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Building Juvenile fiction Comedy sketches Comedy sketches Drama Man-woman relationships New York (State) New York Drama New York (State) New York Rockefeller Center Drama Rockefeller Center. Television broadcasting New York (State) New York Employees Drama Television comedy writers New York (State) New York Drama United StatesSummary: A fast-paced, absurd collection of short films, parodies, animations, pranks, and musical numbers. Attempts to shock life back into the art of sketch comedy. Has grotesquely memorable characters and crude animation bits all wrapped up neatly. The apparent slipshod manner of each episode may or may not be part of the skit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TIMSummary: The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 straight years, between 1967-1978. It was the ultimate variety show with music, acting, larger-than-life guest stars, and of course, comedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by] Time Life 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CARSummary: One of the sharpest, funniest, and most underrated shows of the '90s. A comedic gem that rocked Generation X with slapstick, smarts, and witty sarcasm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, like Who's on first? and The lemon bit, this digitally restored and remastered best-of collection includes six of the Abbott and Costello show's most beloved episodes. Includes: The dentist's office; The birthday party; The charity bazaar; Hungry; The music lovers; and The actor's home. Also features the classic routines Alexander 4444; The...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ABBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Series Abbott 2011Summary: Amy Schumer explores sex, relationships, and more with sketches, stand-up comedy, and woman-on-the-street interviews. Includes all twenty episodes from the show's first two seasons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSSummary: Go behind-the-scenes of a live sketch comedy show. Watch as Jack comes back to GE; Liz gets a visit from an adoption agency caseworker; Liz sits next to Oprah on her flight from Chicago to New York; Tracy and Jenna conduct a 'social experiment;' Jack hooks up with Liz's psycho ex-roommate; Liz thinks she has found the perfect mate; Don Geiss wakes from his coma; Jack falls in love with his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THISummary: With a nod to absurd yet intelligent legacy sketch shows Monty Python, Mr. Show, and Kids in the Hall, the series features sketches that poke fun at real-life moments and cultural touchstones. From Steve Jobs and the rise of the personal computer, Lance Armstrong and the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs, to the hardships of trying to keep up with too many shows on the DVR, the series...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BIRSummary: All new ten episodes from the popular comedy troupe. The series features both stand-alone and multi-act sketches that poke fun at real-life moments and cultural touchstones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ifc Films 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BIRSummary: In this final season of the show, nothing was sacred, and no public figure was safe. The show's hilarious sketches challenged censors and viewers with piercing parody.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSittenfeld, Curtis
Summary: "Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SITCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SITCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SITCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SITCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction SittenfeldSummary: When Death gets off the Greyhound bus in the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, everyone in town is implicated when one of its most distinguished citizens is found murdered. As a suspect is arrested and the trial plays out, the entire town is affected and its dark secrets are unraveled and exposed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Network 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KIDKerouac, Jack
Summary: The novella, set in Galloway, a fictionalized version of Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin-a character based on the author's recently departed friend Sebastian Sampas-tackles the pressing issues of the day. At home in the working-class town the summer before his sophomore year at Boston College, Peter finds himself conflicted. Like many...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC KERSummary: The complete seventh and final season of the award-winning comedy. As Jack schemes to take control of KableTown or sink the whole company trying, Liz strives to balance her uncharacteristically blissful personal life with the constant chaos of her career. Even with Kenneth Parcell, life-long NBC devotee, around to tend to TGS' lovable misfit stars Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney, mayhem ensues...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THISummary: Corporate executive Jack Donaghy, in this behind-the-scenes romp about sketch show 'TGS;' its neurotic stars, Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney; hapless NBC page Kenneth Parcell and the rest of the befuddled crew working to create the 'magic of television.' Brought to you by the folks at GE Kabletown, it's a season of video obituaries, cross-dressing love, page showdowns, Canadian births and other...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THILee, Lyla
Summary: It's time to pick a class president, and Mindy really wants to win, and she's basing her entire campaign on snacks and being kind, so how could she not be chosen? But there is one big thing that Mindy is not sure she can do--make a speech to her class about why she would be the best pick for president. Can Mindy face her fears and show the class, and herself, that she can be the best class...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC LEEFleming, Meg
Summary: A builder sketches a project, then gets to work with his friend digging, lifting, and sawing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLEFleming, Meg
Summary: A builder sketches a project, then gets to work with his friend digging, lifting, and sawing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: little bee books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD FLEO'Malley, Bryan Lee
Summary: "Who is Lottie Person? Is she a gorgeous, fun-loving social media star with a perfect life or a gross, allergy-ridden mess? Enter a world of snot, blood, and tears in this first collection from New York Times Best Seller Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim, Seconds) and dazzling newcomer Leslie Hung!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2017