Three clueless and hedonistic bachelors are forced to trade dames for diapers when an infant is left on their doorstep. However what they don't know is that this ""package"" is harbouring a little extra when drug dealers come looking for their narcotics unwittingly stashed in the baby's cradle! Funny feelgood French farce later remade as the Stateside uber-comedy Three Men And A Baby!
Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
Bowfinger: How does Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) Hollywood's least successful director get Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) Hollywood's biggest star in his ultra low-budget film? Any way he can. With an ingenious scheme and the help of the eager nerd Jiff an ambitious and sexy wannabe (Heather Graham) and an over-the-hill diva (Christine Baranski) Bowfinger sets out to trick Kit Ramsey into the performance of a lifetime.... Life: Eddie Murphy is the fast talking con-artist Rayford Gibson and Martin Lawrence is the conservative bank teller Claude Banks. The two are accidentally teamed up to become the funniest ""odd couple"" east of the Mississippi. In an effort to pay off Ray's debt and restore Claude's reputation they travel south on a bootlegging run for some quick cash. There is no limit to their comical misfortune as they are placed at the scene of a crime and their mistaken identity lands them right in front of the judge. This hysterical comedy gives a whole new meaning to friends for life.
Set around a London bus depot, On the Buses starred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor and driver of the No 11 bus who still lives with his mum (Cicely Courtneidge in the first series, Doris Hare in the second), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis) The first series was broadcast in black and white in 1969, and the show eventually ran until 1973. Eventually, On the Buses would be both celebrated and reviled for its leery, pre-feminist sauciness, and for the exasperated gurning of Lewis' little Hitler-esque inspector. The first series in particular, however, is more keen to develop the theme of Stan as Mummy's boy, with Lewis only a secondary character. Much of the comedy derives from gender role reversal--Stan and Arthur forced to do the household chores when Olive and Mum fall ill ("Family Flu"); "The Canteen", in which the busmen decide to run the canteen themselves; or "The Darts Match", in which Stan and Jack are bested at darts by--imagine--a pair of dollybird clippies. Despite its immense popularity, On the Buses hasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex--even a bared male nipple--making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence. On the DVD: On the Buses has no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment. --David Stubbs
Classic comedy directed by Ralph Smart. A close family bond allows Victor Hemsley (Ronald Squire) and his daughter, Clare (Peggy Cummins), to pose as husband and wife. Using this to their advantage, the pair perform an elaborate scam to yield money from other guests living in hotels throughout the Riviera. But when Clare meets British Treasury worker Terence Winch (Terence Morgan) her outlook changes. Seeking a life away from the scamming and scheming, Clare sees Terence as a way out, but before leaving for good she agrees to stage one more scam with her father. However, when their latest plan goes wrong and the pair then flee to Italy, Terence begins pursuing Clare for different reasons altogether.
Following his sell-out UK tour 2010's comedian of the moment John Bishop presents his much anticipated debut DVD John Bishop Live. Bringing his unique talents for observational comedy to DVD for the first time John's hotly anticipated Edinburgh Award Nominated show 'Elvis Has Left the Building' is tipped to be the next big thing. Filmed live at The Liverpool Empire John's observations about coming to terms with middle age lead us through tales of his new found fame his devotion to Liverpool FC the positives of male grooming and an outlook on life that rings true for anyone and everyone. With regular appearances on League of Their Own Skins Live at Apollo and guests spots on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock The Week this Liverpudlian stand-up is going to be the next big thing.
Here Come The Co-Ed's: Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down. In Society: Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected things don't run to plan...
A mockumentary of the movie business a la 'Spinal Tap' featuring a film crew who follow the downward spiral of low budget moviemaker Morty Fineman (Jerry Stiller)...
The hilarious sketch-based show which lampooned the new satellite television companies which had begun to operate in the UK! Each week a different aspect of 'cheap' television production and broadcasting provided the 'theme' for the sketches in the programme; no target was left untouched! Episodes Comprise: 1. Launch Night 2. Big Fight Special 3. The Green Green Show 4. Those Fabulous War Years 5. It's A Royal Wedding 6. Challenge Anna
Recognising his genius Charles Chaplin won a special Academy Award for acting writing producing and directing The Circus. In this silent comedy The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he promptly gets chased by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the big top The Tramp is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police and immediately gets hired by the ringmaster.
Stanley Kubric's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening, and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals, U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff Buck Turgidson (George C Scott), trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russias strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientists who has bizarre ideas about mans future. The President (also Sellers) is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake (Sellers once again). Dr. Strangelove is truly a brilliant film classic.
Sleepwalk with Me tells the story of comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia in his autobiographically inspired fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on hissleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control and the wild spurts of severe sleep- walking he is desperate to ignore. Based on the successful one-man show Sleepwalk With Me engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art.
Prepare to be blown away! Pablo Francisco: Bits And Pieces sends you into the whirlwind comedy of this star. Filmed in the O.C. the show features explosive material that tears apart everything form love songs and psycho chicks to Viagra and American Justice. With his uncanny talent for creating vivid images using strikingly authentic off-the-wall sound effects Pablo keeps the laughs coming. Bits and Pieces is the first DVD of Pablo Francisco. His famous sketch 'Little Tortilla Boy' has over 8 000 000 views on You tube and is included on this DVD!!! Besides that this DVD includes Soft Porn Psycho Chicks and many many more. The DVD comes with a free audio CD.
A milestone in television comedy Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and '90s. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: politicians of all persuasions Ronald Reagan the Pope and even the Royal Family could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme.
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza her parents her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station wagon to go to the city to confront Louis with the letter. On the way the five explore their relations with each other...
In preparation for his daughter's wedding dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo the groom's father. Vince a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America!
He was hired to Mate them . . . but not to Date them!
Put on your shades and get the Blues again with the long awaited Blu-ray Edition of The Blues Brothers.Comedy icons John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star in this funny musical comedy about Jake and Elwood Blues, two brothers searching for redemption with no money but a briefcase full of soul. When they discover that the orphanage where they were raised will be closed down unless the tax on the property can be paid in 11 days, they decide to raise money by putting their band back together and stage a big gig.
""Just the one Mrs Wembley!"" The complete third series of the culture clash sitcom in which lower class boy done good Tony Carpenter (Dennis Waterman) rubs shoulders with the less than appreciative well-to-do... Episodes comprise: 1. The Golf Tournament 2. The Fishing Trip 3. Temporary Secretary 4. Parental Choice 5. Stephanie 6. Divorce Features a theme tune written and performed by Dennis Waterman!
Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles playing a game that’s fast dangerous – and funny. Directed and written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) and co-starring the sizzling Rosie Perez White Men Can’t Jump is a slam dunk high-flying comedy hit!
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