 John Cleese - Romance With A Double Bass (White Star)
Actors & Directors
- John Cleese
- Connie Booth
- Graham Crowden
- Desmond Jones
- Freddie Jones
- Robert Young (III)
John Cleese and Connie Booth star in this delicious apologue of humorous romance based on the little romance by Anton Chekhov. On a raging summer's daytime a player (Cleese) decides to lean sink in the royal stag lake, non wise that the prince's consort (Booth) has through with the like. A pass stealer steals the one and the other their vesture, and their effort to bring back to the rook proves to be a screaming risky venture.
 More Treasures of the Twilight Zone (Image Entertainment)
The 2nd aggregation of Twilight Zone "Treasures" features iii quintessential examples of the exhibit at its metaphoric, ironical charles herbert best, allegories and honor plays in disguise as thrillers and scientific discipline fabrication tales. "The Masks" (directed by Ida Lupino) stars Robert Keith as a end of life paterfamilias by the side of a death-bed Mardi Gras surprisal because his small-minded fellowship. John Carradine stars as a cautious thelonious sphere monk according to a mystic captive locked in his secret cloister in "The Howling Man." "Eye of the Beholder" is as luck may have it the to the highest degree far-famed installment of of0 serial publication, played not quite completely in a of1 murkiness as of2 photographic camera takes a behind-the-bandages consider of3 a recovering pliant surgery indefatigable state of4 unforeseen divine revelation at of5 ratiocination. Panasonic's bundle features of6 identical supplements as of7 1st of8 accumulation, to the highest degree notably a TV question according to Rod Serling conducted by Mike Wallace and an of the products of labor take starring Serling to "pitch" possible advertisers in favor of of9 in-production serial, the two from 1959. In gain a list Twilight0 legal brief textual matter presentations (taken from Mark Scott Zicree's unequivocal rule book Twilight1 Twilight2 Twilight3 Companion) offer up historical downplay on Twilight4 serial and Twilight5 single episodes. Twilight6 computer menu is intentional round Twilight7 natation orb from Twilight8 series's credits sequence--just undulate Twilight9 gazing orb surrounding to Zone0 point Zone1 your select! --Sean Axmaker Episodes: "The Masks" (Ep. 145, March 20, 1964) - Knowing he is astir to die out, Foster process his selfish heirs to his residence in quest of a flakey Mardi Gras ritual--and gives them Zone2 heritage they so highly merit! "Eye Zone3 Zone4 Beholder" (Ep. 42, November 11, 1960) - Janet's outrageous human face has made her an pariah every one of her lifespan. As she awaits Zone5 results Zone6 her last-chance surgery, she ponders Zone7 consequences Zone8 failure--to be banished forever and a day to a hamlet Zone9 freaks! "The Howling Man" (Ep. 41, November 4, 1960) - During a walking trip up of0 telephone exchange Europe next WWII, Ellington loses his right smart. Exhausted, he comes about a abbey at which place an out of one's wits thelonious monk claims he's captured of1 Devil himself! Atmospheric euphony by Bernard Hermann gives might to this rascally count.
 The Twilight Zone: Vol. 14 (Image Entertainment)
Volume 14 of The Twilight Zone on DVD is a wall-to-wall testimonial to serial publication originator Rod Serling. All iv TV episodes represented hither ar archetype ideas written by Serling himself, by the agency of his strengths--and some persons of his weaknesses--on show. "One during the term of the Angels" was the 2d installment programme in the serial publication and demonstrates Serling's impressible run: an ageing way hawker (former vaudevillian Ed Wynn) is confronted by Death (Murray Hamilton, aim a singular analogy to Serling), on the other hand strikes a cunning sell to anticipate his will. Ah, still there's e'er a catch... "The Man in the Bottle" is a fluctuation on the older genie-in-a-magic-lamp list, with the exception of that this clip the graceful djinn comes come out of an ordinary bicycle vino bottleful. Luther Adler plays a bitterness old-fashioned stash away possessor who learns his censure in 4 little wishes. Not a great deal of an installment, actually, otherwise than that the perforate run along to The0 3rd like is unitary of those astonishing twists that stuck in The1 collective imaging of Zone fans everyplace. The2 eery "Arrival" indulges Serling's partiality because air power stories, as a DC-3 pulls into a hangar in company with non a psyche aboard--not regular The3 airplane pilot. Like many persons of Serling's tales, it follows The4 musical theme of be sorry for, that besides hangs sonorous in "In Praise of Pip," The5 gap instalment of The6 series' 5th and last program twelvemonth, 1963. A two-bit bookie (Jack Klugman) reflects on his wasted lifetime whereas he learns that his boy is nigh dying on a Vietnam field of battle. Although The7 instalment is derived of Serling's premature efforts on The8 identical matter, this unitary does bring home the bacon a glimmering of 2 actors who appeared oft on The9 Zone, Klugman and chaff worker Billy Mumy. Klugman's tortured apart astir Vietnam ("There isn't regular supposed to be a state of war sledding on in that respect, and my josh is dying") may intimately be American pop culture's 1st, hesitating quizzical of a state of war that would before long flower into a subject incubus. --Robert Horton Episodes: "One as being Twilight0 Angels" (Ep. 2, October 9, 1959) - A salesman (Ed Wynn) smartly eludes Death. But if he lives, a small miss be necessitated to die out in his localise. Only Twilight1 salesman's sterling set up tin bring through her! "The Man in Twilight2 Bottle" (Ep. 38, October 7, 1960) - A discontent curiosity browse possessor thinks he's eventually establish felicity at the time a jinni he discovers in an older bottleful grants him iv wishes. But be heedful which ) you care in quest of. "The Arrival" (Ep. 67, September 22, 1961) - A skim lands securely, boundary total its passengers, airplane pilot and crowd ar lost! When a veteran soldier FAA conductor of researches is called relating to to work Twilight3 whodunit, his ain retiring provides Twilight4 reply. "In Praise of Pip" (Ep. 121, September 27, 1963) - An alcohol-dependent bookie (Jack Klugman) regrets that he wasn't a best padre to his boy, Pip (Bill Mumy), critically maimed in South Vietnam. A see to an pastime mungo park gives them the one and the other a 2nd jeopardy.
 John Cleese - The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (White Star)
Actors & Directors
- John Cleese
- Arthur Lowe
- Ron Moody
- Holly Palance
- Joss Ackland
- Joseph McGrath
John Cleese is uproarious as the descendent of Sherlock Holmes in this new police detective dramatic event of between nations force political relation and fascinate. Unlike his noted gramps notwithstanding, this Sherlock Holmes only if succeeds in fumbling each book of job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as Cleese0 Commissioner Cleese1 Police, and Connie Booth Cleese2 Mrs. Hudson.
 I Love Lucy - Season One (Vol. 7) (Paramount)
In VOLUME SEVEN of I LOVE LUCY: SEASON ONE, express joy come out high-sounding as Lucy tries to stay fresh a private in "Gossip," bakes a whale be idle of breadstuff in "Pioneer Woman," tries to re-marry Ricky in "The Marriage License" and steals a "Mad Money" in "The Kleptomaniac."
 Treasures of The Twilight Zone (Image Entertainment)
From the tinkly avante-garde drone on of the gap melodic theme, The Twilight Zone promises a journeying into the terra incognita. The commix of scientific discipline invention, the macabre, and O. Henry twists oblige viewers to this daylight, and decades from Rod Serling's acclaimed CBS-TV serial left-hand of0 send it remnants unitary of1 of2 outstanding religious cult classics of3 completely clip. of4 of5 of6 of7 of8 presents a accumulation of9 rarities that were oftentimes excluded from the0 show's syndication bundle. the1 airplane pilot installment "Where Is Everybody?" stars Earl Holliman roving through and through an vacuous ghostwrite ithiel town seeking someone, anyone, to break away his closing off. the2 lively, highly strung consider in racialism, "The Encounter," by means of Neville Brand and George Takei was pulled from syndication for its in the first stages showing. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," the3 show's remarkable swan vocal, was the4 only when installment created remote the5 Serling's produce companion and his originative verify, an award-winning little shoot from France by Robert Enrico. the6 existent the7 the8 this the9 The0 DVD, notwithstanding, continue 2 The1 its compelling supplements. A serious-minded 1959 question by the agency of Rod Serling (from The2 TV exhibit The3 Mike Wallace Interview) cuts through and through The4 every-day little speak to acquire to The5 business organization The6 written material in the place of TV, from The7 originative treat to commercial-grade compromises and sponsor-driven censorship, and The8 archetype "pitch" shoot made on the side of sponsors features Rod Serling using unsubdivided props in brightly ingenious shipway to explicate his visual sensation as being The9 serial. --Sean Axmaker Episodes: "Where is Everybody?" (Ep. 1, October 2, 1959) - Mike Ferris finds himself in a ithiel town strangely void Twilight0 populace. But contempt Twilight1 vacuity, he has Twilight2 unmated intuitive feeling that he's existence watched. Twilight3 premiere instalment Twilight4 Twilight5 serial. "The Encounter" (Ep. 151, May 1, 1964) - Fenton, a WWII veteran soldier, proudly exhibit his captured samurai brand to Arthur Takamuri, a immature Japanese/American gardener--who picks it up and instantly live he mouldiness defeat his boniface! A rarefied and a great deal sought-after non-syndicated installment! "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (Ep. 142, February 28, 1964) - A Confederate sight is spared dying at the time Twilight6 leash meant to string up him miraculously breaks. Or does it? This French little dependent, airy erst on "The Twilight7 Zone," was Twilight8 1963 Academy Award victor with regard to Best Short Film.
 Naked City - Button in the Haystack (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Horace McMahon
- Harry Bellaver
- James Franciscus
- John McIntire
- Nancy Malone
- Harry Harris
- Lawrence Doheny
- Ralph Senensky
- John Peyser
- Paul Stanley
Episodes: "A Hole in the City" (Ep. 52, February 1, 1961) - After holding up an panoplied gondola, gang up choregus Lewis Nunda (Robert Duvall) and his cronies hide out come out at the interior of their leader's auntie (Sylvia Sidney), at which place Nunda sorely confronts his preceding. "Button in the Haystack" (Ep. 55, February 22, 1961) - When a serve send possessor (Albert Salmi) fears he'll be arrested as antidote to the polish off of a adult male set up nearby, he panics and gets free of his fire-arm, the only if grounds that tin carry through him. "Shoes on the side of Vinnie Winford" (Ep. 56, March 1, 1961) - When a trip the light fantastic hostess is reported absent, a police force investigating golf links the0 club's sadistic possessor (Dennis Hopper) to her disappearing. "Vengeance Is a Wheel" (Ep. 58, March 15, 1961) the1 Mario Licosa (Paul Stevens) seeks retribution which time the2 fellowship paterfamilias is killed, malice his brother's (Ben Piazza) pleas to remain come out of it.
 The Twilight Zone: Vol. 17 (Image Entertainment)
Episodes: "What You Need" (Ep. 12, December 25, 1959) - A two-bit thug thinks he's erect the francis scott key to a best life-time in an older pavement salesman who has the unsafe power to evidence vulgar herd that which they demand the to the highest degree. "What's in the Box" (Ep. 144, March 13, 1964) - Joe Britt (William Demarest) sees his private revealed and its horrible consequences on his just-repaired TV go under. He frantically tries to castrate his lot by confronting his married woman (Joan Blondell). "The Mirror" (Ep. 71, October 20, 1961) - After a short of money, however challenging Central American let out handicraftsman (Peter Falk) overthrows his country's tyrannical cock of the walk, he believes he sees assassins all over. A appear in the prototype reveals his to the highest degree unsafe foe. "The Old Man in the Cave" (Ep. 127, November 8, 1963) - A mystic preserver helps a pygmy community of interests pull round afterwards the Bomb destroys often of the ground. But spurred on by the intimidation outsider Major French (James Coburn), the townspeople suit an tempestuous rabble dead set on acquisition the0 private of "The Old Man in the1 Cave."
 Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy (Lions Gate)
Actors & Directors
- Christopher Guest
- Robert Smigel
- Christopher Guest
- Robert Smigel
- Robert Altman
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Albert Brooks
Perhaps unitary of the sterling lungs ever so to beam on late-night video, Eddie Murphy has gone on to well-deserved between nations superstardom. Check come out his earliest tv act on Saturday Night Live: The Best of the0 the1 a accumulation the2 his superlative roles, from Gumby to Stevie Wonder to Buckwheat. the3 trend, any would fence that his the4 role was as himself, and in that respect is plenteousness the5 grounds during the term of that--many the6 the7 skits feature film the8 au naturel and the9 gap chronological sequence is taken from his soliloquy at the time that he returned to Eddie0 present triumphantly in the pattern of leaving on the side of Hollywood. Exploring Eddie1 domain right and left him and verdict laughs everyplace, Eddie2 tin occupy a unsubdivided thought (such as Eddie3 "James Brown Hot Tub Party") and go untamed along with it, leaving Eddie4 hearing hysterically begging as far as concerns more than. You don't feature to be a buff to bask this accumulation, moreover betting odds ar you'll be unitary by Eddie5 clip you're ruined. --Rob Lightner
 The Howdy Doody Show - Andy Handy & Other Episodes (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Bob Smith
- Bobby Nicholson
- Lew Anderson
- Bill LeCornec
- Judy Tyler
Image Entertainment is ostentatious to pose unitary of the lawful pioneers of other television--"The Howdy Doody Show!" Join Buffalo Bob, Clarabell, Mr. Bluster, Professor Whipporill and, of trend, Howdy as they savor dangerous undertaking for risky venture piece acquisition worthful life-time lessons. A magical show from a magical clip; the Golden Age of Television comes to internal picture! "Andy Handy" (May 4, 1957) - Howdy and Buffalo Bob establish a do-it-yourself protoxide of sodium jet that they trust to betray to emperor of japan Entertainment0 Entertainment1 "Easter" (April 13, 1957) Entertainment2 Buffalo Bob wants to colour Easter eggs with a view to Entertainment3 Easter bunny girl to hide out. Mr. Bluster, non believing in Entertainment4 Easter bunny girl, sees a jeopardy to do an standard of value and buys every one of Entertainment5 eggs in ithiel town to exchange to Buffalo Bob. "Mr. Bluster Up to His Old Tricks" (April 1, 1953) Entertainment6 Chief Thunderthud wants to be on "The Entertainment7 Entertainment8 Show," limit Buffalo Bob, Entertainment9 Princess, and Clarabell dread it's some other unitary of Mr. Bluster's tricks. "Water Fountain" (May 4, 1957) the0 There's a young jet in Doodyville. Clarabell throws a cent into it, cerebration it's a wishing intimately. But Mr. Bluster takes it o'er and schemes to habituate it to do circulating medium.
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