Summary: It's the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool but there's got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she'd read about and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FUNSummary: Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas stand-up comedy diva, needs to maintain relevance: the head of the casino where she performs wants to pare down her performance dates. Ava is a Gen Z comedy writer who is unable to find work due to being fired from her job over an insensitive tweet. The two reluctantly team up to freshen up Deborah's material and learn to respect each other's differences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HACSummary: When an illness brings comedian Emily Martin back to her college town of Austin, Texas, she must endure an awkward weekend with her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MR.Summary: Cheri's peppy, energetic style always made her characters on SNL hilarious to watch. From physical comedy as Ariana the cheerleader, to impressions of Barbara Walters and Judge Judy, to wacky Rita, she made audiences laugh till they cried.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATSummary: A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FUNSummary: Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while in Arkham State Hospital. Upon release, the pair embark on a doomed romantic misadventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JOKSummary: Multiple Emmy Award winner Jean Smart stars as a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to hire an ambitious young writer. These two talented comedic voices from different generations form an unlikely bond in this new comedy from "Broad City" alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky and Emmy Award winning executive producer Michael Schur.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022