Television Programs

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 American Girl

Cast: Margaret Cho, Maddie Corman, Judy Gold, Amy Hill, Ashley Johnson, Clyde Kusatsu, Jodi Long, J.B. Qwon, Sam Seder, B.D Wong. A television show about a very Westernized Korean-American girl delightfully at odds with her traditional but screwy family in San Francisco. Contents: Disc 1. Mom, Dad, this is Kyle; Submission: Impossible; Who's the boss?; Yung at heart -- Disc 2. Redesigning women; Booktopus; Mommie nearest; Take my family, please; Exile on Market Street -- Disc 3. Ratting on Ruthie; Educating Margaret; Loveless in San Francisco; Malpractice makes perfect; The apartment -- Disc 4. Notes from the underground; Venus de Margaret; A night at the Oprah; Pulp sitcom; Young Americans. Originally broadcast as a television series 1994-1995. ca. 7 hrs. 30 min. DVD X2454

Cassinelli, Sarah Moon. "If we are Asian, then are we funny?": Margaret Cho's All-American Girl as the First (and Last?) Asian American Sitcom." Studies in American Humor, 2008, Vol. 3 Issue 17, p131-144, 14p

Orbe, Mark; Seymour, Ruth; Kang, Mee-Eun. "Ethnic Humor and Ingroup/Outgroup Positioning: Explicating Viewer Perceptions of All-American Girl." In: Cultural diversity and the U.S. media / edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour, Theresa Carilli ; foreword by George Gerbner. Albany : State University of New York Press, 1998. (Main (Gardner) Stacks; Comparative Ethnic Studies P94.5.M552 U628 1998)

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977

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

Cast: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Gil Bellows, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Portia de Rossi, Lucy Lui.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1997, 1998

The Complete First Season

When Boston lawyer, Ally McBeal, meets up with a former college friend who hires her at his prestigious law firm, things get complicated when she learns she'll be working with her first love and his wife. Ally slips into one fantasy after another to try and cope with her new life. Disc 1. Pilot -- Compromising positions -- The kiss -- The affair -- Disc 2. One hundred tears away -- The promise -- The attitude -- Drawing the lines -- Disc 3. The dirty joke -- Boy to the world -- Silver bells -- Cro-magnon -- Disc 4. The blame game -- Body language -- Once in a lifetime -- Forbidden fruits -- Disc 5. Theme of life -- The playing field -- Happy birthday baby -- The inmates -- Disc 6. Being there -- Alone again -- These are the days. Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series in 1997 and 1998. 1035 min. DVD X2133

The Complete Second Season

Two new beauties join the team and things get even more heated and hilarious at Cage & Fish. Nelle Porter instantly breaks hearts, and the equally intriguing Ling Woo, attracts everyone. More and more subject to outrageous hallucinations, Ally struggles to give up her dream of Mr. Right. Adding to all the sexy fun is an unexpected visitor: Mr. Barry White. Disc 1. Real world -- They eat horses, don't they? Fool's night out -- It's my party -- Disc 2. Story of love -- World's without love -- Happy trails -- Just looking -- Disc 3. You never can tell -- Making spirits bright -- In dreams -- Love unlimited -- Disc 4. Angels and blimps -- Pyramids on the Nile -- Side show -- Sex, lies & politics -- Disc 5. Civil Wars -- Those lips, that hand -- Let's dance -- Only the lonely -- Disc 6. Green monster -- Love's illusions -- I know him by heart. 978 min. DVD X2134

The Complete Third Season

Just as Ally seems on the verge of giving up on romantic fantasies forever, Billy confesses his undying love for her. One of the firm's own sues the company while another passes way, a real baby turns up in a Christmas manger, and some amazing musical talent shows up as well, including Tina Turner, Gloria Gaynor and Macy Gray! Disc 1. Car wash -- Buried pleasures -- Seeing green -- Heat wave -- Disc 2. Troubled water -- Changes -- Saving Santa -- Blue Christmas -- Disc 3. Out in the cold -- Just friends -- Over the rainbow -- In search of pygmies -- Disc 4. Pursuit of loneliness -- Oddball parade -- Prime suspect -- Boy next door -- Disc 5. I will survive -- Turning thirty -- Do you wanna dance? -- Disc 6. Hope and glory -- Ally McBeal : the musical, almost. 888 min. DVD X2135

The Complete Fourth Season

Ally realizes Mr. Right may be all wrong and finds a new love. Ling's ex shows up and leaves her -- and Fish -- bewildered. And budding rock star Cage takes the stage in another spectacular season that includes Marcia Cross, Sting and Anne Heche. Disc 1. Sex, lies and second thoughts -- Girls night out -- Two's a crowd -- Disc 2. Last virgin -- 'Tis the season -- Love on holiday -- Man with the bag -- Disc 3. Reasons to believe -- Ex files -- Mr. BO -- Hats off to Larry -- Disc 4. Reach out and touch -- Boys town -- Falling up -- Getaway -- Disc 5. Pursuit of unhappiness -- Obstacle course -- In search of Barry White -- Cloudy skies, chance of parade -- Disc 6. Queen bee -- Home again -- Wedding. 964 min. DVD X2136

The Complete Fifth Season

It's the season of change at the law firm. Ally makes a personal discovery that will change her life, Ling is offered a judge position and Fish might have found the perfect match. An uplifting final season that's filled with humor. Season five also boasts spectacular guest stars: Jon Bon Jovi, Christina Ricci, Mariah Carey, Matthew Perry and Elton John. Disc 1. Friends and lovers -- Judge Ling -- Neutral corners -- Fear of flirting -- Disc 2. I want love -- Lost and found -- Nine one one-- Playing with matches -- Disc 3. Blowin' in the wind -- One hundred tears -- Kick in the head -- New day -- Disc 4. Woman -- Homecoming -- Heart and soul -- Disc 5. Love is all around (part 1) -- Love is all around (part 2) -- Tome Dooley -- Disc 6. Another one bites the dust -- Reality bites -- All of me -- Bygones. 908 min. DVD X2137

Ally McBeal: Exclusive Bonus Discs. Features additional scenes from the television program Ally McBeal and a CD soundtrack of the music from the television series. Disc 1 (DVD): Bygone days: an Ally McBeal retrospective -- Season 2 TV special: Life and trials of Ally McBeal -- Vintage featurettes: Season 2: Behind the scenes -- Season 3: Behind the scenes -- Season 5: Behind the scenes -- Goodbye, Ally: Season 5 featurette -- Bonus crossover episode: The practice, Season 2: Axe murderer -- Vonda Shepard music video: "I know better" Disc 2 (Sound disc): Searchin' my soul -- Something about you -- Chances are -- The wildest times of the world -- Sweet inspiration -- I know better (bonus track) -- You belong to me -- Hooked on a feeling -- I only want to be with you -- It's in his kiss (The shoop shoop song) -- Tell him -- Baby, don't you break my heart slow. DVD X2138

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 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. vhs 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 vhs 999:728

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

Vol. Vol. 10: Cousin Effie's will; The adoption vhs 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 vhs 999:729:13

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

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

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

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

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

Vol. 20: Superfine brushes; Traffic violations vhs 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). 1960-1968, 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 min. DVD 2046

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

The Beulah Show.

Cast: Hattie McDaniel (1st-2nd episodes), Louise Beavers (3rd-4th episodes), Ernest Whitman, David Bruce, Ruby Dandridge, Jane Frazee. A comedy series in the early 1950s with the central role pointed to the Negro domestic who pulls the weekly family situations together with more common sense than all of the other family members. Driven off the air by "boycotts" and accusations of "racial stereotyping," it would be the last TV series to feature a black woman in the leading role for 10 years. Contents Beulah goes gardening -- The Waltz -- The New arrival -- Second wedding. Originally produced by ABC-TV, 1950-1953. 100 min. DVD X5852

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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Cheers:

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

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1990

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

Oguss, Greg. ""Whose Barrio Is It?": Chico and the Man and the Integrated Ghetto Shows of the 1970s." Television & New Media, Feb2005, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p3-21, 19p

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 2002

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

Season 7 Larry contemplates his future with an ailing Loretta, and decides on a novel approach to winning back Cheryl. In addition to Larry finding himself embroiled in usual cauldron of self-made crises, he orchestrates a reunion with the entire cast of Seinfeld. Disc 1. Funkhouser's crazy sister -- Vehicular fellatio -- The reunion -- The hot towel -- Denise handicapped -- The bare midriff. Disc 2. The black swan -- Officer Krupke The table read -- Seinfeld Originally broadcast on television in 2009. 300 min. DVD X3601

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

Howells, Richard. "'Is it Because I is Black?' Race, Humour and the Polysemiology of Ali G." Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television, Jun2006, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p155-177, 23p,

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

The Ernie Kovacs Collection

Disc 1, The Early Years: Contents It's time for Ernie -- Ernie in Kovacsland -- Kovacs on the corner -- Kovacs unlimited. Bonus features: 1987 atlas hall of fame induction; remembering Ernie with George Schlatter and Jolene Brand; "baseball film"; making of "baseball film "; "the mysterious knockwurst"; Andy Mckay 8mm home movie. 130 min. DVD X5816

Disc 2, The NBC Morning Show Bonus materials: Percy Dovetonsils "Ode to Stanley's pussycat" -- Martin Krutch, Public eye -- Rock Mississippi in Fingers under Weskit" -- Howard, the world's strongest ant -- J. Burlington Gearshift. Disc two contains episodes from The NBC morning show of Ernie Kovacs at his best during his time on the Morning show in 1956. 138 min. DVD X5817

Disc 3, The NBC Evening Show Disc three contains three special episodes from the NBC evening show of 1956. Bonus material: "Superclod" test. 138 min. DVD X5818

Disc 4, The Late 1950's Contents: Saturday color carnival: "The Ernie Kovacs show" (Jan. 19, 1957, NBC) -- Kovacs on music (May 22, 1959, NBC) -- Take a good look (July 21, 1960, ABC) Bonus materials: "Take a good look" clues -- "Take a good look" sales film -- "Silent please" -- "Our man in Havava" behind-the-scenes footage. 140 min. DVD X5819

Disc 5, The ABC Specials Disc five contains five segments from the Ernie Kovacs Special, a program aired monthly on ABC in 1961 and 1962. They contain many of Kovacs' iconic masterpieces of comedy. Bonus materials: Dutch masters cigar commercials. 145 min. DVD X5820

Disc 6, The ABC Specials Disc six contains nineteen selected sketches from 1956 taken from the NBC morning and evening shows. Bonus materials: Trailer for Operation mad ball -- Promotional film "It happened to Ernie -- Muriel cigars commercials featuring Edie Adams. 140 min. DVD X5821

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.

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

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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Acham, Christine. "What You See Is What You Get: Soul Train and The Flip Wilson Show." In: Revolution televised : prime time and the struggle for Black power / Christine Acham. Acham, Christine. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004. (Full text available online [UCB users only]; Print: Main (Gardner) Stacks; Moffitt PN1992.8.A34 A28 2004)

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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Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1994

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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George Lopez: First and Second Seasons

Cast: George Lopez, Constance Marie, Valente Rodriguez, Masiela Lusha, Luis Armand Garcia, Belita Moreno. George Lopez plays an assembly-line worker who brings a blue-collar outlook to a white-collar job when he is promoted to management. His best friend and mother both work at the factory and George's home life is his loving wife, kids and his not-so-loving mother. Disc 1. Prototype -- Curious George -- Happy birthdays -- Max's big adventure -- Who's your daddy? -- Token of unappreciation -- The show dyslexic -- Disc 2. Halloween cheer -- The unnatural -- No free launch -- The wedding dance -- Love bites -- Guess who's coming to dinner, honey -- Charity -- Disc 3. Meet the Cuban parents -- This old casa -- Super Bowl -- The Valentine's Day massacre -- Girl fight -- George vs. George -- A kiss is just a kiss -- Disc 4. Profiles in courage -- Secrets and lies -- Girls night out -- I only have eyes for you -- Team leader -- George has two mommies -- Long time no see. Originally broadcast on television in 2002-2003. DVD X6370

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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Glee

Cast: Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Matthew Morrison, Dianna Agron.

The Complete First Season

In this musical television series a talented group of high school misfits transforms into a performing sensation with the help of a dedicated teacher. Through laughter, tears, irreverent humor, and unforgettable music, they learn to follow their hearts and chase their dreams. Contents: Disc. 1. Pilot ; Showmance ; Acafellas ; Preggers -- Disc 2. The Rhodes not taken ; Vitamin-D ; Throwdown ; Mash-up -- Disc 3. Wheels ; Ballad ; Hairography -- Disc 4. Matress ; Sectionals -- Disc 5. Hell-o ; The power of Madonna ; Home ; Bad reputation -- Disc 6. Laryngitis ; Dream on ; Theatricality -- Disc 7. Funk journey. Special features: Disc. 1-3. Glee Music Jukebox ; Disc 4. Glee Music Jukebox ; Welcome to McKinley ; Glee music video ; Full-length audition pieces fox Movie Channel presents casting session ; Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy ; Dance boot camp ; Jane Lynch, A to Glee ; Meet Jane Lynch ; Things you don't know about Jayma, Cory, Amber, Chris ; Video diaries ; Disc 5. Glee Music Jukebox ; Disc 6. Glee Music Jukebox, Glee sing-along Karaoke ; Staying in step with Glee ; Bite their style: dress like your favorite gleek ; Unleashing the power of Madonna ; Making of a showstopper. 2009. 974 min. DVD X5367

The Complete Second Season

Despite their loss at the Regionals, the kids in New Directions are more motivated than ever. And whether it's Will doing a sexy tango with a substitute teacher, Sue joining the glee club, or everyone catching Bieber fever, the excitement at William McKinley High School is keeping everyone on their toes. Disc 1. 1. Audition ; 2. Britney/Brittany ; 3. Grilled cheesus ; 4. Duets. disc 2. 5. The Rocky horror Glee show ; 6. Never been kissed ; 7. The substitute ; 8. Furt. disc 3. 9. Special education ; 10. A very Glee Christmas ; 11. The Sue Sylvester shuffle ; 12. Silly love songs. disc 4. 13. Comeback ; 14. Blame it on the alcohol ; 15. Sexy ; 16. Original song. disc 5. 17. A night of neglect ; 18. Born this way ; 19. Rumours. disc 6 20. Prom queen ; 21. Funeral ; 22. New York. Special features: Glee music jukebox; The making of The Rocky Horror glee show; bonus song; Getting waxed with Jane Lynch; A day in the life of Brittany; Shooting Glee in NYC; more. 1001 min. DVD X6452

The Goldbergs

Cast: Gertrude Berg, Philip Loeb, Harold J. Stone, Robert J. Harris, Arlene McQuade, Larry Robinson, Tom Taylor, Olga Favian, Eli Mintz, Arnold Stang, Betty Bendyke, Jon Lorner, Susan Steell, Ruth Yorke. Contains all 71 episodes of the television sitcom "The Goldbergs" (1949-56) still known to exist. "Meet the Goldbergs, a lively Jewish family living in New York City! Features the dutiful children, Rosie and Sammy; Jake, the hot-tempered husband; old-world Uncle David; and the ever-cheerful and gracious matriarch Molly. With lots of extended family and neighbors, the Goldberg home is always overflowing with joy, laughter, and love." Disc 1. 12 television episodes (1949-1954) including: The New landlord -- 12 Radio programs (1939-1945) including Telegram; Sammy clears his mind; Sammy goes into the army; D-Day. Disc 2. 11 television episodes (1954) Disc 3. 12 television episodes (1954-1955) including: Moving day; Social Butterfly; Picnic. Disc 4. 12 television episodes (1955-1956) including: Beauty Parlor; Rosie's Nose; Desperate men; Molly's dreams; Brief encounter; Reach for the moon; Molly's pocketbook; Bad companions; Die Fledermaus; Molly the juror; Is there a doctor in the house?; Seymour's story. Disc 5. 12 television episodes (1956) including: Treasury book; Inheritance; The Car; Engagement ring; Obituary; Simon's maid and butler; Rosie the actress; In-laws; David's cousin; Boojie comes home; Insurance; Hobby. Disc 6. 12 television episodes (1956) including: Boy friend; Wedding plans; Partners; Girl Scouts; Molly the matchmaker; Where there's life there's hope; Milk farm; Molly's fish; Nurse's aide; Singer; Silence is not golden; Sammy gets married. 6 videodiscs (32 hrs., 46 min.) DVD X2795

The Goldbergs

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

[The Goldbergs] Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Before Oprah, and before Lucy, there was the beloved Gertrude Berg, the entertainment genius who wrote, starred in and produced the first successful domestic sitcom and charmed a beleaguered nation. Animated through a dazzling collage of vintage clips and interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and intimate conversations with friends, colleagues and family members, the box-office smash-hit Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg traces Berg's rise to stardom from her childhood in New York to her early radio days in The rise of the Goldbergs (1929-46) to her enormously influential sitcom, The Goldbergs (1949-56), which brought Berg the first Best Actress Emmy in history. Directed by Aviva Kempner. DVD features: audio commentary with the director; episodes of The Goldbergs; Gertrude Berg's guest appearances with Edward R. Murrow and on Ed Sullivan; additional scenes and interviews; bonus Gertrude Berg recipe; essay from the director and more. 2009. 92 min. DVD X4424

Goodness Gracious Me(BBC Television, 1998-2000)

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

I Want My Beatniks on TV!

Four classic U.S. TV shows featuring five episodes with beatnik-related themes. Contents: Mister Ed. Ed, the beachcomber (Apr. 1, 1962) -- Beverly Hillbillies. Big Daddy Jed (Apr. 21, 1965) -- Beverly Hillbillies. Cool school is out (Apr. 28, 1965) -- Green Acres: Uncle Ollie (Jun. 1, 1966) -- Munsters. Far out Munsters (Mar. 18, 1965) DVD X5231

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1981

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

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Cast: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis, Dody Goodman, Debralee Scott, Victor Kilian, Philip Bruns, Claudia Lamb. Developed by Norman Lear. Created by Gail Parent, Jerry Adelman and Daniel Gregory Browne; writers, Ann Marcus, Joan Darling, Jim Drake. Mass murders, kidnappings and a flasher may be troubling to the residents of Fernwood, Ohio. But pigtailed, gingham-frocked housewife Mary Hartman has a much more serious problem: waxy buildup on her kitchen floor. And while her husband Tom struggles in the bedroom and her best friend, country singer Loretta Haggers, struggles to make it big in Nashville, Mary teeters closer to the edge, desperate to save her marriage, keep her family together and give her kitchen floor a proper shine. Originally broadcast on television in 1976. 564 min. DVD X1663

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

Maude

Cast: Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Esther Rolle, Conrad Bain. Created by Norman Lear. Maude was first introduced as Edith Bunker's outspoken, liberal cousin on "All in the family." Her series spinoff, set in Tuckahoe, New York, centers around Maude's daily adventures at home with fourth husband Walter, divorced daughter Carol, and Carol's son Phillip. Joining in on the fun is housekeeper Florida and conservative next-door neighbor Arthur. Contents: Disc 1. Maude's problem -- Doctor, doctor -- Maude meets Florida -- Like mother, like daughter -- Maude & the radical -- The ticket -- Love and marriage -- Flashback -- Disc 2: Maude's dilemma (part 1) -- Maude's dilemma (part 2) -- Maude's reunion -- Grass story -- The slumlord -- The convention -- Walter's 50th birthday -- Disc 3: Maude and the medical profession -- Arthur moves in -- Florida's problem -- Walter's secret -- Maude's good deed -- The perfect marriage -- Maude's night out. Originally broadcast on television during the 1972-1973 season. 572 min. DVD X1664

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

Modern Family.

Cast: Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez. This television series takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multicultural relationships, adoption, and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show's three wildly-diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously 'modern' look at life, love, and laughter.

Season 1 Contents: Disc 1. Pilot ; Run for your wife ; The bicycle thief ; Come fly with me ; The incident ; Coal digger -- Disc 2. En garde ; Great expectations ; Fizbo ; Undeck the halls ; Up all night ; Not in my house -- Disc 3. Fifteen percent ; Moon landing ; My funky valentine ; Fears ; Truth be told ; Starry night -- Disc 4. Game changer ; Benched ; travels with Scout ; Airport 2010 ; Hawaii ; Family portrait. Bonus features: Deleted, extended and alternate scenes ; gag reel ; real Modern family moments ; before Modern family ; Fizbo the Clown ; the making of Modern family : family portrait ; Modern family Hawaii. Originally broadcast on television 2009-2010. 518 min. DVD X4598

Season 2 Contents: Disc 1. The old wagon ; The kiss ; Earthquake ; Strangers on a treadmill ; Unplugged ; Halloween ; Chirp ; Manny get your gun -- Disc 2. Mother Tucker ; Dance, dance revelation ; Slow down your neighbors ; Our children, ourselves ; Caught in the act ; Bixby's back ; Princess party ; Regrets only -- Disc 3. Two monkeys and a panda ; Boys' night ; The musical man ; Someone to watch over Lily ; Mother's day ; Good cop, bad dog ; See you next fall ; The one that got away. Special features: Deleted family interviews (Disc 1-3) ; Deleted and extended scenes (Discs 1-3) ; Strangers on a treadmill table read (Disc 1) ; Mitch's flash mob (Disc 1) ; "Imagine me naked" music video (Disc 2) ; gag reel (Disc 3) ; Modern family holidays (Disc 3) ; Chatting with Steve Levitan (Disc 3) ; At home with Modern family (Disc 3). Originally broadcast by ABC, 2010-2011. 528 min. DVD X6492

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.

Murphy Brown: The Complete First Season

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

Moonlighting

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Cast: Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Kimbrough, Pat Corley. Murphy Brown is an outspoken TV journalist, who along with her quirky cohorts of the top-rated newsmagazine show, FYI, struggles to handle personal and professional problems with humor and insight. Contents: Disc 1. Respect (pilot) -- Devil with a blue dress on -- Nowhere to run -- Signed, sealed, delivered -- Murphy's pony -- Baby love -- Disc 2. Set me free -- And so he goes -- I would have danced all night -- Kyle -- Off-the-job experience -- Why do fools fall in love? -- Disc 3. Soul man -- It's how you play the game -- Mama said -- Moscow on the Potomac -- My dinner with Einstein -- Funnies girl -- Disc 4. Unshrinkable Murphy Brown -- Summer of '77 -- Bickners -- Morning show. Special features: "Murphy Brown : an FYI exclusive" retrospective cast and crew documentary; commentary on two key episodes by Candice Bergen and creator/executive producer Diane English; episode commentary on "Summer of '77" and "Respect" with Candice Bergen and Diane English. Originally broadcast during the 1988-89 television season. 535 min. DVD X2282

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

Noah's Arc: The Complete First Season (TV, 2005-2006)

Cast: Darryl Stephens, Rodney Chester, Christian Vincent, Doug Spearman, Jensen Atwood. Noah, a young African American gay man, and his friends attempt to find love and happiness in Los Angeles. Contents Disc 1. My one temptation, pts. 1-2 -- Don't mess with my man -- Don't make me over -- Nothin' goin' on but the rent -- Disc 2. Writing to reach you -- Love is a battlefield -- I'm with stupid -- Got til it's gone -- Disc 3. Special features. Special features (Discs 1 & 2): optional audio commentaries for every episode (various participants); original & extended versions of every episode (the broadcast version of each episode supplemented by deleted scenes, also available separately on disc 3). Special features (Disc 3, 90 min.): pilot episode ("Temptation island"); deleted scenes (59 min.); auditions (26 min.); "NewNowNext" featurette (cast members discuss their favorite musical groups, 5 min.). 200 min. DVD X2169

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The Norman Lear Collection. Special Features

A collection of featurettes and documentaries about the American television writer and producer Norman Lear and the groundbreaking television shows he created. Disc 1. Norman says "Don't miss this!"; Those were the days: The birth of All in the family; The television revolution begins: "All in the family" is on the air; Those were the days: All in the family pilot; Justice for all: All in the family pilot; And then there's Maude: television's first feminist; Everything but hemorrhoids: "Maude" speaks to America; Movin' on up: The Jeffersons; Ain't we lucky we got 'em: Good times -- Disc 2. The legacy of a television revolutionary; Everybody loves a clown: Sanford and son; This is it: The story of One day at a time; "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman": Inside the funhouse mirror; Mary Hartman: On the verge of--; Mary's breakdown, pt. 1; Mary's breakdown, pt. 2. DVD X1666

The Odd Couple. Season One

Cast: Jack Klugman, Tony Randall. In this television series New Yorkers Felix Unger and Oscar Madison try to live together as roommates despite the fact that one is a neat freak and the other is a total slob. Contents: Disc 1: Laundry orgy; Fight of the Felix; Felix gets sick; Jury story; Breakup; Oscar's ulcer -- Disc 2: I do, I don't; Oscar the model; Big brothers; It's all over now, baby bird; Felix is missing; Scrooge gets an Oscar -- Disc 3: Blackout; They use horseradish, don't they; Hideaway; Lovers don't make house calls; Engrave trouble; Bunny is missing down by the lake -- Disc 4: You've come a long way, baby; Taste of money; Oscar's new life; What makes Felix run; What does a naked lady say to you?; Trapped -- Disc 5: Tony & Jack's favorite episodes: Sleepwalker (10/8/1971); Password (12/1/1972); Last tango in Newark (9/21/1973); New car (10/19/1973). Special features: Disc 1: Audio intros for each episode by Garry Marshall; The laundry orgy audio commentary by Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson and Carole Shelley; Tony Randall on The Mike Douglas show with audio intro by Garry Marshall; series promo #1; Disc 2: Audio intros for each episode by Garry Marshall; It's all over now, baby bird audio commentary by Jack Klugman; Tony Randall and Jack Klugman (11/19/70) on The Mike Douglas show with audio intro by Garry Marshall; series promo for It's all over now, baby bird with audio intro by Garry Marshall; Disc 3: Audio intros for each episode by Garry Marshall; They use horseradish, don't they audio commentary by Garry Marshall; Jack Klugman's book tour home videos with audio intro by Garry Marshall; Disc 4: Audio intros for each episode by Garry Marshall; Oscar's new life episode available with and without laugh track; gag reel with audio intro by Garry Marshall; Tony & Jack on stage in The odd couple (1993 stage play) with audio intro by Garry Marshall; Jack Klugman's 1971 Emmy� Award win footage with audio commentary by Jack Klugman and audio intro by Garry Marshall; Dick Cavett comedy preview; Disc 5: Audio introduction by the series executive producer Garry Marshall. DVD X3364

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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(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.

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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

Season Five. Disc 1. Weight loss; Business ethics; Baby shower; Crime aid; Employee transfer -- disc 2. Customer survey; Business trip; Frame Toby; The surplus; Moroccan Christmas; The duel -- disc 3. Prince Family Paper; Stress relief; Lecture circuit; Blood drive -- disc 4. Golden ticket; New boss; Two weeks; Dream team; Michael Scott Paper Company; Heavy competition -- disc 5. Broke; Casual Friday; Café Disco; Company picnic. Special features: Disc 1: Deleted scenes; 'Weight loss' commentary with Randy Cordray, Michael Gallenberg, Brian Wittle, Nick Carbone, Ben Patrick, Alysia Raycraft, Kelly Cartlery and Jake Aust; 'Business ethics' commentary with B.J. Novak, Peter & Vartan and Sergio & Alan; 'Employee transfer' commentary with Dave Rogers, Anthony Farrell, Veda Semarne, Chuck Canzoneri, Kyle Alexander, and Phil Shea. Special features: Disc 2: Deleted scenes; 'Customer survey' commentary with Stephen Merchant, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling; 'Moroccan Christmas' commentary with Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey and Brian Baumgartner; 'The duel' commentary with Rainn Wilson, Rusty Mahmood, Jennifer Celotta and Dean Holland. Special features: Disc 3: Deleted scenes. Special features: Disc 4: Deleted scenes; 'Dream team' commentary with B.J. Novak, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy and Matt Sohn; 'Michael Scott Paper Company' commentary with Jenna Fischer, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg and Justin Spitzer. Special features: Disc 5: Gag reel; deleted scenes; Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents The Office; The Office promos: XLIII football championship; The Office promos: Beijing Games; webisodes; 'Casual Friday' commentary with Creed Bratton, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Brent Forrester, and Claire Scanlon; 'Company picnic' commentary with Paul Lieberstein, Ken Kwapis and Jennifer Celotta. Originally broadcast on NBC television during the 2008-2009 season. 606 min. DVD X2226

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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Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 2003

One Day at a Time

Cast: Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli, Pat Harrington, Richard Masur. Created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings; developed by Norman Lear. A newly divorced mother of two teenaged daughters moves to an apartment to start their lives over, and befriend the superintendent who treats them like his own family. Contents: Disc 1. Ann's decision -- Chicago rendezvous -- Jealousy -- How to succeed without trying -- David loves Ann -- Julie's best friend -- Super blues -- Disc 2. All the way -- Fighting City Hall -- David plus two -- Julie's job -- The college man -- Father David -- Dad comes back, part 1 -- Dad comes back, part 2. 380 min. DVD X1665

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

Ryan, Patrick A.; Terzian, Sevan G. "Our Miss Brooks: Broadcasting Domestic Ideals for the Female Teacher in the Postwar United States." NWSA Journal Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2009

[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

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1992

[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

The Sarah Silverman Program. Season One

Cast: Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman, Brian Posehn, Steve Agee, Jay Johnston. The first season of a television series starring comedian Sarah Silverman as an unemployed single woman who still behaves like a child. Sarah depends in everything on her sister (played by her real sister Laura). Sarah is petty, self centered, childish, sometimes dumb and always Jewish. Other characters are her two gay neighbors (or gaybors as she calls them) and Laura's boyfriend who is a police officer. Contents: Officer Jay -- Humanitarian of the year -- Positively negative -- Not without my daughter -- Muffin' man -- Batteries. Originally broadcast on Comedy Central in 2007. 132 min. DVD X4669

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

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

Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray. Contents: Disc 1: Lily Tomlin/James Taylor (Sept. 18, 1976) ; Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs (Sept. 25, 1976) ; Eric Idle/Joe Cocker & Stuff (Oct. 2, 1976) -- Disc 2: Karen Black/John Prine (Oct. 16, 1976) ; Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman (Oct. 23, 1976) ; Buck Henry/The Band (Oct. 30, 1976) -- Disc 3: Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder (Nov. 13, 1976) ; Paul Simon/Paul Simon & George Harrison (Nov. 20, 1976) ; Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson (Nov. 27, 1976) -- Disc 4: Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa (Dec. 11, 1976) ; Ralph Nader/George Benson (Jan. 15, 1977) ; Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry/Ricky Jay (Jan. 22, 1977). Disc 5: Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer, Donnie Harper & The Voices of Tomorrow (Jan. 29, 1977) ; Steve Martin/The Kinks/Lily Tomlin (Feb. 26, 1977) ; Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin (Mar. 12, 1977) -- Disc 6: Broderick Crawford/The Meters, Dr. John, Levon Helm & Paul Butterfield/Linda Ronstadt (Mar. 19, 1977) ; Jack Burns/Santana (Mar. 26, 1977) ; Julian Bond/Tom Waits & Brick (Apr. 9, 1977) -- Disc 7: Elliott Gould/The McGarrigle Sisters & Roslyn Kind (Apr. 16, 1977) ; Eric Idle/Alan Price, Neil Innes & Howard Shore and His Bobby Blue Band/Jeanette Charles (Apr. 23, 1977) ; Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading (May 14, 1977) -- Disc 8: Buck Henry/Jennifer Warnes & Kenny Vance (May 21, 1977). DVD X5881

The Sarah Silverman Show, Season 2

Cast: Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman, Brian Posehn. Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series on Comedy Central in 2007.

Vol 1: Unemployed single woman Sarah is back, deporting her cleaning lady, joining a radical anti-abortion group, bringing God to her high school reunion, and more. Sarah is petty, self centered, childish, sometimes dumb and always Jewish. Other characters are her two gay neighbors (or gaybors as she calls them) and Laura's boyfriend who is a police officer. Contents: Disc 1. Bored of the rings -- Joan of arf -- Face wars -- Doody -- Ah, men -- Maid to border -- Disc 2. Bonus features: Cast and creators at 2007's Comic-Con, digital shorts, behind the scenes, audio commentary. 132 min. DVD X3162

Vol 2: Disc 1. High, it's Sarah -- Mongolian beef -- Making new friends -- Patriot tact -- Pee -- Disc 2. There's no place like homeless -- Fetus don't fail me now -- I thought my dad was dead, but it turns out he's not -- Kangamangus -- Vow wow. Bonus material: Animated shorts; behind the scenes; audio commentary. 220 min. DVD X3163

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1993

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

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 1999, 2000, 2001

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

30 Rock. Season 3

Cast: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander. Season three 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. Contents: Episode 1: Do-over / produced by Alec Baldwin, Don Scardino, Jerry Kupfer; written by Tina Fey; directed by Don Scardino -- Episode 2: Believe in the stars -- Episode 3: The one with the cast of 'Night Court' -- Episode 4: Gavin Volure -- Episode 5: Reunion -- Episode 6: Christmas special -- Episode 7: Senor macho solo -- Episode 8: Flu shot -- Episode 9: Retreat to move forward -- Episode 10: Generalissimo -- Episode 11: St. Valentine's Day -- Episode 12: Larry King -- Episode 13: Goodbye, my friend -- Episode 14: The funcooker -- Episode 15: The bubble -- Episode 16: Apollo, Apollo -- Episode 17: Cutbacks -- Episode 18: Jackie jomp-jomp -- Episode 19: The ones -- Episode 20: The natural order -- Episode 21: Mamma mia -- Episode 22: Kidney now! Special features: [Disc 3]: "The ones" commentary with Jane Krakowski & Jack McBrayer; "Mamma mia" commentary with Alan Alda; "Kidney now!" commentary with Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond; deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes with The Muppets; 1-900-OKFace; "Kidney now!" table read; making of "Kidney now!;" behind-the-scenes photo gallery; Alec Baldwin's SNL monologue; Tracy Jordan's rant; Award acceptance speeches. Originally broadcast on NBC 2008-2009. 468 min. X2213

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 2008

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

Ugly Betty: Season One

Cast: America Ferrera, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams, Eric Mabius, Alan Dale, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Ashley Jensen, Becki Newton, Mark Indelicato, Freddy Rodr�guez, Kevin Sussman, Rebecca Romijn, Christopher Gorham, Judith Light, Salma Hayek. Betty Suarez isn't like any of her coworkers at Mode, a high-fashion magazine. She's smart, sweet, and hardworking, but she's not thin and beautiful. As the publisher's son's secretary, she earns his respect as she guides him through the world of fashion. Disc 1 (Episodes 1-4): Pilot; Queens for a day; The box and the bunny; Swag -- Disc 2 (Episodes 5-8): Fey's sleigh ride; The lyin', the watch and the wardrobe; Trust, lust and must; After hours -- Disc 3 (Episodes 9-12): Four Thanksgivings and a funeral; Lose the boss?; Fake plastic show; Sofia's choice -- Disc 4 (Episodes 13-16): In or out; I'm coming out; Brothers; Derailed -- Disc 5 (Episodes 17-20): Icing on the cake; Don't ask, don't tell; Punch out; Petra-gate -- Disc 6 (Episodes 21-23): Secretaries day; A tree grows in Guadalajara; East side story. Special features: Disc 6: "Becoming ugly" : America Ferrera and cast explore what it means to get Bettyfied; "A la mode" : go behind the scenes to discover the fashion, decor and elegance of Mode; "Green is the new black" : the high fashion of Manhattan and coziness of Queens all created in Hollywood; deleted scenes; audio commentaries. Originally broadcast on ABC television during the 2006-2007 season. 992 min. DVD X3834

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 2006

Ugly Betty: Season Three

Cast: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Ashley Jensen, Mark Indelicato, Michael Urie, Vanessa L. Williams, Becki Newton, Judith Light, Christopher Gorham. Betty Suarez is smart, sweet and hard working. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode, the high-fashion magazine where she works. The only reason the publisher hired her to be his son's secretary, is that he figured Betty was someone who Daniel would never sleep with. Along the way, Betty's hard work and determination earns Daniel's respect. She helps him find his way through the shark infested waters of the fashion industry.Episode 1: The Manhattan project -- Episode 2: Filing for the enemy -- Episode 3: Crimes of fashion -- Episode 4: Betty Suarez land -- Episode 5: Granny pants -- Episode 6: Ugly Berry -- Episode 7: Crush'd -- Episode 8: Tornado girl -- Episode 9: When Betty met Yeti -- Episode 10: Bad Amanda -- Episode 11: Dress for success -- Episode 12: Sisters on the verge of a nervous breakdown -- Episode 13: Kissed off -- Episode 14: The courtship of Betty's father -- Episode 15: There's no place like Mode -- Episode 16: Things fall apart -- Episode 17: Sugar daddy -- Episode 18: A mother of a problem -- Episode 19: The sex issue -- Episode 20: Rabbit test -- Episode 21: The born identity -- Episode 22: In the stars -- Episode 23: Curveball -- Episode 24: The fall issue. Originally broadcast on ABC during the 2008-2009 season. 1032 min. DVD X5754

Weeds

Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, Romany Malco, Tonye Patano, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Andy Milder, Justin Kirk. Nancy Botwin is a soccer mom who resorts to dealing pot after the sudden death of her husband. But when an offbeat way to make ends meet grows into a mini-empire, the mother of all dealers finds she may be in over her head -- and on the verge of taking everyone else down with her.

Season 1: 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 2: 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

Season 3: Disc 1. Doing the backstroke; Pool and his money; Brick dance; Sh*t highway; Bill Sussman -- Disc 2. Grasshopper; He taught me how to drive-by; Two Mrs. Scottsons; Release the hounds; Roy Till called -- Disc 3. Cankles; Dark time; Risk; Protection; Go. 388 min. DVD X3515

Season 4: Last time we saw her, Nancy's business and house were going up in smoke. So the Botwin bunch has relocated near the border for a fresh start with some new buds. Contents: Disc 1: Mother thinks the birds are after her -- Lady's a charm -- The whole blah damn thing -- Three coolers -- No man is pudding. Disc 2: Excellent treasures -- Yes I can -- I am the table -- Little boats. Disc 3: The love circle overlap -- Head cheese -- Till we meet again -- If you work for a living, then why do you kill yourself working? Originally broadcast on television in 2008. 362 min. DVD X3516

Season 5: Nancy is pregnant with the child of a powerful politician turned dangerous drug lord, or is she? Doug and Silas are trying to branch out on their own, Andy is looking to score, and Celia attempts to turn the tables on her kidnappers. With enemies out to smoke the Queen of Green, Nancy's sure to find a whole new crop of trouble. Contents: Disc 1. Episode 1: Wonderful wonderful / written by Jenji Kohan; directed by Scott Ellis -- Episode 2: Machetes up top / written by Victoria Morrow; directed by Michael Pressman -- Episode 3: Su-su-sucio / written by Roberto Benabib & Matthew Salsberg; directed by Lesli Linka Glatter -- Episode 4: Super lucky happy / written by Ron Fitzgerald; directed by Scott Ellis -- Episode 5: Van Nuys / written by Stephen Falk; directed by Bethany Rooney. Disc 2. Episode 6: A Modest proposal / written by Vanessa Reisen; directed by Michael Trim -- Episode 7: Where the sidewalk ends / written by Roberto Benabib & Matthew Salsberg; directed by Jeremy Podeswa -- Episode 8: A Distinctive horn / written by Chris Offutt; directed by Scott Ellis -- Episode 9: Suck 'n' spit / written by Brendan Kelly; directed by Michael Trim. Disc 3. Episode 10: Perro insano / written by David Holstein; directed by Scott Ellis -- Episode 11: Ducks and tigers / written by Stephen Falk; directed by Matt Shakman -- Episode 12: Glue / written by Ron Fitzgerald; directed by Michael Pressman -- Episode 13: All about my mom / written by Jenji Kohan; directed by Scott Ellis. 360 min. DVD X3517

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

TV series: 1951-1959

Palmer, R. Barton "Dragnet, Film Noir, and Postwar Realism." In: The philosophy of TV noir / edited by Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008. (Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1992.8.D48 P45 2008)

Palmer, R. Barton. "'The Story You Are about to See Is True': Dragnet, Film Noir and Postwar Realism." In: Television and criticism / edited by Solange Davin and Rhona Jackson. (full text available online (UCB users only))

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Dragnet (Volume 1)

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 girls), a tall beautiful girl beats and robs over a dozen victims. It turns out the "girl" is a female impersonator. In the second (given the title Big boys), attempts are made to catch Army deserters on a robbery spree, originating in the San Francisco area. Originally produced as TV programs by Mark VII Ltd. in 1953. Includes the sponsor's commercials. Video/C 6603

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

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

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 1981, 1982

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

The Mod Squad (Season One)

Cast: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews. Television series about kids in trouble with the law who become undercover detectives. The trio consists of rich, long-haired Pete Cochran, Lincoln "Linc" Hayes from Watts, and the beautiful flower child Julie Barnes. They're recruited by police captain Adam Greer for a covert unit that will help bridge the generation gap. These three young cops with love beads wrestle with criminals and their own consciences, determined to never compromise their values. Contents: Disc one: The teeth of the Barracuda -- Bad man on campus -- My, what a pretty bus. Disc two: When Smitty comes marching home -- You can't tell the players without a programmer -- A time to love, a time to cry -- Find Tara Chapman!. Disc three: The price of terror -- A quiet weekend in the country -- Love. Disc four: Twinkle, twinkle, little starlet -- The guru -- The Sunday drivers. Originally broadcast on television during the 1968-1969 season. DVD X6359

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

Moonlighting

Cast: Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd, Allyce Beasley ... [et al.]. Relive the unforgettable double-talk and witty foreplay as Maddie Hayes and David Addison unlock the mystery to sidesplitting laughter as TV's sexiest private detectives in the complete third season of Moonlighting.

Seasons One and Two: Disc 1: Pilot -- Gunfight at the So-So Corral -- Read the mind, see the murder -- disc 2: The next murder you hear -- Next stop murder -- The murder's in the mail -- Brother, can you spare a blonde? -- disc 3: The lady in the iron mask -- Money talks - Maddie walks -- The dream sequence always rings twice -- My fair David -- disc 4: Knowing her -- Somewhere under the rainbow -- Portrait of Maddie -- Atlas belched -- disc 5: 'Twas the episode before Christmas -- The bride of Tupperman -- North by North Dipesto -- In God we strongly suspect -- Every daughter's father is a virgin -- disc 6: Witness for the execution -- Sleep talkin' guy -- Funeral for a door nail -- Camille. Special features: Not just a day job, the story of Moonlighting, part 1; Inside the Blue Moon Detective Agency, the story of Moonlighting, part 2; The Moonlighting phenomenon; select episode commentaries. Originally broadcast on television from 1985-1989. ca. 1200 min. DVD X1613

Season Three: Disc 1. The son also rises -- The man who cried wife -- Symphony in knocked flat -- Yours, very deadly -- Disc 2. All creatures great and ... not so great -- Big man on Mulberry Street -- Atomic Shakespeare -- It's a wonderful job -- Disc 3. The straight poop -- Poltergeist III : dipesto nothing -- Blonde on blonde -- Sam and Dave -- Disc 4. Maddie's turn to cry -- I am curious ... Maddie -- To heiress human. Special features: Memories of Moonlighting (30 min. documentary); Select episode commentaries with creator, Glenn Gordon Caron, Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Wills and more. DVD X1391

Season Four: Disc 1: A trip to the moon -- Come back little shiksa -- Take a left at the altar -- Tale in two cities -- Disc 2: Cool hand Dave, part 1 -- Cool hand Dave, part 2 -- Father knows last -- Los dos DiPestos -- Fetal attraction -- Disc 3: Tracks of my tears -- Eek! A spouse! -- Maddie Hayes got married -- Here's living with you, kid -- And the flesh was made word. DVD X1392

Season Five: Disc 1: A womb with a view / writers, Glenn Gordon Caron & Charles H. Eglee; director, Jay Daniel -- Between a yuk and a hard place / writer, Kerry Ehrin; director, Dennis Dugan -- The color of Maddie / writer, Barbara Hall; director, Artie Mandelberg -- Plastic fantastic lovers / writer, Jerry Stahl; director, Allan Arkush. Disc 2: Shirts and skins / writer, Roger Director; director, Artie Mandelberg -- Take my wife, for example / writer, James Kramer; director, Dennis Dugan -- I see England, I see France, I see Maddie's underpants / writer, Chris Ruppenthal; director, Paul Krasny -- Those lips, those lies / writers, James Kramer & Chris Ruppenthal; director, Dennis Dugan. Disc 3: Perfetc / writers, Jerry Stahl, James Kramer, Chris Ruppenthal; director, Gerald Perry Finnerman -- When girls collide / writer, Merrill Markoe; director, Dennis Dugan -- In 'n outlaws / writer, Marc Abraham; director, Christopher T. Welch -- Eine kleine nacht murder / writer, Barbara Hall; director, Jay Daniel -- Lunar eclipse / writer, Ron Clark; director, Dennis Dugan. Special features: Audio commentaries: cast and crew reveal great backstage stories on the zaniest episodes in the final season; "Maddie and David in the making": watch the original screen tests and see why the wit, on-screen charm and talents of Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis landed them two of the best roles ever created for television. Originally broadcast on television during the 1988-1989 season. 559 min. DVD X1614

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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Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 1993

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

Malach, Michele.

"Oz." In: The essential HBO reader / edited by Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones. Lexington. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008. (Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1992.92.H66 E87 2008)

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

Sherlock. Season One

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman. A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth. Contents: [Disc 1]. Study in pink -- Blind banker -- [Disc 2]. Great game. Special features: Commentaries (episodes 1& 3) ; pilot episode; "Unlocking Sherlock" (the making of Sherlock). Co-created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. 270 min. DVD X5047

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 1999

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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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.

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

Beverly Hills 90210.

Television series about the trials and tribulations of a group of students from West Beverly Hills High School. 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.

First Season

Contents: 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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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. 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

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

Television series about a polygamist and independent businessman who lives in Salt Lake City with his three wives and seven children. Cast: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith, Shawn Doyle, Melora Walters, Joel McKinnon Miller, Daveigh Chase, Jolean Wejbe, Grace Zabriskie, Matt Ross, Harry Dean Stanton.

Season One(HBO, 2006)

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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Season Two(HBO, 2007)

Season two finds the modern-day polygamist Bill Henrickson and his three wives struggling to pick up the pieces after first wife Barb's outing at the Beehive Mother of the Year Ceremony. Second wife Nicki, learning that it was her father, Roman Grant, Prophet of the Fundamentalist Juniper Creek compound, who betrayed them, battles conflicting family loyalties. And third wife Margene, newly pregnant, fights for a bigger piece of the family pie with an eye toward bringing a new wife and confidante into the fold. All of this domestic drama plays out against the backdrop of Bill's new, visionary business plans--which put him into direct conflict with his father-in-law and some rather unexpected and unsavory antagonists. Contents: Damage control -- The writing on the wall -- Reunion -- Rock and a hard place -- Vision thing -- Dating game -- Good guys and bad guys -- Kingdom come -- Circle the wagons -- The happiest girl -- Take me as I am -- Oh, pioneers. Special features (Disc 4): Three prequels explore life before Big love: "Post-partum" (set 5 years before season one starts), "Meet the baby-sitter" (set 3 years before season one starts), "Moving day" (set 1 year before season one starts). Originally broadcast on HBO in 2007. 650 min. DVD X3839

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Season Three(HBO, 2009)

Bill Henrickson returns as the enterprising suburban polygamist who has more than his hands full with three wives, a potential fourth, a growing brood of eight children, and a struggling gaming business meant to safeguard his family should they be 'outed' and his Home Plus superstores left vulnerable. Disc 1. Block party -- Empire -- disc 2. Prom queen -- On trial -- For better or for worse -- disc 3. Come, ye saints -- Fight or flight -- Rough edges -- disc 4. Outer darkness -- Sacrament. Originally broadcast on HBO in 2009. 600 min. DVD X3840

Season Four(HBO, 2010)

For years, Bill Henrickson wished for a world free from the corrupt 'Prophet' of Juniper Creek, Roman Grant. Now that Roman appears to be out of the picture, Bill and his family can breathe easily, or can they? Season 4 continues the Henricksons' story, as Bill launches another business venture: a Mormon-friendly casino. At the same time, Bill eschews a chance to seize the Prophet mantle at Juniper Creek in favor of an even more high-profile calling: running for State Senate in Utah. 516 min. DVD X5386

Breaking Bad.

After an unremarkable chemistry teacher (Walter) learns he has terminal cancer, he enters into an unholy alliance with former student Jesse to set up a crystal meth lab, with Walter supplying and Jesse dealing. Hoping to make enough money to provide for his loved ones after his death Walter finds himself straddling two worlds, one legitimate, one definitely not. Adding to his crown of thorns is the omnipresence of his brother-in-law Hank, a DEA agent who'd been trying to bust Jesse for several months--and who of course had to be kept completely in the dark as to Walter's new "sideline." Cast: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Aaron Paul, Raymond Cruz. Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt.

First Season

Disc 1. Pilot / writer & director Vince Gilligan; Cat's in the bag / writer, Vince Gilligan; director, Adam Bernstein; And the bag's in the river / writer, Vince Gilligan; director, Adam Bernstein -- Disc 2. Cancer man / writer, Vince Gilligan; director, Jim McKay; Gray matter / writer, Patty Lin; director, Tricia Block; Crazy handful of nothin' / writer, George Mastras; director, Bronwen Hughes-- Disc 3. No-rough-stuff-type deal / writer, Peter Gould; director, Tim Hunter; bonus features. Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series on AMC in 2008. 346 min. DVD X2935

Second Season

Disc 1. Seven Thirty-Seven; Grilled; Bit By a Dead Bee; Down -- disc 2. Breakage; Peekaboo; Negro Y Azul -- disc 3. Better Call Saul; 4 Days Out; Over -- Disc 4. Mandala; Phoenix; ABQ. 615 min. DVD X3012

Third Season

Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher turned meth maker Walter White still can't catch a break. His wife has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law is out to bust him, and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake, Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune, a scheme with a terrible price. Disc 1. No mas; Caballo sin nombre ; I.F.T. (Uncensored) ; Green light -- Disc 2. Mas (Uncensored) ; Sunset ; One minute -- Disc 3. I see you ; Kafkaesque ; Fly (Uncensored) -- Disc 4. Abiquiu ; Half measures ; Full measure. Contains all 13 episodes from the third season. Special features: 3 uncensored episodes; cast and crew commentary on 9 episodes; deleted scenes and unused footage; gag reel; 7 featurettes; podcasts; Better call Saul commercials and testimonials; 20 episodes of Inside Breaking bad. Originally broadcast on television in 2010. 613 min. DVD X5894

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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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.

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Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Comedy, 2004, 2005

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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

Dexter

Television series about a forensic blood analyst Dexter Morgan who investigates murders by day, and by night kills those who have escaped justice. Cast: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King, Lauren Velez, David Zayas, James Remar.

Season One: Disc 1. Dexter -- Crocodile -- Popping cherry -- Let's give the boy a hand -- Disc 2. Love American style -- Return to sender -- Circle of friends -- Shrink wrap -- Disc 3. Father knows best -- Seeing red -- Truth be told -- Disc 4. Born free -- Special features. Special features: The academy of blood: a killer course, Witnessed in blood: a true murder investigation, two free episodes of Showtime's hit series Brotherhood, free episodic download of The Tudors, the first two chapters of "Dexter in the Dark" the newest Dexter novel, two audio commentaries by the cast & producers. Originally broadcast on television in 2006. 650 min. DVD X2238

Season Two: Disc 1. It's alive!; Waiting to exhale; An inconvenient lie -- disc 2. See-through; The dark defender; Dex, lies, and videotape; That night, a forest grew -- disc 3. Morning comes; Resistance is futile; There's something about Harry; Left turn ahead -- disc 4. The British invasion; Special features. 10 hr., 36 min. DVD X2239

Season Three: Disc 1. Our father; Finding Freebo; The lion sleeps tonight -- disc 2. All in the family; Turning Biminese; Sí se puede; Easy as pie -- disc 3. The damage a man can do; About last night; Go your own way; I had a dream -- disc 4. Do you take Dexter Morgan? ca. 629 min. DVD X2240

Season Four: America's favorite serial killer has gone from freewheeling bachelor to responsible husband and doting dad. Maintaining an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill has never been easy. But now, with wife and kids in tow, Dexter's got more to lose than ever, as he gets drawn into a deadly game with a killer every bit as dangerous and conflicted as he is. Disc 1. Living the dream ; Remains to be seen ; Blinded by the light -- Disc 2. Dex takes a holiday ; Dirty Harry ; If I had a hammer ; Slack tide -- Disc 3. Road kill ; Hungry man ; Lost boys ; Hello, Dexter Morgan -- Disc 4 The getaway ; Special features. 632 min. DVD X5389

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

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.

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

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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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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In Treatment

Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Josh Charles, Embeth Davidtz, Melissa George, Blair Underwood, Mia Wasikowska, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Forbes. A televison series centering around Paul, a therapist who exhibits great insight and confidence when treating his patients. But Paul suffers crippling insecurities and is counseled by his own therapist, Gina. Adding to his list of growing concerns, his wife Kate is overcome with feelings of neglect and resents competing for his attention. Paul's patients include a young doctor who is in love with Paul; a Navy pilot who is reevaluating his life after a failed mission in Iraq; a teenage gymnast with suicidal tendencies; and a passionate couple who are troubled in all other areas of their lives. Based on the series: Be 'tipul / created by Hagai Levi with Ori Sivan & Nir Bergman.

Season One Originally broadcast on HBO in 2008. 1290 min. DVD X4784

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Season Two Originally broadcast on HBO in 2009. 870 min. DVD X4785

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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

Lost.

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Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 2005

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

Lost. The Complete Third Season: The Unexplored Experience

Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Jorge Garcia, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Mira Furlan, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michael Emerson, Henry Ian Cusick, Elizabeth Mitchell, M.C. Gainey, Kiele Sanchez, Rodrigo Santoro. As the power of the island to both heal and destroy comes into sharp focus, the lines between good and evil are blurred and loyalties are challenged when the survivors of the crash become tangled within the lives of the Others. Contents: Disc 1 (Episodes 1-4). A tale of two cities; The glass ballerina; Further instructions; Every man for himself -- Disc 2 (Episodes 5-8). The cost of living; I do; Not in Portland; Flashes before your eyes -- Disc 3 (Episodes 9-12). Stranger in a strange land; Tricia Tanaka is dead; Enter 77; Par avion -- Disc 4 (Episodes 13-16). The man from Tallahassee; Expos�; Left behind; One of us -- Disc 5 (Episodes 17-20). Catch-22; D.O.C.; The brig; The man behind the curtain -- Disc 6 (Episodes 21-23). Greatest hits; Through the looking glass, part one; Through the looking glass, part two. Special features: Disc 7: "The world of the Others" : friends or foes? : secrets and mysteries revealed by cast and producers -- Lost flashbacks : all-new, never-before-seen flashbacks -- Lost on location : go behind the scenes with these all-new tales from season 3 -- The Lost book club : get hints to the significance of Lost's literary references -- Lost in a day : an exclusive look at 24 hours in the life of this ambitious series -- Deleted scenes -- Lost bloopers -- Audio commentaries Originally broadcast by ABC during the 2006-2007 season. 991 min. DVD X3706

Lost. The Complete Fourth Season: The Expanded Experience

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. More than three months after their fateful crash, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 will discover that the only thing more dangerous than the island might be the people who have come to rescue them. Contents: Disc 1. The beginning of the end; Confirmed dead; The economist -- Disc 2. Eggtown; The constant; The other woman; Ji Yeon -- Disc 3. Meet Kevin Johnson; The shape of things to come; Something nice back home; Cabin fever -- Disc 4. There's no place like home (part 1 of 2); There's no place like home (part 2 of 2) -- Disc 5. Bonus features -- Disc 6. Bonus features. Originally broadcast by ABC during the 2007-2008 season. 604 min. DVD X3707

Lost. The Complete Fifth Season: The Journey Back

Cast: Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Henry Ian Cusick, Elizabeth Mitchell. When destiny calls, the Oceanic 6 frantically race back to the island. As a result of Ben moving the island, the survivors left on the island begin skipping through time. The survivors discover that they've run into The Others 50 years in the past, but Richard Alpert is the same age. In Los Angeles, Kate tries to find out who is trying to take Aaron away from her. In order to avoid being killed, Ben promises to offer proof to Sun that Jin is still alive. Contents: Disc 1. 1: Because you left -- 2: The lie -- 3: Jughead -- Disc 2. 4: The little prince -- 5: This place is death -- 6: 316 -- 7: The life and death of Jeremy Bentham. -- Disc 3. 8: LeFleur -- 9: Namaste -- 10: He's our you -- 11: Whatever happened, happened.-- Disc 4. 12: Dead is dead -- 13: Some like it Hoth -- 14: The variable -- 15: Follow the leader.-- Disc 5. 16: The incident. Special features: Disc 5: "Lost on locations:" get the inside stories from the cast and crew; "Building 23 & beyond:" Join Michael Emerson as he infiltrates the secret LOST offices to meet the team who is behind the show's real mysteries; "An epic day with Richard Alpert:" follow Nestor Carbonell across the island on the intense last day of the season's finale; "Making up for Lost time:" an interesting and humorous look at how the producers, writers and cast sort out the survivors' leaps through time; "Mysteries of the universe: the Dharma initiative:" the recently unearthed and complete exposé questioning the truth of the Dharma initiative; Lost bloopers; deleted scenes; audio commentaries. Originally broadcast by ABC during the 2009 season. 731 min. DVD X3707

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 2007, 2008, 2009

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Season One

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

Season Two

Returning for its second season, this Golden Globe winning series continues to blur the lines between truth and lies, perception and reality. Moving in a new direction, can Sterling Cooper keep up? Meanwhile, the private life of Don Draper becomes complicated in a new way. What is the cost of his secret identity? Contents: Disc 1. For those who think young -- Flight 1 -- The benefactor -- Disc 2. Three Sundays -- The new girl -- Maidenform -- Disc 3. The gold violin -- A night to remember -- Six month leave -- Disc 4. The inheritance -- The jet set -- The mountain king -- Meditations in an emergency. Special features: Mad men commentaries : feature-length audio commentaries on all episodes; Birth of an independent woman : video featurette examining the rise of female independence in the 1960's, from housewives to working women; An era of style : video taking a close look into the fashion of the 1960's and its influence on designers today; Time capsule : video featurettes and picture text galleries examining historical events mentioned in the second season. 2008. 611 min. DVD X1678

Season Three

At the office, the firings continue; Don is brought in to save the day on a PR campaign only to have the rug pulled out from under him; Peggy and Paul get stoned while working on an ad campaign; Sally steals money from her grandfather; Don has reservations about a misguided potential client; Betty has hallucinations of her dead father as she delivers her baby; Don and Betty renew their love affair while on a business trip. Disc 1. Out of town; Love among the ruins; My old Kentucky home -- disc 2. The arrangements; The fog; Guy walks into an advertising agency -- disc 3. Seven twenty three; Souvenir; Wee small hours -- disc 4. The color blue; The gypsy and the hobo; The grown-ups; Shut the door. Have a seat. Special features: Mad men commentaries: Matthew Weiner and his cast and crew invites viewers to join them as they explore each episode through feature-length commentaries; "Medgar Evers: an unsung hero:" a documentary exploring the life and legacy of slain Civil Rights activist, Medgar Evers; "Clearing the air: the history of cigarette advertising:" a visual depiction of the relationship between big tobacco and advertising; "We shall overcome: the march on Washington:" the historic 'I have a dream' speech accompanies a pictorial gallery of the march on Washington; "Mad men illustrated:" meet the mad artist behind the illustrations inspired by Mad men. Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes in 2009. 611 min. DVD X2852

Season Four

Cast: Jon Hamm, January Jones, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser. Last season stunned fans with its cliffhanger finale, as Don Draper's professional and personal lives unexpectedly imploded. This season Don grapples with an uncertain new reality. Don makes a mistake that jeopardizes the new agency; the agency gets a new account, adds staff and throws a party; Don takes a trip and gets to know Lane a little better; an edict from Roger and Lane puts Pete in a personal dilemma; Don and Pete go against Roger in efforts to win a new account; Peggy clashes with her new creative partner and Don pitches under unusual circumstances; a deadline disrupts Sterling Cooper Daper Pryce; Joan and Peggy deal with high-jinx in the office; Peggy receives a romantic gift that could compromise her career; an unannounced visiter at the Francis home rattles Betty; employees in the office resort to scuttlebutt after an agency wide meeting is called; Don runs into an old friend and, in the finale, an opportunity arrises for Don and Peggy. Disc 1: Public relations -- Christmas comes but once a year -- The good news. Disc 2: The rejected -- The chrysanthemum and the sword -- Waldorf stories. Disc 3: The suitcase -- The summer man -- The beautiful girls. Disc 4: Hands and knees -- Chinese wall -- Blowing smoke -- Tomorrowland. Special features: Divorce: circa 1960s ; Marketing the Mustang: an American classic ; How to succeed in business Draper style ; 1964 presidential campaign ; audio commentaries on all 13 episodes. Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes in 2009. DVD X5594

Mad Men: Cast & Creators live at Paleyfest

The insights, antics, and anecdotes of the TV series from Paleyfest, which connects fans with the casts and creators of their favorite shows. In this film producers and selected cast members of the television show "Mad Men" talk about the show and its characters in a panel discussion. The television series explores the lives of executives in an advertising agency in the "golden age" of advertising: 1960s, New York City. Moderator, Matt Roush ; panelists, Matthew Weiner (producer), Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Robert Morse, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton. Event date 3/27/2008. DVD X3354

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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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

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Prison Break.

Cast: Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callied, William Fichtner, Peter Stormare.

Season 1, Discs 1 & 2 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. 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. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. DVD 5966

Season 1, 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. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. DVD 5967

Season 1, Discs 5 & 6 Disc 5: J-Cat ; Bluff ; The key ; tonight -- Disc 6: Go ; Flight. Originally broadcast on television during the 2005-2006 season. DVD 5968

Season 2 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

Season 3 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; Vámonos; 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: orientación" 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

Rome: Season One

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

Alvey, Mark "Existential Search of Route 66." In: The road movie book / edited by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark. London ; New York: Routledge, 1997. (Full text available online (UC Berkeley users only); Print: Main Stack PN1995.9.R63.R63 1997)

Shogun(1980)

Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada. John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or sho-gun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior. From the novel by james Clavell; originally broadcast in 1980. 547 min. DVD X6485

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.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 2001

Akass, Kim; McCabe, Janet. "Six Feet Under." In: The essential HBO reader / edited by Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones. Lexington. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008. (Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1992.92.H66 E87 2008)

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).

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).

White, Rob. "Family Plot." Sight & Sound Vol XIII nr 7 (July 2003); p 65

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

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

Treme: The Complete First Season

Performers: John Goodman, Wendell Pierce, Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo, Michiel Huisman, Lucia Micarelli, Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Kim Dickens, Clarke Peters. In this television series amid the ruins of New Orleans, ordinary people--musicians, chefs, residents--find themselves clinging to a unique culture and wondering if the city that gave birth to that culture still has a future. Contents: Disc 1. Do you know what it means / director, Agnieszka Holland ; written by David Simon & Eric Overmyer. Meet de boys on the battlefront / director, Jim McKay ; teleplay, David Mills -- Disc 2. Right place, wrong time / director, Ernest Dickerson ; teleplay, Eric Overmyer. At the foot of Canal Street / director, Anthony Hemingway ; teleplay, George Pelecanos. Shame, shame, shame / director, Christine Moore ; teleplay, Lolis Eric Elie -- Disc 3. Shallow water, oh mama / director, Brad Anderson ; teleplay, Tom Piazza. Smoke my peace pipe / director, Simon Cellan-Jones ; teleplay, David Mills & Davis Rogan. All on a Mardi Gras Day / director, Anthony Hemingway; teleplay, Eric Overmyer -- Disc 4. Wish someone would care / director, Dan Attias ; teleplay, George Pelecanos. I'll fly away / director, Agnieszka Holland ; teleplay, David Simon. Originally broadcast in 2010. 632 min. DVD X5589

Miley, Mike. "Treme & The Battle for a Certiied New Orleans." New Orleans Review, 2011, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p94-101, 8p

Tyree, J.M. "Treme vs. The Bad Lieutenant." Film Quarterly; Fall2010, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p23-28, 6p

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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.

Special features on DVD X3518: Disc nine: Lost and found: Deleted scenes; Disc ten: "A slice of Lynch": David Lynch takes a strange and amusing look back with help from Kyle MacLachlan, Madchen Amick and John Wentworth; "Secrets from another place" feature-length documentary; "Saturday Night Live": Kyle MacLachlan's monologue and the hilarious Twin Peaks comedy sketch featuring the SNL cast; The complete Log Lady Introductions [etc.]

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 1990

Disc 1: Episodes 8, 9 & 10; Disc two: Episodes 11, 12, 13 & 14. DVD 7865; also DVD X3518

Disc three: Episodes 15, 16, 17 & 18; Disc four: Episodes , 19, 20, 21 &, 22. DVD 7866; also DVD X3518

Disc five: Episodes 23, 24, 25 & 26; Disc six: Episodes 27, 28 & 29. DVD 7867; also DVD X3518

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

Drama: One-off Shows and Specials, Dramatic Anthology Shows

The West Wing

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

Awards

Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series, Drama, 2000

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

Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Season One

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

Erish, Andrew A. "Reclaiming Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Volume 26 Issue 5 2009

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.

Phillips, Gene D. "Hitchcock's Forgotten Films: The Twenty Teleplays." Journal of Popular Film & Television; Summer82, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p73-76, 4p

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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, Season 2

Alfred HItchcock, master of suspense, always started out his show with the line 'Good Evening.' Loaded with twists, turns, and things that go bump in the night, view this storyteller's classic tales with some of the biggest names in showbiz. DVD X2526

Disc 1: Contents: Wet Saturday / cast, Cedric Hardwicke -- Fog closing in / Phyllis Thaxter -- De mortuis / Robert Emhardt -- Kill with kindness / Carmen Mathews, Hume Cronyn -- None are so blind / Hurd Hatfield -- Toby / Jessica Tandy -- Alibi me / Lee Philips -- Conversation over a corpse / Carmen Mathews, Dorothy Stickney.

Disc 2: Contents: Crack of doom / cast, Robert Horton -- Jonathan / Corey Allen -- Better bargain / Henry Silva -- Rose garden / John Williams -- Mr. Blanchard's secret / Robert Horton -- John Brown's body / Leora Dana, Hugh Marlowe -- Crackpot / Robert Emhardt -- Nightmare in 4-D / Norman Lloyd.

Disc 3: Contents: My brother, Richard / cast, Harry Townes, Inger Stevens -- Manacled / William Redfield -- Bottle of wine / Herbert Marshall, Robert Horton-- Malice domestic / Ralph Meeker, Phyllis Thaxter -- Number twenty-two / Rip Torn -- End of Indian summer / Gladys Cooper -- One for the road / John Baragrey -- Cream of the jest / Claude Rains.

Disc 4: Contents: I killed the Count, Pt. 1/ cast, John Williams -- I killed the Count, Pt. 2 / John Williams -- I killed the Count, Pt. 3 / John Williams -- One more mile to go / David Wayne, Steve Brodie -- Vicious circle / Dick York -- Three dreams of Mr. Findlater / John Williams -- Night the world ended / Harold J. Stone, Russell Collins -- Hands of Mr. Ottermole / Theodore Bikel.

Disc 5: Contents: Man greatly beloved / cast, Cedric Hardwicke -- Martha Mason, movie star / Robert Emhardt, -- West Warlock time capsule / Henry Jones -- Father and son / Edmund Gwenn -- Indestructible Mr. Weems / Russell Collins -- Little sleep / Barbara Cook -- Dangerous people / Albert Salmi.

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.

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.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 4

DVD X2515

Disc 1: Contents: Poison / cast, Wendell Corey -- Don't interrupt / Cloris Leachman -- jokester / James Coburn -- Crooked road / Walter Matthau -- $2,000,000 defense / Barry Sullivan -- Design for loving / Norman Lloyd -- Man with a problem / Gary Merrill, Peter Mark Richman -- Safety for the witness / Art Carney -- Murder me twice / Phyllis Thaxter. Originally broadcast as individual episodes on television during the 1958 season. 232 min.

Disc 2: Contents: Tea time / cast, Marsha Hunt, Margaret Leighton -- And the desert shall blossom / William Demarest -- Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore / Mary Astor -- Six people, no music -- Morning after / Jeanette Nolan -- Personal matter -- Out there - darkness / James Congdon, Bette Davis -- Total loss / Ralph Meeker, Nancy Olson -- Last dark step / Robert Horton, Joyce Meadows.

Disc 3: Contents: Morning of the bride / cast, Barbara Bel Geddes-- Diamond necklace / Claude Rains -- Relative value / Denholm Elliott -- Right price / Allyn Joslyn, Eddie Foy Jr. -- I'll take care of you / Ralph Meeker -- Avon emeralds / Hazel Court -- Kind waitress / Olive Deering -- Cheap is cheap / Dennis Day -- Waxwork/ Barry Nelson.

Disc 4: Contents: mpossible dream / cast, Franchot Tone, Mary Astor -- Banquo's chair / John Williams, Kenneth Haigh -- Night with the boys / John Smith, Joyce Meadows -- Your witness / Leora Dana -- Human interest story / Steve McQueen -- Dusty drawer / Philip Coolidge, Dick York -- True account / Jane Greer -- Touché / Paul Douglas -- Invitation to an accident / Gary Merrill.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents [vol 1]

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 [vol 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 [vol 4]

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

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. DVD X2374; vhs 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

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

Cavalcade of America

The Boy Nobody Wanted

Directed by Blake Edwards. Cast: David Niven, John Dehner, Margaret Sheridan. "All's fair in love and war" is the sentiment that lands Richard Lilliam (David Niven), his former lover Janet and her new fiance in an "explosive" life and death situation. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Cavalcade of America on Oct. 2, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2333

Don Marshall's Brat

Directed by Blake Edwards. Cast: David Niven, John Dehner, Margaret Sheridan. Trudy Marshall and her family move onto their new frontier farm only to find themselves in the middle of a feud between the miserly rancher Barton, and his nemesis the Calaveras Kid. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Cavalcade of America on Oct. 2, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2332

Dark Stranger

Directed by Arthur Ripley.. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Woodward, Evelyn Ankers. A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out. Ray Ericson writes of a lovely woman who leaves her steady boyfriend for a man out to kill her. Suddenly he realizes life is imitating art: he is in the killer role! How can the novelist prevent destroying the woman he's come to love? 350 min. DVD 2524 Originally presented as an episode on the television series The Star and the Story on Jan. 8, 1955. 30 min. DVD X2331

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

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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

Four Star Playhouse

"The idea behind Four Star Playhouse was that four big-name actors would take turns on alternating weeks starring in a drama; more "bang for the buck", star-wise, without obligating the actors to a restrictive weekly schedule. The four stars were Dick Powell , David Niven , Charles Boyer and More Ida Lupino . (Originally it was to be Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Rosalind Russell ). During its first year Four Star was on alternate weeks, sharing its time spot with Amos 'n Andy . During the second season, the season began airing weekly. As the series continued, Dick Powell introduced a recurring character, Willie Dante, owner of Dante's restaurant and nightclub. He had a tendency to become involved with shady women and underworld figures." [tv.com]

Four Star Playhouse: Study in panic; Let the chips fall; Back of beyond; Full circle; The contest; Place full of strangers, 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

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

Man on a Train

Directed by Robert Florey. Cast: Merle Oberon, Barbara Billingsley, Gordon Oliver. Glamorous Mrs. Andrews (Merle Oberon) is loosing her hearing. Vain to a fault, she refuses to tarnish her "perfect" appearance by wearing a hearing-aid. When she finally concedes to use the device, she "hears" more than she bargained for. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Jan. 15, 1953. 30 min. DVD X2333

Sound Off, My Love

Directed by Robert Florey. Cast: David Niven, Rhys Williams, Lowell Gilmore, Alan Napier. Langford (David Niven) is taken aback by a strange run-in with an old friend. Things become even more peculiar when it turns out that the meeting might have been paranormal. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Feb. 12, 1953.. 30 min. DVD X2333

The Story of Emily Carmeron

Directed by Roy Kellino. Cast: Ida Lupino, Scott Forbes, Fay Baker. After an automobile accident, filthy rich Emily Cameron (Ida Lupino) is confined to her bed. Guilt-ridden about having caused the accident, her doting husband Jim cares for her every need - but the crash may have taken more than the use of her legs. Based on the story by Ida Lupino. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on March 29, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2333

House for Sale

Directed by Jules Bricken. Cast: Ida Lupino, Joseph Crehan, George Macready. While looking at an isolated country home, a young woman (Ida Lupino) has an encounter with a maniac killer. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Dec. 31, 1953. 30 min. DVD X2333

A Place of His Own

Directed by Robert Florey. Cast: Charles Boyer, Jeanette Nolan, Stacy Harris. Claude (Charles Boyer), a celebrated war hero, returns home shell-shocked to live with his two brothers and sister-in-law (Jeanette Nolan). When one of his brothers fatally shoots a stranger, Claude's world is changed forever. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Oct. 8, 1953. 30 min. DVD X2333

The Adolescent

Directed by Roy Kellino. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Arthur, Hugh Sanders, Hugh Beaumont, Lewis Martin. A prep school disciplinary board member, Celia, (Ida Lupino) comes across many obstacles and threats as she seeks to uncover a troubled student's dark secret. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Oct. 28, 1954. 30 min. DVD X2333

The Bomb

Directed by Blake Edwards. Cast: David Niven, John Dehner, Margaret Sheridan. "All's fair in love and war" is the sentiment that lands Richard Lilliam (David Niven), his former lover Janet and her new fiance in an "explosive" life and death situation. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Feb. 18, 1954. 30 min. DVD X2333

The Wild Bunch

Directed by William A. Seiter. Cast: Charles Boyer, Noreen Nash, Natalie Wood, Willa Pearl Curtis. George (Charles Boyer) adores his lovely new wife Leonora, but is shocked to discover that she neglected to tell him of her three teenage children. When Leonora is called away, George must tame her hellion kids. Guest starring Natalie Wood. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Four Star Playhouse on Feb. 17, 1955. 30 min. DVD X2331

General Electric Theater

Host: Ronald Reagan. "General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show from 1 February 1953 to 27 May 1962, the General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience." [Encyclopedia of Television]

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

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Let It Rain

Directed by Don Medford and Ralph Nelson. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Cloris Leachman, Joe Greene. Series host Ronald Reagan stars with Cloris Leachman in this weird tale of a writer who finds romance in a sleepy southern town that keeps its memories of the Civil War, and its ghosts, very much alive. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on April 1, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2328

The Golden Key

Cast: Joe E. Brown, Van Dyke Parks, Kenny Delmar. Comedian Joe E. Brown appears in a rare dramatic role as an aged railroad man who breaks free of the doldrums of retirement with the help of a young boy's friendship. Based on the story by E. W. Hornung. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on May 27, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2328

The Honest Man

Cast: Jack Benny, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Charles Bronson. Piano tuner Jack Benny is the man with an honest face in this comedy of errors involving gangsters, stolen jewels, and a bevy of lovesick beauties! This gem also stars Zsa Zsa Gabor and Charles Bronson! Based on the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on Feb. 19, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2328

Feathertop

Directed by Don Medford. Cast: Natalie Wood, Carleton Carpenter, Irene Tedrow. A young Natalie Wood stars as the love interest in this television play of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American fairy-tale of a scarecrow brought magically to life. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on Dec. 4, 1955. DVD X2328

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Summer Promise

Directed by Robert Stevenson. Cast: Joan Fontaine, Scott Marlowe, Philip Ober. Joan Fontaine stars in this tragic story of unrequited love and a promise made and kept in the heat of a May-December romance. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on Jan. 29, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2328

The Hat With the Roses

Directed by Don Medford. Cast: Gisele MacKenzie, Betty Garde, Margaret Barker. In this gentle story of acceptance and love, Gisele MacKenzie stars as a lonely teacher forced to share a holiday with the one student who hates her the most. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on May 20, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2329

Esteban's Legacy

Cast: Mcdonald Carey, Mary Fickett. Macdonald Carey stars in this powerful story of a minister who must overcome a crisis of faith as the upcoming Easter holiday also marks the anniversary of his young son's death. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on Jan. 8, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2329

Easter Gift

Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Movita, Eugene Iglesias. In a small Mexican village, an idler (Ricardo Montalban) finds a gold coin and is afraid his neighbors will think he has stolen it, unless he can find work. Originally presented as an episode on the television series General Electric theater on April 1, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2329

The Golden Gunkman

Directed by Roy Kellino. Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Corey Allen, Robert Arthur. Widowed immigrant, Jules Samenian (Lon Chaney, Jr.), works day and night as a junkman to send his sons to a private school. Jules has earned a very good living with his hard work, but earning the respect of his sons will become his greatest challenge. Originally presented as an episode on the television series Telephone Time April 8, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2330

Goodyear TV Playhouse

Goodyear Playhouse, a highly prestigious American program of live, one-hour plays, appeared on NBC from 1951-57. Its original title, Goodyear TV Playhouse, was changed in 1955. The program shared its time slot in alternating weeks with The Philco Television Playhouse and later with The Alcoa Hour. The varying titles referred to specific corporate sponsorship from week to week, but all three series were produced by the same people, and at times all three series were referred to simply as NBC's "Television Playhouse." [Encyclopedia of Television]

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. DVD X2374; vhs Video/C 9729

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Kraft Television Theater

raft Television Theatre proved to be one of the most durable and honored programs of the Golden Age, airing on NBC from 1947 to 1958. Produced by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, this live anthology drama was designed to mesh with Kraft's overall marketing strategy, which stressed the concept of "gracious living," an appeal to middle class, suburban, family values. Kraft Television Theatre featured quietly paced, intimate dramas; as one Kraft representative put it, the show was be a 'respectful guest in America's living rooms.'" [Encyclopedia of Television]

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. DVD X2374; vhs Video/C 9670

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Loretta Young Theatre.

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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Marty(1953)

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NBC's Sunday Showcase

What Makes Sammy Run? (NBC's Sunday Showcase)

Cast: Larry Blyden, John Forsythe, Barbara Rush, Dina Merrill, Norman Fell. Sammy Glick is a Jewish boy born in New York's Lower East Side who decides to climb the ladder of success by any means necessary. Through backstabbing and double-crossing, Sammy fights to become the motion picture industry's top screenwriter. A rags to riches story about the world of 1930s Hollywood based on the controversial novel by Budd Schulberg. Original 2-part broadcast on NBC's Sunday Showcase in 1959. 105 min. DVD X1117

Neighbors (KCET/Hollywood Television Theatre, 1971)

Director, Fiedler Cook. Cast: Andrew Duggan, Raymond St. Jacques, Cicely Tyson, Jane Wyatt. Drama about race relations in an all-white suburban community that depicts the confrontation between an upper-class white couple and a black couple from Harlem who plan to buy their expensive suburban home. In negotiating the sale, all four learn a little more about each other-- and a lot about their own latent prejudices. 60 min. DVD X4466

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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)

Patterns

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Payment in Kind

Directed by Rodney Amateau. Cast: Howard Duff, Beverly Garland, Steven Geray, Dabbs Greer. Detective Tom Preston (Howard Duff) finds himself in a troubling dilemma when the doctor that saved his wife's life confesses to a murder. Originally presented as an episode on the television series The Star and the Story on Jan. 28, 1956. 30 min. DVD X2331

Playhouse 90

"A relative latecomer to the group of live anthology dramas, Playhouse 90 was broadcast on CBS between the fall of 1956 and 1961. Its status as a "live" drama was short lived in any case, since the difficulties in mounting a ninety-minute production on a weekly basis required the adoption of the recently developed videotape technology, which was used to pre-record entire shows from 1957 onward. Both the pressures and the costs of this ambitious production eventually resulted in Playhouse 90 being cut back to alternate weeks, sharing its time slot with The Big Party between 1959 and 1960. The last eight shows were aired irregularly between February and May of 1960, with repeats broadcast during the summer weeks of 1961." [Encyclopedia of Television]

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

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. DVD X2374; vhs Video/C 9669

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. DVD X2374; vhs Video/C 9668

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

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. DVD X2374; vhs 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.

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

Studio One

"Studio One was one of the most significant U.S. anthology drama series during the 1950s. Like other anthology series of the time--Robert Montgomery Presents, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Philco Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre--the format was organised around the weekly presentation of a one hour, live, television play. Several hours of live drama were provided by the networks per week, each play different: such risk and diversity is hard to come by today." [Encyclopedia of Television] The program was created in 1947 by the 26-year-old Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. The TV program was sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and ran until 1958.

Raw, Laurence. "Form and Function in the 1950s Anthology Series: Studio One." Journal of Popular Film & Television 37:2 (Summer 2009) p. 90-96 p. 90-96

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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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

Sentence of Death

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

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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. DVD X596

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 Square Peg

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

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

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.

TV Reader's Digest

America's First Great Lady

Cast: Gloria Talbott, Richard Ney, John Stephenson. A classic re-telling of the story of Indian princess Pocahontas (Gloria Talbott) and the early days of America's first settlement. Originally presented as an episode on the television series TV Reader's Digest on March 21, 1955. 30 min. DVD X2331

The Brainwashing of John Hayes

Directed by Harry Horner Cast: Vincent Price, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Steven Geray, Kei T. Chung. A dramatization of the tortures that sixty-four year old missionary John Hayes (Vincent Price) endured in China for unrelenting months while the communists attempted to brainwash him. Originally presented as an episode on the television series TV Reader's Digest on Nov. 7, 1955. 30 min. DVD X2330

U.S. Steel Hour

Bang the Drum Slowly

No Time for Sergeants

Directed and produced by Alex Segal. Cast: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark, Robert Emhardt, Joe Brown, Jr., Eddie LeRoy, Alexander Clark, Arthur Storch, Bob Hastings, G. Albert Smith, Adnia Rice, Thomas Volk, George Kilroy. It's a bad day for the Army when a backwoods boy from Georgia is escorted through the service. All hillbilly Will wants to do is stay in the infantry, but his tough sergeant and the camp commander have other plans for him. Based on the novel by Mac Hyman and the play by Ira Levin. Originally broadcast on ABC on The U.S. Steel hour on March 15, 1955. 60 min. DVD X2374

Wind from the South

Directed by Daniel Petrie. Cast: Julie Harris, Donald Woods, Haila Stoddard, Michael Higgins, Lawrence Fletcher. Shevawn is a shy Irish innkeeper oppressed by her domineering brother and her own morality. She finds encouragement and love in Robert, an older guest whose marriage is falling apart, but each is afraid to declare their feelings for the other. Originally presented on September 14, 1955 as a live television broadcast on the U. S. Steel Hour. 60 min. DVD X2374

What Makes Sammy Run? (NBC's Sunday Showcase)

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

Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database

$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