between September 19, 1978 and March 12, 1979. 664 min. DVD 7541

Season 8 Disc 1. Too many cooks -- Are you now, Margaret? -- Guerilla my dreams -- Good-bye Radar, pts. 1&2 -- Period of adjustment -- Nurse doctor -- Private finance -- Disc 2: Mr. and Mrs. Who? -- The Yalu brick road -- Life time -- Dear Uncle Abdul -- Captains Outrageous -- Stars and stripe -- Yessir, that's our baby -- Bottle fatigue -- Disc 3: Heal thyself -- Old soldiers -- Morale victory -- Lend a hand -- Good-bye, cruel world -- Dreams -- War co-respondent -- Back pay -- April Fools. Originally aired on television between September 17, 1979 and March 24, 1980. 650 min. DVD 7548

Season 9 Disc 1. Best of enemies -- Letters -- Cementing relationships -- Father's day -- Death takes a holiday -- War for all seasons -- Your retention, please. -- Disc 2. Tell it to the Marines -- Taking the fifth -- Operation friendship -- No sweat -- Depressing news -- No laughing matter -- Oh, how we danced -- Disc 3. Bottoms up -- Red/white blues -- Bless you, Hawkeye -- Blood brothers -- Foresight saga -- Life you save. Originally aired on television during the 1980-1981 season. 664 min. DVD 7549

Season 10 Disc 1. That's show biz -- Identity crisis -- Rumor at the top -- Give 'em hell Hawkeye -- Wheelers and dealers -- Communication breakdown -- Snap judgment -- Disc 2. Snappier judgment -- 'Twas the day after Christmas -- Follies of the living--Concerns of the dead -- The birthday girls -- Blood and guts -- A holy mess -- The tooth shall set you free -- Disc 3. Pressure points -- Where there's a will, there's a war -- Promotion commotion -- Heroes -- Sons and bowlers -- Picture this -- That darn kid . Originally aired on television between October 26, 1981 and April 12, 1982. 543 min. DVD 7550

Season 11 Disc 1. Hey, look me over -- Trick or treatment -- Foreign affairs -- The joker is wild -- Who knew -- Bombshells -- Settling debts -- The moon is not blue -- Disc 2. Run for the money -- U.N., the night and the music -- Strange bedfellows -- Say no more -- Friends and enemies -- Give and take -- As time goes by-- Disc 3. The series finale "Goodbye, farewell and amen." Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, William Christopher. Originally aired on television during the 1982-1983 season. 416 min. DVD 7556

M*A*S*H Special Features ust the FAQs interactive trivia game -- "MASH: television's serious sitcom" (50 min.) as seen on Biography on the A&E Network -- "MASH: 30th anniversary reunion" documentary -- "Memories of MASH" documentary -- Blooper reel -- My favorite MASH promo spots -- Cast interviews and clips from the last day of filming -- Public service announcements by the cast -- Unproduced episode script "Hawkeye on the double" -- Jocularity compilation featurette -- Fan base featurette. DVD 7557

Meet the Fuccons

The Fuccons, an American mannequin family have come to live in Japan. This series of two-and-a-half minute Japanese animated television shorts pokes fun at American life and television. Each spoof usually ends with the family sharing a laugh, much in the style of Leave It to Beaver or The Brady Bunch. Contains 8 episodes. 25 min. DVD 5433

Monty Python's Flying Circus

British television comedy, 1969-1974. Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. Animation by Terry Gilliam. Special features: Meet the chaps; Pythonism glossary, Gillianimations; art gallery; preview upcoming episodes; troup career highlights.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 1, Episodes 1-3. Contents: Episode 1. Whither Canada, recorded 7 Sept. 1969, broadcast 5 Oct. 1969 -- Episode 2. Sex and violence, recorded 30 Aug. 1969, broadcast 12 Oct. 1969 -- Episode 3. How to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away, recorded 14 Aug. 1969, broadcast 19 Oct. 1969. Segments include "tasty bits of famous dead people, Italian for Italians, Whizzo butter, a hedgehog called Frank, Picasso on a bicycle, the funniest joke in the world, flying sheep, a Scotsman on a mouse, musical mice, a man with three buttocks, the testimony of the late Arthur Aldrige, a bicycle repairman, a dirty fork, multiple seduced milkman and nudge nudge." 102 min. DVD 872

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 1, Episodes 4-6. Contents: Episode 4. Owl-stretching time, recorded 21 Sept. 1969, broadcast 26 Oct. 1969 -- Episode 5. Man's crisis of identity in the latter half of the twentieth century, recorded 03 Oct. 1969, broadcast 11 Nov. 1969 -- Episode 6. It's the arts, recorded 05 Nov. 1969, broadcast 23 Nov. 1969. Includes ample duck, cat and lizard, clocks smuggled directly from Switzerland, erotic film, the finest crunchy raw unboned real dead frog, excerpts from the dull life of a city stockbroker, a very silly job interview, Scotsman on a horse, the Flemish masters of the Renaissance, a man undressing in public, self-defense against fresh fruit and Secret Service dentistry. 102 min. DVD 873

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 1, Episodes 7-9. Contents: Episode 7. You're no fun anymore, recorded 10 Oct. 1969, broadcast 30 Nov. 1969 -- Episode 8. Full frontal nudity, recorded 25 Nov. 1969, broadcast 7 Dec. 1969 -- Episode 9. The ant, an introduction, recorded 7 Dec. 1969, broadcast 14 Dec. 1969. Includes lumberjack song, dead parrot--deceased, bereft of life, expired and gone to meet its maker, an ex-parrot, camel spotting, aliens turning humans into Scotsmen, Hell's grannies, full frontal nudity, the Army protection racket, the place of the nude in art, Blancmanges playing tennis, and a man with a tape recorder up his nose. 102 min. DVD 874

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 1, Episodes 10-13. Contents: Episode 10. Untitled, recorded 30 Nov. 1969, broadcast 21 Dec. 1969 -- Episode 11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, recorded 14 Dec. 1969, broadcast 28 Dec. 1969 -- Episode 12. The naked ant, recorded 21 Dec. 1969, broadcast 04 Jan. 1970 -- Episode 13. Intermission, recorded 04 Jan. 1970, broadcast 11 Jan. 1970. Includes upperclass twit of the year, albatross, lavatorial humour, a man who puts bricks to sleep by hypnosis, interruptions, police station silly voices, Ken Shabby, restaurant abuse and cannibalism, historical impersonations, pet conversions, a gorilla librarian, and a very silly psychiatry sketch. 135 min. DVD 875

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 2, Episodes 14-16. Contents: Episode 14. Face the press, recorded 9 July 1970, broadcast 15 Sept. 1970 -- Episode 15. The Spanish inquisition, recorded 2 July 1970, broadcast 22 Sept. 1970 -- Episode 16. Deja vu, recorded 16 July 1970, broadcast 29 Sept. 1970. Includes ministry of silly walks, a new cooker, the piranha brothers, jokes and novelties, an enormous hedgehog saying "Dinsdale?," the semaphore version of "Wuthering Heights," soft cushions and a comfy chair, flying lessons, a psychiatrist milkman, the poet McTeagle and deja vu. 102 min. DVD 876

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 2, Episodes 17-19. Contents: Episode 17. The Buzz Aldrin show, recorded 18 Sept. 1970, broadcast 20 Oct. 1970 -- Episode 18. Live from the grill-o-mat, recorded 10 Sept. 1970, broadcast 27 Oct. 1970 -- Episode 19. It's a living, recorded 10 Sept. 1970, broadcast 3 Nov. 1970. Includes the Grill-o-mat snack bar, the architect sketch, how to give up being a Mason, motor insurance sketch with nude lady, the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, an interview with Raymond Luxury yacht, the man who is alternately rude and polite, blackmail and dung. 102 min. DVD 877

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 2, Episodes 20-22. Contents: Episode 20. The Attila the Hun show, recorded 2 Oct. 1970, broadcast 10 Nov. 1970 -- Episode 21. Archaeology today, recorded 9 Oct. 1970, broadcast 17 Nov. 1970 -- Episode 22. How to recognize different parts of the body, recorded 25 Sept. 1970, broadcast 24 Nov. 1970. Includes killer sheep, poofy judges, Attila the Nun, Attila the Bun, the idiot in society, wife swapping, Mr. and Mrs. Git, Bruces, the news for gibbons, an exploding penguin on the telly, the death of Mary Queen of Scots, naughty bits and the man who contradicts people. 102 min. DVD 878

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 2, Episodes 23-26. Contents: Episode 23. Scott of the Antarctic, recorded 2 July 1970, broadcast 1 Dec. 1970 -- Episode 24. How not to be seen, recorded 23 July 1970, broadcast 8 Dec. 1970 -- Episode 25. Spam, recorded 25 June 1970, broadcast 15 Dec. 1970 -- Episode 26. Royal episode 13, recorded 16 Oct. 1970, broadcast 22 Dec. 1970. Includes conquistador coffee and crelm toothpaste, Crockpot Religions Ltd., Long John Silver impersonators v. Bournemouth gynaecologists, a fish license, an interview with a filing cabinet, an exploding version of the Blue Danube, a man who collects birdwatcher's eggs and Spam. 102 min. DVD 879

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 3, Episodes 27-29. Contents: Episode 27: Whicker's world -- Episode 28. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford popular -- Episode 29: The money programme. Includes the life of Tchaikovsky, Schoolboys Life Assurance Company, Fraud Film Squad, one slice of strawberry tart without so much rat in it, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit Jean-Paul Sartre and other perfectly normal medical phenomena. 1972. 102 min. DVD 880

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 3, Episodes 30-32. Contents: Episode 30. Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror -- Episode 31. The All-England Summarize Proust Competition -- Episode 32. The war against pornography. Includes Everest climbed by hairdressers, party hints, theory on brontosauruses, a new theory on brontosauruses, the Minister of Not Listening to People, the silliest sketch we've ever done and the pantomime horse is...a secret agent film. 1972. 102 min. DVD 881

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 3, Episodes 33-35. Contents: Episode 33. Salad days -- Episode 34. The cycling tour -- Episode 35. The nude organist. Includes Runny Camembert, banana and cheese sandiches, cheese Westerns, lemon curd tartle, a self-ejecting tomato and other accidents involving food, plus some cheap laughs. 1972. 102 min. DVD 882

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 3, Episodes 36-39. Contents: Episode 36. E. Henry Thripshaw's disease -- Episode 37. Dennis Moore -- Episode 38. A book at bedtime -- Episode 39. Grandstand. Includes Boxing tonight, what the stars foretell, a party political broadcast, an ideal loon exhibition, the Queen's own McKamikaze Highlanders, a new brain for Curry's, the sherry-drinking vicar and the dirty vicar. 1972. 135 min. DVD 883

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 4, Episodes 40-42. Contents: Episode 40. The golden age of ballooning -- Episode 41. Michael Ellis -- Episode 42. Light entertainment war. Includes the washing of the Montgolfier Brothers, a musical courtmartial, Norwegian Party political broadcast with subtitles, the last five miles of the M2, a documentary on ants, poetry about ants, at home with an ant and other pets, ant communication and different endings. 1974. 90 min. DVD 884

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 4, Episodes 43-45. Contents: Episode 43. Hamlet -- Episode 44. Mr. Neutron -- Episode 44. Party political broadcast. Includes Mr. Neutron, Mr. Neutron is missing, Mr. Neutron is still missing and Mr. Neutron is found, plus live from Epsom meet the most awful family in Britain, a doctor whose patients are stabbed by his nurse, father-in-law, the man who finishes other people's sentences and the Batsmen of the Kalahari. 1974. 90 min. DVD 885

Mr. Peepers

Cast: Mister Peepers: Wally Cox, Tony Randall. Hank McCune: Hank McCune, Hanley Stafford, Florence Bates. Presents two early 1950s television comedies. In Mister Peepers Robinson Peepers, a shy high school science teacher and his sister take a brief vacation; then school begins again. In the Hank McCune show the dim-witted Hank buys a television from credit sharks. Originally produced for television in the early 1950s. 60 min. Video/C 9663

Mr. Peepers

Cast: Wally Cox, Tony Randall, Jack Warden, Patricia Benoit, Jenny Egan, Ruth McDevitt. Journey back to Jefferson Junior High with Mr. Peepers, that shy, quiet, slow-moving science teacher whose efforts to do the right thing always seemed to backfire. Includes the first 26 episodes from this early classic televison sit-com. DVD 4863

NBC Comedy Hour (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring: Gale Storm, Ben Blue, Hans Conreid, Stan Freberg, Jonathan Winters, Jack Albertson, Groucho Marx. NBC Comedy hour: A comedy talent showcase hosted by Gale Storm featured singing, dancing, skits, and a lot more of early television. This segment includes a classic Groucho Marx interview. 60 min. Video/C 6753

The Office(US TV)

Cast: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak. Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at the Scranton, Pa. office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he signs their paychecks.

Season One. Pilot -- Diversity Day -- Health care -- The alliance -- Basketball -- Hot girl. Originally broadcast on television on NBC in 2005. 135 min. DVD X536

Season Two. Disc 1: The Dundies ; Sexual harassment ; Office Olympics ; The fire ; Halloween ; The fight -- Disc 2: The client ; Performance review ; Email surveillance ; Christmas party ; Booze cruise ; The injury -- Disc 3: The secret ; The carpet ; Boys and girls ; Valentine's day ; Dwight's speech ; Take your daughter to work day -- Disc 4: Michael's birthday ; Drug testing ; Conflict resolution ; Casino night. Special features: Deleted scenes; "Faces of Scranton"; fake PSAs; webisodes from NBC.com: the accountants; blooper reel; Olympic promos; Steve on Steve; episode commentaries with actors, writers and producers: "The Dundies", "Sexual harassment", "The client", "Performance review", "Christmas party", "Booze cruise", "The secret", "Valetine's Day", "Drug testing", "Casino night." Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. 477 min. DVD X537

Season Three. Disc 1: Gay witch hunt ; The convention ; The coup ; Grief counseling ; Initiation ; Diwali ; Branch closing -- Disc 2: The merger ; The convict ; A Benihana Christmas ; Back from vacation -- Disc 3: Traveling salesmen ; The return ; Ben Franklin ; Phyllis' wedding ; Business school ; Cocktails ; The negotiation -- Disc 4: Safety training ; Product recall ; Women's appreciation ; Beach games ; The job. Special features: Deleted scenes ; episode commentaries ; excerpts from the 2006 NBC primetime preview hosted by the cast of 'The office' ; Toby wraparounds ; Dwight Schrute music video ; Joss Whedon interview ; videos from 'The office' "Make your own promo" contest ; blooper reel ; "Lazy Scranton" video ; excerpt from the 58th annual primetime Emmy awards ; Kevin cooks stuff in the office650 0Clerks. 574 min. DVD X538

Season Four. Disc 1. Fun run -- Dunder Mifflin Infinity -- Launch party. -- Disc 2. Money -- Local ad -- Branch wars -- Survivor man. -- Disc 3. The deposition -- Dinner party -- The chair model -- Night out. -- Disc 4. Did I stutter? -- Job fair -- Goodbye, Toby. Originally broadcast on NBC television during the 2007-2008 season. 405 min. DVD X530

The Office(UK TV, 2001-2002)

Cast: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Stirling Gallacher, Oliver Chris.

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First Series, 2001 The complete first season of a British television comedy set in a paper company located in a suburb of London. Meet the staff: David, a petty, pathetic little man who is worse than your boss. David's yes-man is Gareth, who is extremely irratating. Tim is the apathetic sales rep, who can be quite witty. Dawn, the lovely receptionist, is far more endearing than your back-sassying secretary. Work is a pain, but one man's misery is another man's entertainment. 210 min. DVD 2323

Second Series, 2002

The complete second season of a British television comedy set in a paper company located in a suburb of London. The show revolves around David Brent, the oblivious general manager who instigates petty office Originally broadcast by the BBC in 2002. 180 min. DVD 2628

The Office: Complete Series One & Two and The Special

Cast: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Patrick Baladi, Stacey Roca. The complete series (plus extensive special features) of a British television comedy set in a paper company located in a suburb of London; a hilarious, biting look at everyday office life. The special features : The office : closed for business documentary ; Golden globes featurette ; "If you don't know me by now" full song and video ; The making of "freelove freeway" ; director's commentary ; documentary: "How I made the office" ; Wernham Hogg News ; "Slough slang" ; the local lingo ; Wernham Hogg Personnel file ; character bios ; deleted scenes ; outtakes ; video diary. Originally broadcast by BBC2 in 2001-2002. 500 min. DVD 7923

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Our Miss Brooks

Cast: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell, Richard Crenna. Contents: Home cooked meal (25 min.) -- The big jump (25 min.). Two segments from the 1950s television comedy of English teacher Connie Brooks as she clashes with the principal Osgood Conklin and struggles with her infatuation with the biology teacher. In Home Cooked Meal Connie accidentally locks Mr. Conklin in the school's lunchroom freezer. In the Big Jump nobody wants to jump off the roof of the school into a net as a Civil Defense demonstration, so Connie gets the job. Originally produced for the 1954 television program. Video/C 9661

[Ozzie and Harriet] Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (The Golden Years of Television)

One of the longest-running family comedies in which the real-life Nelson family portrayed themselves. In the first program Ricky and David take up motorcycle riding to the consternation of their parents, but both parents eventually take a spin themselves. In the second program Ozzie's neighbor Thorny invites him for a night out on the town, but Ozzie refuses, feeling he should be home with his family, but when his family pushes him out the door for his "night out," he feels rejected. Program originally telecast the 1950's and 1960's. 60 min. Video/C 6783

Ozzie and Harriet (TV Time Comedy. Discs 7-8)

Disc 7. Side A. Ozzie & Harriet (30 min. each episode): Maid of honor; Rick grows a beard; Be on time; Rick's riding lesson; Busy Christmas -- Disc 7. Side B: Ozzie & Harriet: Late Christmas gift; Ballerina; David goes back to work; Painting from the past; Lamp for Dave and June Cast: Ozzie & Harriet: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson. Ozzie & Harriet (aka. Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet): A very long running family saga, based largely on the actual actors involved. As the sons age the program goes through their teenage dating problems, then marriages and careers. DVD 2859

Ozzie and Harriet (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

Disc 1. Side B. The adventures of Ozzie and Harriet -- Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Starring Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson, America watched as this active middle-class American family grew up with adventures directed and written by Ozzie Nelson. 1952-1966, 6 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

[Ozzie and Harriet] Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Hairstyle for Harriet. Jet Pilot.

In Hairstyle for Harriet, when Harriet threatens to get a new hair style, Ozzie strikes back by getting a reverse mohawk haircut himself. In Jet Pilot, when Ozzie gives a welcoming speech on behalf of the community to U.S. Airforce personnel, he is given a complimentary ride in one of their new jets. 199?. 51 min. Video/C 4041

[Ozzie and Harriet] Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Ricky, the Drummer. The 14-mile Hike.

In Ricky the drummer, Rick Nelson makes his musical debut by taking the place of an ailing drummer at a fundraising dance and following up his performance with a song. In the 14-mile hike, Ozzie takes a group of boys from a boy's club on a hike and injures his leg, so his son David enters a golf tournament in his place and wins the trophy coveted by Ozzie. 199?. 50 min. Video/C 4042

Petticoat Junction (TV Time Comedy. Discs 1-2)

Disc 2. Side B. Petticoat Junction (30 min. each episode) : Bobby Jo & beatnik; last chance; please buy violets; Kate's recipe. Petticoat Junction: Presents the misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville. Their whole town revolves around the arrival of the train "The Cannon Ball." DVD 2859

[Pryor, Richard] The Richard Prior Show(1977)

Starring Richard Pryor and a host of guests, this is one of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, a hilarious collection of classic laughs that became a legend during its showings on NBC. Episode 1: Tonight's network-approved script -- Separate tables -- Stand-up -- Where there's smoke....-- Ward 8 -- Mr. Fixit -- Dr. Shanahan, M.D. -- New Talent -- Mr. Fixit (Part 2) -- Once upon a time -- Improv -- Episode 2: Hanabeni -- Jekyll and Hyde -- El Neggro -- Richard Pryor roast -- Homestead -- Charlie Hill -- Titanic -- Gun shop -- Rebuttal. Featuring: Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard, Vic Dunlop, Argus Hamilton, Paul Mooney, Tim Reid, Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, John Witherspoon. 114 min. DVD 5353

[Pryor, Richard] The Richard Prior Show(1977)

Starring Richard Pryor and a host of guests, this is one of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, a hilarious collection of classic laughs that became a legend during its showings on NBC. Episode 1: Star Wars bar -- Drifter -- 40th president of the United States. -- "I gotta be me" -- Mojo the healer -- Gunslingers -- Satin doll -- Episode 2: Black samurai -- Southern justice -- Pet head -- The O'Jays -- Egypt, 1909 -- Come back from man -- Black death. Featuring: Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard, Vic Dunlop, Argus Hamilton, Paul Mooney, Tim Reid, Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, John Witherspoon. 114 min. DVD 5353 117 min. DVD 5352

The Red Skelton Show.

Originally produced for CBS television in the 1950s. 50 min. each installment

Vol. 1: Pt. 1. Opening monologue -- Lord Beaverhead (British newscaster) -- Pedestrian polo -- How to make a salad (Army KP duty) -- Pt. 2. Opening monologue -- Cauliflower McPugg, the boxer -- Red Eye (Western). Video/C 9245

Vol. 2: Pt. 1. Opening monologue -- Gertrude and Heathcliffe -- "Half a lawyer is better than none" (Freddie, the freeloader) -- Pt. 2. Opening monologue -- "The Do it Yourself Show : Sadie Murphy's Trailer Park." Video/C 9246

Vol. 3: Pt. 1. Opening monologue -- "The chemistry set" (Pantomime) -- "The spies" (Freddie, the freeloader) -- Pt. 2. Opening monologue -- Gertrude and Heathcliffe -- "Bolivar's Beauty Parlor." Video/C 9247

Vol. 4: Opening monologue -- "Advice to the loveworn" (with Red as George Appleby) -- Two musical numbers by The Lettermen and Jayne Mansfield -- "Paris, Montmartre" (Pantomime. Video/C 9248

Vol. 5: San Fernando Red (the con man) -- Opening monologue (includes pantomime) -- Gertrude and Heathcliffe -- "Of mouth and men" -- Martha Raye (3 songs) -- "The day after New Years." Video/C 9249

Vol. 6: Opening monologue (includes pantomime) -- Gertrude and Heathcliffe -- "The seven year wretch" (George Appleby) -- Shani Wallis (2 songs) -- "The escaped convict." Video/C 9250

Vol. 6: Opening monologue (includes pantomime about polo) -- "Do you take this woman for your awful wedded wife?" (George Appleby) -- The Lettermen and Audrey Meadows (4 songs) -- "The forest ranger" (pantomime). Video/C 9251

The Red Skelton Show(TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

This long-running weekly show spotlighted America's legendary comedian and beloved TV clown, Red Skelton. Each show featured a series of hilarious comedy skits, gags and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers. The format of the show was a comedy break-through that set the groundwork for future television comedy shows. 1952-1970, 6 episodes, 30 min each. DVD 2860

Roseanne. The Complete First Season.

Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecey Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman. 'Roseanne' is the story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: marriage, children, money, and parents-in-law. Disc 1. Life and stuff -- We're in the money -- D-I-V-O-R-C-E -- Language lessons -- Radio days -- Lovers' lane -- The memory game. -- Disc 2. Here's to good friends -- Dan's birthday bash -- Saturday -- Canoga time -- The Monday thru Friday show -- Bridge over troubled Sonny -- Father's Day. Disc 3. Nightmare on Oak Street -- Mall story -- Becky's choice -- The slice of life -- Workin' overtime -- Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore -- Death and stuff. -- Disc 4. Dear mom and dad -- Let's call it quits. Disc 1-2: DVD 4385; Disc 3-4: DVD 4386

[Best of] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in

Performer: Supporting performers: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Gary Owens, Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Dave Madden, Alan Sues, Chelsea Brown, Dick Whittington, JoAnne Worley, Connie Stevens, Lily Tomlin, Arte Johnson. Guest appearances: Cher, Tim Conway, Tiny Tim, Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, Flip Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Barbara Feldon, Hugh Hefner, Jack Riley, Richard Nixon, John Wayne, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jack Lemmon, Bob Hope, Sonny Tufts, Don Rickles, Liberace, Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Michael Caine, George Lindsey, Carl Reiner, Greer Garson, Jim Backus, Andy Williams.

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was an overnight sensation supported by an impressive cast of then little-known comedians. With its fast-paced format and continuous barrage of hilarious content and cameo appearances by major celebrities and politicians, the show became a trendsetter. Special features: Interviews with Gary Owens, Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson. Six episodes of the television program originally shown between 1968 and 1970. 360 min. DVD 1775

Sanford and Son: The First Season

Cast: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Noam Pitlik, Howard Platt, Beah Richards, Gregory Sierra, Hal Williams. Disc 1: Crossed swords -- Happy birthday, Pop -- Here comes the bride, there goes the bride -- The copper caper -- A matter of life and breath -- We were robbed -- A pad for Lamont -- Disc 2: The great Sanford siege -- Coffins for sale -- The barracuda -- TV or not TV -- The suitcase case -- Return of the barracuda -- The piano movers.

Episodes from the first season of the Sanford and son about Fred Sanford who owns a junkyard shop with his son, Lamont. Fred is a widower and Lamont is always trying to get his father to go out, be active, and get involved with a variety of projects, but Fred just wants to hang out around his shop with his cronies. Episodes from season one of the television comedy series originally produced in 1962. 364 min. DVD 1471

SNL [Saturday Night Live]: The Complete First Season, 1975-1976

Hosts: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner. Disc 1: George Carlin, Paul Simon, Rob Reiner, hosts ; Billy Preston, Janis Ian, Simon & Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow, Randy Newman, The Jesse Dixon Singers, Joe Cocker with John Belushi, musical guests. Disc 2: Candice Bergen, Robert Klein, Lily Tomlin, hosts ; Esther Phillips, ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III, Howard Shore's All-Nurse Band, musical guests. Disc 3: Richard Pryor, Candice Bergen, Elliott Gould, hosts ; Gil Scott-Heron, Martha Reeves & The Stylistics, Anne Murray, musical guests. Disc 4: Buck Henry, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Dick Cavett, hosts ; Bill Withers, Toni Basil, Neil Sedaka, Jimmy Cliff, musical guests. Disc 5: Peter Boyle, Desi Arnaz, Jill Clayburgh, hosts ; Al Jarreau, Desi Arnaz, Leon Redbone, musical guests. Disc 6: Anthony Perkins, Ron Nessen, Raquel Welch, hosts ; Betty Carter, Patti Smith Group, Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian, musical guests. Disc 7: Madeline Kahn, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, hosts ; Carly Simon, Leon & Mary Russell, Gordon Lightfoot, musical guests. Disc 8: Elliott Gould, Louise Lasser, Kris Kristofferson, hosts ; Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins, Joyce Everson, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, musical guests. 26 hr., 33 min. DVD 6700

Saturday Night Live. The Best of Commercial Parodies

Since the creation of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, one of the signatures of the show has been its commercial parodies. From subtle to outrageous, silly to realistic, SNL has always been able to poke fun at the folks on Madison Avenue with a variety of products not actually for sale. Presented here are commercial parodies that have aired over the past 30 years. Contents: Little chocoate donuts -- Happy fun ball -- Mom Jeans -- Colon blow -- Taco Town -- Love toilet -- Oops I crapped my pants -- Bassomatic. 83 min. DVD 9286

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy

Welcome to Saturday Night Live's celebration of the outrageous humor of Eddie Murphy. Laugh along with Eddie Murphy originals including: Mr. Robinson, Buckwheat, Velvet Jones, Little Richard Simmons, Gumby, Dion Dion and other comedy skits. 80 min. DVD 2236

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers

Presents selections from Mike Myer's six awesome seasons as a regular on the Saturday Night live television show. His lineup of characters includes Wayne Campbell of Wayne's world; Dieter, host of sprockets; Linda Richman, hostess of coffee talk; Simon; Phillip, the hyper-hypo kid; Ron Wood; RAF Hospital, Tokyo game show and other comedy sketches. 83 min. DVD 1121

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock

Presents selections from Chris Rocks's appearances on the Saturday Night Live television show. His lineup of characterizations includes Nat X; Onski, host of "I'm chillin," Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew; Def Jam comedy sketches; Big toe song; Update, Taxes and crime; Nike Turkey, Sinatra Group; the monologue from the 25th anniversary program and more. 71 min. DVD 1122

Saturday Night Live: The Best of the best of Chris Farley

Presents memorable moments from Chris Farley's appearances on the Saturday Night Live television show as he portrays the Chippendales dancer; Matt Foley, Motivational speaker; Host of the "Chris Farley Show"; Todd O'Connor; Bill Swerski's Super Fans, Lunchlady; Japanese game show; Focus on beauty II and more. 62 min. DVD 1123

Saturday Night Live: The Best of the best of Dana Carvey

Presents selections from Dana Carvey's appearances on the Saturday Night Live television show including his characterizations of George Bush, Ross Perot, Tom Brokaw, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart and others, plus Church Lady, Hans of Hans & Franz, Garth Algar of Wayne's World, George Will's sports machine, Grumpy old man and others. 89 min. DVD 1124; also VHS Video/C 8755

Saturday Night Live 25

Performers: Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Billy Crystal, Jane Curtin, Chris Farley, Al Franken, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Steve Martin, Dennis Miller, Garrett Morris, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Laraine Newman, Joe Piscopo, Gilda Radner, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon, Martin Short, David Spade, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, David Bowie, Garth Brooks, Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Lily Tomlin, Eurythmics, Elvis Costello, Beastie Boys, Al Green, Linda Hamilton, Michael Jordan, Paul McCartney, Roseanne, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Swayze, Christopher Walken.

A 25th anniversary celebration of the television program Saturday Night Live featuring cast members from the past and present plus various special guests. 161 min. Video/C 8779

Seinfeld

Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Richard Fancy, Len Lesser, Wayne Knight. This television comedy series stars Jerry Seinfeld as himself, a stand-up comedian, and follows Seinfeld and his eccentric friends as they experience everyday life in New York City.

Seasons 1 & 2. 1990.

Disc 1. The Seinfeld chronicles (pilot) -- Male-unbonding -- The stake out -- The robbery -- The stock tip. 109 min. DVD 3227

Disc 2. The ex-girlfriend -- The pony remark -- The busboy -- The baby shower -- The jacket. 109 min. DVD 3228

Disc 3. The Chinese restaurant -- The phone message -- The apartment -- The stranded -- The statue. 109 min. DVD 3229

Disc 4. The heart attack -- The revenge -- The deal.109 min. DVD 3230

Seasons 3. 1993.

Disc 1. The note -- The truth -- The dog -- The library -- The pen. 126 min. DVD 3231

Disc 2. The parking garage -- The cafe -- The tape -- The nose job -- The alternate side.126 min. DVD 3232

Disc 3. The red dot -- The suicide -- The subway -- The pez dispenser -- The boyfriend (pt. 1-2)126 min. DVD 3233

Disc 4. The fix-up -- The limo -- The good samaritan -- The letter -- The parking space -- The keys. 126 min. DVD 3234

Seasons 4.

Disc 1, Episodes 1-6. Episode 1-2: The trip -- Episode 3: The pitch -- Episode 4: The Ticket -- Episode 5: The wallet -- Episode 6. The watch. DVD 4042

Disc 2, Episodes 7-11. Episode 7: The bubble boy-- Episode 8: The Cheever letters -- Episode 9: The opera -- Episode 10: The virgin, Episode 11: The contest. DVD 4043

Disc 3, Episodes 12-17.Episode 12: The airport -- Episode 13: The pick -- Episode 14: The visa -- Episode 15: The movie -- Episode 16: The outing -- Episode 17: The shoes. DVD 4044

Disc 4, Episodes 18-24. Episode 18: The old man -- Episode 19: The implant -- Episode 20: The handicap spot -- Episode 21: The junior mint -- Episode 22: The smelly car -- Episode 23-24: The pilot. DVD 4045

Seasons 5. 1995-1996.

Disc 1, episodes 1-5: The mango -- The puffy shirt -- The glasses -- The sniffing accountant -- The bris. DVD 4997

Disc 2, episodes 6-10: The lip reader -- The non-fat yogurt -- The barber -- The masseuse -- The cigar store Indian. DVD 4998

Disc 3, episodes 11-16: The conversion -- The stall -- The marine biologist -- The dinner party -- The pie -- The stand-in. DVD 4999

Disc 4, episodes 17-22: The wife -- The fire -- The raincoats -- The Hamptons -- The opposite. DVD 5000

Seasons 6. 1996-1997.

Disc 1, episodes 1-6: The chaperone -- The big salad -- The pledge drive -- The Chinese woman -- The couch -- The gymnast. DVD 5019

Disc 2, episodes 7-12: The Mom & Pop Store -- The soup -- The secretary -- The switch -- -- The race -- The label maker. DVD 5020

Disc 3, episodes 13-18: The scofflaw -- The highlights of 100 (parts 1 & 2) -- The beard -- The kiss hello -- The doorman. DVD 5021

Disc 4, episodes 19-24: The jimmy -- The doodle -- The fusilli Jerry -- The diplomat's club -- The face painter -- The understudy. DVD 5022

Seasons 7. 1996-1997.

Special features: "Master of his domain": Jerry Seinfeld never-before-seen stand-up comedy footage; "Larry David's farewell" featurette; "Queen of the castle: the Elaine Benes story" featurette; "Where's Larry?" Seinfeld's secret guest star; "Not that there's anything wrong with that": never-before-seen outtakes and bloopers;Sein-imation; "Yada, yada, yada" audio commentaries; "In the vault": deleted scenes; inside looks; notes about nothing.

Disc 1, episodes 1-6:The engagement -- The postponement -- The maestro -- The wink -- The hot tub -- The soup Nazi. DVD 6762

Disc 2, episodes 7-12:The secret code -- The pool guy -- The sponge -- The gum -- The rye -- The caddy. DVD 6763

Disc 3, episodes 13-18: The seven -- The cadillac, part 1 -- The cadillac, part 2 -- The shower head -- The doll -- The Friars Club. DVD 6764

Disc 4, episodes 19-24: The wig master -- The calzone -- The bottle deposit, part, 1 -- The bottle deposit, part 2 -- The wait out -- The invitations. DVD 6765

Seasons 8. 1996-1997.

Disc 1, Episode 1: The foundation -- Episode 2: The soul mate -- Episode 3: The bizarro Jerry -- Episode 4: The little kicks -- Episode 5: The package . DVD 7835

Disc 2, Episode 6: The fatigues -- Episode 7: The checks -- Episode 8: The chicken roaster -- Episode 9: The abstinence -- Episode 10: The Andrea Doria -- Episode 11: The little Jerry. DVD 7836

Disc 3, Episode 12: The comeback -- Episode 13: The money -- Episode 14: The Van Buren boys -- Episode 15: The Susie -- Episode 16: The pothole -- Episode 17: The English patient . DVD 7837

Disc 4, Episode 18: The nap -- Episode 19: The yada yada -- Episode 20: The Millennium -- Episode 21: The muffin tops -- Episode 22: The summer of George. DVD 7838

Seasons 9. 1997-1998.

Disc 1 Episode 1: The butter shave -- Episode 2: The voice -- Episode 3: The serenity now -- Episode 4: The blood -- Episode 5: The junk mail -- Episode 6: The Merv Griffin show. Special features: "The last lap" featurette; Sein-imation; Yada, yada, yada (audio commentaries); In the vault (deleted scenes); Inside looks; Notes about nothing. 138 min. DVD 9349

Disc 2 Episode 7: The slicer -- Episode 8: The betrayal -- Episode 9: The apology -- Episode 10: The strike -- Episode 11: The dealership -- Episode 12: The reverse peephole. Special features: Sein-imation; Yada, yada, yada (audio commentaries); In the vault (deleted scenes); Inside looks; Notes about nothing; "The betrayal" back-to-front. 138 min. DVD 9350

Disc 3138 min. DVD 9351 Episode 13: The cartoon -- Episode 14: The strongbox -- Episode 15: The wizard --Episode 16: The burning -- Episode 17: The bookstore -- Episode 18: The frogger. Special features: Sein-imation; Not that there's anything wrong with that (bloopers); Yada, yada, yada (audio commentaries); In the vault (deleted scenes); Inside looks; Notes about nothing. 138 min. DVD 9351

Disc 4 Episode 19: The maid -- Episode 20: The Puerto Rican day -- Episodes 21 and 22: The chronicle (parts 1 & 2) -- Episodes 23 and 24: The finale (parts 1 & 2). Special features: Scenes from the roundtable; Yada, yada, yada (audio commentaries); In the vault (deleted scenes); Inside look; Notes about nothing; Introduction on "The chronicle." 138 min. DVD 9352

Sex and the City: The Complete First Season.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth.

All episodes from the first season of a television sit-com about a thirty-something sex columnist and her three single friends, that examines relationships and sexual roles in New York City. Contents: Sex and the city -- Models and mortals -- Bay of married pigs -- Valley of the twenty-something guys -- The power of female sex -- Secret sex -- The monogamists -- Three's a crowd -- The turtle and the hare -- The baby shower -- The drought -- Oh come all ye faithful. Originally broadcast on television in 1999. 540 min. DVD 996

Sex and the City: The Complete Second Season.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth.

All episodes from the second season of a television sit-com about a thirty-someting sex columnist and her three single friends, that examines relationships and sexual roles in New York City. Contents: Take me out to the ball game -- Awful truth -- Freak show -- They shoot single people, don't they? -- Four women and a funeral -- Cheating curve -- Chicken dance -- Man, the myth, the viagra -- Old dogs, new dicks -- Caste system -- Evolution -- La Douleur exquise -- Games people play -- Fuck buddy -- Shortcomings -- Was it good for you? -- Twenty-something girl vs.thirty-something woman -- Ex and the city. Originally broadcast on television in 1999. 540 min. DVD 997

Sex and the City: The Complete Third Season.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth.

All episodes from the 3rd season of a television sit-com about a thirty-something sex columnist and her three single friends, that examines relationships and sexual roles in New York City.

Disc 1. Where there's smoke -- Politically erect -- Attack of the 5'10" woman -- Boy, girl, boy, girl -- No ifs, ands, or butts -- Are we sluts? -- Disc 2. Drama queens -- The big time -- Easy come, easy go -- All or nothing -- Running with scissors -- Don't ask, don't tell -- Disc 3. Escape from New York -- Sex and another city -- Hot child in the city -- Frenemies -- What goes around comes around -- Cock a doodle do! Originally televised on HBO in 2000. 540 min. DVD 1918

Sex and the City: The Complete Fourth Season.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, John Corbett, Willie Garson, David Eigenberg.

Disc 1. The agony and the 'ex'-tacy -- The real me -- Defining moments -- What's sex got to do with it? -- Ghost town -- Baby, talk is cheap -- Disc 2. Time and punishment -- My motherboard, my self -- Sex and the country -- Belles of the balls -- Coulda, woulda, shoulda -- Just say yes. -- Disc 3. The good fight -- All that glitters -- Change of a dress -- Ring a ding ding -- A "Vogue" idea -- I heart NY. 540 min. DVD 1919

Sex and the City: The Complete Fifth Season.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, John Corbett, Willie Garson, David Eigenberg, Kyle MacLachlan. Disc one: Anchors away; Unoriginal sin; Luck be an old lady; Cover girl -- Disc two: Plus one is the loneliest number; Critical condition; The big journey; I love a charade. Carrie and Miranda wrestle with their single lifestyles. Miranda has new baby Brady and single motherhood, while Carrie finds herself in the world of publishing as the author of a real-life book of her columns. Charlotte wonders if she'd ever find another man, while Samantha finally gets rid of the one that had been vexing her far too much. The season's finale, finds all four at the straight wedding of a seemingly gay pal and contemplating their future with a wry, bemused tone. Originally aired as a television series during the 2002-2003 season. 240 min. DVD 3441

Sex and the City: Season Six, Part One.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, John Corbett, Willie Garson, David Eigenberg, Kyle MacLachlan. Contents: To market, to market -- Great sexpectations -- The perfect present -- Pick-a-little, talk-a-little -- Lights, camera, relationship -- Hop, skip, and a week -- The post-it always sticks twice -- The catch -- A woman's right to shoes -- Boy, interrupted -- The domino effect -- The one. Sex columnist Carrie and her gal pals Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha continue on their sexual conquests. Carrie believes things are on an upswing because of her hot date with Jack, while Charlotte is upset over Harry's disclosure that he would never marry a non-Jew. This leads to her decision to convert to Judaism. Samantha feasts her eyes on Jerry, the man who soon becomes her boyfriend. Charlotte hears the words she's been longing for from Harry. Miranda continues to emotionally distance herself from Steve. A visit from Mr. Big forces Carrie to re-think their relationship one last time. Originally aired on television during the 2003 season. 360 min. DVD 3442

Sex and the City: Season Six, Part Two.

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, John Corbett, Willie Garson, David Eigenberg, Kyle MacLachlan. Carrie continues her romance with a Russian artist, a flippantly arrogant man who's been around the block, but he is able to supply Carrie's needed desire for magic. Miranda has settled down with Steve, but there is more that will change with her, including her address. Charlotte continues to make baby plans now that the husband slot is filled quite nicely. Samantha brings a good sense of drama to the show with a breast-cancer scare. In the final two-part episode, Carrie faces her romantic destiny, but also solidifies herself as a fashion icon. Originally aired on television during the 2003 season. 270 min. DVD 3443

The Simpsons See Animated Features

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Tells the story of the censorship battles of this groundbreaking comedy television program that became a hot bed of controversy, igniting laughter and social consciousness across a nation. Broadcast on CBS televison from 1967 until it was cancelled in 1969, the beloved hosts pioneered a turning point in American television history. Written & directed by Maureen Muldaur. 2002. 99 min. DVD 4175

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season 3

Originally aired on television between 1968-1969. Disc 1. Show 202, original air date: September 29, 1968 with guests: Harry Belafonte, Mama Cass Elliot, and Rosey Grier; Show 212, original air date: December 8, 1968 with guests: Bob Newhart; Show 213, original air date: December 15, 1968 with guests: The Doors, George Carlin; Show 219, original air date: February 16, 1969 with guests: Liberace, David Frye -- Disc 2. Show 209, original air date: November 17, 1968 with guests: George Harrison, Donovan, Dion; Show 216, original air date: January 19, 1969 with guests: Jackie Mason, Ray Charles; Show 221, original air date: March 2, 1969 with guests: Joey Bishop, Judy Collins, Jonathan Winters; Show 225, original air date: April 13, 1969 with guests: The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, and Mason Williams -- Disc 3. Show 223, original air date: March 30, 1969 with guests: Jackie Mason, Joan Baez; Show 226, never aired with guests: Dan Rowan, David Steinberg, and Nancy Wilson; Show 227, original air date: April 20, 1969 with guest, Anthony Newley -- Disc 4. Show 205, original air date: October 20, 1969 with guests: Pat Paulsen for President. Special features: interviews with Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Allan Blye, John Densmore, Chuck Braverman, and Rob Reiner; "A New Fable for Our Time" featurette; rehearsal footage shot by "60 Minutes"; 1969 Emmy Awards clip; photo gallery; CBS documents (disc 1) ; interviews with Judy Collins, and Bob Einstein; special feature "Mom Always Liked You Best"; Dr. Benjamin Spock interview; photo gallery; CBS documents (disc 2) ; interviews with Joan Baez, Jackie Mason and David Steinberg; exerpts from Tom and Dick's press conference after CBS cancels the show; Jackie Mason dress rehearsal; Joan Baez dress rehearsal and alternate performance; episode promos; Smothers Brothers 2000 reunion at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado; LBJ letters; Donald Rumsfeld "Department of Peace" letter; CBS documents; photo gallery; Tom's final reflections (disc 3) ; Robert F. Kennedy with Pat Paulsen and Tom: never-before-available outtakes from the "Pat Paulsen for President" special; interview outtakes from special: Woody Allen, David Frye, Eddie Fisher, Paul Hornung, Robert Morse, Nancy Ames, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara; Pat Paulsen at the White House; Pat Paulsen at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Pat Paulsen comedy club act at the Pierce Street annex, Anchorage, Alaska (March 31, 1992); E! Intro segment to "Pat Paulsen for President"; photo gallery; "Pat Paulsen's Malignant Humor": Pat's personal notes from his fight with cancer; at Paulsen's Memorial humor (disc 4). 840 min. DVD X237

South Park See Animated Features

[Stewart, Jon] See The Daily Show

That Girl.

1966-1971 sitcom. Cast: Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker, Rosemary De Camp. 25 min. each episode.

That Girl: Everybody Loves Ann. Three episodes: Among My Souvenirs: Donald is jealous of Ann's old boyfriend, who turns out to be a wolf. Tenor's Loving Care (with Carroll O'Connor): Ann accompanies Don so he can get an interview with a famed opera star. Mating Game: Ann fails to select Don on a television dating game show, and Don must report on the date. Video/C 8254

That Girl: Daddy's Little Girl. Three episodes: Leaving the Nest is for the Birds: Everything goes wrong for Ann when she invites her parents to dinner to show them that life in the city is not so bad. Rivals: Ann discovers that her father is jealous of Donald for replacing him as the man in her life. It's so Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House: When Donald trades apartments with Ann to save her from a mouse, her father discovers him there and is convinced there has been some hanky panky. Video/C 8255

That Girl: All for Showbiz. Three episodes: You Have to Know Someone to be Unknown: Ann finds out that elaborate and fantastic schemes will not help her win an acting part. Mailman Cometh: Ann's agent involves her in a publicity date with comedian Dick Shawn. Just Spell the Name Right: A mixup ensues between an actor and his wife and Don and Ann. Video/C 8256

30 Rock. Season 1

Cast: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin. Season one of the television series with Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", who must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind. Disc 1. 30 rock pilot ; The aftermath ; Blind date ; Jack the writer ; Jack-tor ; Jack meets Dennis ; Tracy does Conan ; The break-up -- Disc 2. The baby show ; The rural juror ; The head and the hair ; Black tie ; Up all night ; The "C" word ; Hard ball ; The Source Awards -- Disc 3. The fighting Irish ; Fireworks ; Corporate crush ; Cleveland ; Hiatus. Originally broadcast on television during the 2006-2007 season. 457 min. DVD X674

30 Rock. Season 2

Cast: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander. Season two of the television series with Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", who must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind. Disc 1. Seinfeldvision ; Jack gets in the game ; The collection ; Rosemary's baby ; Greenzo Somebody to love ; Cougars ; Secrets and lies ; Ludachristmas ; Episode 210 -- Disc 2. MILF Island ; Subway hero ; Succession ; Sandwich day ; Cooter. Originally broadcast on NBC 2007-2008. 321 min. DVD X675

The Three Stooges. (The Golden Years of Television)

Contents: Disorder in the court (1936, 18 min.) / directed by Preston Black; screenplay by Felix Adler -- Malice in the palace (1940, 17 min.) / produced and directed by Jules White; screenplay by Felix Adler. Disorder in the court: The three Stooges mix it up in the trial of a fandancer accused of shooting her lover. Malice in the palace: The owners of the Cafe Casbah-Bah (the worst eatery in the Orient) go incognito as Santa Clause in an attempt to recover a diamond stolen from the King Rutin-Tutin's Tomb by the evil Omigosh, Emir of Shmowland. 35 min. Video/C 6778

Topper (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring Leo G. Carroll, Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling. This amusing television show was about a couple coming back to haunt their former home after passing away. Their home was now occupied by banker Cosmo Topper and his wife, Henrietta, with Cosmo the only person able to see the Kirby's antics. 30 min. Video/C 6757

Trouble with Father (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 9)

Stu Erwin plays himself as the folksy, good natured bumbling principal of Hamilton High School. Most of the story revolves around the Erwin household, in which June Collyer plays his wife June, and Sheila James plays their young daughter Jackie. 1950's. 30 min each. DVD 2860

TV Nation

Presents episodes from the TV series TV Nation, in which Michael Moore sets out with a TV crew and correspondents to expose the excesses of corporate America and examine the absurdity of modern politics and popular culture. Featuring: Michael Moore, Steven Wright, Rusty Cundieff, Louis Theroux, Merrill Markoe, Karen Duffy, Ben Hamper, Jane Morris, Jeff Michalski; announcer, Bruce Brown.

Vol 1: Contents: Free trade in Mexico -- Taxi! -- Appleton Prison -- Love Canal -- Looking for missiles -- Corp-Aid -- White House security guard -- Where to send our boys in '95 -- 5 million new jobs -- Predictions for the New Year -- Meet the Republicans -- Condoms. 1994 and 1995. 98 min. Video/C 9826

Vol 2: Contents: Bruno for president -- Slaves -- Beach party -- Crime scene clean-up -- Crackers the corporate crime-fighting chicken -- Love night -- Michigan Militia -- America's most wanted -- Aquariums of the damned -- KGB III -- Meet the Republicans -- Extra credit. 116 min. Video/C 9827

What's Happening!: The Complete First Season

Cast: Ernest Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Fred Berry, Danielle Spencer, Mabel King. The entire first season of the television comedy "What's happening!" Roger, Rerun and Dwayne are three African American teenage buddies growing up in Los Angeles, who have a penchant for getting into mischief and trying to find ways to get rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble and its up to Roger's mother to get them out of it.

Disc 1. Runaway -- Birthday present -- When Daddy comes marching home -- My three tons -- Saturday's hero -- Burger Queen -- Speak for yourself, Dwayne -- Disc 2. Shirley's date -- Sunday father -- Christmas -- Maid did it -- Incomplete Shakespeare -- Hospital stay -- Firing squad -- Disc 3. Boarder -- Dwayne's dilemma -- Tickets -- What's wrong with Raj? -- Nice guys finish last -- From here to maternity -- Puppy love. 520 min. DVD 2596

Whoopi Goldberg

A one-woman show in which comedian Whoopi Goldberg performs as five different characters that couldn't have less in common in a hilarious thought-provoking and touching tribute to one actor's immensely gifted talent. 1986. 75 min. Video/C 8881

Will & Grace. Season one

Cast: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes. Will and Grace live together in an apartment in New York. Will is a gay lawyer, Grace is a straight interior designer, and every day is full of laughs. Presents the first season of the television sit-com with episodes 1 through 22. Special featurs: Cast interviews; director interview; creators interview; interactive menus; 11 themed featurettes. Originally presented on NBC in 1998. 484 min. DVD 2125

Becker, Ron. "Gay-Themed Television and the Slumpy Class: The Affordable, Multicultural Politics of the Gay Nineties." Television & New Media, May 2006; vol. 7: pp. 184 - 215.

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Cooking Shows

The French Chef with Julia Child

Chefs of all ages and abilities can share Julia's love of fine French food and learn to cook some of her most-loved dishes with this collection of 18 episodes from her original 1960's Television series. Special features include recipes and a bibliography. Disc 1, Starters and side dishes: 1. The potato show -- 2. Your own French onion soup -- 3. Bouillabaisse `a la Marseillaise -- 4. The spinach twins -- 5. Salade Nicoise -- 6. French fries -- Disc 2, Main courses: 1. Boeuf bourguignon -- 2. To roast a chicken -- 3. The lobster show -- 4. To stuff a sausage -- 5. Tripes `a la mode -- 6. The whole fish story -- Disc 3, Baking, desserts, and other classics: 1. Queen of sheba cake -- 2. Cheese and wine party -- 3. Apple dessert -- 4. Mousse au chocolat -- 5. The good loaf -- 6. The omelette show. 432 min. DVD 4412

Julia Child!: America's Favorite Chef

The life and legacy of fabled French chef and television personality Julia Child is remembered and celebrated in this special program. The film tells two love stories: one between Julia and Paul Child, the other between Julia and French food. c2004. 57 min. DVD 5567

Cops and Crime

Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu

Television drama about the villainous Chinese master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu and his nemesis Sir Nayland Smith. Based on the story by Sax Rohmer. Two episodes of the 1956 television series. Contents: The Golden God of Dr. Fu Manchu, writer, Richard Landru, director, Franklin Adreon; The Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu, writer, Arthur Orloff, director, William Witney. Cast: Glenn Gordon, Lester Matthews, Clark Howat, Carla Balenda. 30 min. each episode. Video/C 8283

Boston Blackie (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

Meet Boston Blackie (Kent Taylor), enemy of injustice, friend of the underdog. 30 min. DVD 2860

Cagney & Lacey. The True Beginning

Cast: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Martin Kove, Carl Lumbly, Al Waxman. The complete first season of a television series centering around partners Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey-- two strong and intelligent female New York City detectives with real lives and real problems. Special features: Disc 4, Side A: Featurette: "Breaking the laws of TV, pt. 1" ; Disc 4, Side B: Featurette: "Breaking the laws of TV, pt. 2." Disc 1: Witness to an incident ; One of our own ; Beauty burglars ; High steel ; Hotline ; Internal affairs -- Disc 2: Mr. Lonelyhearts ; Conduct unbecoming ; I'll be home for Christmas ; Recreational use ; Hopes and dreams ; The grandest jewel thief of them all -- Disc 3: Affirmative action ; Open and shut case ; Jane Doe #37 ; Date rape ; Burnout ; Chop shop -- Disc 4: Let them eat pretzels ; The gang's all there -- A cry for help ; The informant. Originally broadcast on television in 1982-1983. 1083 min. DVD 8186

Charlie's Angels

Two episodes from the television series Charlie's angels originally broadcast in 1976, featuring Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle. Angels in chains (49 min.): The Angels infiltrate a corrupt Southern prison and are forced to join guest star Kim Basinger in the warden's bordello. Blue angels (49 min.): The Angels rub a crooked cop the wrong way when they go undercover in a massage parlor. Dirk Benedict guest stars. 1997. 98 min. Video/C 6848

Charlie's Angels: The Complete First Season.

Cast: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle. The first season of a TV series about a mystery-man who runs a detective agency with three beautiful private detectives, who often "go undercover" and end up in a variety of difficult situtations. Disc 1: 1.2.3.Pilot --Hellride --The Mexican connection --Night of the strangler.; Disc 2: 4.5.6.7.8.Angels in chains --Target: Angels --The killing kind --To kill an Angel --Lady killer. Disc 3: 9.10.11.12.13.Bullseye --Consenting adults --The seance --Angels on wheels --Angel trap; Disc 4: 14.15.16.17.18.The big tap-out --Angels on a string --Dirty business --The Vegas connection --Terror on Ward One; Disc 5: 19.20.21.22.Dancing in the dark --I will be remembered --Angels at sea --The blue Angels. Originally broadcast in 1976. 220 min. Disc 1: DVD 4371; Disc 2: DVD 4372; Disc 3: DVD 4373; Disc 4: DVD 4374; Disc 5: DVD 4374

Cross Current (The Case of the Forged Passports)

Classic episodes from the 1950s are presented as prime examples of television film noir. In Cross current, Christopher Storm searches for stolen printing plates being used to forge American passports. Cast: Gerald Mohr and James Daly. Television series. Cross current originally released as Foreign Intrigue by NBC between 1951-1955 and syndicated as Cross Current. 1993?. 30 min? Video/C 6849

CSI: Crime Sene Investigation. The Complete First Season

Disc 1. Pilot; Cool change; Crate and burial; Pledging Mr. Johnson -- Disc 2. Friends and lovers; Who are you?; Blood drops; Anonymous -- Disc 3. Unfriendly skies; Sex, lies and larvae; I-15 murders; Fahrenheit 932 -- Disc 4. Boom; To halve and to hold; Table stakes; Too tough to die -- Disc 5. Face lift; $35K OBO; Gentle gentle; Sounds of silence -- Disc 6. Justice is served; Evaluation day; Strip strangler. Cast: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Gary Dourdan, Jorga Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, Eric Szmanda. 1025 min. DVD 2862

Dangerous Assignment(TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

An undercover agent (Brian Donlevy) for the U.S. Government saves the free world. Brian Donlevy played Steve Mitchell, an international operative who had two jobs: Get in and get out of danger. Donlevy had the delivery to make the show sound plausible, even if it was routine Cold War brushfire stuff. Herb Butterfield was the Commissioner, a taskmaster shrouded in secrecy who served up the situations. Disc 5: Side A; Disc 5 : Side B. 1949-1953. 30 min. each DVD 2860

Dragnet (Volume 3)

Two episodes from the 1950's TV series Dragnet, which was based on actual cases in the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first (given the title Big Shoplift), swank stores are hit by a thief who then throws the loot away. In the second (given the title Big hit and run), an elderly woman and her grandson are the victims of a hit and run driver. Originally produced as TV programs by Mark VII Ltd. in 1953. Includes the sponsor's commercials. Video/C 6604

Dragnet (Volume 4).

Two episodes from the 1950's television series Dragnet, which was based on actual cases in the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first (given the title Big Betty) A gang of con artists prey on relatives of the recently deceased. In the second (given the name Big counterfeit) a clever thief represents himself as a police detective in order to intimidate his victims. Video/C 6611

Dragnet (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

Based on true cases the show emphasized careful police work setting a realistic tone for early police drama. Interweaving the policeman's professional and personal lives the show featured the inimitable Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb), and his sidekick, Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander). 1951-1959, 6 episodes, 30 min each. DVD 2860

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Duarte & C.a.

Cast: Rui Mendes, Antonio Assunc~ao, Alberto Quaresma, Luis Alberto. Segments from a Portuguese television series beginning in 1985. A crime drama produced for Portuguese television. In Portuguese. 300 min. DVD 6221

Federal Men (The Case of the Perfect Gentleman)

Classic episode from the 1950s presented as a prime example of television film noir. Cast: Paul Langton, John Stephenson, Dorothy Green, Betty Lou Garson, Walter Greaza, Bob Griffin, Mickey Knox, Lestor Dorr. Treasury agent Jennings investigates a nightclub owner who's laundering money for the mob. Federal Men originally released as Treasury Men in Action by ABC (September-December 1950) and then by NBC (1951-1955) and syndicated as Federal men. 30 min? Video/C 6849

Hill Street Blues. The Complete First Season

This 1980s television drama follows the lives of cops at an urban police station, from the traffic cops to the police chief himself, as they hit the streets of the city. Contains all 22 episodes of season one. Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Barbara Babcock, Taurean Blacque, Robert Clohessy, Jon Cypher, Charles Haid, Veronica Hamel, Mimi Kuzyk, Kiel Martin, Michael Conrad, Robert Hirschfeld, Barbara Bosson. Disc 1, side A: Hill Street Station promo ; Hill Street Station ; Presidential fever promo ; Presidential fever ; Politics as usual promo ; Politics as usual ; Can World War III be an attitude? promo ; Can World War III be an attitude? -- Disc 1, side B: Double jeopardy promo ; Double jeopardy ; Film at eleven promo ; Film at eleven -- Disc 2, side A: Choice cut promo ; Choice cut ; Up in arms promo ; Up in arms ; Your kind, my kind, humankind promo ; Your kind, my kind, humankind ; Gatorbait promo ; Gatorbait -- Disc 2, side B: Life, death, eternity promo ; Life, death, eternity ; I never promised you a rose, Marvin promo ; I never promised you a rose, Marvin -- Disc 3, side A: Second hand Rose promo ; Second hand Rose ; Rites of spring (1) promo ; Rites of spring (1) ; Rites of spring (2) promo ; Rites of spring (2) ; Jungle madness (1) promo ; Jungle madness (1) -- Disc 3, side B: Jungle madness (2) promo ; Jungle madness (2). ca. 850 min. DVD 5076

Homicide, Life on the Street: The Complete Seasons 1-2.

Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Koto, Melissa Leo, John Polito, Kyle Secor. Disc 1. Gone for Goode; A ghost of a chance; The night of the dead living -- Disc 2. Son of a gun; A shot in the dark; Three men and Adena -- Disc 3. A dog and pony show; And the rockets dead glare; Smoke gets in your eyes -- Disc 4. See no evil; Black and blue; many splendored thing; Bop gun. Segments from seasons 1 and 2 of the acclaimed television drama inspired by the non-fiction book by David Simon. It is at once a mundane yet compelling look inside the Homicide Unit of the Baltimore Police Department, where a group of determined individuals are committed to their grim job at hand. Originally produced for television in 1993-1994. DVD 2872

Homicide, Life on the Street: The Complete Season 3.

Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Koto, Melissa Leo, John Polito, Kyle Secor. It is at once a mundane yet compelling look inside the Homicide Unit of the Baltimore Police Department, where a group of determined individuals are committed to their grim job at hand. Based on the book by David Simon. Originally produced for television in 1996.

Volume 1: Contents: Nearer my God to thee -- Fits like a glove -- Extreme unction. Segments from the third season of the acclaimed television drama inspired by the non-fiction book by David Simon. 150 min. DVD 2067

Volume 2: Contents: Crosetti -- The Last of the watermen -- A model citizen -- Happy to be here. Segments from the third season of the acclaimed television drama inspired by the non-fiction book by David Simon. 150 min. DVD 2068

Volume 3: Contents: All through the house -- Nothing personal -- Every mother's son. 150 min. DVD 2069

Volume 4: Contents: Cradle to grave -- Partners -- The city that bleeds -- Dead end. 150 min. DVD 2070

Volume 5: Contents: End game -- Law and disorder -- The old and the dead. 150 min. DVD 2071

Volume 6: Contents: In search of crimes past -- Colors -- The gas man. 150 min. DVD 2072

Homicide, Life on the Street: The Complete Season 4.

Cast: Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer, Yaphet Kotto, Kyle Secor, Melissa Leo, Isabella Hofmann. In this television series the men and women of the Baltimore Police Homicide Division keep pace with the killers who ensure their skills will always be needed. Includes three episodes from season four.

Volume 1: Contents: Fire (part 1 & 2) / teleplay by Julie Martin; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromell; directed by Don Scardino -- Autofocus / teleplay by Jack Behr; story by Henry Bromell & Tom Fontana; directed by Alan Taylor -- A doll's eyes / teleplay by James Yoshimura; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromwell; directed by Kenneth Fink. DVD 3068

Volume 2: Contents: Heartbeat / teleplay by Kevin Arkadie; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromell; directed by Bruno Kirby -- Hate crimes / written by James Yoshimura & Tom Fontana; directed by Peter Weller -- Thrill of the kill / teleplay by Jorge Zamacona; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromwell; directed by Tim Hunter. DVD 3069

Volume 3: Contents: Sniper (pt.1) / teleplay by Jean Gennis & Phyllis Murphy; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromell; directed by Jean De Segonzac -- Sniper (pt.2) / teleplay by Edward Gold; story by Henry Bromell & Tom Fontana; directed by Darnell Martin -- Full moon / teleplay by Eric Overmyer; story by Henry Bromwell & Tom Fontana & Eric Overmyer; directed by Leslie Libman & Larry Williams -- For God and country / written by Jorge Zamacona & Michael S. Chernuchin; directed by Ed Sherin. DVD 3070

Volume 4: Contents: The Hat / teleplay by Anya Epstein; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromell & Trish Soodik; directed by Peter Medak -- I've got a secret / teleplay by D. Maria Legaspi; story by Henry Bromell & Tom Fontana; directed by Gwen Arner -- Justice (pt.1) / teleplay by David Rupel; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromwell; directed by Michael Radford -- Justice (pt.2) / teleplay by David Simon; story by Tom Fontana & Henry Bromell; directed by Peter Medak. DVD 3071

Volume 5:Contents: Stakeout / teleplay by Noel Behn; story by Tom Fontana & Noel Behn; directed by John McNaughton -- Map of the heart / teleplay by Michael Whaley; story by Michael Whaley & James Yoshimura; directed by Clark Johnson -- Requiem for Adena of the kill / written by Julie Martin; directed by Lee Bonner -- The damage done / teleplay by Jorge Zamacona; story by Henry Bromell & Tom Fontana; directed by Jace Alexander. DVD 3072

Volume 6: Contents: The wedding / teleplay by Henry Bromell; directed by Alan Taylor -- Scene of the crime / teleplay by Anya Epstein & David Simon; story by Henry Bromell, Tom Fontana & Barry Levinson; directed by Kathy Bates -- Work related / written by Tom Fontana; directed by Jean De Segonzac. DVD 3073

Homicide, Life on the Street: The Complete Season 5.

Volume 1: Contents: Hostage, part 1 / teleplay, James Yoshimura; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin; director, Ted Demme -- Hostage, part 2 / teleplay, Julie Martin; story, Tom Fontana, James Yoshimura; director, Jean De Segonzac -- Prison riot / teleplay, Tom Fontana; story, Tom Fontana, Henry Bromell; director, Kenneth Fink -- Bad medicine / teleplay, David Simon; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin; director, Kenneth Fink. 188 min. DVD 3083

Volume 2: Contents: Contents: M.E., myself and I / teleplay, Lyle Weldon, Emily Whitesell; story, Tom Fontana; director, Michael Fields -- White lies / teleplay, Anya Epstein; story, Tom Fontana; director, Peter Weller -- The heart of Saturday night / Writer, Henry Bromwell; director, Whit Stillman -- The true test / Teleplay, Noel Behn; story, Tom Fontana, Noel Behn. 188 min. DVD 3084

Volume 3: Contents: Control / teleplay, Les Carter, Susan Sisko; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin; director, Jean De Segonzac -- Blood wedding / Matthew Witten; story, Tom Fontana, James Yoshimura; director, Kevin Hooks -- The documentary / teleplay, Eric Overmyer; story, Tom Fontana, James Yoshimura, Eric Overmyer; director, Barbara Kopple. 141 min. DVD 3085

Volume 4: Contents: Betrayal / teleplay, Gay Walch; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin; director, Clark Johnson -- Have a conscience / writer, James Yoshimura; director, Uli Edel -- Diener / teleplay, Christopher Kyle; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin; director, Kyle Secor -- Wu's on first? / teleplay, David Simon, Anya Epstein; ) story, James Yoshimura, Julie Martin; director, Tim McCann. 188 min. DVD 3086

Volume 5: Contents: Valentine's day / writer, Tom Fontana; director, Clark Johnson -- Kaddish / teleplay, Linda McGibney; story, Julie Martin, James Yoshimura, Ron Goldstein; director, Jean de Segonzac -- Double blind / teleplay, Lee Blessing, Jeanne Blake; story, Tom Fontana, James Yoshimura; director, Uli Edel -- Deception / teleplay, Debbie Sarjeant; story, Tom Fontana, Julie Martin, James Yoshimura; director, Peter Medak. 188 min. DVD 3086

Volume 6: Contents: Narcissus / writer, Yaphet Kotto; director, Jean De Segonzac -- Partners and other strangers, pt. 1 / writers, Anya Epstein, Julie Martin, Darryl Lemont Wharton; director, Leslie Libman, Larry Williams -- Strangers and other partners, pt. 2 / writers, David Simon, James Yoshimura, Tom Fontana; director, Kenneth Fink. DVD 3087

Law & Order.

Cast: Michael Moriarty, George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Richard Brooks, Dann Florek, Steven Hill. Emmy Award-winning television series about the investigation and prosecution of cases ripped straight from today's headlines.

Season One

Cast: Michael Moriarty, George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Richard Brooks, Dann Florek, Steven Hill. 1. Prescription for death -- 2. Subterranean homeboy blues -- 3. The reaper's helper -- 4. Kiss the girls and make them die -- 5. Happily ever after -- 6. Everybody's favorite bagman -- 7. By hooker, by crook -- 8. Poison ivy -- 9. Indifference -- 10. Prisoner of love -- 11. Out of the half-light -- 12. Life choice -- 13. A death in the family -- 14. The violence of summer -- 15. & 16. Torrents of greed (Parts 1 & 2) -- 17. Mushrooms -- 18. The secret sharers -- 19. The serpent's tooth -- 20. The troubles -- 21. Sonata for solo organ -- 22. The blue wall. Special features: "The creation of Law & Order" including an interview with series creator Dick Wolf. Originally produced as a television series in 1990. DVD 4757

Law & Order: Indifference. This episode about child abuse begins with Detectives Greevey and Logan's investigation into why a little girl is comatose, leading to charges against her parents. Cast: George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach. 1990-1991 season. 48 min. Video/C 7639

Law & Order: Manhood. When a gay cop is killed because back-up is late on the scene, a hate campaign towards homosexuals in the police force is revealed. Cast: George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach. 1990-1991 season. 48 min. Video/C 7639

Law & Order: Conspiracy. A prominent black political leader is shot and killed at a rally and a Jewish liberal, seen at the rally with a gun, is blamed and brought to trial. Cast: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jill Hennessy. 1991-1992 season. 47 min. Video/C 7640

Law & Order: Sanctuary. A fatal hit and run of a twelve-year-old provokes racial tension. During the riot an Italian businessman, mistaken for a Jew, is pulled from his car and beaten to death. Cast: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jill Hennessy. 1991-1992 season. 47 min. Video/C 7640

Law & Order: American Dream. The decomposed skeleton of a murder victim is unearthed in a Manhattan construction site. Stone must use his legal savvy to keep the man responsible behind bars after he is granted an appeal and found not guilty. Cast: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, Sam Waterston. 1994?. 47 min. Video/C 7641

Law & Order: White Rabbit. A safe deposit box company exposes a female political activist/fugitive who went underground 20 years ago to avoid being charged with murder. Cast: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, Sam Waterston. 1994?. 47 min. Video/C 7641

Law & order. The Second Year

Cast: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill. In this second season of the television series New York City Detective Mike Logan and Sargeant Paul Cerreta continue to work the streets of the 31st precinct in relentless persuit of criminals. Once the criminals are caught by Logan and Cerreta, it is up to Executive ADA Ben Stone and his assistant ADA Paul Robinette to bring them to justice. Contents: Confession -- The wages of love -- Aria -- Asylum -- God bless the child -- Misconception -- In memory of -- Out of control -- Renunciation -- Heaven -- His hour upon the stage -- Star struck -- Severance -- Blood is thicker ... -- Trust -- Vengeance -- Sisters of mercy -- Cradle to grave -- The fertile fields -- Intolerance -- Silence -- The working stiff. Originally aired on television during the 1991-1992 season. 1046 min. DVD X688

Law & order. The Third Year

Cast: Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, Dann Florek, Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, Paul Sorvino. Presents the third season of the Emmy Award-winning television series about the investigation and prosecution of cases ripped straight from today's headlines. Contents: Disc 1. Skin deep -- Conspiracy -- Forgiveness -- The corporate veil -- Wedded bliss -- Helpless -- Self defense -- Prince of darkness -- Disc 2. Point of view -- Consultation -- Extended family -- Right to counsel -- Night and fog -- Promises to keep -- Mother love -- Jurisdiction -- Disc 3. Conduct unbecoming -- Animal instinct -- Virus -- Securitate -- Manhood -- Benevolence. Originally broadcast on television during the 1992-1993 season. 1320 min. DVD X689

Law & Order. Criminal Intent.

Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, James Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Erbe. This television series centers on the NYPD's Major Case Squad (and the offbeat Detective Robert Goren) in its efforts to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York. It also puts a new twist to the "Law & Order" formula by showing the crimes as they are planned and committed. Contents: Disc 1: Dead ; Bright boy ; Anti-thesis ; Best defense. -- Disc 2: Chinoiserie ; Malignant ; Tomorrow ; The Pilgrim ; Shandeh -- Disc 3. Con-text ; Baggage ; Suite sorrow ; See me ; Probability ; -- Disc 4. Monster ; Cuba Libre ; Cold comfort ; Legion ; Cherry red -- Disc 5. Blink ; Graansha ; Zoonotic ; A person of interest. Originally produeced 2002-2003. 1015 min. DVD X690

The Lawless Years(TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

NYC police officer (James Gregory) fights organized crime in the Roaring '20s. 30 min. DVD 2860

Miami Vice

Cast: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown, Michael Talbott, Martin Ferrero, John Diehl. A television crime series set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld. Ride shotgun with suave vice cops Sonny and Rico as they battle a neverending gallery of criminals, drug dealers, and lowlifes. Includes all 22 episodes of the first season. Originally broadcast on television, 1984-85. 1105 min. DVD 7827

Mr. and Mrs. North (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

Mr. and Mrs. North: Jerry North (Richard Denning) is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife Pamela (Barbara Britton) investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do. 1952, 7 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

Mr. and Mrs. North (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

A NYC mystery story writer (Richard Denning) and his wife (Barbara Britton) are also amateur detectives. 30 min. DVD 2860

The Naked City.

New York based television series with Detective Adam Flint. Originally released as segments on the ABC television program The naked city aired in 1960 and 1961.

A Hole in the City. After holding up an armored car, gang leader Lewis Nunda and his cronies hide out at the home of their leader's aunt where Nunda painfully confronts his past. Button in the Haystack. When a service station owner fears that he'll be arrested for the murder of a man found nearby, he panics and gets rid of his gun, the only evidence that can save him. Shoes for Vinnie Winford.When a dance hostess is reported missing, a police investigation links the club's sadistic owner to her disappearance. Vengeance is a Wheel. Mario Licosa seeks vengeance when the family patriarch is illed, despite his brother's pleas to stay of out it. DVD 1518

A Death of Princes. A crooked detective blackmails a cashier, a prizefighter and a playboy into helping him steal the proceeds from a charity match. Debt of Honor. A gambler gets in deep trouble with an underworld crime syndicate, triggering his wife to run away after she learns about his unsavory connections. The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half. A man discovers that his wife is involved with a gang of jewel thieves who plan to steal the world's largest uncut diamond. Murder is a Face I Know. A model husband and father massacres the crew of a cabin cruiser. Now his wife and son must face the fact that he's secretly a hit man for a gang lord. DVD 1519

NYPD Blue.

Television drama depicting the gritty reality of life in a New York City Police unit as the officers go about their work with grim determination. Two partners, Detectives Andy Sipowicz and John Kelley, are the main officers who personify very different approaches to their difficult job. Sipowicz's brash gruffness (covering an emotional vulnerability) is tempered by the precise and controlled demeanor of Kelley. Cast: Dennis Franz, David Caruso, James McDaniel, Sharon Lawrence, Gail O'Grady, Amy Brenneman, Sherry Stringfield, Michael DeLuise, Michael Harney, Nicholas Turturro.

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Season 01 Special features: One-hour "Making of Season One" documentary with never-before-seen footage; all-new "Love on NYPD Blue" and "Cast blotter" featurettes; selected episode commentaries; script-to-screen comparison. Originally released as a television program in 1993-1994. ca. 1078 min. DVD 2861

Season 02 Trials & tribulations -- From whom the skell rolls -- Cop suey -- Dead and gone -- Simone says -- The final adjustment -- Double abandando -- You bet your life -- Don we now our gay apparel -- In the butt, Bob -- Vishy-vashy-Vinny -- Large mouth bass -- Travels with Andy -- A murder with teeth in it -- Bombs away -- UnAmerican grafitti -- Dirty socks -- Innuendo -- Boxer rebellion -- The bookie and Kooky Cookie -- The bank dick -- A.D.A. Sipowicz. Special features: one-hour "Season 2: a season of change" documentary with never-before-seen footage, all-new "Wedding bell blues" and "The music of Mike Post" featurettes, selected episode commentaries, script-to-screen comparison. Originally broadcast 1994-1995. 1078 min. DVD 7941

Season 03. Discs 1&2 Disc 1. E.R. -- Torah! Torah! Torah! -- One big happy family -- Heavin' can wait -- Dirty laundry -- Curt Russell -- Disc 2. Aging bull -- Cold heaters -- Sorry, Wong suspect -- The backboard jungle -- Burnin' love -- These old bones Special features: Selected episode commentaries ; "Life in the 15th Precinct" featurette ; "Father and son" featurette ; "Women of NYPD Blue" featurette. DVD 7942

Season 03. Discs 3&4 Disc 3. A tushful of dollars -- The nutty confessor -- Head case -- Girl talk -- Hollie and the blowfish -- We was robbed -- Disc 4. Auntie maimed -- A death in the family -- Closing time -- He's not guilty, he's my brother. Special features: Selected episode commentaries ; "Life in the 15th Precinct" featurette ; "Father and son" featurette ; "Women of NYPD Blue" featurette. DVD 7943

Oz: The Complete First Season

Episodes from the first year, 1997, of a television drama chronicling the daily activities in an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison, or 'OZ'. As run by Tim McManus and overseen by Warden Leo Glenn, its all about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. No matter how hardened a criminal or killer, whether you're in for a few years or in for life, you have a role to play. But once inside, choose your friends carefully. Cast: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker, Kirk Acevedo, Edie Falco, Leon, Rita Moreno, Tony Musante, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Sean Whitesell, Dean Winters, B.D. Wong. Contents: Disc 1. The routine; Visits, conjugal and otherwise; God's chillin -- Disc 2. Capital P; Straight life; To your health -- Disc 3. Plan B; A game of checkers. 451 min. DVD 1131

Oz: The Complete Second Season

Cast: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters, Charles S. Dutton. Season two of the television drama of life in Oswald Maximum Security Prison (OZ). Following the bloodbath that ended the prison riot, life is returning to far from normal for those who survive in the experimental unit of OZ. The warden struggles to do the right thing for his prisoners, facing adversity at every turn. Safety at OZ is not an option. Disc 1. The tip. Ancient tribes. Great men -- Disc 2. Losing your appeal.Family bizness. Strange bedfellows -- Disc 3. Animal farm. Escape from OZ. Bonus features. Originally produced as a television series between 1998-2000. 480 min. DVD X679

Oz: The Complete Third Season

Cast: Ernie Hudson, Rita Moreno, Terry Kinney, Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnoyu-Agbaje, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters. Season three of the television drama of life in Oswald Maximum Security Prison (OZ). Old scores are settled, new alliances are forged and tempers flare as hot as ever in this third season. Disc 1. Nothing but the truth ; Napoleon's boney Legs -- Disc 2. Unnatural disasters ; U.S. male ; Cruel and unusual punishments -- Disc 3. Secret identities ; Out o' time. Originally broadcast by HBO in 1999. 480 min. DVD X680

Oz: The Complete Fourth Season

Cast: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters. Season four of the television drama of life in Oswald Maximum Security Prison (OZ). In this series the wish list inside Emerald City keeps growing. In Oz, be careful what you wish for ... you might just get it. Contents: A cock and balls story -- Obituaries -- The bill of wrongs -- Gray matter -- A word to the wise -- A town without pity -- You be your life -- Medium rare -- Conversions -- Revenge is sweet -- Cuts like a knife -- Blizzard of '01 -- Orpheus descending -- Even the score -- Famous last words. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2000-2001. 960 min. DVD X681

Oz: The Complete Fifth Season

Cast: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters. Season five of the television drama of life in Emerald City, an experimental unit at the Oswald Maximum Security Prison, where the unit director and warden struggle to maintain control and the imnates struggle to survive. Disc 1. Visitation ; Laws of gravity ; Dream a little dream of me -- Disc 2. Next stop: Valhalla ; Wheel of fortune ; Variety -- Disc 3. Good intentions ; Impotence. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2002-2003. 480 min. DVD X682

Oz: The Complete Sixth Season

Cast: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters. In this final season of Oz, Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. The Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the final act. Contents: Dead man talking -- See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil -- Sonata da Oz -- A failure to communicate -- 4giveness -- A day in the death -- Junkyard dawgs -- Exeunt omnes. Special features: Audio commentary on "Dead man talking", "A day in the death" and Exeunt omnes" with series creator Tom Fontana, cast members Terry Kinney, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winter, Scott Winters and writer, Bradford Winters; Deleted scenes; Original cast audition tapes; Exclusive extended cut of the series finale: "Exeunt omnes." Originally broadcast by HBO in 2002. 520 min. DVD 683

Public Defender (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

A suave private eye (David Janssen) brings justice to the big city streets. 30 min. DVD 2860

Racket Squad. (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

An early crime show based on actual case records from police bunko and confidence departments all over the U.S. This episode features a couple trying to pull off a phony injury claim. Featuring Reed Hadley, Catherine McCleod, Steve Brodie. 30 min. Video/C 6759

Racket Squad.(TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

Based on actual cases and one of television's first classic crime shows Racket Squad starred Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, tireless investigator for San Francisco's Racket Squad, who tracked down a wide variety of flimflammers and con artists. Disc 6. Side B. Racket Squad (1951-1953, 6 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

Richard Diamond (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 5-6)

A NYC mystery story writer (Richard Denning) and his wife (Barbara Britton) are also amateur detectives. 30 min. DVD 2860

Shades of Noir

Eliot Ness: an untouchable life -- Matter of principal -- Three women. Commentary: Mickey Spillane, Sara Paretsky, Gar Haywood, Stacy Keach, Otto Penzler, Parnell Hall, Laren Estleman, Walter Mosley,Terry Beatty, Gary Niebuhr, Leonard Maltin, Martin H. Greenberg, Joe Gores, Donald E. Westlake, Lee Meredith, Shirley Eaton. Opens with three short film noirs as examples of the genre (33 min.) "Elliot Ness: an untouchable life" follows a detective in 1920s Chicago making his first move against Al Capone. In "A matter of principal" a retired hitman fights insomnia by interceding in a kidnapping. In "Three women," three women confess to the murder of the same abusive boyfriend. Films are followed by a full-length bio-documentary (87 min.) about the legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane. Includes interviews with mystery writers, film and TV directors, cartoonists, actors and actresses commenting on the development and influence of mystery writers on the film noir genre. Special features: Feature-length commentary with writer/director Max Allan Collins and co-producer, Phillip Dingeldein ; Blake Edwards "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" TV pilot (1954) ; Mickey Spillane's "I, the Jury," trailer ; "Behind principal," the making of "A matter of principal," featurette ; Mickey Spillane as Mike Hammer in "Tonight my love," a rare 1954 recording and more. 120 min. DVD 5045

The Sopranos

Tony Soprano is your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife, a not-so-dutiful daughter, a son named Anthony Jr., a mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home, a hot-headed uncle, a not-too-secret mistress and a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss. Cast: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Nancy Marchand.

The Complete First Season. The Sopranos -- 46 long -- Denial, anger, acceptance -- Meadowlands -- College -- Pax Soprana -- Down neck -- The legend of Tennessee Moltisanti -- Boca -- A hit is a hit -- Nobody knows anything -- Isabella -- I dream of Jeannie Cusamano. Special features: Exclusive video interview with Sopranos creator David Chase by Peter Bogdanovich; 2 behind-the-scenes featurettes. 4 discs. 1999. 680 min. DVD 822

The Complete Second Season. Contents: Disc 1. Guy walks into a psychiatrit's office -- Do not resuscitate -- Toodle-fucking-do -- Commendatori -- Disc 2. Big girls don't cry ---- Happy wanderer -- D-girl -- Disc. 3. Full leather jacket -- From where to eternity -- Bust out -- Disc 4. House arrest -- The knight in white satin armor -- Funhouse -- The Sopranos special features (2 featurettes). 2000. 696 min. DVD 2342

The Complete Third Season. Contents: Disc 1. Mr. Ruggerio's neighborhood -- Proshai, Livushka -- Fortunate son -- Employee of the month. Disc 2.Another toothpick -- University -- Second opinion. Disc 3. He is risen -- The telltale moozadell -- To save us all from Satan's power. Disc 4. Pine barrens -- Amour fou -- The army of one. 2001. 780 min. DVD 2343

The Complete Fourth Season. Contents: Disc 1. For all debts public and private -- No-show -- Christopher -- Disc 2. The weight -- Pie-O-my -- Everybody hurts -- Watching too much television -- Disc 3. Mergers & acquisitions -- Whoever did this -- The strong, silent type -- Disc 4. Calling all cars -- Eloise -- Whitecaps. 2002. 780 min. DVD 2344

The Complete Fifth Season. Two Tonys -- Rat pack -- Where's Johnny? -- All happy families ... -- Irregular around the margins -- Sentimental education -- In Camelot -- Marco Polo -- Unidentified black males -- Cold cuts -- The test dream -- Long term parking -- All due respect. 780 min. DVD 4046

The Complete Sixth Season: Part I. Special features: Disc 1: "Join the club" cast audio commentary track ; Disc 3: "Luxury lounge" writer audio commentary track; "The ride" writer and cast audio commentary track ; Disc 4: "Kaisha" creator/writer David Chase audio commentary track. Disc 1: Episode 1: Members only / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Tim Van Patten -- Episode 2: Join the club / written by David Chase ; directed by David Nutter -- Episode 3: Mayhem / written by Matthew Weiner ; directed by Jack Bender. Disc 2: Episode 4: The fleshy part of the thigh / written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider ; directed by Alan Taylor -- Episode 5: Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni request... / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Steve Buscemi -- Episode 6: Live free or die / written by David Chase & Terence Winter and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess ; directed by Tim Van Patten. Disc 3: Episode 7: Luxury lounge / written by Matthew Weiner ; directed by Danny Leiner -- Episode 8: Johnny Cakes / written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider ; directed by Tim Van Patten -- Episode 9: The ride / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Alan Taylor. Disc 4: Episode 10: Moe n' Joe / written by Matthew Weiner ; directed by Steve Shill -- Episode 11: Cold stones / written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider and David Chase ; directed by Tim Van Patten -- Episode 12: Kaisha / written by Terence Winter and David Chase & Matthew Weiner ; directed by Alan Taylor. Originally broadcast on HBO television in 2006. 720 min. DVD 6646

The Complete Sixth Season: Part II.All nine episodes from part two of the sixth season of the television series. Tony faces a myriad of immediate, stress-inducing crises at home, at work and from the law. Tony's wife Carmela plans for a future she's not sure will arrive, and son AJ and daughter Meadow find that adulthood holds its own surprises. Disc 1. Soprano home movies / written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider and David Chase & Matthew Weiner ; directed by Tim Van Patten -- Stage 5 / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Alan Taylor. -- Disc 2. Remember when / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Phil Abraham -- Chasing it / written by Matthew Weiner ; directed by Tim Van Patten. Disc 3. Walk like a man / written and directed by Terence Winter -- Kennedy and Heidi / written by Matthew Weiner and David Chase ; directed by Alan Taylor -- The second coming / written by Terence Winter ; directed by Tim Van Patten. -- Disc 4. The blue comet / written by David Chase and Matthew Weiner ; directed by Alan Taylor -- Made in America / written and directed by David Chase. Bonus features: Disc 1: Cast audio commentary track on "Soprano home movie" ; Disc 2: Cast audio commentary track on "Remember when" ; Disc 3: Cast audio commentary track on "The second coming" ; Disc 4: Cast audio commentary track on "The blue comet;" making Cleaver : behind the scenes of Christopher's horror film; The music of 'The Sopranos:' creator David Chase, cast and crew discuss the songs from the show. Originally broadcast on HBO television in 2007. 540 min. DVD 8729

Veronica Mars, Season I

Cast:Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni. In this first season of the television series set in the wealthy seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator solving the town's toughest mysteries. Disc 1: Pilot episode (Creator's cut) ; Credit where credit's due ; Meet John Smith ; The wrath of con -- Disc 2: You think you know somebody ; Return to the Kane ; The girl next door ; Like a virgin -- Disc 3: Drinking the kool-aid ; An Echolls' family Christmas ; Silence of the lambs ; Clash of the tritons -- Disc 4: Lord of the bling ; Mars vs. Mars ; Ruskie business ; Betty and Veronica -- Disc 5: Kane and Abel's ; Weapons of class destruction ; Hot dogs ; M.A.D. -- Disc 6: A trip to the dentist ; Leave it to Beaver. Originally broadcast as a television program during the 2004-2005 season. 935 min. DVD 8584

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Veronica Mars, Season II

Cast:Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni. In this second season of the television series, the Mars family find themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home following a new local tragedy. Veronica must also deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year. Disc 1: Normal is the watchword ; Driver Ed ; Cheatty cheatty bang bang ; Green-eyed monster -- Disc 2: Blast from the past ; Rat saw God ; Nobody puts Baby in a corner ; Ahoy, mateys! -- Disc 3: My mother, the fiend ; One angry Veronica ; Donut run ; Rashard and Wallace go to White Castle -- Disc 4: Ain't no Magic Mountain high enough ; Versatile toppings ; The quick and the wed ; The rapes of Graff -- Disc 5: Plan B ; I am God ; Nevermind the buttocks ; Look who's stalking -- Disc 6: Happy go lucky ; Not pictured. Special features: Additional scenes ; 2 featurettes: "A day on the set with Veronica Mars" ; "Veronica Mars: not your average teen detective" ; gag reel. 929 min. DVD 8585

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The Wire

Cast: Dominic West, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Reg. E. Cathey, Jermaine Crawford, John Doman, Aidan Gillen, Seth Gilliam, Jamie Hector, Neal Huff, Clark Johnson, Michael Kostroff, Domenick Lombardozzi, Deirdre Lovejoy, Tom McCarthy, Michelle Paress, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Corey Parker Robinson, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Isiah Whitlock, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kenneth Williams. This unvarnished, highly realistic television series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.

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First Season. Originally broadcast on television in 2002. 780 min. DVD 3929

Second Season Originally broadcast on television, 2003-2004. ca. 720 min. DVD 3930

Third Season Disc 3: Straight and true ; Homecoming ; Back burners -- Disc 4: Moral midgetry ; Slapstick ; Reformation -- Disc 5: Middle ground ; Mission accomplished. Originally broadcast on HBO television during the fall 2004 season. 703 min. DVD 5943

Fourth Season Disc one: Boys of summer ; Soft eyes ; Home rooms -- Disc two: Refugees ; Alliances ; Margin of error ; Unto others -- Disc three: Corner boys ; Know your place ; Misgivings ; A New day -- Disc four: That's got his own ; Final grades. Season four continues this realistic police drama set in Baltimore. With the fall of the Barksdale empire, and the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore, McNulty, Bunk and the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign. Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students, Michael, Namond, Randy and Dukie, face dangerous decisions and adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations of crime and easy money. This season continues to blur the lines between good and evil and incite the fires of urban unrest. Special features: Disc one: "Boys of summer" audio commentary with creator David Simon and producer Ed Burns ; Disc two: "Refugees" audio commentary with editor Kate Sanford, producer Karen Thorson and cast member Jim True-Frost; "Margin of error" audio commentary with director Dan Attias and story editor William F. Zorzi ; Disc three: "A new day" audio commentary with cast members Robert Chew, Jermaine Crawford, Maestro Harrell, Julito McCullum and Tristan Wilds ; Disc four: "That's got his own" audio commentary with director Joe Chappelle and writer George Pelecanos; "Final grades" audio commentary with creator David Simon and executive producer Nina K. Noble; an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary in two parts: "It's all connected" and "The game is real." Contains all 13 episodes from the fourth season. 800 min. DVD 9340

Fifth Season Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn. Disc 1. More with less ; Unconfirmed reports ; Not for attribution -- Disc 2. Transitions ; Direct quotes ; The Dickensian aspect -- Disc 3. Took ; Clarifications ; Late editions -- Disc 4. -30-. Special features: Disc one: "More with less" audio commentary with director/co-executive producer Joe Chappelle and cast member Wendell Pierce; "Unconfirmed reports" audio commentary with writer/cast member William F. Zorzi and director/cast member Clark Johnson ; Disc two: "Transitions" audio commentary with writer/co-executive producer Ed Burns and producer Karen Thorson; "The Dickensian aspect" audio commentary with producer George Pelecanos and director Seith Mann ; Disc three: "Took" audio commentary with director/cast member Dominic West and editor Kate Sanford ; Disc four: "-30-" audio commentary with creator David Simon and executive producer Nina K. Noble; "'The wire' : the last word" : a documentary exploring the role of the media; "'The wire' odyssey" : a retrospective of the first four seasons. Originally broadcast on HBO television in 2008. DVD X411

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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years.

A comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the civil rights struggle in America. Presents behind-the-scenes insights into such major events as the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the march from Selma to Montgomery. SEE African American videography for program details. DVD 3985-3986

The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam.

"As direct cinema evolved, so did its commitment to supporting social change. The Canadian Broadcasting Company did much to encourage and extend direct cinema's impact by creating television series devoted to direct cinema films engaging social issues. The most influential among these was the program "This Hour Has Seven Days." The Mills of the Gods, a shocking look at the early stages of the Vietnam War, was the show's most controversial and influential production. Beryl Fox, who had already established herself as a prolific filmmaker committed tosocial change in films such as Summer in Mississippi (1965) about American race relations, takes her camera to the Vietnam War to record the conflict and allows viewers to witness, first-hand, the sorrow, futility, and inhumanity at itscore. The film reveals the horrors of the war: the wide-scale destruction, thebrutal civilian casualties, and the torture of prisoners of war. These scenes are contrasted with quiet shots of everyday life in Vietnamese villages, and with candid interviews with enthusiastic American soldiers and pilots, who allseem to love their work. The films most shocking sequences come from filming with an American pilot on a bombing raid. The pilot is overjoyed at his successful napalm drop. Fox then takes her camera down to the village that was bombed, and shows us the horrific carnage the joyful pilot had caused. The Millsof the Gods caused both an immediate sensation and outrage when it was broadcast. The BBC aired the program, and the film circulated widely in the US, mainly on college campuses. The CBC had to run disclaimers before the film thatit did not present the viewpoint of the broadcaster. The US was so outraged that it basically blacklisted the CBC from any important news event in Washington, DC. The film caused diplomatic tensions to rise between Canada and the US, and led the Canadian government to pressure the CBC, which cancelled "This Hour Has Seven Days" in 1966. The Mills of the Gods is a perfect example of direct cinema's ability to go deeply into divisive issues and of the reaction of the establishment to its unconventional style of reporting events. Fox made two more acclaimed films about Vietnam (Saigon, 1967; Last Reflections on a War, 1968).The Mills of the Gods stands as one of the most important films on that tragic conflict." [from One World Film Festival web site] 56 min. DVD 3056

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Vietnam: A Television History.

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[Walt Disney] Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond.

Through six television shows from Walt Disney's Tomorrowland series this compilation examines Disney's vision of space exploration and how it helped build strong public support for the government's space explorations. Contents: [Disc one] Man in space / produced and directed by Ward Kimball (1955) -- Man and the moon / directed by Ward Kimball (1955) -- Mars and beyond / directed by Ward Kimball (1957). -- [Disc two] Eyes in outer space -- Our friend the atom / directed by Hamilton Luske (1958) -- "EPCOT" -- Bonus material. 240 min. DVD 3605

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[Walt Disney] True Life Adventures: Wonders of the World.

Disc 1. Introduction by Roy Disney -- White wilderness (1958, 72 min.) -- Water birds (1951, 31 min.) -- Beaver valley (1950, 32 min.) -- Prowlers of the Everglades (1953, 32 min) -- Disc 2: Mysteries of the deep (1959, 24 min.) -- Wonders of the water worlds (50 min.) -- Crisler story (19 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Birds (9 min.) -- Filmmakers' journal (22 min.) -- Collectors' Corner (3 min) -- Original theatrical trailers (6 min.) Disney's acclaimed, groundbreaking nature series captures the wonder of animals and nature. White Wilderness looks at the daily lives of arctic animals such as polar bears, walruses, goldenyes, wolverines and lemmings. Water Birds focuses on the behaviors of water birds filmed in various islands across the globe. Beaver Valley looks at the life of beavers and their neighbors, squirrels, otters, coyotes and blue herons. Prowlers of the Everglades follows creatures living in the Everglades, focusing on alligators, snakes, otters, raccoons and birds. Mysteries of the Deep examines exotic and rare fish and sea life around the world. Wonders of the Water World tracks the course of a body of water from brook to lake to sea, featuring the lives of animals that inhabit in or near it. The Crisler story is a look at the life of True-Life Adventures filmmakers Herb and Alice Crisler. 318 min. DVD 6708

[Walt Disney] True Life Adventures: Lands of Exploration.

Disc 1. Introduction by Roy Disney -- Living desert (1953, 69 min.) -- Vanishing prairie (1954, 71 min.) -- Seal Island (1948, 27 min.) -- Disc 2. Islands of the sea (1960, 28 min.) -- Nature's strangest creatures (1959, 16 min.) -- Prairie (1954, 23 min.) -- Behind the True-Life cameras (1955, 24 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Desert insects (4 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Snakes (5 min.) -- Filmmakers' journal (37 min.) -- Collectors' corner (3 min.) -- Trailers and promos (16 min.) Disney's acclaimed, groundbreaking nature series captures the wonder of animals and nature. Living desert: This first feature-length True-Life adventure film focuses on the lives of the animals, insects and plants of the southwestern American desert. Vanishing Prairie: A look into the animal and bird life of the American prairie including extensive filming of prairie dog "towns." Seal Island: Extensive look at the lives of the fur seals on the Pribilof Isands. Islands of the Sea: Goes island-hopping around the world to little know islands with each island home to at least one unique bird, fish or other critter. Nature's strangest creatures: Looks at the unusual animals of Australia including kangaroos, giant bats, flying squirrels and the duck-billed platypus. Prairie: Looks at the animals of the prairie, including footage of the photographers at work. Behind the True-Life Cameras: Follows photographers in the Everglades and Africa. 298 min. DVD 6709

[Walt Disney] True Life Adventures: Creatures of the Wild.

Introduction by Roy Disney -- African lion (1955, 72 min.) -- Jungle cat (1960, 70 min.) -- Bear country (1953, 33 min.) -- Olympic elk (1952, 27 min.) -- Cameras in Africa (1954, 20 min.) -- Yellowstone story (1957, b&w, 17 min.) -- Tribute to the Milottes (17 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Elephants (3 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Cheetah medical exam (11 min.) -- Filmmakers' journal (30 min.) -- Collectors' corner (3 min.) -- Trailers & Promo (10 min.) Disney's acclaimed, groundbreaking nature series captures the wonder of animals and nature. African Lion: The lion is just one of the animal species native to the central African plains studied here. Also includes the behaviors of baboons, giraffes, rhinos, cheetahs and various scavengers. Jungle cat: Goes to the Brazilian jungle to study a family of Jaguars and their interactions with other creatures including sloths, anteaters, crocodiles, lizards, boas and a number of tropical birds. Bear country: Charts the life of black bears from one winter to another along with marmots, coyotes, gophers, squirrels and porcupines. Olympic elk: Follows the yearly migration and behaviors of the elk of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Cameras in Africa: True-Life Adventures photographers Al and Elma Milotte recount their adventures in filming The African Lion. Yellowstone story: Covers the park's origins and its natural wonders. 329 min. DVD 6710

[Walt Disney] True Life Adventures: Nature's Mysteries.

ntroduction by Roy Disney -- Secrets of life (1956, 70 min.) -- Perri (1957, 74 min.) -- Nature's half acre (1951, 33 min.) -- Searching for nature's mysteries (1956, 48 min.) -- Adventure in Wildwood heart (1957, 49 min.) -- Backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Butterflies (7 min.) -- Tribute to Winston Hibler (16 min.) -- Filmmakers' journal (35 min.) -- Collectors' corner (8 min.) -- Original theatrical trailers (6 min.) Disney's acclaimed, groundbreaking nature series captures the wonder of animals and nature. Secrets of life: Profiles animal and plant life from all over the natural spectrum, focusing on the means by which life supports, sustains and replicates itself. Coverage includes blooming flowers, pollination, the life cycles of ants and bees, freshwater and ocean fish and a variety of other fascinating species. Perri: Using a pre-scripted storyline written by Felix Salten (author of Bambi), this film tells the story of a young squirrel named Perri, whose exploration of the world, fierce rivalry with an aggressive marten and a bobcat and love for another squirrel drive the action. Nature's half acre: Examines the goings-on in the "hidden world" located in a half acre of land. Searching for nature's mysteries: Photographer Winston Hibler demonstrates some of the then-new technologies and tricks of the trade used in creating the True-Life adventure films. Adventure in Wildwood Heart: Focuses on filmmakers and their efforts at capturing real-life footage that would correspond with the pre-determined script for the film Perri. 328 min. DVD 6711

Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One(TV, 1992-1996)

Directed by Jim O'Brien. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth De Sosa, Lloyd Owen, Kevin McNally. Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996 as Young Indiana Jones chronicles. Join the amazing journeys of young Indiana Jones as he crosses paths with famous personalities and larger-than-life luminaries on his travels around the world in the early 20th century. Disc 1 (Chapter 1: Egypt 1908): My first adventure ; Special features -- Disc 2 (Chapter 2: Paris-Kenya 1908-1909): Passion for life -- Disc 3: Passion for life special features -- Disc 4 (Chapter 3: Florence-Vienna 1908): The perils of Cupid -- Disc 5: The perils of Cupid special features -- Disc 6 (Chapter 4: Russia-Greece 1910): Travels with father ; Special features -- Disc 7 (Chapter 5: India-China 1910): Journey of radiance ; Special features -- Disc 8 (Chapter 6: Princeton-Mexico 1916): Spring break adventure -- Disc 9: Spring break adventure special features -- Disc 10 (Chapter 7: Ireland-England 1916): Love's sweet song -- Disc 11: Love's sweet song special features -- Disc 12: CD-ROM: Interactive bonus disc. 649 min. DVD X233

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Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two, The War Years(TV, 1992-1996)

Directed by Jim O'Brien. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth De Sosa, Lloyd Owen, Kevin McNally. Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996 as Young Indiana Jones chronicles. Go on spectacular journeys with young Indy as he travels through Europe, Africa and Asia and comes face to face with Vladimir Lenin, Charles de Gaulle, The Red Baron, and other fascinating characters during the turbulent years of World War I. Disc 1 (Chapter 8: The Somme-Germany 1916): Trenches of hell ; Special features -- Disc 2 (Chapter 9: Paris 1916): Demons of deception ; Special features -- Disc 3 (Chapter 10: Germany-Africa 1916): Phantom train of doom ; Special features -- Disc 4 (Chapter 11: Africa-Congo 1916-17): Oganga, the giver and taker of life ; Special features -- Disc 5 (Chapter 12: Austria 1917): Attack of the Hawkmen ; Special features -- Disc 6 (Chapter 13: Austria-Petrograd 1917): Adventures in the Secret Service ; Special features -- Disc 7 (Chapter 14: Spain-Prague 1917): Espionage escapades ; Special features -- Disc 8 (Chapter 15: Palestine 1917): Daredevils of the desert ; Special features -- Disc 9: Interactive bonus disc. 726 min. DVD X234

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Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Three, The Years of Change (TV, 1993-1995)

Directed by Jim O'Brien. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth De Sosa, Lloyd Owen, Kevin McNally. Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996 as Young Indiana Jones chronicles. Follow the thrilling escapades as World War I ends and young Indy gets entangled in adventures with famous--and infamous--figures like Ernest Hemingway, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Armstrong and Al Capone during some of the most vibrant years of the 20th century. Disc 1 (Chapter 16: Northern Italy-Morocco 1917): Tales of innocence -- Disc 2 (Chapter 17: Istanbul-Transylvania 1918): Masks of evil -- Disc 3 (Chapter 18: Egypt-Iava-South Pacific 1919): Treasure of the peacock's eye -- Disc 4 (Chapter 19: Paris-Princeton 1919): The winds of change -- Disc 5: The winds of change special features -- Disc 6 (Chapter 20: Chicago 1920): Mystery of the blues -- Disc 7: Mystery of the blues special features -- Disc 8 (Chapter 21: New York City 1920): Scandal of 1920 -- Disc 9 (Chapter 22: Hollywood 1920): Hollywood follies -- Disc 10: Interactive bonus disc. 660 min. DVD X235

Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Episodes from the complete first season of the Emmy Award-winning murder-mystery television program created by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. Originally produced as a television program in 1955. DVD 4467

Disc 1: Side A: Revenge -- Premonition -- Triggers in leash -- Don't come back alive -- Into thin air -- Salvage -- Breakdown. Side B: Our cook's treasure -- The long shot -- The case of Mr. Pelham -- Guilty witness -- Santa Claus and the 10th avenue kid -- The cheney vase -- A bullet for Baldwin.

Disc 2: Side A: The big switch -- You got to have luck -- The older sister -- Shopping for death -- The derelicts -- And so died Riabouchinski -- Safe conduct. Side B: Place of shadows -- Back for Christmas -- The perfect murder -- There was an old woman -- Whodunit -- Help wanted -- Portrait of Jocelyn.

Disc 3: Side A: The orderly world of Mr. Appleby -- Never again -- The gentleman from America -- The baby sitter -- The belfry -- The hidden thing -- The legacy. Side B: Mink -- Decoy -- The creeper -- Momentum.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Contents: Lamb to the slaughter -- The case of Mr. Pelham -- Banquo's chair -- Back for Christmas. Barbara Bel Geddes, Allan Lane, Harold J. Stone, John Williams, Kenneth Haigh, Tom Ewell, Raymond Bailey, Isobel Elsom.

Lamb to the Slaughter: When Mrs. Maloney's philandering husband asks for a divorce, she'll do anything to keep him, but can she get away with muurder? Case of Mr. Pelham: Buttoned-down businessman Mr. Pelham hasn't been himself lately. Actually he's been more like two of himself. In a bizarre series of near misses, he draws closer to a riveting confrontation with ... himself. Banquo's chair: A murder suspect goes to a dinner party, unaware that a visit by the victim's ghost is on the menu. Back for Christmas: Herbert is digging up a surprise in the basement for his nagging wife -- her grave, but little does he suspect that the grave may be his own. The case of Mr. Pelham based on a story by Anthony Armstrong; Banquo's chair based on a story by Rupert Croft-Cooke; Lamb to the slaughter based on a story by Roald Dahl; Back for Christmas based on a story by John Collier. Four programs from suspense anthology series, originally aired between 1955 and 1959 on CBS-TV. DVD 1030

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Director, Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Hazel Court, Claude Rains, Ed Gardner, James Donald, Patricia Owens, Audrey Meadows, Steve Dunne. Contents: Arthur -- The crystal trench -- The horseplayer -- Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's coat -- Bang! you're dead.

Arthur: An amiable chap who runs a New Zealand poultry farm is happy when a former flame re-enters his life until a richer man comes along. Arthur's solution is, of course, murder ... murder most fowl. Crystal Trench: An English mountain climber dies and his body becomes frozen in a glacier. His young wife clings to his memory and lives for the day that his corpse will emerge at the foot of the glacier. Horseplayer: The pastor of a poor church has a parishioner who is getting miraculous results at the race track. He can't condone gambling, but the temptation to place a bet is great. Mrs. Bixby and the colonel's coat: Mrs. Bixby is having a secret affair but when the wealthy gentleman decides to end it he buys her a gift ... a mink coat, but how to get it home without making hubby suspicious? Bang! You're dead: Chester likes to play cowboy complete with gun but today the unsuspecting lad has filched a real gun from his uncle and his family must find him before its too late. Arthur based on a story by Arthur Williams; The horseplayer based on a story by Henry Slesar; The crystal trench based on a story by A.E.W. Mason; Mrs. Bixby and the Colonels' coat based on a story by Roald Dahl; Bang! you're dead based on a story by Margery Vosper. Release of five programs from the suspense television series, originally aired between 1959 and 1961. DVD 1043

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2

Revenge: In this premiere episode of the series, Ralph arrives home to find his wife unconscious, the victim of an attack. Dazed, she cannot describe her assailant and the police have no clues, so Ralph begins to take the law into his own hands. Breakdown: Mr. Callew, a cold businessman, is disdainful of any show of emotion, but when he has an accident and is paralyzed and mistaken for dead, can he contain his emotions long enough to save himself? Wet Saturday: Young Millicent has just killed her ex-lover and her father, the head of an aristocratic English family, is determined to cover up the crime. Mr. Blanchard's secret: A daffy suburban spoof of Hitchcock's Rear Window, in which a mystery writer spies on her new neighbors and wonders why Mrs. Blanchard is nowhere to be seen?. Videodisc release of four programs from suspense anthology series, originally aired between 1955 and 1959 on CBS-TV. Revenge based on a story by Samuel Blas; Breakdown based on a story by Louis Pollock; Wet Saturday based on a story by John Collier; Mr. Blanchard's secret based on a story by Emily Neff. DVD 1861

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 3

The Master of Suspense is back with more twists, turns, and things that go bump in the night. Set contains all 39 episodes from the third season. DVD 8927

Disc 1: The glass eye / cast, Rosemary Harris, William Shatner -- The mail order prophet / E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman -- The perfect crime / Vincent Price-- Heart of gold / Mildren Dunnock, Darryl Hickman -- Silent witness / Don Taylor, Dolores Hart -- Reward to finder / Jo Van Fleet, Oscar Homolka -- Enough rope for two / Jean Hagen, Steven Hill.

Disc 2: Last request / cast, Harry Guardino -- The young one / Carol Lynley, Vince Edwards -- The diplomatic corpse / Peter Lorre, George Peppard -- The deadly / Phyllis Thaxter-- Miss Paisley's cat / Dorothy Stickney, Fred Graham -- Night of the execution / Pat Hingle -- The percentage / Alex Nicol -- Together / Joseph Cotton, Christine White. 209 min.

Disc 3: Sylvia / cast, Ann Todd -- The motive / Skip Homeier -- Miss Bracegirdle does her duty / Mildred Natwick, Gavin Muir -- The equalizer / Leif Erickson, Martin Balsam -- On the nose / Jan Sterling -- Guest for breakfast / Joan Tetzel, Scott McKay -- The return of the hero / Jacques Bergerac, Susan Kohner, Marcel Dalio -- The right kind of house / Robert Emhardt, Jeanette Nolan.

Disc 4: The foghorn / cast, Barbara Bel Geddes, Michael Rennie -- Flight to the East / Gary Merrill, Konstantin Shayne-- Bull in a china shop / Dennis Morgan -- Disappearing trick / Robert Horton -- Lamb to the slaughter / Barbara Bel Geddes, Harold J. Stone -- Fatal figures / John McGiver -- Death sentence / James Best, Katharine Bard -- The festive season / Richard Waring, Carmen Mathews, Edmon Ryan.

American Family. Season one.

American Family, the first drama series to air on broadcast television featuring a Latino cast, reveals the enduring strength of family in America today as it chronicles the lives of the Gonzalez's, residents of East Los Angeles. Cast: Edward James Olmos, Sonia Braga, Constance Marie, Esai Morales, Raquel Welch, A.J. Lamas, Rachel Ticotin, Austin Marques.

Disc 5: Listen, listen! / cast, Edgar Stehli -- Post mortem / Steve Forrest, Joanna Cook Moore -- The crocodile case / Denholm Elliott -- Dip in the pool / Kennan Wynn, Fay Wray, Philip Bourneuf -- The safe place / Robert H. Harris -- The canary sedan / Jessica Tandy -- The impromptu murder / Hume Cronyn, Robert Douglas -- Little white frock / Herbert Marshall, Julie Adams, Tom Helmore.

Episodes 1-4. Contents: American family (Pilot) -- The sewing machine -- Crash boom love, parts 1 & 2. Creator/executive producer/director, Gregory Nava. ca. 180 min. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 1/23/02 - 3/27/02. DVD 2142

Episodes 5-8. Contents: La estrella (The star) -- La llorona, parts 1 & 2 -- Circle of fire. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 1/30/02 - 2/27/02. DVD 2143

Episodes 9-12. Mexican revolution -- The forgotten war -- La cama (The bed) -- Citizen Cisco. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 5/1/02 - 5/22/02.DVD 2144

Episodes 13-16. Contents: Silence of God -- The father -- The glass ceiling -- The fighting Fridas. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 5/29/02 - 7/31/02. DVD 2145

Episodes 17-19. Contents: The barbershop -- The masked eagle, parts 1 & 2. 3 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 8/7/02 - 8/21/02. DVD 2146

Episodes 20-22. Contents: The journey, parts 1 & 2 -- La casa (The house). 3 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 8/28/02 - 9/18/02. DVD 2147

Atomic Attack

"Atomic Attack," an adaptation of a popular novel of the day (more subtly titled "Shadow on the Hearth") broadcast on a "Playhouse 90"-type show in the fifties serves as a kind of early missing link between the two eras. Phyllis Thaxton in the Motorola TV Hour live broadcast of Atomic Attack, 1954There is a scene in the program where the lead character, a housewife played by Phyllis Thaxter, is doing her chores. Everything appears calm and normal when suddenly sirens start sounding and the wind starts blowing. Thaxter looks out her kitchen window in horror and then runs frantically through her house calling out for her children. As she realizes that her family is not yet home and may be dead, her face reflects her inner terror. A moment later Thaxter hesitantly opens a door and slowly descends a staircase to an unseen shelter. It is a chilling moment that transcends the years." [from Mutated TV] Shown on the television program Motorola TV Hour (CBS). 60 min. Video/C 2292

Bang the Drum Slowly

Cast: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Rudy Bond, George Peppard. A television drama of a terminally-ill baseball player trying to play just one more season, and of his friend on the team who tries to help him. The hard nosed professional team learns the meaning of friendship and death when it finds out about the player's illness. Based on the novel by Mark Harris. Original live television broadcast from September 26, 1956, on the U.S. Steel Hour. 60 min. Video/C 9662

The Battler

Cast: Dewey Martin, Paul Newman, Phyllis Kirk, Frederick O'Neal, Richard Collier. A television drama about a young man leaving home to go "on the bum," who meets a crazed punch-drunk fighter and his giant companion. The story of how the fighter and his companion met and how the fighter went downhill fast after his wife left him creates a starkly realistic portrait of a way of life. Originally presented on Playwrights 56, October 18, 1955, NBC-TV. Based on the short story The battler by Ernest Hemingway.60 min. Video/C 9688

Beverly Hills 90210. The Complete First Season

Cast: Gabrielle Carteris, Shannen Doherty, James Eckhouse, Douglas Emerson, Jennie Garth, Brian Astin Green, Luke Perry, Carol Potter, Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering. The first season of a television series about the trials and tribulations of a group of students from West Beverly Hills High School. Class of Beverly Hills -- The green room -- Every dream has its price (tag) -- The first time -- One on one -- Higher education -- Perfect mom -- The 17 year itch -- The gentle art of listening -- Isn't it romantic? -- B.Y.O.B. -- One man and a baby -- Slumber party -- East side story -- A fling in Palm Springs -- Fame is where you find it -- Stand (up) and deliver -- It's only a test -- April is the cruelest month -- Spring training -- Spring dance -- Home again. Originally broadcast on television during the 1990-1991 season. 1108 min. DVD 6590 (first episode also on vhs Video/C 8285)

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Beverly Hills 90210. The Complete Second Season

The second season of a television series about the trials and tribulations of a group of students from West Beverly Hills High School. As the Walsh twins, Brandon and Brenda, learn their way around a town where kids grow up fast, both they and their friends Dylan, Kelly, Donna, Steve, Andrea and David experience the highs and lows of love, lust, and loss. Cast Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, James Eckhouse, Carol Potter, Joe E. Tata. Disc 1: Beach blanket Brandon -- The party fish -- Summer storm -- Anaconda. Disc 2: Play it again, David -- Pass, not pass -- Camping trip -- Wildfire. Disc 3: Ashes to ashes -- Necessity is a mother -- Leading from the heart -- Down and out (of district) in Beverly Hills. Disc 4: Halloween -- The next fifty years -- U4EA -- My desperate Valentine. Disc 5: Chuckie's back -- Walsh family Christmas -- Fire and ice. Disc 6: A competitive edge -- Everybody's talking 'bout it -- And baby makes five. Disc 7: Cardio-funk -- The Pit and the pendulum -- Meeting Mr. Pony. Disc 8: Things to do on a rainy day -- Mexican standoff -- Wedding bell blues. Originally broadcast on television during the 1991-1992 season. 1305 min. DVD X672

Beverly Hills 90210. The Complete Third Season

Cast: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, James Eckhouse, Carol Potter, Joe E. Tata. The third season of a television series about the trials and tribulations of a group of students from West Beverly HIlls High School. During their rollercoaster senior year of high school, Brandon, Brenda, Dylan, Kelly, Donna, Steve, Andrea and David get closer than ever as they make the high-stakes decisions for their post-graduation lives. Be there for every juicy moment of their prom, overseas travels, addictions, summer jobs, secret liasons and graduation. Disc 1: Misery loves company ; The twins, the trustee and the very big trip ; Too little, too late/Paris, 75001; Sex, lies and volleyball/Photo fini -- Disc 2: Shooting star/American in Paris ; Castles in the sand ; A song of myself ; The back story -- Disc 3: Highwire ; Home and away ; Presumption of innocence ; Destiny rides again -- Disc 4: Rebel with a cause ; Wild horses ; The kindness of strangers ; It's a totally happening life -- Disc 5: The game is chicken ; Midlife-- now what? ; Back in the high life again ; Parental guidance recommended -- Disc 6: Dead end ; The child is the father to the man ; Duke's bad boy ; Perfectly perfect -- Disc 7: Senior poll ; She came in through the bathroom window ; A night to remember -- Disc 8: Something in the air ; Commencement (parts 1 & 2). Originally broadcast on television during the 1992-1993 season. 1371 min. DVD X673

Big Love(HBO, 2006)

Presents the first season of a television series about a polygamist and independent businessman who lives in Salt Lake City with his three wives and seven children. Cast: Bill Paxton, Bruce Dern, Chloe Sevigny, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Mary Kay Place. Contents: Pilot -- Viagra blue -- Home invasion -- Eclipse -- Affair -- Roberta's funeral -- Eviction -- Easter -- A barbecue for Betty -- The baptism -- Where there's a will -- The ceremony. 693 min. DVD 6456

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Brian's Song (1971)

Directed by Buzz Kulik. Cast: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace. A dramatization of the true life experiences and deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970. 74 min. DVD 7583

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The Comedian

Cast: Mickey Rooney, Mel Torme, Kim Hunter, Edmond O'Brien, King Donovan, Eddie Ryder, H.M. Wynant, Constance Ford, Whit Bissell, Mike Ross. Credits: Executive producer, Sonny Fox; producer, David J. Eagle; director, Barry A. Brown. Original credits: director, John Frankenheimer. In this television play, Sammy Hogarth as a TV comic makes millions roar with laughter. But behind the scenes, a vicious egotist with a violent temper, he makes everyone within shouting distance, including his family, run for cover. An adaptation by Rod Serling from the novelette by Ernest Lehman. Originally aired as a Playhouse 90 drama on the night of Feb. 14, 1957. 129 min. Video/C 9669

The Corner

Cast: T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson, Clarke Peters, Glenn Plummer, Toy Connor, Tasha Smith. Based on a true story, this TV mini series chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran and father Gary, along with their friends, enemies, and neighbors. Ever present in their world is illicit drugs-- heroin and cocaine-- the need that fuels the business, and the business that fuels the need. Based on the book "The corner: a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood" by David Simon and Edward Burns. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2000. 360 min. DVD 5694

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Dallas. The Complete First and Second Seasons

Cast: Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal, Linda Gray, Jim Davis, Charlene Tilton, Ken Kercheval, Steve Kanaly. Power, wealth, sex, glorious extravagance. One place has them all - Dallas. This television saga chronicles the exploits of the Ewing family, the wealthy Texas oil millionaires. Includes all 29 shows from season 1 and season 2. Disc 1/Side A: 1. Digger's daugher -- 2. Lessons -- 3. Spy in the house -- Disc 1/Side B: 4. Winds of vengeance -- 5. Barbecue -- 6. Reunion part 1.-- Disc 2/Side A: 7. Reunion part 2 -- 8. Old acquaintance -- 9. Bypass -- Disc 2/Side B: 10. Black market baby -- 11. Double wedding -- 12. Runaway. -- Disc 3/Side A: 13. Election -- 14. Survival -- 15. Act of love -- Disc 3/Side B: 16. Triangle -- 17. Fallen idol -- 18. Kidnapped. -- Disc 4/Side A: 19. Home again -- 20. For love or money -- 21. Julie's return -- Disc 4/Side B: 22. The red file part 1 -- 23. The red file part 2 -- 24. Sue Ellen's sister. -- Disc 5/Side A: 25. Call girl -- 26. Royal marriage -- 27. The outsiders -- Disc 5/Side B: 28. John Ewing III part 1 -- 29. John Ewing III part 2. Originally broadcast on television during the 1978-1979 for the first season and 1979-1980 for the second season. DVD 5958

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Days of Wine & Roses

Cast: Piper Laurie, Cliff Robertson, Charles Bickford. Credits: Producer, Fred Coe; director, John Frankenheimer; writer, J.P. Miller. This television production of the play by J.P. Miller uses flashbacks to tell the story of a young couple's fall to the lowest depths of alcoholic despair and the man's choice of sobriety over his still-alcoholic wife. "Original live television broadcast" -- Container. Originally broadcast by CBS on the Playhouse 90 television series on Oct. 2, 1958; rebroadcast on PBS during the 1980-81 season. 88 min. Video/C 9668

Desperate Housewives

In this television drama secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood. Cast: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Nicollette Sheridan, James Denton, Steven Culp, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Jesse Metcalfe, Brenda Strong.

Season One. Disc 1. Pilot -- Ah, but underneath -- Pretty little picture -- Who's that woman -- Disc 2. Come in, stranger -- Running to stand still -- Anything you can do -- Guilty -- Disc 3. Suspicious minds -- Come back to me -- Move on -- Every day a little death -- Disc 4. Your fault -- Love is in the air -- Impossible -- Ladies who lunch -- Disc 5. There won't be trumpets -- Children will listen -- Live alone and like it -- Fear no more -- Disc 6. Sunday in the park with George -- Goodbye for now -- One wonderful day. Originally broadcast on television, 2004-2005. DVD 4756

Season 2. Disc 1. All the juicy details -- Next -- You could drive a person crazy -- You'll never get away from me -- My heart belongs to Daddy -- They asked me why I believe in you -- Disc 2. I wish I could forget you -- Color and light -- The sun won't set -- That's good, that's bad -- Coming home -- Disc 3. One more kiss -- We're gonna be all right -- There's something about a war -- Silly people -- Thank you so much -- Disc 4. There is no other way -- Could I leave you? -- Everyone says don't -- Don't look at me-- It wasn't meant to happen -- Disc 5. I know things now -- No one is alone --Remember. Special features: Exclusive unaired storyline: this complete storyline, exclusive to the DVD, was shot for broadcast but never aired - Features Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher); "Anatomy of a show" - Directors diary: an episode director shows all the steps it takes to get the job done; "Iconic housewives": hear insights and wisdom from TV's most iconic housewives, includes the Wisteria Lane Housewives reveal their favorite women and memories from housewife past; Mark & Mom: creator/executive producer Marc Cherry is interviewed with (his inspiration for the show) his mom; Deleted scenes; Audio commentaries. Originally broadcast by ABC during the 2005-2006 season. 1035 min. DVD 8139

Season 3.The mystery continues around Bree's new husband as he is suspected of cheating on his wife and killing a woman named Monique. The housewives get together to complete the mystery while trying to keep their already crazy individual lives sustained. Listen to the rain on the roof -- It takes two -- A weekend in the country -- Like it was -- Nice she ain't -- Sweetheart, I have a confession -- Bang -- Children and art -- Beautiful girls -- The miracle song -- No fits, no fights, no feuds -- Not while I'm around -- Come play wiz me -- I remember that -- The little things you do together -- My husband, the pig -- Dress big -- Liaisons -- God, that's good -- Gossip -- Into the woods -- What would we do without you? -- Getting married today. Originally broadcast on television during the 2006-2007 season. 993 min. DVD 8676

Season 4. In the fourth season of the television series temperatures are rising behind the closed doors on Wisteria Lane. The women are back, and they're joined by an old friend who brings the simmering neighborhood to a boil. Contents: Disc 1. Now you know ; Smiles of a summer night ; The game ; If there's anything I can't stand -- Disc 2. Art isn't easy ; Now I know, don't be scared ; You can't judge a book by its cover ; Distant past -- Disc 3. Something's coming ; Welcome to Kanagawa ; Sunday ; In Buddy's eyes -- Disc 4. Hello, little girl ; Opening doors ; Mother said -- Disc 5. The gun song ; Free. Originally broadcast on television, 2007-2008. 721 min. DVD X707

Dynasty. Season One

Cast: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, John James, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood, Bo Hopkins, Dale Robertson, Joan Collins, Heather Locklear. Most of the show features the conflict between two large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo. Originally broadcast 1981. 359 min.

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Disc 1: Oil, parts 1 & 2 -- Oil, part 3 -- The honeymoon. -- Disc 2: The dinner party -- Fallon's wedding -- The chauffeur tells a secret -- The bordello. Special features: 7 episodes from season one, including the 3-part series premiere that started it all ; selected episode commentary by series co-creator Esther Shapiro and actor Al Corley. DVD 7924

Disc 3: Krystle's lie, part 1 -- The necklace, part 2 -- The beating -- The birthday party. -- Disc 4: The separation -- Blake goes to jail -- The testimony DVD 7925

Elizabeth I (TV, HBO, 2005)

Cast: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Dancy, Ian McDiarmid, Patrick Malahide, Toby Jones. A television mini-series exploring the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world. 211 min. DVD 6080

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (TV, 1996)

Directed by Coky Giedroyc. Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Hardy, Hans Matheson, Ian Hart, Dexter Fletcher, Kevin McKidd, Daniel Evans, Joanne Whalley, Sienna Guillory. Anne-Marie Duff stars in this British television production as the shrewd and captivating queen who defended her throne amidst an atmosphere of plotting and intrigue, torture and murder. The Virgin Queen is a riveting drama that explores the fascinating 44-year-reign of Elizabeth I. 230 min. DVD 5422

Entourage

In this television series Eric, Turtle, and Johnny Drama are dedicated to helping their film-star buddy, Vincent Chase, navigate the absurdities and pitfalls of modern-day Hollywood. Originally broadcast on television (HBO)in 2004.

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First Season

Cast: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar, Jeremy Piven. Disc 1: 1. Entourage -- 2. The review -- 3. Talk show -- 4. Date night -- Disc 2: 5. The script & the sherpa -- 6. Busey and the beach -- 7. The scene -- 8. New York. Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven. Created by Doug Ellin. Directors, David Frankel ... [et al.]. 240 min. DVD 5860

Second Season

Cast: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar, Jeremy Piven. In this television series Eric, Turtle, and Johnny Drama are dedicated to helping their film-star buddy, Vincent Chase, navigate the absurdities and pitfalls of modern-day Hollywood. In this second season, after three months shooting an indie film in NYC, the boys are back in La-la-land. Episode 1: The boys are back in town -- Episode 2: My Maserati does 185 -- Episode 3: Aquamansion -- Episode 4: An offer refused -- Episode 5: Neighbors -- Episode 6: Chinatown -- Episode 7: The Sundance kids -- Episode 8: Oh, Mandy -- Episode 9: I love you too -- Episode 10: The bat mitzvah -- Episode 11: Blue balls lagoon -- Episode 12: Good morning Saigon -- Episode 13: Exodus -- Episode 14: The abyss. Directors, David Frankel ... [et al.]. Originally broadcast on television (HBO) in 2005. 420 min. DVD 5861

Third Season, part 1

Cast: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar, Jeremy Piven. Contains the first 12 episodes from the third season. Disc 1. Aquamom -- One day in the valley -- Dominated -- Guys and doll -- Disc 2. Crash and burn -- Three's company -- Strange days -- The release -- Disc 3. Vegas baby, Vegas! -- I wanna be sedated -- What about Bob? -- Sorry, Ari. With Vince's star expected to rise even higher in the Hollywood firmament as a result of his starring role in a potential blockbuster titled "Aquaman," Eric, Drama, Turtle and Ari must find a way to keep stroking their golden goose while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame. Special features: Disc 1: "One day in the valley" audio commentary with creator/executive producer Doug Ellin, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara ; Disc 3: "Vegas baby, Vegas!" audio commentary with creator/executive producer Doug Ellin, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara; "Sorry, Ari" audio commentary with creator/executive producer Doug Ellin, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara; "Vegas baby, Vegas!" featurette: behind the scenes with the cast on location in Las Vegas. Originally broadcast on HBO television in 2006. 360 min. DVD 7429

Flashing Spikes (Playhouse 90)

TV drama directed by John Ford. Cast: James Stewart, Jack Warden, Patrick Wayne, Edgar Buchanan, Don Drysdale. An old ballplayer, thrown out of the game due to a bribery scandal, become friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed. Originally produced in 1962. Video/C 9666

The Forsyte Saga

Presents a made-for-television drama of the Galsworthy's novel centering around the lives and loves of an upper-middle-class Victorian family.Videocassette release of the 2002 television program shown on Mobile Masterpiece Theatre. Special features: 'Making-of' featurette, behind-the-scenes photos, a John Galsworthy biography and bibliography, and cast biographies. 426 min. DVD 2446

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Four Star Playhouse (TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

Disc 1: Side A. Four Star Playhouse: Study in panic; Let the chips fall; Back of beyond; Full circle; The contest; Place full of strangers (1954-1955, 6 episodes, 30 min. each) Four Star Playhouse: The format of the episodes varied from comedy to drama and featured four rotating actors: Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Ida Lupino. DVD 2860

Gilmore Girls. Season I

Cast: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena, Yanic Truesdale. The complete first season of a television series about Lorelai and Rory, a mother and daughter who are sharing life's ups and downs in a small town in Connecticut. This heartfelt, humorous drama appeals to young and old alike with it's blend of traditional family issues and hip attitude. Pilot -- Lorelais' first day at Chilton -- Kill me now -- Deer-hunters -- Cinnamon's wake -- Rory's birthday parties -- Kiss and tell -- Love & war & snow -- Rory's dance -- Forgiveness and stuff -- Paris is burning -- Double date -- Concert interruptus -- That damn Donna Reed -- Christopher returns -- Star-crossed lovers and other strangers -- Breakup, Part II -- Third Lorelai -- Emily in wonderland -- P.S.I lo ... -- Love, daisies & troubadours. Special features: first-season making-of documentary welcome to the "Gilmore Girls"; Gilmore goodies and gossip - Rory's dance on-screen factoids; Gilmore-isms as coined by the show's creator. The complete 2000-2001 television season. 922 min. DVD 8596

Gossip Girl

Cast: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Taylor Momsen, Kelly Rutherford, Matthew Settle. Everyone reads her scandalous Internet commentary on the lives of Manhattan's most privileged teenagers. But exactly who is Gossip Girl? No one knows, but she certainly adds spice to the lives of these fashionable prep schoolers, divulging some of their most closely guarded secrets. Contents: Disc 1. Pilot ; The wild brunch ; Poison Ivy ; Bad news Blair -- Disc 2. Dare devil ; The handmaiden's tale ; Victor, Victrola ; Seventeen candles -- Disc 3. Blair Waldorf must pie ; Hi, Society ; Roman holiday ; School lies -- Disc 4. A thin line between Chuck and Nate ; The Blair Bitch Project ; Desperately seeking Serena ; All about my brother -- Disc 5. Woman on the verge ; Much 'I do' about nothing. Special features: Unaired scenes on selected episodes -- Disc 5. The beginning, XOXO: concept to execution; Gossip girl couture; A gossip girl wedding; LOL: gag reel; The Pierces music videos: "Boring" and "Secret"; downloadable audiobook of the original novel read by Christina Ricci. Based on the novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. Originally broadcast on television in 2007. 1024 min. DVD X435

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The Jury (BBC TV, 2001)

Directed by Pete Travis. Cast: Stuart Bunce, Gerard Butler, Sonnell Dadral, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Helen McCrory, Nina Sosanya, Sylvia Syms, Antony Sher, Derek Jacobi. A young schoolboy is murdered and his schoolmate is arrested. But was he just arrested because he was Sikh, or is he really the killer? The jury must look through the racism and media attention behind the trial and seek the truth. 350 min. DVD 2524

Knots Landing. The complete first season.

Cast: James Houghton, Kim Lankford, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, Don Murray, John Pleshette,Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark. This spin-off of the "Dallas" television drama depicts the lives and loves of five suburban families who live on an always interesting upper-middle class southern California cul-de-sac. Originally broadcast on television during the 1979-1980 season.

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Episode 1: Pilot -- Episode 2: Community spirit - Episode 3: Let me count the ways. 160 min. DVD 7962

Disc 2. Episode 4. The lie -- Episode 5. Will the circle be unbroken -- Episode 6. Home is for healing -- Disc 3. Episode 7. Land of the free -- Episode 8. Civil wives -- Episode 9. The constant companion. DVD 7963

Disc 4. Episode 10. Small surprises -- Episode 11. Courageous convictions -- Disc 5. Episode 12. Bottom of the bottle, part one -- Episode 13. Bottom of the bottle, part two -- DVD 7964

Kung Fu. Season One

Contains the 90 minute pilot episode and all 15 episodes of the first season. Cast: David Carradine, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Barry Sullivan, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn. A television series about Kwai Chang Caine, a Shoalin Monk who is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emporer's nephew. The nephew had killed Caine's teacher in cold blood with a gun like a coward. Caine flees to American West both to escape retaliation and to search for his brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, he cannot help but continually run into trouble from gun fighters and others as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his Kung-fu martial arts skill which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land. Special features: Two new original documentaries: "From Grasshopper to Caine: creating Kung Fu" and "The tao of Kwai Chang Caine: production and beyond."Originally produced for television in 1972. 780 min. DVD 7107

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The L Word.

Cast: Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Eric Mabius, Pam Grier. Season one of a television series that follows the lives and loves of a close-knit group of lesbians living in Los Angeles, as well as their friends and family members that either support or loath them.

Season One Contains episodes 1-4. 2004. 143 min. DVD 3152-3155

Season Two. Disc 1 Life, loss, leaving / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Ilene Chaiken -- Lap dance / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Lynne Stopkewich -- Loneliest number / written by Lara Spotts ; directed by Rose Troche -- Lynch pin / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Lisa Cholodenko. Episodes from Season two originally aired on the Showtime network in 2004. 233 min. DVD 5767

Season Two. Disc 2 Labyrinth / written by Rose Troche ; directed by Burr Steers -- Lagrimas de oro / written by Guinevere Turner ; directed by Jeremy Podeswa -- Luminous / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Ernest Dickerson -- Loyal / written by A.M. Holmes ; directed by Alison MacLean. Episodes from Season two originally aired on the Showtime network in 2004. 216 min. DVD 5768

Season Two. Disc 3: Late, later, latent / written by David Stenn ; directed by Tony Goldwyn -- Land ahoy / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Tricia Brock -- Loud & proud / written by Elizabeth Hunter ; directed by Rose Troche -- L'Chaim / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by John Curran. Episodes from Season two originally aired on the Showtime network in 2004. 205 min. DVD 5769

Season Two. Disc 4 Lacuna / written by Ilene Chaiken ; directed by Ilene Chaiken. Special features: L word girls on the record; word game; playing with the girls : L word shorts; "Some kind of wonderful" music video; win a walk-on role! sweepstakes; L word couture fashion special; Olivia cruise sweepstakes; L word fan mail : life changing stories; Ms. Foundation for Women; biographies. Episodes from Season two originally aired on the Showtime network in 2004. 56 min. DVD 5770

Season Three. Disc 1. Labia majora-- Lost weekend -- Lobsters-- Light my fire -- Disc 2. Lifeline -- Lifeline -- Lonestar -- Late comer -- Disc 3. Lead, follow, or get out of the way -- Losing the light -- Last dance -- Disc 4. Left hand of the goddess. Originally broadcast by Showtime Jan. 8-Mar. 26, 2006. 644 min. DVD 6478

The Last Cruise

Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Webb, Walter Matthau, DeForest Kelley, Don Dickinson. A television drama about the sinking of the submarine U.S.S. Cochino which recreated the interiors of submarines and featured elaborate sight and sound effects, such as fires and explosions. Originally presented on Studio one, November 13, 1950, CBS-TV.60 min. Video/C 9689

The Laughmaker(Studio One)

Cast: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Rita Morley, Marian Seldes, Sally Gracie, Carl Frank. Gleason plays the sad clown, and Carney his nemesis, a reporter looking for the man behind the mask. Originally presented on the 1950's series Studio One on CBS-TV. Special features: Select features with or without period commercials with Betty Furness demonstrating Westinghouse products; documentary on the history of Studio One; star bios. DVD 1755.

Loretta Young Theatre. (The Golden Years of Television)

Two programs from the Loretta Young theatre. Loretta always started her programs in the same way, a dramatic entrance, wearing a stunning gown, and then a brief introduction to the night's play. Her programs were in turn serious, amusing, or touching, but always tried to be uplifting, to teach as well as to entertain. Programs originally telecast between 1953 and 1971. 51 min. Video/C 6780

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Lost.

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The Complete First Season

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to live with each other on a remote island, a dangerous new world that poses unique threats of its own. Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Naveen Andrews, Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway. Disc 1: Pilot -- Tabula rasa -- Walkabout -- Disc 2: White rabbit -- House of the rising sun -- The moth -- Confidence man -- Disc 3: Solitary -- Raised by another -- All the best cowboys have Daddy issues -- Whatever the case may be. -- Disc 4: Hearts and minds -- Special -- Homecoming -- Outlaws -- Disc 5: In translation -- Numbers -- Deus ex machina -- Do no harm -- Disc 6: The greater good -- Born to run -- Exodus -- Disc 7: Special features. Originally broadcast on television, 2004-2005. DVD 6314

Lost. The Extended Experience. The Complete Second Season.

While Jack, Kate, and Locke investigate what's inside the hatch, the "tailies" are found. These survivors are from the tail of the plane and include tough girl Ana-Lucia and the spiritual and mysterious Mr. Eko. Learn what happened to Walt when he left Michael with some very hard choices to make and get a better insight into just who the "others" are. Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Naveen Andrews, Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway, Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Emile de Ravin, Mira Furlan, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros. Disc 1. Man of science, man of faith -- Adrift -- Orientation -- Everybody hates Hugo -- Disc 2. And found -- Abandoned -- The other 48 days -- Collision -- Disc 3. What Kate did -- The 23rd Psalm -- The hunting party -- Fire + water -- Disc 4. The long con -- One of them -- Maternity leave -- The whole truth -- Disc 5 Lockdown -- Dave -- S.O.S. -- Two for the road -- Disc 6. Three minutes -- Live together, die alone. 1056 min. DVD 6315

Mad Men.

Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Maggie Siff, Aaron Staton, Bryan Batt, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Michael Gladis, Rich Sommer. In the glamorous and ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. Set in 1960 New York, this television series reveals the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue's "Golden Age," where key players make an art of the sell while their private world gets sold. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper, the biggest ad man--and ladies' man--in the business. Disc 1: Episode 1: Smoke gets in your eyes -- Episode 2: Ladies room -- Episode 3: Marriage of Figaro -- Disc 2: Episode 4: New Amsterdam -- Episode 5: 5G -- Episode 6: Babylon -- Disc 3: Episode 7: Red in the face -- Episode 8: The hobo code -- Episode 9: Shoot -- Disc 4: Episode 10: Long weekend -- Episode 11: Indian summer -- Episode 12: Nixon vs. Kennedy -- Episode 13: The wheel. Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentaries; Scoring "Mad men"; "Mad men" music sampler; "Mad men" season 2 preview ; Disc 2: Audio commentaries; Advertising the American dream; Pictures of elegance ; Disc 3: Audio commentaries; Establishing "Mad men" ; Disc 4: Audio commentaries. Originally broadcast on American Movie Channel from July 19-Oct. 18, 2007. DVD 9836

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Marty(1953)

Directed by Delbert Mann; television play by Paddy Chayefsky. Cast: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Nehemiah Persoff, Betsey Palmer. Marty, a 34-year-old plain-looking butcher from Brooklyn, fears that he will never find love until at a Saturday night dance he meets a woman with similar fears. Videocassette release of the 1953 original NBC television program Goodyear TV Playhouse. 50 min. Video/C 9729

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Melrose Place (The Complete First Season)

A nighttime soap opera about the lives, careers, ups and downs of a group of young people living in an apartment building in the trendy neighborhood of Melrose Place. Cast: Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Amy Locane, Heather Locklear, Doug Savant, Grant Show, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Vanessa Williams, Daphne Zuniga. Disc 1. Pilot -- Friends & lovers -- Lost & found -- For love of money -- Disc 2. Leap of faith -- Second chances -- My way -- Lonely hearts -- Disc 3. Responsibly yours -- Burned -- A promise broken -- Polluted affairs -- Disc 4. Dreams come true -- Drawing the line -- House of God -- The whole truth -- Disc 5. Jake vs. Jake -- A Melrose Place Christmas -- Single white sister -- Peanut butter and jealousy -- Disc 6. Picture imperfect -- Three's a crowd -- My new partner -- Bye bye Billy -- Disc 7. Irreconcilable similarites -- End game -- The test -- Pushing boundaries -- Disc 8. Pas de trois -- Carpe Diem -- State of need -- Suspicious minds. Originally broadcast on television during the 1992-1993 season. DVD 6587

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Owen, Rob. Gen X TV : the Brady Bunch to Melrose Place Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1997. (MAIN: PN1992.6 .O93 1997; MOFF: PN1992.6 .O93 1997)

The Millionaire(1955)

Cast: Paul Frees (voice), Marvin Miller, Tuesday Weld, Agnes Morehead. Presents two episodes of the television program The millionaire, about a reclusive billionaire whose hobby is giving away a million dollars to persons he has never met and then observing how the newfound wealth affects each recipient. Originally produced for television in the 1950s. 60 min. Video/C 9725

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Night America Trembled (Studio One, 1957)

Directed by Tom Donovan. Cast: Edward R. Murrow, Warren Beatty, Vincent Gardenia, Warren Oates, Dennis Hopper. A re-enactment of the night in 1938 when Orson Welles' War of the worlds was broadcast on the radio. Originally presented on the 1950's series Studio One on CBS-TV. Special features: Select features with or without period commercials with Betty Furness demonstrating Westinghouse products; documentary on the history of Studio One; star bios. DVD 1754.

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The O.C. The Complete First Season

Cast: Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Benjamin McKenzie, Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Chris Carmack, Melinda Clarke, Rachel Bilson, Tate Donovan.

A television dramatic series revolving around a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Contains all 27 episodes from the first season.

Contents: Pilot / Josh Schwartz -- Model home / Josh Schwartz -- The gamble / Jane Espenson -- The debut / Allan Heinberg, Josh Schwartz -- The outsider / Melissa Rosenberg -- The girlfriend / Debra J. Fisher, Josh Schwartz -- The escape / Josh Schwartz -- The rescue / Allan Heinberg, Melissa Rosenberg -- The heights / Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer -- The perfect couple / Allan Heinberg -- The homecoming / Brian Oh, Josh Schwartz -- The secret / Allen Heinberg, Josh Schwartz -- The best Chrismukkah ever / Stephanie Savage -- The countdown / Josh Schwartz -- The third wheel / Melissa Rosenberg -- The links / Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer -- The rivals / Josh Schwartz -- The truth / Allan Heinberg -- The heartbreak / Josh Schwartz -- The telenovela / Stephanie Savage -- The goodbye girl / Josh Schwartz -- The L.A. / Josh Schwartz -- The Nana / Allan Heinberg -- The proposal / Liz Friedman, Josh Schwartz -- The shower / J.S. Philbin -- The strip / Allan Heinberg -- The ties that bind / Josh Schwartz. ca. 1186 min. DVD 3381

Occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge

Director Robert Enrico. Cast: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen. A dramatization of the last minute visions of a man condemned to be hung by Union soldiers for Civil War sabotage. Originally released in France in 1962 as Riviere de hibou. Also shown as episode 142, February 28, 1964 of the television program Twilight Zone. 29 min. DVD 5858; vhs 999:411 (also on Twilight Zone compilation DVD 5872)

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Patterns

Cast: Ed Begley, Richard Kiley, Everett Sloane, Elizabeth Montgomery. Credits: Producer/director, Fielder Cook; writer, Rod Serling. In this television drama corporate politics gnaws away at a new employee as he watches a tender-hearted colleague berated and bullied by the company president. An adaptation by Rod Serling from his television play shown on January 12, 1955 on NBC's Kraft Television Theatre. 59 min. Video/C 9670

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Prison Break. Season 1

Cast: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robin Tunney, Peter Stormare, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Allman, Wade Williams. Most men would do anything to get out of Fox River Penitentiary, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother Lincoln has been sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out. Armed with secret prison blueprints and an impossibly intricate escape plan, Michael gets himself incarcerated, and the race against time is on. Now, he'll need all of the cunning, daring, and luck he can muster...along with the assistance of some of the prison's most vile and dangerous felons. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season.

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Discs 1 & 2: Disc 1: Pilot ; Allen ; Cell test ; Cute poison -- Disc 2: English, Fitz or Percy ; Riots, drills and the devil (Part 1) ; Riots, drills and the devil (Part 2) ; The old head. DVD 5966

Discs 3 & 4: Disc 3: Tweener ; Sleight of hand ; And then there were 7 ; Odd man out -- Disc 4: End of the tunnel ; The rat ; By the skin & the teeth ; Brother's keeper. DVD 5967

Discs 5 & 6: Disc 5: J-Cat ; Bluff ; The key ; tonight -- Disc 6: Go ; Flight. DVD 5968

Prison Break. Season 2

Cast: Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callied, William Fichtner, Peter Stormare. In Season two of the television series Michael Scofield and his brother Lincoln Burrows have escaped prison and are on the run. Michael and Lincoln, along with several other escaped convicts, are not just running from the law and the FBI, they are devoting their time to uncovering a vast government plot that takes them around the world. Contents: Disc 1: Manhunt ; Otis ; Scan ; First down -- Disc 2: Map 1?213 ; Subdivision ; Buried ; Dead fall -- Disc 3: Unearthed ; Rendezvouz ; Bolshoi booze ; Disconnect -- Disc 4: The killing box ; John Doe ; The message ; Chicago -- Disc 5: Bad blood ; Wash ; Sweet Caroline ; Panama -- Disc 6: Fin del camino ; Sona. Special features: Audio commentaries with creator Paul Scheuring, cast & crew; behind-the-scenes featurettes with never-before-seen cast/director/writer interviews: Reinventing of a series and Turning Dallas into America; Prison Break theme: Ferry Corsten Breakout mix. riginally broadcast on television during the 2006-2007 season. 961 min. DVD X694

Prison Break. Season 3

Cast: Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callied, William Fichtner, Peter Stormare. Breaking out of a maximum security prison was the easy part. In Season three of the series Michael must fight to survive inside Sona, a Panamanian prison where the only rule is brutal violence and the only way out is in a body bag. Linclon Burrows scrambles desperately to free his brother along with the only man who can deliver Lincoln's captive son from the sinister clutches of The Company. Originally broadcast on television during the 2007-2008 season. Contents: Disc one: Orientacion ; Fire/water ; Call waiting ; Good fences -- Disc two: Interference ; Photo finish ; V�monos ; Bang & burn -- Disc three: Boxed in ; Dirt nap ; Under and out ; Hell or high water -- Disc four: The art of the deal. Special features: Disc four: "Season 3: orientaci�n" featurette; "Breakout episode" featurette; "Director's takes (14)" featurette; "Between takes(7)" featurette; episode from The unit: force majeure. Originally broadcast on television during the 2007-2008 season. 580 min. DVD X695

Queer as Folk (Series 1)

Performers: Aiden Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam. Contains four episodes of the first season of a British television drama following the lives of three gay men. When Stuart and his best mate Vince, stalwarts of the gay club scene in Manchester's gay village meet Nathan, who is young, wild and coming out with a vengeance, nothing is ever the same again. Videodisc release of a British television serial produced in 1999. 240 min. DVD 834

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Directed by Ralph Nelson; produced by Martin Manulis; written especially for Playhouse 90 by Rod Serling. Cast: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn, Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom. Host: Eddie Cantor. A television drama about a heavyweight fighter who, as a broken man at the end of his fighting career, reluctantly agrees upon the demand of his manager to surrender what is left of his pride and to participate in a fixed wrestling match. Produced in 1957 in the television series Playhouse 90. 90 min. Video/C 8294

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Mayerle, J. "'Requiem for a heavyweight' and Playhouse 90. An age had come to an end." Journal of Popular Film and Television Vol XVII nr 2 (Summer 1989); p 57-66

Ramirez, Arthur. "Anglo View of a Mexican-American Tragedy: Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight." Journal of Popular Culture. 13: 501-04. 1980.

Winchell, Mark Royden. "Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight: A Drama for Its Time." Studies in American Drama, 1945-Present. 8 (1): 13-20. 1993.

Rome

Cast: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kenneth Cranham, Max Pirkis, James Purefoy, Ciaran Hinds, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Karl Johnson, Indira Varma, David Bamber. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. Bonus features: "Friends, Romans, countrymen": introduction to the characters of 'Rome'; eight revealing audio commentaries with cast and crew ; "All roads lead to Rome" interactive onscreen guide prepared by the series' historical consultant, Jonathan Stamp ; Shot-x-shot: Gladiator - a closer look at the thrilling episode 11 fight sequence ; Shot-x-shot: Caesar's triumph - detailing the production of the epic episode 10 triumph scene ; "The rise of Rome": behind-the-scenes featurette on sets, wardrobe and actors' boot camp ; "When in Rome" featurette on the culture of ancient Rome ; Photo gallery with over 50 never-before-scene images ; Eight-page Roman character guide booklet featuring names, profiles, relationships and other key historical information. Disc 1. The stolen eagle; How Titus Pullo brought down the Republic -- Disc 2. An owl in a thornbush; Stealing from Saturn; The ram has touched the wall -- Disc 3. Egeria; Pharsalus; Caesarion -- Disc 4. Utica; Triumph -- Disc 5. The spoils; Kalends of February -- Disc 6. Bonus features. Contains all 12 episodes from the first season. Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2005-2006 season. DVD 5961

Rookie of the Year

TV drama directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Patrick Wayne, James Gleason. A reporter recognizes a hot young baseball player as the son of a former infamous ballplayer who was accused of throwing the World Series. Originally produced in 1955. Video/C 9666

Roots.

An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which a Black American searches for his family roots by tracing his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. Film follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed. 90 min. ea. DVD 5489; vhs Video/C 2900:1-6

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Route 66

Cast: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Suzanne Pleshette, Leslie Nielsen, Lee Marvin, Harvey Korman, Jack Lord, DeForest Kelly, Jack Warden. In search of excitement, two young men--sheltered Yale graduate Tod Stiles and tough guy Buz Murdock --traverse the famed Route 66, which stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica, where they encounter people from all walks of life. Shot entirely on location around the country. Contains the last 15 episodes from the first season.

Vol. 1: Disc 1: Episode 1: Black November -- Episode 2: A lance of straw -- Episode 3: The swan bed -- Episode 4: The man on the monkey board. Disc 2: Episode 5: The strengthening angels -- Episode 6: Ten drops of water -- Episode 7: Three sides -- Episode 8: Legacy for Lucia. Disc 3: Episode 9: Layout at Glen Canyon -- Episode 10: The beryllium eater -- Episode 11: A fury slinging flame -- Episode 12: Sheba. Disc 4: Episode 13: The quick and the dead -- Episode 14: Play it Glissando -- Episode 15: The clover throne. Special features: Disc 4: Classic original TV commercials; filmographies of stars and special guests; classic Corvette photo gallery and specs. DVD 9842

Vol. 2: Disc 1: Episode 16: Fly away home, part one -- Episode 17: Fly away home, part two -- Episode 18: Sleep on four pillows -- Episode 19: An absence of tears. Disc 2: Episode 20: Like a motherless child -- Episode 21: An effigy in snow -- Episode 22: Eleven, the hard way -- Episode 23: Most vanquished, most victorious. Disc 3: Episode 24: Don't count stars -- Episode 25: The newborn -- Episode 26: A skill for hunting -- Episode 27: Trap at Cordova. Disc 4: Episode 28: The opponent -- Episode 29: Welcome to Amity -- Episode 30: Incident on a bridge. 1961. Special features: Disc 4: Classic original TV commercials; filmographies of stars and special guests. DVD 9835

Sentence of Death (Studio One)

Cast: Gene Lyons, Betsy Palmer, Ralph Dunn, James Dean, Virginia Vincent. A young James Dean plays a young man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Originally presented on the 1950's series Studio One on CBS-TV. Special features: Select features with or without period commercials with Betty Furness demonstrating Westinghouse products; documentary on the history of Studio One; star bios. DVD 1754.

Six Feet Under.

Cast: Cast: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Justina Machado, James Cromwell, Rachel Griffiths ; guest stars, Lili Taylor, Jeremy Sisto, Joanna Cassidy, Illeana Douglas, Richard Jenkins, Patricia Clarkson, Kathy Bates, Ben Foster, Tina Holmes, Catherine O'Hara.

Season One

The first season of a television program centering around members of a dysfunctional family that operates a funeral home in Pasadena. With the elder son returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a grieving American family ... that just happens to be in the grief management business. Episode 1. The plot -- 2. The will -- 3. The foot -- 4. Familia -- 5. Open book -- 6. The room -- 7. Brotherhood -- 8. Crossroads -- 9. Life's too short -- 10. New person -- 11. The trip -- 12. A private life -- 13. Knock, knock. ca. 780 min. DVD 3945

Season Two

When death is your business, what is your life? For the employees at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, the world outside continues to be at least as challenging, and far less predictable, as the one inside. In the game -- Out, out brief candle -- The plan -- Driving Mr. Mossback -- The invisible woman -- In place of anger -- Back to the garden -- It's the most wonderful time of the year -- Someone else's eyes -- The secret -- The liar and the whore -- I'll take you -- The last time. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2002. ca. 780 min. DVD 5865

Season Three

For the Fishers, the more things stay the same, the more they change. Get ready to break new emotional ground with the complete third season as they run the family funeral parlor in Pasadena. Special features: "Living on the ledge : a bird's-eye view of the third season" exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette with music by Coldplay ; deleted scenes ; 5 audio commentaries with the writers and directors, including series creator/Academy award winner Alan Ball. Disc 1. Perfect circles ; You never know -- Disc 2. The eye inside ; Nobody sleeps ; The trap -- Disc 3. Making love work ; Timing & space ; Tears, bones and desire -- Disc 4. The opening ; Everyone leaves ; Death works overtime -- Disc 5. Twilight ; I'm sorry, I'm lost. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2003. 780 min. DVD 6020

Season Four

There's a new pecking order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home, but Nate, Ruth, David, and Claire still try to make every day above ground a good one. Special features: "Living on the ledge : a bird's-eye view of the third season" exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette with music by Coldplay ; deleted scenes ; 5 audio commentaries with the writers and directors, including series creator/Academy award winner Alan Ball. Disc 1: Falling into place ; In case of rapture -- Disc 2: Parallel play ; Can I come up now? ; That's my dog -- Disc 3: Terror starts at home ; Dare ; Coming and going -- Disc 4: Grinding the corn ; Black forest -- Disc 5: Bomb shelter ; Untitled. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, James Cromwell, Rachel Griffiths. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2004. 780 min. DVD 5991

Season Five

For the Fishers, the more things stay the same, the more they change. Get ready to break new emotional ground with the complete third season as they run the family funeral parlor in Pasadena. Special features: 6 audio commentaries with the cast, crew, and creator; Six feet under : 2001-2005 (two 30-min. retrospectives); Life and loss : the impact of Six feet under (featurette). Disc 1: A coat of white primer ; Dancing for me -- Disc 2: Hold my hand ; Time flies ; Eat a peach -- Disc 3: The rainbow of her reasons ; The silence ; Singing for our lives -- Disc 4: Ecotone ; All alone ; Static -- Disc 5: Everyone's waiting. Directors of photography, Jim Denault, Rob Sweeney ; music, Richard Marvin. Originally broadcast by HBO in 2005. 735 min. DVD 5992

Chambers, Samuel A. "Telepistemology of the closet; or, the Queer politics of Six Feet Under." Journal of American Culture 26.1 (March 2003): 24(18).

Fontana, Andrea; McGinnis, Troy A; Radeloff, Cheryl L. "Sacred and Profane: Six Feet Under: A Sociological Performance." Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 2005, 28, 109-120

Foster, Guy Mark. "Desire and the "big black sex cop" : race and the politics of sexual intimacy in HBO's Six feet under." In: The new queer aesthetic on television : essays on recent programming / edited by James R. Keller and Leslie Stratyner. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006. (Main Stack PN1992.8.H64.N49 2006)

Johnson, Merri Lisa. "From relationship autopsy to romantic utopia: the missing discourse of egalitarian marriage on HBO's Six Feet Under." Discourse 26.3 (Fall 2004): 18(23).

O'Hehir, Andrew. "The Undertaker's Tale." Sight and Sound, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 6, May 2002

Schiappa, E., P.B. Gregg, And D.E. Hewes. "Can A Television Series Change Attitudes About Death? A Study Of College Students And Six Feet Under." Death Studies 28.5 (June 2004): 459(16).

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Shimanovsky, Michael. "Who let the Grim Reaper get his hands on the remote control? The politics of violence, death, and dying on HBO.(Home Box Office Inc.'s television violence in "Six Feet Under")." Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 28.1-2 (April 2006): 28(14).

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The Square Peg (Studio One)

Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Orson Bean, Hildy Parks, Howard Smith. A personnel psychologist is unwittingly hired by a mob boss to shake up his crew. When the psychologist realizes what's going on, he tries to do the right thing--the wrong way. Originally presented on the 1950's series Studio One on CBS-TV. Special features: Select features with or without period commercials with Betty Furness demonstrating Westinghouse products; documentary on the history of Studio One; star bios. DVD 1755.

Studio One Anthology

60 min. each DVD X596

Summer Pavilion Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Charles Drake, Elizabeth Monthgomery, Ruth White, Wyatt Cooper, Carol Veazie. Set in New Orleans, tells the story of widowed Theresa Durand, representative of the "old aristocracy," whose impoverished family must sell furniture and other objects of art from their stately home to keep financially afloat. Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on May 2, 1955.

Twelve Angry Men Cast: Robert Cummings, Edward Arnold, John Beal, Walter Abel, Bart Burns, Franchot Tone. Focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Directed by Franklin Schaffner. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on September 20, 1954. DVD X596

Wuthering Heights Cast: Mary Sinclair, Charlton Heston, Richard Waring, Llyod Bochner, June Dayton. The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy-- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor. Adapted by Lois Jacoby from the novel by Emily Bronte. Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on October 30, 1950.

The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners Cast: O.Z. Whitehead, Frances Fuller, Harry Townes, Priscilla Gillette, Frank Overton, Hugh Reilly, Susan Hallaran. A television drama in which a school play turns into a trial focusing on the the death of child in the small town of Carson Corners. As the trial unfolds all the community's adults are implicated in the child's death in this study of innocence destroyed by indifference. Directed by Paul Nickell ; written by Reginald Rose. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on January 11, 1954.

The Storm Cast: Marsha Hunt, Dean Harens, John Rodney. Directed by Yul Brynner, this episode of Studio One presents the story of a young bride who quickly becomes immersed in terror of her husband not long after their honeymoon. Directed by Yul Brynner. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on October 17, 1949.

The Strike Cast: James Daly, Frank Marth, Bert Freed, Roy Roberts, William Whitman, Wyatt Cooper. Written by Rod Serling, tells the story of a doomed patrol sent out on a mission in battle-scarred Korea in January, 1951. Directed by Franklin Schaffner. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on June 7, 1954.

The Medium Cast: Marie Powers, Lois Hunt, Leo Coleman, Beverly DAme, Joseph Bell, Catherine Mastice. An opera in two acts about Madame Flora, a medium who becomes terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent seances. Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on December 12, 1948.

Pontius Pilate Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cyril Ritchard, Francis L. Sullivan, Berry Kroeger. A dramatization of the trial and condemnation of Christ with focus on those who accussed him: Pontius Pilate, King Herod, and Caiaphas. Directed by Franklin Schaffner. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on April 7, 1952.

The Death and Life of Larry Benson Cast: Peg Hillias, Ruth Amos, Lee Remick, Chester Morris, Skip Homeier, Lucie Lancaster. The poetic tale of a family anticipating the return of their long thought "missing in action" son and brother from the confict in Korea. But when he arrives he is not their son. Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on May 31, 1954.

Julius Caesar Cast: Theodore Bikel (Julius Caesar), Alfred Ryder (Marc Antony), Sheppard Strudwick (Cassius), Philip Bourneuf (Brutus), Michael Tolan (Octavius), Richard Morse, John Heldabrand, Bruce Gordon. A made-for-television dramatization of William Shakespeare's play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves. Directed by Daniel Petrie ; produced by Alex March. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on August 1, 1955.

Dino Cast: Ralph Meeker, Sal Mineo (Dino), Dort Clark, Rudy Bond, Pat De Simone, Carolyn Brenner, Edgar Stehli, Toni Hallaran, Danny Dennis, Frank Valenza, Brandon Peters. "Dino" is perhaps Sal Mineo's most biographic role, as it reflects so much of his own troubled upbringing. Dino fears his adoring kid brother is his only ally. The older boy has just been released from reform school. He's sullen and uncooperative with his family and his guidance counselors. And Dino knows that if he returns to his life of crime, his brother will be with him. Directed by Paul Nickell ; written by Reginald Rose. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on January 2, 1956.

June Moon Cast: Jack Lemmon, Eva Marie Saint, Edward Andrews, Glenda Farrell, Jean Carson, Joshua Shelley, Philip Sterling. One of the most enduring jazz age satires, stemming out of Ring Lardner's own disillusionment with song publishers rejecting his sardonic lyrics in favor of mindless ditties. It tells the story of brash, aspiring songwriter Fred M. Stevens, bound for New York City and success. Directed by Walter Hart. Adapted by Gerald Goode from the 1929 play by Ring W. Lardner, Jr. and George S. Kaufman. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on June 22, 1949.

An Almanac of Liberty Cast: Sandy Kenyon, Lawrence Fletcher, Lee Richardson, Ethel Everett, Eli Mintz. Set almost completely in a town hall in a small American town, looks at what happens when a town's people forget about their rights and the rights of others. John Carter, a stranger, has come looking for work, but in fact finds hatred, fear, and suspicion. The nominal leader of the town, Wilkinson, has men and women alike bowing down to his will - and only the local newspaperman Phillips has the nerve to question his authority. Based on the book by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on November 8, 1954.

The Arena Cast: Wendell Corey, Chester Morris, John Cromwell, Leonra Dana, Edgar Stehli, Harry Holcombe. This political parable written by Rod Serling tells of a young senator named Norton newly appointed to fill out the term of one who has just died. Norton comes with a chip on his shoulder -- his father had been a senator from the same state until he was forced out of politics by the same man Norton now has to deal with because he's a colleague. Norton acquires the ammo to avenge his father but wrestles with whether or not he should use it. Directed by Franklin Schaffner. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on April 8, 1956.

Confessions of a Nervous Man Cast: George Axelrod, Art Carney, Betty Furness, Jerome Kilty, Bramwell Fletcher. A comedy documentary by George Axelrod, satirizing his recollection of events leading up to and in the year following the debut of his internationally successful play "The seven year itch." Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on November 30, 1953.

Dark Possession Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barbara O'Neil, Leslie Nielsen, Bramwell Fletcher, Milton Selzer. Written for "Studio One" By Gore Vidal. An anonymous letter-writer creates fear and havoc in the lives of three sisters. Directed by Franklin Schaffner ; writer, Gore Vidal. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on February 15, 1954.

1984 Cast: Eddie Albert, Norma Crane, Lorne Greene, Noel Leslie, Truman Smith, Midge Donaldson, Robert M. Culp, Victor Thorley, Peter A. Ostroff, Janice Mars, Susan Hallaran, Fred Scollay. Tells the story of one man's rebellion against a totalitarian society. Film opens with "This is a story about the immediate future. What happens in this story might happen to us; might hapen to you. If we should ever relax in our fight for freedom, if we should ever allow any individuals to reduced our freedom of thought, our freedom of speech, our freedom of religion..." Directed by Paul Nickell. Originally broadcast on the television series Studio One on September 21, 1953.

Suspense (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Featuring Walter Matthau, Jayne Meadows, Mike Kellin, Robert Webber. Broadcast live from New York, this award winning suspense mystery theater featured people in dangerous and life threatening situations. 30 min. Video/C 6759

Tanner '88 (TV, 1998)

Directed by Robert Altman. Cast: Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Cynthia Nixon. Appearing as themselves: Bob Dole, Pat Robertson, Gary Hart, Waylon Jennings, Mary McGrory, Hodding Carter, Lowell Weicker, Bruce Babbitt, E.G. Marshall, Rebecca DeMornay, Jesse Jackson, Michael Dukakis, Linda Ellerbee, Jeff Daniels, Veronica Cartwright, Ralph Nader, Gloria Steinem, Art Buchwald, Lee Hamilton, Studs Terkel, Harry Anderson. Fact and fiction blend in this "mockumentary" of an American presidential campaign. Set among actual events in the 1988 primaries, it follows a fictitious candidate as he manoeuvers through the political minefield, and uses real events and real people for authenticity. 120 min. DVD 3182; also VHS 999:1160

Tanner on Tanner (TV, 2004)

Directed by Robert Altman. Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Ilana Levine, Luke MacFarlane, Matt Malloy, Aasif Mandvi, Robert Redford, Mario Cuomo, Carl Bernstein, Martin Scorsese, Al Franken, Harry Belafonte, Ron Reagan, Jr., Rev. Al Sharpton, Madeleine Albright, Steve Buscemi, Howard Dean, Janeane Garofalo, Alexandra Kerry, Chris Matthews, John Podestra. This mockudrama features 1988 Democratic candidate Jack Tanner's daughter, Alex, in her quest to make a documentary about her father's failed '88 nomination bid. Includes appearances by modern day politicians, pundits and celebrities, and shot in part during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, this piece offers a sharp and funny spin on "politics as usual." 120 min. DVD 3220

Twin Peaks

Created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie. 1990. 47 min. each episode.

Twin Peaks: The First Season The body of a young girl is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul. Originally produced as a television series in 1990-91. 336 min. DVD 1010

Twin Peaks: Episodes 1-5. After the brutal killing of Twin Peaks homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, Agent Cooper discovers the small town is seething with deadly secrets. Cooper interprets an unusual dream about the murder, has tea with the Log Lady and finds a crime scene in the woods. Video/C 8251

Twin Peaks: Episodes 15-19. Cooper gets a hand from a one-armed man. Then an FBI agent arrives with unpleasant news: Cooper's activities are being investigated by the Bureau and DEA. Cooper's "white glove test" reveals a helpful clue. Video/C 8252

Twin Peaks: Episodes 25-29. The sheriff's department goes on a midnight visit to the depths of Owl Cave, where Cooper finds a hieroglyph. Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience and Cooper risks everything in a plunge into the Black Lodge. Video/C 8253

Twin Peaks. The Second Season

Directed by David Lynch, et al. Cast: Kyle Maclachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flyyn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Frost, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill, Jack Nance, Russ Tamblyn. In Season two of the television series the body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Disc 1: Episodes 8, 9 & 10; Disc two: Episodes 11, 12, 13 & 14. DVD 7865

Disc three: Episodes 15, 16, 17 & 18; Disc four: Episodes , 19, 20, 21 &, 22. DVD 7866

Disc five: Episodes 23, 24, 25 & 26; Disc six: Episodes 27, 28 & 29. DVD 7867

Upstairs, Downstairs. The Complete First Season. Volume 1

Cast: Angela Baddeley, Pauline Collins, Hannah Gordon, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams. Contents: On trial -- The mistress and the maids -- Board wages -- The path of duty.

Segments from the British TV series following the lives of an early 20th century aristocratic family and their servants. On trial: Sarah, a new maid, is put "on trial" after being caught stealing. The mistress and the maids: Scandal ensues when an artist hired to paint a portrait of Lady Marjorie also reveals a portrait of two half-naked maids from the Bellamy household. Board wages: While the family and senior servants are away on summer vacation, James Bellamy returns unexpectedly to discover the remaining staff dressed like the Bellamys and having a party. The path of duty: Elizabeth returns from Dresden with a newfound contempt for London society. Originally produced for television in 1971. 204 min. DVD 2452

Upstairs, Downstairs. The Complete First Season. Volume 2

Cast: Angela Baddeley, Pauline Collins, Hannah Gordon, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams. Contents: A suitable marriage -- A cry for help -- Magic casements -- I dies from love.

Segments from the British TV series following the lives of an early 20th century aristocratic family and their servants. A suitable marriage: A romance appears to develop between Elizabeth and German baron visiting the Bellamys but the true purpose of his trip is revealed during a conversation with Richard. A cry for help: Seeking to help his pregnant new maid, Richard confronts the father of the child and becomes embroiled in a conflict with the devious young man. Magic casements: Unable to do so himself, Richard asks a young army captain to escort the Lady Marjorie to an opera but rumors of an affair start to circulate downstairs. I dies from love: Emily falls deeply in love with the footman of another household but she takes drastic action when they are forbidden to see each other. Originally produced for television in 1971. 204 min. DVD 2453

Upstairs, Downstairs. The Complete First Season. Volume 3

Cast: Angela Baddeley, Pauline Collins, Hannah Gordon, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams. Contents: Why is her door locked? -- A voice from the past -- The Swedish tiger -- The key of the door.

Segments from the British TV series following the lives of an early 20th century aristocratic family and their servants. Why is her door locked?: Distraught over Emily's suicide, Mrs. Bridges steals someone else's baby. A voice from the past: Sarah, a former housemaid returns to the Bellamy household and devises a plan to improve her position. The Swedish tiger: Sarah catches the valet of a Swedish houseguest stealing from the Bellamys but, instead of turning him, she becomes his accomplice. The key of the door: Elizabeth's infatuation with a poet leads her to fall in with a group of Socialists, much to her parents' dismay. Originally produced for television in 1971. 204 min. DVD 2454

Upstairs, Downstairs. The Complete First Season. Volume 3

Cast: Angela Baddeley, Pauline Collins, Hannah Gordon, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams. Contents: Episode 13. For love of love -- Upstairs, downstairs remembered : the 25th Anniversary Special.

Presents the final segment of the first season and a documentary on the British TV series which follows the lives of an early 20th century aristocratic family and their servants. For love of love: Estranged from her family, Elizabeth becomes increasingly involved with poet Lawrence Kirbridge. Seeing a good marriage and a good dowry, Lawrence tries ingratiate himself with the Bellamys but Elizabeth continues to have doubts. Anniversary special: Interviews with cast & crew as well as clips of favorite scenes offer a revealing behind-the-scenes look at the television series. Originally produced for television in 1971. 51 min. DVD 2455

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The Velvet Alley (Playhouse 90)

Cast: Art Carney, Jack Klugman, Leslie Nielsen, Bonita Granville, Alexander Scourby, Burt Reynolds. Introduction: Barry Sullivan. A would-be TV drama writer finally gets his big break, but the success that follows could wind up costing him the love of those closest to him. Videocassette of the 1959 television production, broadcast live on the series, "Playhouse 90.". 85 min. Video/C 9665

Weeds

Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, Romany Malco, Tonye Patano.

Season One. After her husband's unexpected death and subsequent financial woes, suburban mom Nancy Botwin embraces a new profession: the neighborhood pot dealer. As it seems like everyone secretly wants what she's selling, even city councilman Doug Wilson, Nancy is faced with keeping her family life in check and her enterprise a secret from her best friend/PTA president, Celia Hodes. Contents: You can't miss the bear -- Free goat -- Good shit lollipop -- Fashion of the christ -- Lude awakening -- Dead in the nethers -- Higher education -- The punishment light -- The punishment lighter -- The godmother. Special features: "Smoke and mirrors" original marijuana mockumentary; "Smokey snippets"; 6 commentaries with cast and crew; Showtime original content including special on suburbia; agrestic herbal recipes; music video "More than a friend" by All Too Much. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Channel in 2005. 283 min. DVD 8708

Season Two. Nancy Botwin is a soccer mom who had to learn how to deal - pot, that is - after the death of her husband. Now, her business is a hit. But keeping up with the neighbors in this suburban utopia isn't easy. She is joined up with a few of her closest friends, and together they face life's ups and downs - because even in paradise, nobody's perfect. Contents: Disc 1. Corn snake ; Cooking with Jesus ; Last tango in Agrestic ; A.K.A. The plant ; Mrs. Botwin's neighborhood ; Crush girl love panic -- Disc 2. Must find toes ; MILF money ; Bash ; Mile deep and a foot wide ; Yeah, just like tomatoes ; Pittsburgh. Bonus features: 7 commentaries with cast and crew ; Trivia tracks ; 4 exclusive 'Weeds' featurettes ; Huskaroos commercials ; MILF gag reel ; Little boxes montages ; "Jammin' nation" extended performance. Originally broadcast on Showtime television during the 2006 summer season. 283 min. DVD 8709

The West Wing Cast: John Spencer, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dule Hill, Allison Janney, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford.

First Season

Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President, his deputy communications director, his beleaguered press secretary, and the chief of staff, a recovering boozehound, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Based on the series created by Aaron Sorkin. Special features: Commentaries from Aaron Sorkin, "The West Wing" creator and director Thomas Schlamme on five key episodes, including the "Pilot," "What kind of day has it been," "Take this Sabbath day, " "In excelsis deo" (featuring additional commentary from co-executive producer/director Alex Graves) and "Celestial navigation" (with co-executive producer/director Chris Misiano joining Sorkin and Schlamme); "The Primaries" and "The West Wing inauguration" - in-depth making-of documentaries; exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage from "The West Wing's" first season, including "Capital Beat" and "Sheet Music"; "Gag order" - a collection of outtakes and bloopers; "Off the record" - outtakes from various cast and producer interviews; deleted scenes. Originally released as a television series from 1999-2000. 957 min. DVD 2124

Second Season

In episodes from the second season the President and staff have been targeted for disruption by rival politicians, soon after being targeted by would-be assassins. The President heads through midterm elections and into a crisis that leads to allegations of criminal conduct. Originally aired on television from 2000-2001. 954 min. DVD 2764

Third Season

Disc 1, side A: Isaac and Ishmael -- Manchester, part 1 -- Manchester, part 2 -- Ways and Means. Disc 1, side B: On the day before -- War crimes -- Gone quiet -- Indians in the lobby. Disc 2, side A: Women of Qumar -- Bartlet for America -- H. Con-172 -- 100,000 airplanes. Disc 2, side B: Two Bartlets -- Night five -- Hartsfield's landing -- Dead Irish writers. Disc 3, side A: U.S. Poet Laureate -- Stirred -- Enemies foreign and domestic. Disc 3, side B: Black Vera Wang -- We killed Yamamoto -- Posse comitatus. Disc 4: Special features -- Property master's story -- Chief of stuff -- Political missteps. The third season storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Bartlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel-life and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic "Isaac and Ishmael" episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Bonus features include a documentary special featuring interviews with former U.S. Presidents and staff. Special features: Documentary special in which real-life White House veterans talk about their experiences ; Third-season making of documentaries ; A property master's story: the creation of details of D.C. on Hollywood soundstages ; The chief of stuff: day-to-day experiences of providing support services to a president ; Audio commentaries by Aaron Sorkin and others on episodes: Manchester, Pt. II, Bartlet for America, Posse comitatus ; political missteps. Originally aired on television from 2001-2002. 954 min. DVD 3147

Fourth Season

This fourth season of the acclaimed television political drama West Wing follows the re-election of President Bartlet to his second term. Special features: Two documentaries: "Behind Every Good Man ... Is the First Lady" and "The Letter of the Word"; commentary on three key episodes by series creator Aaron Sorkin and others; unaired scenes. Originally broadcast on television during the 2004. 1000 min. DVD 3695

Fifth Season

Disc. 1. 7A WF 83429 -- The dogs of war -- Jefferson lives -- Han -- Disc 2: Constituency of one -- Disaster relief -- Separation of powers -- Shutdown -- Disc 3: Abu el Banat -- The stormy present -- The benign prerogative-- Slow news day -- Disc 4: The warfare of Genghis Khan -- An Khe -- Full disclosure -- Eppur Si Muove -- Disc 5: The Supremes-- Access --- Talking points -- No exit -- Disc 6: Gaza -- Memorial Day In the fifth television season follow the drama when the government is temporarily passed from a Democratic administration to the Republican Speaker of the House, as President Bartlet copes with the kidnapping of his youngest daughter Zoey. Originally broadcast on television during the 2003-2004 season. 946 min. DVD 5600

Sixth Season

In this sixth season of the acclaimed political TV drama the presidential race is on, with Senator Arnold Vinick as the Republican frontrunner and Matthew Santos vying for the hotly contested Democratic presidential nomination. Originally broadcast on television during the 2004-2005 season. 949 min. DVD 5554

Seventh Season

This seventh season of the political television drama chronicles the transition between the administration of President Bartlet and the race for the new presidency between Congressman Santos and Senator Vinick. Disc 1: The ticket ; The mommy problem ; Message of the week ; Mr. Frost -- Disc 2: Here today ; The Al Smith dinner ; The debate (West Coast) -- Disc 3: Undecideds ; The wedding ; Running mates ; Internal displacement -- Disc 4: Duck and cover ; The cold ; Two weeks out ; Welcome to wherever you are -- Disc 5: Election day part 1 ; Election day part 2 ; Requiem ; Transition -- Disc 6: The last hurrah ; Institutional memory ; Tomorrow. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. 957 min. DVD 7745

Game Shows

I've Got a Secret

Featuring Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Steve Allen, Walter Pidgeon. Each quiz show allowed three contestants an opportunity to "stump the panel" and also featured one celebrity with his/her own secret to hide. This was a very popular program that had a fifteen year network run, a record that no other quiz show has approached. 30 min. Video/C 6754

I've Got a Secret (The Golden Years of Television)

Host: Garry Moore. Panel and contestants: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan (2nd program). Panelists tried to determine the "secret" of each guest which was revealed to the TV audience in advance, by asking simple "yes" or "no" questions of the guest. 51 min. Video/C 6781

[I've Got a Secret] TV Game Shows. Volume 1.

Quiz and game shows originally produced as television programs in the 1950's. Contents: I've got a secret (directed by Clarence Schimmel, 20 min.): A panel tries to guess the "secret" of guests to the program. What are the odds? (produced and directed by Ken Herts, 28 min.): Presents unusual situations and the odds on their occurrence. Two for the money (produced and directed by Ira Skutch; host, Sam Levenson; announcer, Ed McMahon, 29 min.): A general knowledge quiz show in which contestants vie for prizes. The Price is right (produced by Mark Goodson, Bill Todman; host, Bill Cullen, 20 min.): Contestants bid on various pieces of merchandise and whoever makes the bid closest to the actual price of a particular item wins it. Includes original commercials. 97 min. Video/C 6843

[I've Got a Secret]

I've got a Secret (28 min.) -- Ozzie and Harriet Show: Spring housecleaning (28 min.) -- General Electric Theater: The face is familiar (30 min.) -- Have Gun will travel (28 min.) -- Jimmy Durante Sign-off (2 min.) -- Advertisements for Walt Disney Cartoons (5 min.). Includes full length commercials for Winston cigarettes, Hotpoint appliances, Tareyton cigarettes, Old Gold cigarettes and Walt Disney cartoons. 121 min. Video/C 4760

Pioneers of Television. Episode 4, Game Shows

This fourth segment in a four-part series featuring archival clips offers a fresh take on the first celebrities of television, including interviews with many of them. Game shows traces one of broadcasting's most enduring genres, following game shows from their origins in radio through to their heyday in the 1960s. Looks at the careers of game show developers and hosts Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Regis Philbin, Mark Goodson, Ralph Edwards, Groucho Marx, Chuck Barris and Bill Cullen. Clips include Truth or consequences, Let's make a deal, The Price is right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Hollywood Squares and Who wants to be a millionaire? Also looks at the scandals involving game shows. Commentary: Jay Leno, Phyllis Diller, Arsenio Hall, Ed McMahon, Betty White, Hugh Downs, Marlo Thomas, Art Linkletter, Doc Severinsen, Barbara Eden, Joyce Randolph, Tim Conway, Sigourney Weaver, Rose Marie, Florence Henderson, Jerry Stiller. 55 min. 2008. DVD 9498

[The Best of] The Price is Right

Hosts, Bill Cullen, Bob Barker. In This TV game show contestants bid auction-style on various pieces of merchandise, and whoever makes the bid closest to the actual price of a particular item wins it. The original series began in 1956 and was very popular for seven years. In 1972 the show was relaunched by CBS as The New Price is Right with a new host. It is the longest continuously running game show in TV history. Videocassette release of quiz shows originally produced for television in the 1950's. Includes original commercials. Special features: includes Bob Barker's entire last week as host of "Price is right." 26 episodes of the television program, originally aired between 1957-1964 and 1972- 2007. 930 min. DVD X8

Queen for a Day

Host, Jack Bailey. "Do YOU want to be Queen for a Day?!" Host Bailey would bellow out those words before each program, to which the audience would reply en masse: "YES!" Four women, each having a sob story to tell, told Bailey why they believed they should be crowned the show's "Queen." After all four stories were told, the audience determined the winner by applause (determined via the "applause meter") and she was presented with an wide array of sponsored prizes. Set contains the seven surviving television episodes (on kinescope transfers), additional footage from 5 other episodes, and the original commercials. Originally a radio program, this popular show transferred to television, on NBC (1956-60) and ABC (1960-64). Originally broadcast on television between 1956-1964. DVD X224

$64,000 Challenge; Dollar a Second.

$64,000 challenge (CBS, produced and directed by Joe Cates, 29 min.): The first TV game show spun off from another, The $64,000 question. It offered alumni of the $64,000 question the chance to win more money facing off with two challengers in their chosen field of knowledge. Dollar a second (ABC, directed by Martin Magner; produced by David Brown, 29 min.): Contestants earned $1 for each second during which they could answer questions correctly; if they answered incorrectly or were interrupted by the host, they were required to perform a stunt. Videocassette release of quiz shows originally produced for television in the 1950's. Includes original commercials. 58 min. Video/C 6846

$64,000 Question. (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

This show was the king of the big money quiz shows. It offered the contestant the opportunity to win vast sums of money by answering extremely complex questions. After the first year the show shot up to number one rating but in 1958 the bubble burst when it was announced that this show and others were rigged. 30 min. Video/C 6755

$64,000 Question. (The Golden Years of Television)

The $64,000 question was the first of the big-money quiz shows. By answering a series of difficult questions large amounts of money were won by ordinary people. 51 min. Video/C 6781

TV Game Shows. Volume 1.

Quiz and game shows originally produced as television programs in the 1950's. Contents: I've got a secret (directed by Clarence Schimmel, 20 min.): A panel tries to guess the "secret" of guests to the program. What are the odds? (produced and directed by Ken Herts, 28 min.): Presents unusual situations and the odds on their occurrence. Two for the money (produced and directed by Ira Skutch; host, Sam Levenson; announcer, Ed McMahon, 29 min.): A general knowledge quiz show in which contestants vie for prizes. The Price is right (produced by Mark Goodson, Bill Todman; host, Bill Cullen, 20 min.): Contestants bid on various pieces of merchandise and whoever makes the bid closest to the actual price of a particular item wins it. Includes original commercials. 97 min. Video/C 6843

TV Game Shows. Volume 2.

Quiz and game shows originally produced as television programs in the 1950's. Includes original commercials. Contents: Who said that? (directed by Martin Hoade; producer, Ann Gillis, 29 min.): A Panel of celebrities (Merriman Smith, George Bogel, June Lockhart) tried to identify the sources of quotations taken from recent news events. Giant step (produced by Ed Jurist; director, Seymour Robbie, 30 min.): Bert Parks hosted this general information game show for children and teenagers. Place the face (produced and directed by Joe Landis (30 min.): Contestants (Joanne Gilbert, Xavier Cugat) tried to identify persons from their past who were brought to the studio and seated opposite them. The Name's the same (produced by Mark Goodson, Bill Todman; director, Herbert Hirschman, 30 min.): A celebrity panel (Gene Rayburn, Bess Myerso) tried to discern the names of the contestants which had the same names as well-known personalities or famous events. 119 min. Video/C 6844

Twenty One: The Great Quiz Show.

A quiz show in which each week two contestants competed: the object of the game was to score 21 points as quickly as possible. Each contestant was placed in an isolation both and could choose a question from an announced category. This show (shown here in its entirety), in which Charles Van Doren faced off with Herbert Stempel, later became the focus of the great quiz show scandals of the 1950's, when contestant Stempel revealed that Van Doren had been given some of the answers before air time. Videocassette release of a quiz show originally produced by NBC and aired on December 5, 1956. 30 min. Video/C 6845

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You Bet Your Life

You bet your life hosted by Groucho Marx was the nation's favorite game show during the 1950's. The quiz show featured a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous improvised conversation from contestants picked primarily for their potential to be foils to Marx's wit. Originally broadcast from 1949-1954. 144 min. DVD X250

You Bet Your Life: The Lost Episodes

Presents 18 episodes of the television program not seen since their original broadcast in 1950-59. The program features a weekly parade of offbeat characters, people with strange occupations and ordinary folks along with an occasional celebrity. Guest appearances (Disc 1): Dudley Leblanc, Lord Buckley, Charles Henry Goren, Ernie Kovacs. (Disc 2) Jack Powell (baseball umpire), Ruth Elder (pilot). (Disc 3) Bob Mathias (athlete), Emmett Ashford (first black umpire), Archie Moore (boxer), Art Linkletter. Special features: Outtakes; "Behind the Scenes of You Bet Your Life"; The Walgreen Hour; Groucho's 1947 radio audition for You Bet Your Life (audio); original commercials. 540 min. DVD 2171

You Bet Your Life(TV Favorites Magapack. Discs 1-2)

You bet your life: The idea was to invite people on the show and then have Groucho ask them a few questionable questions which always led to improvised and inspired comic interaction with the unsuspecting guests. The sub plot was a quiz show with an alleged goal of winning money. 1950-1961, 6 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860

You Bet Your Life (Classic Television: Your Favorites From the 1950's)

Hosted by Groucho Marx this quiz show's main asset was the humor injected by Groucho into the interviews with the contestants. With announcer George Fenneman, the show was on TV for eleven years. 30 min. Video/C 6757

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Beavis and Butt-Head. Vol. 1, The Mike Judge Collection, Disc 1

Selected segments from the ground breaking animated MTV series about two teenaged heavy-metal music fans. Travel back in time as Beavis and Butt-Head get sent to the principal's office, are beat up by Todd, get rabies, wash the dog, try to get a 1-900 number and discover figure drawing class is actually cool (until they change models). No laughing -- Home improvement -- Lawn and garden -- Washing the dog -- The crush -- Plate frisbee -- Most wanted -- They're coming to take me away, huh huh -- Patients, patients -- Blackout! -- Rabies scare -- 1-900-BEAVIS -- Madame Blavatsky -- Late night with Butt-Head -- Pool toys -- The final judgement of Beavis -- Right on -- Date bait -- Butt is it art? -- Figure drawing. Originally broadcast on television from 1993-1995. 71 min. DVD 6740

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Beavis and Butt-Head. Vol. 1, The Mike Judge Collection, Disc 2

Selected segments from the ground breaking animated MTV series about two teenaged heavy-metal music fans. Travel back in time as Beavis and Butt-Head get sent to the principal's office, are beat up by Todd, get rabies, wash the dog, try to get a 1-900 number and discover figure drawing class is actually cool (until they change models). Mr. Anderson's balls -- Teen talk -- Manners suck -- The pipe of doom -- Safe driving -- Liar! Liar! -- Generation in crisis -- Beavis and Butt-Head vs. the vending machine -- Radio sweethearts -- The great cornholio -- Held back -- Choke -- Killing time -- Safe house -- Dude, a reward -- Walkathon -- Temporary insanity -- Tainted meat -- Dream on -- Beaverly Buttbillies. Originally broadcast on television from 1993-1995. 72 min. DVD 6741

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Beavis and Butt-Head. Vol. 1, The Mike Judge Collection, Disc 3

Selected segments from the ground breaking animated MTV series. This collecton revisits the series' eternally adolescent appeal with episodes handpicked by Judge as his personal favorites, many of which have never before been released. Includes music videos and special features. Matthew Sweet: "Superdeformed" -- Pantera: "This love" -- Moist: "Push" -- Deus: "Suds & soda" -- Grim reaper: "Fear no evil" -- Monster Magnet: "Negasonic teenage warhead" -- Korn: "Blind" -- Catherine Wheel: "Waydown" -- Beastie Boys: "Pass the mic" -- Wilco: "Box full of letters" -- Hum: "Stars". Special features: Featurette: Taint of greatness: the journey of Beavis and Butt-Head, part 1; Beavis and Butt-Head Thanksgiving special with Kurt Loder; Beavis and Butt-Head video music awards appearances; an interactive link to Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt's "The animation show" website; Beavis and Butt-Head promos; montages: Terms of endearment, greatest hits. Originally broadcast on television from 1993-1995. 71 min. DVD 6742

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The Boondocks. The Complete First Season

Contains episodes 1-5 from the 2005 first season. Featuring the voices of Regina King, John Witherspoon, Mike Epps, and Charles Q. Murphy. When Robert "Granddad" Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (aka "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But suburbia is about to be shaken up by Huey, a ten-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley. Race relations, tabloid media, hip-hop culture, Santa Claus--The Boondocks hilariously takes on every taboo.

Disc 1The garden party -- The trial of Robert Kelly -- Guess hoe's coming to dinner -- Granddad's fight -- A date with the health inspector. 107 min. DVD 5854

Disc 2: The story of Gangstalicious -- A Huey Freeman Christmas -- The real -- Return of the King -- The Itis. 107 min. DVD 5855

Disc 3: Let's nab Oprah -- Riley wuz here -- Wingmen -- The block is hot -- The Passion of Reverend Ruckus. 109 min. DVD 5856

Crusader Rabbit. Sahara Today, Gone Tomorrow.

Animated TV show (1949-1957); creators, Alexander Anderson Jay Ward, et al,; produced by Jay Ward. Contents: [Untitled 1st segment], Vulgar rabbitt, Whole sinking mess, Stormy weather, No fair beacon, Medium is the heavy, Fangs for the memory, Sahara you?, Hare breadth escape, Garden of Allah-Bama, Rags runs amuck, Bushed and ambushed, Charge of the slight brigade, So where's the malady?, Nothing but the truce, Ghost is clear, That's a real super-natural, Route of all evil, Dig that crazy fort, Pursuit with a pair of panters. 199?. Video/C 4762

Family Guy.

In this animated television series the Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and a mutant baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends.

Season One. Episodes 1-7

Death has a shadow -- I never met the dead man -- Chitty chitty death bang -- Mind over murder -- A hero sits next door -- The son also draws -- Brian: portrait of a dog. 156 min. DVD 3938

Family Guy. Season Two. Episodes 1-7Peter Peter caviar eater -- Holy crap -- Da boom -- Brian in love -- Love thy trophy -- Death is a bitch -- The king is dead. 156 min. DVD 3939

Family Guy. Season Two. Episodes 8-14 I am Peter, hear me roar -- If I'm dyin', I'm lyin' -- Running mates -- A picture is worth a thousand bucks -- Fifteen minutes of shame -- Road to Rhode Island -- Let's go to the hop. 156 min. DVD 3940

Family Guy. Season Two. Episodes 15-21Dammit, Janet! -- There's something about Paulie -- He's too sexy for his fat -- E. Peterbus Unum -- The story on page one -- Wasted talent -- Fore, father. 156 min. DVD 3941

Felix the Cat: The Complete 1958-1959 Full-color TV Series

Disc 1. The magic bag -- Into outer space -- Abominable snowman -- Felix out west -- Electronic brainwasher -- Felix the cat suit -- Do-it-yourself monster book -- Blubberino the whale -- Ghostly concert -- Captain No-Kiddin' -- Felix in Egypt -- Detective thinking hat -- Balloon blower machine -- Friday the 13th -- Stone making machine -- Penelope the elephant -- Disc 2. The money tree -- Oil and Indians don't mix -- The glittering jewels -- The gold car and county fair -- Sheriff Felix vs. the gas cloud -- Felix's gold mine -- How to steal a gold mine? -- Private eye Felix and Pierre Mustache -- The gold fruit tree -- The flying saucer -- Felix baby-sits -- Instant money -- Master Cylinder, King of the moon -- The invisible professor -- Venus and the Master Cylinder. Pierre Guillermo (voice of Felix), Jack Mercer (various voices including Felix) Presents all 31 episodes of the 1958-1959 animated television cartoon series. DVD 8653

The Flintstones: The Complete First Season

Contents: Disc 1. Flintstones flyer -- Hot lips Hannigan -- Swimming pool -- No help wanted -- Split personality -- Monster from the tar pits -- Baby sitters. -- Disc 2. At the races -- Engagement ring -- Hollyrock, here I come -- Golf champion -- Sweepstakes ticket -- (cont'd) Drive-In -- Prowler -- Disc 3. Girls' night out -- Arthur Quarry's dance class -- Big bank robbery -- Snorkasaurus hunter -- Hot piano -- Hypnotist -- Love letters on the rocks -- Disc. 4. Tycoon -- Astra' nuts -- Long, long weekend -- In the dough -- Good scout -- Rooms for rent -- Fred Flintstone: before and after.

Presents all episodes of the first season of the Flintstones, the first network animated television series. Join Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty in all their antics from the stone age. Originally produced for television in 1960.Special features: Retrospective documentaries; rare Hanna-Barbera vault footage; vintage commercials and promos; the original lost pilot episode "The Flagstones"; fan and memorabilia featurettes; all about the Flintstones; wacky inventions. 737 min. DVD 2593

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Stockman, T. "Discrediting the past, rubbishing the future-a critical comparison of "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons."" Journal of Educational Television, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 27-38, 1994

Futurama

Voices: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio; special appearance by Ron Popeil; guest starring: Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, Maurice LaMarch, Dave Herman, Tress MacNeille. Episodes from the first TV season of the animated sci-fi spoof about Phillip Fry, a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere until he accidentally freezes himself and wakes up 1,000 years in the future with a chance to make a fresh start. He goes to work for the Planet Express Corporation, a futuristic delivery service that transports packages to all five quadrants of the universe. His companions include the delivery ship's captain, Leela, a beautiful one-eyed female alien who kicks some serious butt, and Bender, a robot with very human flaws. Originally produced for television in 1999-2000.

Volume I, disc 1: Contents: Episode 1: Space pilot 300 -- episode 2: Series has landed -- episode 3: I, roomate -- episode 4: Love's labours lost in space. DVD 1936

Volume I, disc 2: Contents: Episode 5: Fear of a bot planet -- episode 6: Fishfull of dollars -- episode 7: My three suns -- episode 8: Big piece of garbage -- episode 9: Hell is other robots. DVD 1937

Volume one, disc 3: Contents: Episode 10: Flight to remember -- episode 11: Mars University -- episode 12: When aliens attack -- episode 13: Fry & the slurm factory. DVD 1938

Volume II, disc 1: Contents: Episode 1: I second that emotion -- episode 2: Brannigan, begin again -- episode 3: Head in the polls -- episode 4: Xmas story -- episode 5: Why must I be a crustacean in love? DVD 1939

Volume II, disc 2: Contents: Episode 6: Lesser of two evils -- episode 7: Put your head on my shoulders -- episode 8: Raging bender -- episode 9: Bicyclops built for two -- episode 10: Clone of my own. DVD 1940

Volume II, disc 3: Contents: Episode 11: How Hermes requistioned his groove back -- episode 12: Deep south -- episode 13: Bender gets made -- episode 14: Mother's day -- episode 15: Problem with popplers. DVD 1941

Volume II, disc 4: Contents: Episode 16: Anthology of interest 1 -- episode 17: War is the h-word -- episode 18: Honking -- episode 19: Cryonic woman. DVD 1942

[Gerald McBoing Boing]Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing(1950)

Four animated short films following the adventures of Gerald McBoing Boing, the boy who can only speak in sound effects. Gerald McBoing Boing / story by Dr. Seuss -- Gerald McBoing Boing on Planet Moo / story by T. Hee, Bob Cannon) -- Gerald McBoing Boing's symphony / story by T. Lee -- How now Boing Boing / story T. Hee, R. Cannon). Directed by Robert Cannon. United Productions of America (UPA). Orginally broadcast on television in 1950-1954. 29 min. DVD 5342

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The Jetsons

An animated television sitcom about a futuristic family whose everyday world is cluttered with gadgets that anticipated such technological marvels as the Internet and the cellular phone. George is a corporate sprocket at the mercy of his tyrannical boss ; teenage daughter Judy is boy crazy; Elroy's a boy genius; and Jane's a pretty, sensible woman capable of intervening when George gets stuck on the treadmill.

Contents: Astro's top secret -- Elroy's mob -- Las Venus -- A date with Jet Screamer -- Rosie the Robot -- Jetson's nite out -- The space car -- The coming of Astro -- The good little scouts -- The flying suit -- Rosie's boyfriend -- Elroy's TV show -- Uniblab -- A visit from grandpa -- Elroy's pal -- Test pilot -- Millionaire Astro -- The little man -- Jane's driving lesson -- G.I. Jetson -- Miss Solar System -- Private property -- Planet Dude -- TV or not TV. Originally aired on television during the 1962-1963 season. ca. 629 min. DVD 2681

Stockman, T. "Discrediting the past, rubbishing the future-a critical comparison of "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons."" Journal of Educational Television, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 27-38, 1994

King of the Hill: The Complete First Season.

In this animated television sit-com Hank Hill is a propane salesman, his wife, Peggy, is a substitute teacher, and their 12-year-old son, Bobby, who is confused about the ways of life and the world, all live in a blue collar town in Texas. Contains episodes 1-5 of the first season. 2003. 100 min. DVD 3156-3158

King of the Hill: The Complete Second Season.

The Krazy Kat Kartoon Kollection

Based on George Herriman's beloved 1913 comic strip and translated to the television screen in 1962, these classic cartoons detail the adventures of the lovesick feline Krazy Kat, her friends Ignatz the Mouse and Offissa Pupp, and all the other kooky residents of Kokonino Kounty. [Disc 1] How to win a mouse -- Duel personality -- Krazy and the krooked kaper -- Dreams of glory -- An arrow escape -- A star is born -- Frozen feud -- Stoned through the ages -- Safari -- Castle hassle -- The purloined persian -- The quickest brick in the West -- Sea sore -- Fizzical fitness -- Monument to a mouse -- Looney park -- The desert island -- Bungle in the jungle -- Krazy's Krismas. [Disc 2]. Collector's item -- No such luck -- Carnival capers -- Happy daze -- Series-ous business -- Arty smarty -- Odd for arts sake -- Tourist attacktion -- Alp wanted -- Monumental love -- Network nitwit -- Big and little -- The kat's pajamas -- The world's fair -- Don't call us we'll call you -- Potions of love -- Southern hospitality -- My fair Ignatz -- Keeping up with Krazy -- Housewarming. Directors, Gene Deitch, Al Kouzel, Geoff Pike. Originally produced for television braodcast by King Features Syndicate in 1962.DVD 3757

Looney Tunes Golden Collection

Warner Brothers. Originally broadcast during the 1960's and 1970's television seasons. See Animation videography

The Mr. Magoo Show

Voices: Jim Backus, Dick Beals, Paul Frees. Animated television series featuring the adventures of a near-sighted old man, Mr. Magoo. Originally broadcast on television during the 1960s. DVD 8173

Show 1: Military Magoo ; Base on bawls ; Thin skinned divers ; Mother's little helper ; Day at the beach -- Show 2: Ten strike Magoo ; Robinson Crusoe Magoo ; Magoo's Caesar solid ; This is the life ; Go West Magoo -- Show 3: Who's lion ; Soft shoe Magoo ; Fox pass ; Night club Magoo ; Mis-guided missile -- Show 4: Insomniac Magoo ; Beatnik Magoo ; Magoo's dog ; Fish 'n tricks ; Campaigner Magoo -- Show 5: Dangerous Dan Magoo ; Shotgun Magoo ; Lady in black ; Magoo's buggy ; Three's a crowd -- Show 6: Riding Hood Magoo ; Indoor outing ; Record breakers ; Magoo's jackpot ; Magoo's bear -- Show 7: High & flighty ; S'no ball Magoo ; South Pacific potluck ; Masquerader Magoo ; Fixit Magoo.

Show 8: Goo goo Magoo ; Night fright ; Magoo gets his man ; Bring 'em back Waldo ; Top pro Magoo -- Show 9: Magoo's goal post ; Marco Magoo ; Saddle battle ; Martian Magoo ; The reunion -- Show 10: Magoo's birthday cake ; Chug chug Magoo ; Food feud ; Magoo's ice box ; The billionaire -- Show 11: King Tut Magoo ; People are a scream ; Rassle hassle ; Mother's cooking ; Eagle eye Magoo -- Show 12: Safari tale ; Foxy Magoo ; Hamlet on rye ; Magoo's vacuum cleaner ; Magoo goes shopping -- Show 13: Prince Charming Magoo ; Magoo's houseboy ; High spy Magoo ; Beau jest ; Maestro Magoo -- Show 14: Magoo at Blithering Heights ; Composer Magoo ; Magoo's hamster ; Life can be miserable ; Goldilocks Magoo.

Show 15: Speedway Magoo ; Hunter Magoo ; Top the music ; Magoo & Cholly ; Perils of Magoo -- Show 16: Hula Magoo ; Magoo's pets ; Safety Magoo ; Pet sitters ; Sing sing fling -- Show 17: Magoo's last stand ; Short order Magoo ; Lost Vegas ; Cupid Magoo ; Cuckoo Magoo -- Show 18: Three ring Magoo ; Marshal Magoo ; Magoo's TV set ; Slim trim Magoo ; Foot loose Magoo -- Show 19: Buffalo Magoo ; Gasser Magoo ; Hermit's hideaway ; From here to fraternity ; Tycoonland -- Show 20: Fire Chief Magoo ; Angler Magoo ; Requiem for a bull ; Gangbuster Magoo ; Magoo's gnu -- Show 21: Magoo and the beanstalk ; Magoo's gorilla friend ; The real McGoys ; Magoo meets Frankenstein ; Cast iron Magoo.

Show 22: Green thumb Magoo ; Lion hearted Magoo ; Double trouble ; Yachtsman Magoo ; Decorator Magoo -- Show 23: Bar-B-Q Magoo ; Magoo's Western exposure ; Buccaneer Magoo ; The vacuum caper ; Magoo and the medium -- Show 24: Piggy bank Magoo ; Magoo meets McBoing Boing ; Robin Hood Magoo ; Fuel in the sun ; First aid Magoo -- Show 25: Magoo's roof goof ; Teenage Magoo ; Cyrano Magoo ; Magoo's surprise party ; Magoo's Dutch treat -- Show 26: Skipper Magoo ; Private Eye Magoo ; Digger Magoo ; Muscles Magoo ; Who's zoo Magoo.

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The Ren and Stimpy Show

Voices: Jon Kricfalusi, Billy West, Bob Camp, Cheryl Chase, Gary Owens, Harris Peet, Michael Pataki. An animated television show about Ren (an intensly hyperactive chihuahua) and Stimpy (a happy-go-lucky, empty-brained cat) who share bizarre and often repulsive adventures. Their experiences usually involve hairballs, dirty litterboxes, "magic nose goblins", jars of spit, outhouses, eating dirt, monkey vermin and any other imaginable disgusting substance the two can get their paws on. Based on the characters created by John Kricfalusi. Special features: "Ren & Stimpy: in the beginning" featurette; audio commentary from the original creators; image gallery. Disc 1. Stimpy's big day -- The big shot-- Robin Hoek-- Nurse Stimpy -- Space madeness -- The boy who chried rat -- Fire gogs -- The littlest giant -- Marooned -- Untamed world -- Black hole -- Stimpy's invention -- Disc 2. Ren's toothache -- Rubber Nipple salesmen -- Sven Hoek-- Haunted house -- Mad Dog Hoek -- In the army -- Big house blues -- Big baby scam -- Dog show -- Disc 3. Monkey see-- monkey don't -- Powdered toastman -- Fake dad -- Out West-- Stimpy's Fan Club -- The great outdoors -- Visit to Anthony -- The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen -- Son of Stimpy/Stimpy's first fart -- Man's best friend. Originally broadcast on television during the 1991-1992 for season one and 1992-1993 for season two. 418 min. DVD 9872

Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends.

Voices: June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Charles Ruggles, Walter Tetley, Edward Everett Horton, Bill Conrad, Walter Tetley, Daws Butler

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Season 1

The first season of the animated television comedy about Rocky and Bullwinkle in conflict with spies Boris and Natasha. Jet fuel formula: Rocky and Bullwinkle accidentally discover a rocket fuel which took them to the moon and back. The government wants Bullwinkle to rediscover the rocket fuel, which also gets the attention of Pottsylvanian spies Boris and Natasha and the moon men. Box top robbery: Box tops, the basis of the world's monetary system, are being counterfeited and fingers point to Bullwinkle who has the world's largest box top collection. The real culprit is, of course, Boris Badenov, who plans to clean the stores of all their box top premiums for himself while also taking care of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Special features: Vintage Rocky & Bullwinkle TV spots: "Fractured fairy tales, Sherman & Peabody, and Aesop and son;" Bullwinkle puppet. Originally broadcast by ABC in 1959. DVD 2883

Season 2

Upsidaisium (36 episodes, 126 min.) -- Metal munching mice (16 episodes, 56 min.) -- Greenpernt oogle (12 episodes, 42 min.) -- Rue Britannia (8 episodes, 28 min.) -- Buried treasure (14 episodes, 49 min.) -- The last angry moose (4 episodes, 14 min.) -- Wailing whale (14 episodes, 49 min.) Presents 52 episodes of the second season of the animated television comedy. Upsidaisium: Bullwinkle inherits an upsidaisium mine in a mountain that flies because upsidaisium is an anti-gravity metal. Metal munching mice: The arrival of 6-foot-tall metal moon mice who chomp up TV antennas spells catastrophe. Greenpernt oogle: A desert island's only treasure was the oogle bird, which laid a valuable egg once a month. When a substitute oggle bird is needed Bullwinkle is kidnapped to do the job. Rue Britannia: Bullwinkle is sole heir to an English estate -- if he can spend a week in the ancestral Abominable Manor. Buried treasure: When the Picayune Intelligence sponsors a treasure hunt to build its circulation, Bullwinkle winds up in jail and the prize within the grasp of Babyface Braunschweiger. Last angry moose: Bullwinkle seeks a shot at Hollywood stardom as matinee idol "Craig Antler." Wailing whale: Rocky and Bullwinkle discover an underwater city, Submerbia, and the great wailing whale, Maybe Dick. Originally broadcast by ABC in 1960. DVD 2896

Season 3

Voices: June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Charles Ruggles, Walter Tetley. Presents 33 episodes of the third season of the animated television comedy. Missouri mish mash: Bullwinkle discovers a hat that turns anyone who wears it into the smartest person in the world. He decides to take the hat to Washington where they really need it, but Boris and Fearless Leader try to stop him. Lazy Jay Ranch: Rocky and Bullwinkle buy a worm ranch in Squaw's Ankle, Wyoming. So why is Boris snooping around? The Three Moosketeers: When the villainous Francois Villain runs the king out of Applesauce Lorraine, the original Three Musketeers find themselves two musketeers short and enlist Bullwinkle to help restore the king to his throne. Topsy turvy world: Boris and Natasha try to turn the world upside down with some crazy weather patterns in order to steal Santa's presents. Special features: Live Bullwinkle puppet clips; sneak peek at "Complete season 4"; the best of Bullwinkle Follies. Missouri mish mash (26 episodes, 88 min.) -- Lazy Jay Ranch (18 episodes, 61 min.) -- The Three Moosketeers (8 episodes, 27 min.) -- Topsy turvy world (14 episodes, 47 min.). Originally broadcast by ABC in 1961. DVD 6851

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (United Productions of America (UPA), 1962)

Director, Abe Levitow. Animated musical version of Dickens' classic. 52 min. 999:1515

The Simpsons

Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.

animated television series featuring four foul-mouthed 3rd graders, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman. The show is set in the Colorado town of South Park where weird things keep happening. Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Franchesca Clifford, Eliza Schneider, Jennifer Howell, Mona Marshall.

The Simpsons: Eleventh Season

Here are some of the best, or at least most disturbing, episodes ever, including ones in which Bart and Homer end up in a leper colony, Apu and Manjula have octuplets, Moe gets a facelift, Homer annoys Mel Gibson, Maude Flanders gets killed, Bart goes bersek and plows through Springfield in a tank, Lisa grows up to be president, and Homer is abducted by evil horse-jockey trolls. Disc 1. Beyond Blunderdome ; Brother's little helper ; Guess who's coming to criticize dinner ; Treehouse of horror X ; E-I-E-I-(annoyed grunt) -- Disc 2. Hello gutter, hello fadder ; Eight misbehavin' ; Take my wife, sleaze ; Grift of the magi ; Little big mom ; Faith off -- Disc 3. The mansion family ; Saddlesore Galactica ; Alone again, natura-diddily ; Missionary, impossible ; Pygmoelian ; Bart to the future -- Disc 4. Days of wine and d'oh'ses ; Kill the alligator and run ; Last tap dance in Springfield ; It's a mad, mad, mad, mad Marge ; Behind the laughter. Originally broadcast in 1999-2000. 496 min. DVD X420

The Simpsons: Tenth Season

Disc 1. Lard of the dance -- Wizard of Evergreen Terrace -- Bart the mother -- Treehouse of horror IX -- When you dish upon a star -- D'oh-in' in the wind -- Disc 2. Lisa gets an 'A' -- Homer Simpson in: "Kidney trouble" -- Mayored to the mob -- Viva Ned Flanders -- Wild Barts can't be broken - Sunday, cruddy Sunday -- Disc 3. Homer to the max -- I'm with cupid -- Marge Simpson in: Screaming yellow honkers -- Make room for Lisa -- Maximum Homerdrive -- Simpsons Bible stories -- Disc 4. Mom and pop art -- Old man and the "C" student -- Monty can't buy me love -- They saved Lisa's brain -- Thirty minutes over Tokyo. Special features: Disc 1: A line from Matt Groening; audio commentaries on every episode with creator Matt Groening and executive producer Mike Scully, joined by writers, actors and directors; multi-angle animation showcase; deleted scenes with commentary ; Disc 2: Audio multi-angle animation showcases; commentaries on every episode with creator Matt Groening and executive producer Mike Scully, joined by writers, actors and directors; special language feature; deleted scenes ; Disc 3: Audio commentaries on every episode with creator Matt Groening and executive producer Mike Scully, joined by writers, actors and directors; multi-angle animation showcase; deleted scenes ; Disc 4: Audio commentaries on every episode with creator Matt Groening and executive producer Mike Scully, joined by writers, actors and directors; deleted scenes; the crank calls; commercials; a glimpse inside; original sketches; a sneak peek from The Simpsons movie DVD. Originally broadcast on television during the 1998-1999 season. 524 min. DVD 8297

The Simpsons: Ninth Season

Disc 1: The city of New York vs. Homer Simpson ; The principal and the pauper ; Lisa's sax ; Treehouse of horror VIII ; The Cartridge family ; Bart Star -- Disc 2: The two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons ; Lisa the skeptic ; Reality bites ; Miracle on Evergreen Terrace ; All singing, all dancing ; Bart Carny ; The joy of sect -- Disc 3: Das bus ; The last temptation of Krust ; Dumbbell indemnity ; Lisa the Simpson ; This little wiggy ; Simpson tide ; The trouble with trillions -- Disc 4: Girly edition ; Trash of the titans ; King of the hill ; Lost our Lisa ; Natural born kissers. Originally broadcast on television in 1997-1998. 570 min. DVD 6797

The Simpsons: Eighth Season

The eighth season of the animated television sit-com. Albert Brooks played a laidback supervillain Hank Scorpio. And Bart did battle with his not-quite-as-evil twin Hugo. And Lisa developed a sweet crush on Nelson Muntz. And Milhouse's strangely similar-looking parents got divorced. And Homer ate a Guatemalan insanity pepper and encountered a wise hallucinoginic coyote, voiced by Johnny Cash. And Marge had a pretzel-selling scheme. And Bart toured a gay steel mill. And Shary Bobbins floated away with her bumbershoot, only to be shewed up by a passing airliner. And we say hello and goodbye to Poochie, in "The itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show." Disc 1. Treehouse of Horror VII -- You only move twice -- Homer they fall -- Burns, Baby, Burns -- Bart after dark -- Milhouse divided -- Disc 2. Lisa's date with density -- Hurricane Neddy-- El viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer -- Springfield files -- Twisted world of Marge Simpson -- Mountain of madness -- Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious -- Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show -- Disc 3. Homer's phobia -- Brother from another series -- My sister, my sitter -- Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment -- Grade school confidentail -- Canine mutiny -- Old man and the Lisa -- Disc 4. In Marge we trust -- Homer's enemy Simpson Spin-off showcase -- Secret war of Lisa Simpson. 570 min. DVD 6035

The Simpsons: Seventh Season

In Season 7 of the animated television sit-com, The Simpsons brought fans the answer to the question 'Who shot Mr. Burns?' They also got to go rock out at Homerpalooza and watch as Lisa became a vegetarian. This set contains the complete season along with many extras. Disc 1: Who shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) --- Radioactive man -- Home sweet homediddly-dum-doodily -- Bart sells his soul -- Lisa the vegetarian-- Treehouse of horror VI. -- Disc 2: King-size Homer -- Mother Simpson-- Sideshow Bob's last gleaming -- Simpsons 138th episode spectacular -- Marge be not proud -- Team Homer ; --Two bad neighbors -- Disc 3: Scenes from the class struggle in Springfield -- Bart the fink -- Lisa the iconoclast -- Homer the Smithers -- Day the violence died -- Fish called Selma -- Bart on the road -- Disc 4: Short films about Springfield -- Raging Abe Simpson and his grumbling grandson in "The curse of the flying hellfish" -- Much Apu about nothing -- Homerpalooza -- Summer of 4 Ft. 2. 571 min. DVD 4864

The Simpsons: Sixth Season

Disc 1.Disc 2.Disc 3.Disc 4.Bart of darkness --Lisa's rival --Another Simpson clip show --Itchy & Scratchy Land --Sideshow Bob Roberts --Treehouse of horror V --Bart's girlfriend --Lisa on ice --Homer badman --Grampa vs. sexual inadequecy --Fear of flying --Homer the great --And Maggie makes three --Bart's comet --Homie the clown --Bart vs. Australia --Homer vs. Patty & Selma --A star is Burns --Lisa's wedding --Two dozen and one greyhounds --The PTA disbands --"Round Springfield --The Springfield connection --Lemon of Troy --Who shot Mr. Burns (part 1) 575 min. DVD 4204

The Simpsons: Fifth Season

Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria Harry Shearer. Disc 1. Homer's barbershop quartet ; Cape feare ; Homer goes to college ; Rosebud ; Treehouse of horror IV -- Disc 2. Marge on the lam ; Bart's inner child ; Boy-scoutz 'n the hood ; The last temptation of Homer ; $pringfield ; Homer the vigilante -- Disc 3. Bart gets famous ; Homer and Apu ; Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy ; Deep space Homer ; Homer loves Flanders ; Bart gets an elephant -- Disc 4. Burns' heir ; Sweet Seymour skinner's baadasssss song ; The boy who knew too much ; Lady Bouvier's lover ; Secrets of a successful marriage. 506 min. DVD 4290

The Simpsons: Fourth Season

Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Jon Lovitz, Tom Jones, Adam West, Linda Ronstadt, Elizabeth Taylor.Kamp Krusty -- A streetcar named Marge -- Homer the heretic -- Lisa the beauty queen -- Treehouse of horror III -- Itchy & Scratchy: the movie -- Marge gets a job -- New kid on the block -- Mr. Plow -- Lisa's first word -- Homer's triple bypass -- Marge vs. the monorail -- Selma's choice -- Brother from the same planet -- I love Lisa -- Duffless -- Last exit to Springfield -- So its come to this: a Simpson clip show -- The front -- Whacking day -- Marge in chains -- Krusty gets Kancelled.The complete fourth season of the animated television sit-com. Marge and Homer make whoopee while Bart and Lisa attend summer camp. Lisa is crowned Little Miss Springfield. Marge puts her charm and smarts to work in the power plant and when Mr. Burns notices, it leads to a cozy dinner for two. Home becomes the power plant's union negotiator and tries to bargain away the dental plan for beer. Special features: commentary on all episodes; Easter egg bonus commentary and sketches; deleted scenes; animation showcases; picture in picture, storyboards, animatics, commercials; the Cajun controversy; a word from Matt Groening; promotional syndication reel; "Bush vs. Simpson" featurette. Originally aired on television during the 1992-1993 season. 506 min. DVD 2882

The Simpsons: Third Season

Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria Harry Shearer. Stark raving dad -- Mr. Lisa goes to Washington -- Bart the murderer -- Homer defined -- Like father, like clown -- Treehouse of horror II -- Lisa's pony -- Saturdays of thunder -- Flaming Moe's -- Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk -- I married Marge -- Radio Bart -- Lisa the Greek -- Homer alone -- Bart the lover -- Homer at the bat -- Separate vocations -- Dog of death -- Colonel Homer -- Black widower -- The Otto Show -- Bart's friend falls in love -- Brother, can you spare two dimes? 551 min. DVD 1844

The Simpsons: Second Season

Bart gets and F -- Simpson and Delilah -- Treehouse of horror -- Two cars in every garage and three eyes on every fish -- Dancin' Homer -- Dead putting society -- Bart vs. Thanksgiving -- Bart the daredevil -- Itchy & Scratchy & Marge -- Bart gets hit by a car -- One fish, two fish, blowfish, blue fish -- The way we was -- Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th commandment -- Principal Charming -- Oh brother, where art thou? -- Bart's dog gets an F -- Old money -- Brush with greatness -- Lisa's substitute -- The war of the Simpsons -- Three men and a comic book -- Blood feud. Credits: Creator, Matt Groening. Performer: Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.

The complete second season of the animated television sit-com of the satiric adventures of a working class family, the Simpsons. The father Homer, works with pride in a nuclear power plant run with more regard for profit than safety. His wife Marge is a kind of supermom, while their eldest son Bart is an underachiever and proud of it.

Special features: Commentary on all episodes by creator Matt Groening joined by writers, directors and producer James L. Brooks on selected episodes; early interview with James L. Brooks and Matt Groening; Bart's American Music Awards appearance; The Simpson's presenting at the Emmy Awards; music videos with optional commentary; "Deep deep trouble" and "Do the Bartman" (director's cut); "Creation of an episode" feature; foreign language clips; Butterfinger commercials; early sketches and more. DVD 1259

The Simpsons: First Season

Simpsons roasting on an open fire -- Bart the genius -- Homer's odyssey -- There's no disgrace like home -- Bart the general -- Moaning Lisa -- Call of the Simpsons -- Telltale head -- Life on the fast lane -- Homer's night out -- Crepes of Wrath -- Krusty gets busted -- Some enchanted evening.

An animated television sit-com of the satiric adventures of a working class family, the Simpsons. The father, Homer, works with pride in a nuclear power plant run with more regard for profit than safety. His wife Marge is a kind of supermom, while their eldest son Bart is an underachiever and proud of it. 13 episodes of the television program, The Simpsons originally broadcast 1989-1990. 298 min. DVD 1048

Creating Prime-time Comedy: The Simpsons.

Panel: Nancy Cartwright, Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, David Silverman, Josh Weinstein. Host: Robert M. Batscha. One in a series of satellite seminars which investigate how prime-time television is conceptualized and created. The creative team and cast who produced the animated comedy The Simpsons, discuss how each show evolves from original idea, through script and storyboard development and into production. Includes clips from the show and a call-in question-and-answer session. Presented at the Museum of Television and Radio, Los Angeles, California" (November 14, 1996). 95 min. DVD X67 [preservation copy]; Video/C 4657

South Park

South Park (1)

Contents: Cartman gets an anal probe -- Volcano -- Weight gain 4000 -- Big Gay Al's big gay boat ride.

Cartman gets an anal probe: Alien visitors wreck havoc in South Park when they kidnap Kyle's little brother, Ike, mutilate dozens of innocent cows, and give Eric Cartman an anal probe. Volcano: When Stan's Uncle Jimbo and his Vietnam buddy, Ned, take the boys on a weekend trip to experience the finer points of camping, fishing and blowing animals to smithereens, an erupting volcano endangers the boy's excursion and the entire town of South Park as well. Weight gain 4000: When Cartman's environmental essay wins a national contest, Kathie Lee Gifford comes to South Park to present his award on national television. Big Gay Al's big gay boat ride: Stan, the star quarterback discovers his new dog, Sparky, is gay. Stan becomes so confused he loses his will to play in the big game. A mysterious and magical new friend, Big Gay Al, helps Stan understand the wonders of being gay and sends him back into the game. Release of episodes of the television program broadcast in 1997. 100 min. DVD 1049

South Park. (2)

Contents: An elephant makes love to a pig -- Death -- Pinkeye -- Damien. An elephant makes love to a pig: When Kyle's mail-order elephant gets to be too big to take on the school bus, the boys get a great idea-- they decide to genetically cross breed the elephant with Cartman's potbellied pig, Fluffy, to make potbellied elephants! Death: At his grandfather's 102nd birthday, Stan is faced with a moral dilemma--Grandpa's sole birthday wish is for Stan to be the assistant in his assisted suicide. Pinkeye: Trick or Treat in South Park is interrupted by an outbreak of pinkeye. Damien: Cartman's birthday party is upstaged by the battle of good against evil. When the son of the prince of darkness arrives in South Park, he sets off a chain of bizarre events. 100 min. Release of episodes of the television program broadcast in 1997. DVD 1050

South Park. (3)

Contents: Starvin' Marvin -- Tom's Rhinoplasty -- Mr. Hankey the Christmas poo -- Mecha-Streisand.

Starvin' Marvin: South Park is at the mercy of genetically altered turkeys gone bad. While trying to get a free promotional digital sports watch, the kids end up contacting an organization that helps starving children in Africa. Tom's Rhinoplasty: It's almost Valentine's Day and love is in the air at South Park Elementary School. Mr. Garrison deserts the class for a visit to Tom's Rhinoplasty. Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny all compete for the attentions of Ms. Ellen, the new substitute teacher. Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo: While South Park Elementary is attempting to stage a non-denominational holiday play that won't offend anyone, Kyle has checked himself into the South Park Mental House. It's Christmas in South Park. Mecha-Streisand: The dawn of Zinthar is close at hand! The boys' discovery of a prehistoric relic spawns a monster that threatens to destroy South Park and the world. Release of episodes of the television program broadcast in 1997. 100 min. DVD 1051

Second Season

Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Franchesca Clifford, Eliza Schneider, Jennifer Howell, Mona Marshall. Disc 1. Episode 201. Terrance and Phillip in not without my anus -- 202. Cartman's mom is still a dirty slut -- 203. Chickenlover -- 204. Ike's wee wee -- 205. Conjoined fetus lady -- 206. The Mexican staring frog of southern Sri Lanka -- Disc 2. 207. Flashbacks -- 208. Summer sucks -- 209. Chef's salty chocolate balls -- 210. Chickenpox -- 211. Roger Ebert should lay off the fatty foods -- 212. Clubhouses -- Disc 3. 213. Cow days -- 214. Chef aid -- 215. Spookyfish -- 216. Merry Chistmas, Charlie Manson! -- 217. Gnomes -- 218. Prehistoric ice man. Special features: "Goin' down to South Park" documentary; Chef "Chocolate salty balls" music video.Eighteen episodes of South Park, originally produced as a television series in 1998-1999. 404 min. DVD X693

Third Season

[Disc 1] 301. Rainforest shmainforest -- 302. Spontaneous combustion -- 303. The succubus -- 304. Tweek vs. Craig -- 305. Jackovasaurus -- 306. Sexual harassment panda -- [Disc 2] 307. Cat orgy -- 308. Two guys naked in a hot tub -- 309. Jewbilee -- 312. Korn's groovy pirate ghost mystery -- 310. Chinpoko mon -- 313. Hooked on monkey phonics -- [Disc 3] 311. Starvin' Marvin in space -- 314. The red badge of gayness (war) -- 315. Mr. Hankey's Christmas classics -- 316. Are you there God? It's me, Jesus -- 317. World wide recorder concert. Originally produced for television broadcast on Comedy Central between 1999 and 2000. DVD 6333

Fourth Season

Episodes include 'Special' people in wheelchairs, contorting quintuplets, and the making of a Boy Band. The tooth fairy tats -- Cartman's silly hate crime -- Timmy -- Quintuplets -- Cartman joins Nambla -- Cherokee hair tampons -- Chef goes nanners -- Something you can do with your finger -- Do the handicapped go to hell? -- Probably -- Fourth grade -- Trapper keeper -- Helen Keller! The musical -- PIP -- Fat camp -- The wacky molestation adventure -- A very crappy Chirstmas. Originally produced for television broadcast on Comedy Central between 1999 and 2000. DVD 6334

Fifth Season

Includes such incidents as Big Gay Al being fired as a scout master. A cult led by magician David Blaine brainwashes the kids. Cartman seeks revenge on an eighth grader. The boys want to help the children of Afghanistan and end up taking on the Taliban. Disc 1. It hits the fan -- Cripple fight -- Super best friends -- Scott Tenorman must die -- Terrance and Phillip behind the blow -- Disc 2. Cartmanland -- Proper condom use -- Towelie -- Osama Bin Laden has farty pants --t How to eat with your butt -- Dic 3. The entity -- Here comes the neighborhood -- Kenny dies -- Butters' very own episode. Contains all 14 episodes from the fifth season originally broadcast by Comedy Central in 2001. 315 min. DVD 6342

Sixth Season

Disc 1. Jared has aides -- Asspen -- Freak strike -- Fun with veal -- New Terrance and Phillip movie trailer -- Professor Chaos -- Disc 2. Simpsons already did it -- Red hot Catholic love -- Free hat -- Bebe's boobs destroy society -- Child abduction is not funny -- Disc 3. Ladder to heaven -- Return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers -- Death camp of tolerance -- Biggest douche in the universe -- My future self n' me -- Red sleigh down. Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schnieder. Originally produced as episodes of the television program South Park in 2002. DVD 6343

Seventh Season

Disc 1. Cancelled -- Krazy kripples -- Toilet paper -- I'm a little bit country -- Fat Butt and Pancake Head -- Disc 2. Lil' crime stoppers -- Red man's greed -- South Park is gay -- Christian rock hard -- Grey dawn -- Disc 3. Casa bonita -- All about Mormons -- Butt out -- Raisins -- It's Christmas in Canada. Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schnieder. Originally produced as episodes of the television program South Park in 2003. DVD 6350

Eigth Season

Disc 1. Good times with weapons -- Up the down steroid -- Passion of the Jew -- You got f'd in the A -- Awesom-o -- Disc 2. Jeffersons -- Goobacks -- Douche and turd -- Something Wal Mart this way comes -- Pre-school -- Disc 3. Quest for ratings -- Stupid spoiled whore video playset -- Cartman's incredible gift -- Woodland critter Christmas. Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schnieder. Originally produced as episodes of the television program South Park in 2004. DVD 6351

Ninth Season

Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes. Join Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny in another series of escapades in South Park, Colorado, including the Emmy Award winning episode, "Best friends forever." In this season, the four boys also take on Scientology, global warming, and gay marriage. Disc 1. Mr. Garrison's fancy new vagina ; Die hippie, die ; Wing ; Best friends forever ; The losing edge -- Disc 2. The death of Eric Cartman ; Erection day ; Two days before the day after tomorrow ; Marjorine ; Follow that egg -- Disc 3. Ginger Kids ; Trapped in the closet ; Free Willzyx ; Bloody Mary. Originally broadcast on television in 2005. DVD X424

Season Ten

Join Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as they witness the death of their beloved Chef, band together to defeat a virtual villain who is out to destroy the world, and wrestle with the disturbing consequences of seeing the prophet of the Muslim people on a popular cartoon. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park. . Disc 1. The return of Chef ; Smug alert! ; Cartoon wars, part I ; Cartoon wars, part II ; A million little fibers -- Disc 2: Manbearpig ; TSST ; Make love, not warcraft ; Mystery of the urinal deuce ; Miss Teacher bangs a boy -- Disc 3: Hell on Earth 2006 ; Go God Go ; Go God Go XII ; Stanley's cup. Originally broadcast on Comedy Central in 2006. DVD X425

Season Eleven

Join Cartman, Stan, Kyle and the rest of the gang as they attempt to rescue Imaginationland from nuclear annihilation, discover the secret behind the Easter Bunny, and get head lice. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park. Disc 1: With apologies to Jesse Jackson ; Cartman sucks ; Lice capades ; The snuke ; Fantastic Easter special. -- Disc 2: D-Yikes ; Night of the living homeless ; Le petit Tourette ; More crap -- Disc 3: Imaginationland ; Imaginationland, episode II ; Imaginationland, episode III ; Guitar Queer-o ; The list. Originally broadcast on Comedy Central in 2007. DVD X426

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

Directed by Trey Parker. A feature length adult animated film. When four boys sneak into an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance & Phillip,Season four of the animated television series featuring four foul-mouthed 3rd graders. Episodes include 'Special' people in wheelchairs, contorting q y's jealousy grows until it explodes in a knock-down, drag out fight with the new boy. In "Proper Condom Use" the parents of South Park refuse to talk about sexual education with their children and force the public school to teach them instead. The incompetent teachers frighten and misinform the children. It's up to the cool-thinking Chef to save the day. In "Scott Tenorman Must Die" Cartman is cheated out of some money by an older boy. After several failed attempts to get his money back, he concocts his master scheme of revenge. Originally broadcast as four episodes of the television series South Park in 2001. 88 min. DVD 3399

South Park. The Passion of the Jew (2004)

Based on the characters created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Passion of the Jew: After finally seeing "The Passion of the Christ", Kyle has to admit that Cartman has been right all along about the Jews' role in history. Inspired by Kyle's change of heart and a powerful love for Mel Gibson, Cartman incites many of the film's hardcore fans to band together and carry out its message. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny also see the movie and embark upon a quest to find Mel Gibson and get their money back. Christian rock hard: When the other boys kick Cartman out of their band, he pulls his own group together to make music for Jesus. While Cartman's "Faith + 1" rockets to the top of the Christian charts, Stan, Kyle and Kenny are arrested for downloading music from the Internet. Red hot Catholic love: When the Catholic Church sex scandal negatively impacts church attendance in South Park, Priest Maxi travels to Rome to confront religious leaders about a solution. 66 min. DVD 2898

South Park. Timmy

Contents: Timmy 2000 -- 4th grade -- Helen Keller, the musical -- The tooth fairy's tats 2000. Timmy 2000: When Timmy is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, it triggers a wave of prescription drug abuse at South Park Elementary. 4th grade: The boys are in the 4th grade but they miss the joys of 3rd grade, so they come up with a daring complicated plan to travel back in time a year, with the help of Timmy and his electric wheelchair. Hellen Keller, the musical: The Thanksgiving play is in trouble and Stan, Klye and Kenny are going to great lengths to make the production a hit while Timmy tries his hardest to show the other kids that his new pet turkey can be the star of their show. Tooth Fairy's tats 2000: When Cartman discovers that the Tooth Fairy is paying a premium price for his lost teeth, he seizes the opportunity to make some cash. Originally broadcast as four episodes of the television series South Park in 2000. 88 min. DVD 3400

SpongeBob SquarePants. Tales from the Deep

House party (double length episode) -- Hall monitor -- I had an accident -- Valentine's Day -- Just one bite -- Mermaidman and Barnacleboy -- Tea at the treedome -- The paper -- Born again Krabs.

Nine undersea adventures from the animated television series about a yellow sea sponge named SpongeBob Squarepants living in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. SpongeBob loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab and has a knack for getting into trouble. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick or his surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks. 110 min. DVD 1540

Kid/Family Shows Animated Features

Captain Kangaroo

Daily children's program hosted by Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan). In the annals of televison, few children's programs have had as much impact as Captain Kangaroo. The Captain was so named because he always wore an overcoat with large, kangaroo-like pouches. Each show featured stories, skits, vaudeville acts, songs, games and other educational activities. Many actors, actresses and singers guest starred along with Captain Kangaroo's friends Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, Dancing Bear, Mr. Greenjeans, Grandfather Clock, the Magic Drawing Board, and the Banana Man, all who promoted life skills and positive attitudes. Featuring: Robert Keeshan and others. Two episodes originally shown in 1961 and 1968. 120 min. DVD 8767

Classic TV Kid Shows

Vol. 1: Rocky and his friends (aka. Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends), (aka. Adventures of Bullwinkle and Rocky) / produced by ABC (1959, ca. 60 min.) -- Captain Gallant of the foreign legion / produced by NBC (1955, ca. 30 min.) Rocky & friends: narrator (Fractured fairy tales), Edward Everett Horton ; voices: June Foray, Paul Frees, Walter Tetley, Daws Butler, Bill Scott. Captain Gallant: Buster Crabbe, Cullen Crabbe. Rocky and his friends: Presents two episodes, complete with commercials. Both episodes feature Moon Men searching for a Rocky & Bullwinkle's secret rocket formula. The first episode's feature segments include Fractured Fairy Tales - Rapunzel; Peabody's Improbable history - Napoleon. The second episode's feature segments: Fractured Fairy Tales - Goldilocks; Peabody's Improbable history - King Arthur. Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion: First aired in 1955, the Father & Son team of Larry "Buster" Crabbe & Cullen "Cuffy" Crabbe brought weekly stories of life among the French Foreign Legion in Morroco. In this episode, Cuffy learns the true meaning of Christmas when he gets lost in the desert in search of a caravan of Christmas goods. DVD 8733

Vol. 2:Winky Dink and you / produced by ABC (1954, ca. 30 min.) -- Circus boy / produced by NBC and ABC (1956, ca. 30 min.) -- Mightly Mouse playhouse / produced by CBS (1965, ca. 30 min.) -- The Ruff & Reddy show starring Captain Bob / produced by NBC (1963, ca. 30 min) (Winky Dink and you) Jack Barry ; (Circus boy) Robert Lowery, Noah Berry, Jr., Mickey Braddock ; (Mighty Mouse playhouse) Tom Morrison ; (Ruff and Reddy) Daws Butler, Don Messick. Winky Dink and you: Get out your Magic Television Coloring Kit & draw all over your screen to help fill-in Winky & friends! Circus boy: Tells of Corky's adventures with his guardian, Joey, the Clown and circus owner Big Tim Champion. In this segment Tag along as he & his circus mates help revive an old steam train line to get the show to town on time! Mighty Mouse playhouse: Two made-for-TV Mighty Mouse cartoons - one with a shipwrecked sweetheart, the other with a Coney Island cutie - with two Terrytoon cartoons in-between & commercials featuring Bugs, Elmer, Yogi and - believe it or not - Louis Armstrong for Suzie Cutie Dollies! Ruff & Reddy show: Join buddies Ruff the Dog & Reddy the Cat in their sheep ranching misadventure as Captain Bob's magic viewing screen monitors cut-out character Jasper's escape from a pursuing cut-out cat - and be sure to check out the incidental music also used in Python's "Spanish Inquisition" sketch! DVD 8734

Vol. 3:Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill / produced by KHJ-TV, Los Angeles (1960) -- Chucko the birthday clown / produced by KABC-TV, Los Angeles (1950s) -- Johnny Jupiter: Duckweather and the Professor / produced by ABC (10/25/53) -- Adventures of Patches / produced by NBC (1951) -- Shrimpenstein / produced by KHJ-TV, Los Angeles (1960s) (Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill) Bill Stulla ; (Chucko the clown) Charles M. Runyon ; (Shrimpenstein) Gene Moss. Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill: A greatly admired show particularly for the frank niceness of Engineer Bill whose presence dominates the show between cartoons as well as while he hosts young viewers, reads fan letters, announces upcoming live appearances, plays games and pledges children to do moral things in their lives. Chucko the birthday clown: A short excerpt from an interview this beloved character had with two L.A. helicopter firemen featuring an airborne water drop. Johnny Jupiter-- Duckweather and the professor: Ernest P. Duckweather is a kid with a self-built TV that picks up Jupiter instead of local stations. The puppets Johnny Jupiter and Major Domo communicate with Duckweather through his TV, and they even send him a robot, B-12, to help him. In this episode, Duckweather tries to deliver up a radio show Professor to speak to a culture club & ends up impersonating him along the way. Adventures of Patches: A quarter-hour early puppet TV show about a little orphan boy and his adventures through space with his best friend, Wacky Rabbit. Shrimpenstein: Two half hour episodes of the unique 1965-1967 daily show starring Gene Moss as both Dr. Von Schtick and his puppet sidekick Shrimpenstein, filled with winning humor much in the Soupy Sales tradition. DVD 8735

Vol. 4: The Emmet Kelly show (1963, 13 min.) -- A day with Doodles (1965, 5 min.) -- Mack & Myer for hire (1963, 35 min.) -- The magic clown (1950, 29 min.) (Emmet Kelly show) Emmet Kelly ; (Day with Doodles) Doodles Weaver ; (Mack & Myer for hire) Mickey Deems, Joey Faye. Emmet Kelly show: As surpassing great as he was as a circus clown, this pilot makes it entertainingly clear that a sad clown is not the best vehicle for the presentation of cartoons to kids on TV, no matter how talented the presenter, no matter how rare the cartoons (in this case, rarely seen Warner Bros. stock). Day with Doodles: Silent comedy shorts for color TV by comedian Doodle Weaver. It was sometimes hard to figure out what he was on about in his crazy skits until the end. It didn't matter, because at the end we'd see that great closing sequence! Mack & Myer for hire: Three episodes of the children's live action comedy show about two bumbling handymen who regularly got into trouble while they were on the job. - "Dueling Fools", "Friendly Enemies" & "Finders, Weepers". Magic clown: Two quarter hour episodes featuring what must have been the creepiest, sleaziest clowns every to premiere on television. Though there's a different clown in each of these episodes, the "evil eye" is in each of them as they attempt to mezmerize kids into buying Bonomo Turkish Taffy using every device they can think of. DVD 8736

Davy Crockett

Disc 1. Davy Crockett Indian fighter -- Davy Crockett goes to Congress -- Davy Crockett at the Alamo -- Disc 2. Davy Crockett's keelboat race -- Davy Crockett and the river pirates.

Experience the television show that made coonskin caps a staple for a generation of American youngsters. With a rifle named Old Betsy, Davy Crockett fought for justice with his own brand of homespun ingenuity. Featuring exclusive introductions by film historian, Leonard Maltin. Supplemental features: a conversation with Fess Parker, The Davy Crockett craze, gallery. DVD 948

Walt Disney bibliography

Cotter, Bill. The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History 1st ed. New York: Hyperion, c1997. (UCB Main PN1992.92.W35 C68 1997)

Griffin, Sean. "Kings of the Wild Backyard: Davy Crockett and Children's Space." In: Kids' media culture / edited by Marsha Kinder. Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1999. (Main Stack HQ784.M3.K54 1999)

King, Margaret J. "The Recycled Hero: Walt Disney's Davy Crockett." In: Davy Crockett: The Man, the Legend, the Legacy / edited by Michael A. Lofaro. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1985. (Moffitt GR105.37.D3.D38 1985; Main Stack GR105.37.D3.D381 1985)

Merck, Mandy. "Davy Crockett." History Workshop Journal Volume 40, Number 1 pp. 184-189

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O'Boyle., J.G. ""Be sure you're right, then go ahead": the early Disney westerns." Journal of Popular Film and Television Summer 1996 v24 n2 p69(13)

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Telotte, J. P. Disney TV Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2004. (MAIN: PN1992.92.W35 T45 2004)

The Disneyland Anthology

The Disneyland story (10/27/54) -- A Day in the life of Donald Duck (2/1/56) -- Along the Oregon trail (11/14/56) -- The Crisler story/Prowlers of the Everglades (2/17/57) -- Adventures in fantasy (11/6/57) -- Mars and beyond (12/4/57) Disneyland story: At the Disney Studios, Walt Disney gives a sneak peek of a model of then-under-construction Disneyland Park. Day in the life of Donald Duck: With a little help from Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd and the Mouseketeers, go behind the scenes for a look at one adventurous day for Donald Duck. Along the Oregon Trail: A dramatization of life as it was 100 years ago with Fess Parker and Sebastian Cabot presenting the action. The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades: Travel with Herb and Lois Crisler in Alaska as they film the feature White Wilderness and then travel south to visit an alligator swamp. Adventures in fantasy: A journey into animation which reveals how ordinary things can be transformed into "living" characters. Mars and Beyond: Investigates and predicts in 1957 what man might find if he were to land on Mars. 315 min. DVD 9953 [preservation copy]; Video Disc 186

Disneyland USA

Take a look back at the origins of the Disneyland Park, beginning with the very first episode of the Disneyland TV series, as Walt Disney leads a tour of the studio and lifts the curtain on a model of the under-construction Disneyland Park. Relive the magic with hosts Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings and Ronald Reagan at the live opening day celebration and follow Walt as he takes viewers on a tour of Disneyland when the lights go off. Entertainment includes Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis, Jr., Fess Parker, Annette Funicello, the Osmond Brothers and many more Disney legends. 228 min. DVD 945

Article about Walt Disney the Encyclopedia of Television

Telotte, J. P. Disney TV Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2004. (MAIN: PN1992.92.W35 T45 2004)

Elfego Baca(Walt Disney Presents)

"Elfego Baca" was a series of 10 episodes shown on "Walt Disney Presents" from 1958-1960. The introduction song told about Elfego, the brave man who fought outlaws with his brains instead of guns (he was an attorney). "Elfego was wise, and Elfego was strong. Elfego, El Gato, who made right from wrong. And the legend is that, like El Gato the cat, Nine Lives had Elfego Baca." Episode 1. The nine lives of Elfego Baca (broadcast Oct. 3, 1958) -- Episode 2. Four down and five lives to go (broadcast Oct. 17, 1958) -- Episode 5. Elfego Baca: Attorney at law (broadcast Feb. 6, 1959) Cast: Robert Loggia (Elfego Baca); Robert F. Simon, Lisa Montell, Nestor Paiva (Ep. 1 & 2); Annette Funicello, James Drury, James Dunn (Ep. 5) DVD X17

Gumby

A collection of fifteen of the most popular and essential Gumby television episodes. Features the "Clayboy" Gumby, along with his horse, Pokey who share many adventures together. Robot rumpus -- Too loo -- Rain spirits -- In the dough -- The racing game -- The groobee -- Hidden valley -- Ricochet Pete -- The small planets -- Gumby crosses the Delaware -- The wild horse -- The knight mare -- Goo's pies -- To bee or not to bee -- Kid brother kids. Voices: Art Clokey, Dick Beals. Bonus features: "Gumbasia:" a clay animation masterpiece; "Gumby on the moon:" the first pilot episode; 1960's Gumby theme song (remastered); Rare Gumby bumpers; Character bios. Originally broadcast on television between the 1950s and the 1980s. 118 min. DVD 8654

The Hardy Boys (The Mickey Mouse Club)

Directed by Charles F. Haas. Cast: Tim Considine, Tommy Kirk, Sarah Selby, Florenz Ames, Russ Conway ; introductions by Leonard Maltin. Capture all the excitement of The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure, which debuted on the first day of The Mickey Mouse Club's second season. Frank and Joe are the teenage sons of Fenton Hardy a private detective. Following in their father's footsteps the two boys are looking for a pirate's treasure supposedly hidden in the Applegate Mansion in their neighborhood. Frank and Joe are assisted by Joe's girlfriend Iola and hindered by their Aunt Gertrude who is looking after them while their father is out of town. Bonus features: "The mystery of the Applegate treasure: an introducton" ; The Hardy Boys unmasked ; galleries. Originally aired on television in 1956-1957. 269 min. DVD X18

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Hiya, Kids!!: A 50's Saturday Morning.

DVD 9645

Disc 1, Kukla, Fran and Ollie A segment from "the first great TV puppet show" that premiered on October 13, 1947 and had a continuous run until 1957. Established radio star Fran Allison played herself on the show as the perfect counterbalance to the antics of the puppets, and her natural ability to ad-lib allowed the show to run completely unscripted and unrehearsed. Burr Tillstrom, considered one of the greats in puppet history, created and performed all the characters. Segment from a television program originally produced 1947-1957.

Disc 1, Flash Gordon Cast: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, Joe Nash. A segment from the television series featuring space hero Flash Gordon and his crew of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation who patrol space, battling space monsters, power-mad alien dictators and other threats to the stability of the universe. This episode is titled "Deadline at noon." Based on the character created by Alex Raymond. Segment from a television program originally produced 1954.

Disc 1, Annie Oakley Cast: Gail Davis, Jimmy Hawkins, Brad Johnson. A segment from the fictionalized account of the life of legendary Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The television series is set in the quiet western town of Diablo, where Annie and her little brother Tagg made sure that outlaws who mosey into town keep on going. This episode features "Annie and the bicycle riders." Segment from a television program originally produced 1954-1957.

Disc 1, Lassie Cast: Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, George Cleveland. A segment from the adventure TV program featuring Lassie, the dog. Lassie debuted in 1954 and became an immediate sensation supporting a series which ran for an amazing 20 years and won two Emmy Awards. The series starred film veteran Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller, Lassie's faithful owner and best frend for 110 episodes. Segment from a television program originally produced 1954-1974.

Disc 1, Howdy Doody A segment from the first network children's show to run five days a week. "Buffalo" Bob Smith created and hosted the show, as well as provided the voice of the puppet Howdy Doody. It also featured Clarabelle the Clown and other residents of Doodyville. Segment from a television program originally produced 1947-1960.

Disc 2, Ding Dong School Cast: Frances R. Horwich. A segment from the preschool educational television series Ding Dong School, hosted by Dr. Frances R. Horwich, chairman of the education Department at Chicago's Roosevelt College. The program became profoundly instrumental in paving the way for preschool television. Segment from a television program originally produced 1952-1959.

Disc 2, The Paul Winchell Show A segment from the children's television series featuring the self-taught ventriloquist Paul Winchell giving voice to his own Jerry Mahoney puppet. Segment from a television program originally produced 1949-1954.

Disc 2, Time for Beany Cast: Daws Butler, Stan Freberg. A segment from the children's television series featuring the puppets Beany and Cecil, a silly seasick serpent and his beanie-topped companion, voiced by the talented Daws Butler and Stan Freberg. Segment from a television program originally produced 1949-1954.

Disc 2, The Roy Rogers Show Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady. A segment from the television program from the Double R Ranch featuring "The king of the cowboys" Roy, his "smartest horse in the movies" Trigger, "the queen of the cowgirls" Dale Evans, her horse Buttermilk, their dog Bullet, and even Pat's jeep Nellybelle. Segment from a television program originally produced 1951-1957.

Disc 2, Captain Z-Ro Cast: Roy Steffens, Bruce Haynes. A segment from the sci-fi educational television series which came to us "from a remote, uncharted region of a planet called Earth." The series received much praise for its outstainding educational value, introducing and explaining concepts and applications of scientific principles. Roy Steffens, who created and wrote the show portrayed the title role of Captain Z-Ro. Segment from a television program originally produced 1951-1956.

Disc 3, The Rootie Kazootie Club Created by Steve Carlin, the Rootie Kazottie Club met over the airwaves from 1950 to 1954 with "Big Todd" Russell, Mr. Deetle Doodle and, of course, the puppet Rootie Kazootie! Segment from a television program originally produced 1950-1954.

Disc 3, Winky Dink and You Jack Berry (host), Dayton Allen (Mr. Bungle), Mae Questel (Winky Dink voice) "Get our your Winky Dink kit, because it's time for Winky Dink and You." This program was the first interactive television show. The core of the program was children sent away for a kit. The kit had a plastic screen that stuck to the TV tube with static electricity. Crayons were used to draw on the screen. When a character needed special help, children would be asked to draw on the screen, give assistance and free the character from trouble. Segment from a television program originally produced 1953-1957.

Disc 3, Super Circus Every Saturday the small screen was transformed into the big top during Super Circus featuring Ringmaster (and former radio announcer), Claude Kirchner. Ringmaster Kirchner, clowns Cliffy, Nicky and Scampy, and the various circus acts thrilled the kids. But it was bandleader Mary Hartline who becamse the real attraction. Segment from a television program originally produced 1949-1955.

Disc 3, Andy's Gang "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Andy's Gang was an immensely popular variety show for kids starring Andy Devine. Along with Froggy the Gremlin, Midnight the Cat, Squeaky the Mouse and some other oddball regulars, there were skits, weekly serials and book readings by Andy. This program features an episode from the serial "Little Fox" titled "The bee hunter." Segment from a television program originally produced 1955-1960.

Disc 3, The Cisco Kid Cast: Duncan Renaldo (Cisco Kid), Leo Carrillo. The Cisco Kid was well known to audiences from numerous films long before the television series. The Cisco Kid and his English-mangling sidekick Pancho traveled the old west in the grand tradition of righting wrongs and fighting injustice wherever they found it, ending each episode with the exclamations, "Hey, Poncho, Hey, Cisco!". Segment from a television program originally produced 1950-1956.

Disc 3, Sky King Cast: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Harvey Grant. A segment from the television series about an Arizona rancher and pilot who stumbles upon danger in every episode and then saves the day. Kirby Grant who played Schuyler "Sky" King was an accomplished aviator, which contributed to the believablity of the show. This episode features the adventures of a blind boy and his guide dog. Segment from a television program originally produced 1951-1959.

Disc 4, The Magic Clown Features two episodes from the television series in which all of the children in the audience donned fezzes to immitate the sponsor's image of Turkish men on the wrapper of Bonamo's Turkish Taffy. The show consists of the clown Zovello performing magic tricks interspersed with promotions for candy products. Segment from a television program originally produced 1949-1954.

Disc 4, Kids and Company. Originating in New York, this 1950s American Idol of the moppet word showcased children with various talents. This show features children performing in a jazz band, a baton twirler, a painist, singer and a dance troupe culminating with a presentation of the "Kid of the year" award. Hosted by Johnny Olson, who went on to become the announcer for successful game shows. Segment from a television program originally produced 1951-1952.

Disc 4, Juvenile Jury Jack Barry hosts a panel of children between the ages of 3 to 12 who make pronouncements on dilemmas posed by viewers and audience members. Questions ranged from simple matters of opinion to advice on everyday problems of interest to children. Segment from a television program originally produced 1947-1954.

Disc 4, Shenna, Queen of the Jungle A television series staring model Irish McCalla who played Sheena, Queen of the jungle, with her trusty side-kicks Bob Rayburn and "Chim" the chimpanzee who usually stole the show. In this episode titled "The rival queen," Sheena thwarts the plans of two escaped convicts, aided by one of their wives, to start a tribal war to divert attention from their scheme to steal treasure from the natives. Segment from a television program originally produced 1955-1956.

Disc 4, The Pinky Lee Show The Pinky Lee Show was quite ahead of its time, more comparable with the shows of today. A former burlesque performer, Pinky Lee brought a fast paced series of skits and humerous monologues to the program and extensive interaction with his audience of children and parents. The first episode presents marionettes by Russell Clark. Segment from a television program originally produced 1954-1956.

The Howdy Doody Show

Cast: Robert E. Smith (Buffalo Bob), Bob Keeshan (Clarabell the Clown), Lew Anderson (Clarabell the Clown, 1954-1960), Dayton Allen (voice of Phineas T. Bluster), Bill LeCornec (Chief Thundercloud), Judy Tyler (Princess Summerfall Winterspring), Allen Swift. Children's television program featuring the puppet Howdy Doody, his friends Buffalo Bob, Clarabell the clown, and other residents of Doodyville. Several other puppets were featured performers.

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The Howdy Doody Show. This delightful collection contains 40 of the best full length episodes from 1949 to 1954 of the children's television program featuring the puppet Howdy Doody, his friends Buffalo Bob, Clarabell the clown, and other residents of Doodyville. Chosen because they were the most requested episodes by Howdy Doody fans. Bonus DVD contains interviews with Bob Keeshan (Clarabell), Eddie Kean (writer/composer) E. Roger Muir (producer/director) and Bob Smith (Buffalo Bob and Voice of Howdy Doody). Bonus features: Interviews ; Howdy Doody historical and interactive timeline ; photo gallery ; 3 bonus episodes: 5th anniversary episode with guest Fred Allen, 8th anniversary episode with Gabby Hayes, and the famous 1969 one-hour color farewell episode where Clarabell speaks. 1260 min. DVD X910

1948 Puppet Playhouse -- Early 1950s show -- Late 1950s show -- Disc 2. Four late 1950's shows -- Disc 3. 1955 color broadcast of show -- Late 1950s show -- Last half hour of series on special l hr. show 9/24/60 -- Disc 4. Corny Cob in Paris -- Howdy Doody's Christmas -- Clarabelle returns from West Virgina Trip -- New cast members Princess Summerfall Winterspring, Chief Thundercloud and "the Howdy Doody Comics" including Dayton Allen join the show. 420 min. DVD 8692

A segment from the first network children's show to run five days a week. "Buffalo" Bob Smith created and hosted the show, as well as provided the voice of the puppet Howdy Doody. It also featured Clarabelle the Clown and other residents of Doodyville. Segment from a television program originally produced 1947-1960. DVD 9645

The [New] Howdy Doody Show: Phantom of the Doody-o Studio.

Cast: Bob Smith (Buffalo Bob), Bill LeCornec (Nicholson Muir), Marilyn Patch (Happy Harmony), Lew Anderson (Clarabelle). In the 1970s, "Buffalo Bob" Smith revived the character he'd helped create during the '50's, the marionette known as Howdy Doody. This disc contains five episodes of the new Howdy Doody show during which a masked phantom steals items from the studio and is eventually unmasked. 1. Big trouble -- 2. Special investigator -- 3. Space calls -- 4. Fix-It phantom -- 5. Clap-Trap. 108 min. DVD 5537

The [New] Howdy Doody Show: Bionic Clown .

Cast: Bob Smith (Buffalo Bob), Bill LeCornec (Nicholson Muir), Marilyn Patch (Happy Harmony), Lew Anderson (Clarabelle). In the 1970s, "Buffalo Bob" Smith revived the character he'd helped create during the '50s, the marionette known as Howdy Doody. This disc contains five episodes of The new Howdy Doody show about a mechanical duplicate of Clarabell the clown. Originally broadcast as part of the 1976-77 syndicated children's television series The new Howdy Doody show. 108 min. DVD 5538

The [New] Howdy Doody Show: The Magic Contest.

Cast: Bob Smith (Buffalo Bob), Bill LeCornec (Nicholson Muir), Marilyn Patch (Happy Harmony), Lew Anderson (Clarabelle). In the 1970s, "Buffalo Bob" Smith revived the character he'd helped create during the '50s, the marionette known as Howdy Doody. This disc contains five episodes of The new Howdy Doody show focusing on magic tricks. Also encludes environmental messages from special guest stars Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear. Originally broadcast as part of the 1976-77 syndicated children's television series The new Howdy Doody show. 108 min. DVD 5539

The [New] Howdy Doody Show: The Music Appreciation.

Cast: Bob Smith (Buffalo Bob), Bill LeCornec (Nicholson Muir), Marilyn Patch (Happy Harmony), Lew Anderson (Clarabelle). In the 1970s, "Buffalo Bob" Smith revived the character he'd helped create during the '50s, the marionette known as Howdy Doody. This disc contains five episodes of the new Howdy Doody show focusing on music. Originally broadcast as part of the 1976-77 syndicated children's television series The new Howdy Doody show. 107 min. DVD 5540

Lassie

Cast: Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, George Cleveland. A segment from the adventure TV program featuring Lassie, the dog. Lassie debuted in 1954 and became an immediate sensation supporting a series which ran for an amazing 20 years and won two Emmy Awards. The series starred film veteran Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller, Lassie's faithful owner and best frend for 110 episodes. Segment from a television program originally produced 1954-1974. DVD 9645

The Mickey Mouse Club. October 3-7 1955

Performers: Roy Williams (Big Mouseketeer), Johnny Crawford, Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk. "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E." Before the theme song's memorable spelling became an audio icon, before the series even aired, the Mickey Mouse Club was the most anticipated children's programming ever. This volume features the first five episodes of the series that launched a television revolution. 120 min. DVD 3286

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The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette: 1957-58 Season

Chosen by Walt Disney himself as an original cast member, Annette soon became the most popular Mousketeer. Showcased here is her entire series from "Walt Disney Presents: Annette" about a young country girl who moves to the suburbs to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle and learns to adapt amongst her peers, without changing who she is. 286 min. X868

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Telotte, J. P. Disney TV Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2004. (MAIN: PN1992.92.W35 T45 2004)

Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Vol 1

Cast: Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman), John Paragon, William Marshall, Lynne Marie Stewart, S. Epatha Merkerson, Anna Seidman, Phil Hartman. Each show, Pee-Wee Herman comes to his wonderful playhouse where anything can happen. Whether it be screaming at the secret word, entertaining friends or enjoying animation clips presented by the King of Cartoons or the stories of the claymation girl, Penny; there's always lots to do. Meet Pee-Wee's gang including Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Reba the Mail Lady, and Jambi the Genie. Includes two "lost" shows never before released. Contains all 23 episodes from the first two seasons of Pee-Wee's playhouse. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes. Videodisc release of programs originally broadcast on television in 1986 and 1987.

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Disc 1 (Episodes 1-7). Ice cream soup -- Luau for two -- Rainy day -- Now you see me, now you don't -- Just another day -- Beauty makeover -- The restaurant -- Disc 2 (Episodes 8-11). Ants in your pants -- Monster in the playhouse -- Cowboy and the cowntess -- Stolen apples -- Disc 3 (Episodes 12-15). Gang's all here -- Party! -- Open house -- Puppy in the playhouse -- Disc 4 (Episodes 16-19). Store -- Pee-Wee catches a cold -- Why wasn't I invited? -- Tons of fun -- Disc 5 (Episodes 20-23). School -- Spring -- Playhouse in outer space-- Pajama party. DVD 9850

Disc 6 (Episodes 24-29). Reba eats and Pterri runs -- To tell the tooth -- Dr. Pee-wee and the Del Rubios -- Fire in th playhouse -- Love that story -- Sick, did someone say sick? -- Disc 7.(Episodes 30-33). Miss Yvonne's visit -- Rebarella -- Heat wave -- Chairry-tee drive -- Disc 8 (Episodes 34-37). Let's play office -- I remember Curtis -- Conky's breakdown -- Mystery. -- Disc 9 (Episodes 38-41). Front page Pee-wee -- Tango time -- Playhouse day -- Accidental playhouse. -- Disc 10 (Episodes 42-45). Fun, fun, fun -- Camping out -- Something to do -- Playhouse for sale. DVD 9851

Sesame Street: Old school, 1969-1974

Voices/Muppets: Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Bob McGrath, Will Lee, Eric Jacobsen. Selections from the educational children's TV program Sesame Street from the first five seasons. Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang as they travel along asking kids to sing their favorite songs, act out nursery rhymes, lullabies, and just plain silly songs. Special features: Celebrity appearances by Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, Jackie Robinson, James Earl Jones, Lena Horne, Johnny Cash, and more; the premier episode from each of the first 5 seasons completely restored; 45 bonus segments; original sales pitch film from 1969. Originally aired in 1969-1974. 440 min. DVD 6798

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The Swamp Fox (TV, Walt Disney Presents)

The Swamp Fox is the Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. This patriot fought the British using unusual methods as he matched wits with the Tories in stories of adventure and action. Contents: Episode 1. Birth of the Swamp Fox (broadcast Oct. 23, 1959) -- Episode 2. Swamp Fox: Brother against brother (broadcast Oct. 30, 1959) -- Episode 3. Swamp Fox: Tory vengeance (broadcast Jan. 1, 1960). Leslie Nielsen (The Swamp Fox); John Sutton, Joy Page, Tim Considine, Barbara Eiler. DVD X17

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Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond.

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Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One(TV, 1992-1996)

Directed by Jim O'Brien. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth De Sosa, Lloyd Owen, Kevin McNally. Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996 as Young Indiana Jones chronicles. Join the amazing journeys of young Indiana Jones as he crosses paths with famous personalities and larger-than-life luminaries on his travels around the world in the early 20th century.

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White, Mimi. "Television as Historian, Part 1: Indy & Dr. Mike: Is Boy to Global World History as Woman Is to Domestic National Myth?" Film & History 30:1 (2000) p. 24-37