Hosted by standup comedian David Steinberg, ABC television's Music Scene was a unique, eclectic, and never-equaled program...
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1999
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A documentary video that looks at the many hilarious comedians in history. ~ Rovi...
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1990
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This delightful collection of commercials and the stars that hocked the products is featured in this video. ~ Rovi...
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1990
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This salute to the famous comedy team of the Marx Brothers is narrated by actor/director Gene Kelly. Shown are clips from...
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1990
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Lucille Ball is honored in this program which features many of her television and film appearances. ~ Rovi...
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1990
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1985
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Milton Berle hosts this 1974 program, a look back at comedy appearances on his variety show plus material from contemporary...
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1974
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Producer and director Otto Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this...
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1968
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Jeannie (Barbara Eden) creates a "miracle" spot remover to clean a stain on Tony's jacket. The result: the jacket proves to...
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1967
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1962
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Created by NBC, Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile features a wealth of footage from the early days of...
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1961
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Future "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen produced this curious but inarguably fascinating adaptation of...
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Peter Minuit
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1957
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1957
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Jayne Mansfield recreated her starmaking stage role in this film adaptation of George Axelrod's Broadway comedy. Mansfield...
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1957
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The 1955 NBC TV special Remember...1938 would be worth seeing again (if indeed a kinescope exists) if only for its...
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1955
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Taken from the television variety show of the same name, this collection features a number of episodes from the program. ~...
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1953
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One man's good luck leaves a very bad impression in this comedy. Johnny Dalton (Frank Sinatra) and Mildred Goodhug (Jane...
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Emil J. Keck
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1951
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Benny Linn
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1951
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Bing Crosby stars as Paul Merrick, an irresponsible songwriter in Mr. Music. Merrick's improvidence and prodigality has made...
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1950
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Host
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1950
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The Marx Brothers' final starring feature Love Happy began life as a solo vehicle for Harpo. The financiers wouldn't go for...
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Detective Sam Grunion
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1949
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Groucho Marx made his first solo film appearance away from his brothers in the musical comedy Copacabana. Groucho plays...
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Lionel Devereaux
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1947
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After a five-year absence, the Marx Brothers returned to the screen in the independently-produced effort A Night in...
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Ronald Kornblow
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1946
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In the last of the Marx Brothers' MGM films, The Big Store, Groucho Marx plays two-bit detective Wolf J. Flywheel, hired by...
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Wolf J. Flywheel
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1941
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S. Quentin Quade
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1940
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A distinct letdown from their previous MGM films, the Marx Bros.' At the Circus nonetheless contains intermittent moments of...
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J. Cheever Loophole
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1939
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Having paid $255,500 for the rights to John Murray and Allen Boretz' Broadway hit Room Service, RKO Radio then scouted about...
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Gordon Miller
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1938
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Groucho Marx received co-writer credit (along with his old friend Norman Krasna) for King and the Chorus Girl, though very...
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Screenwriter
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1937
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Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
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1937
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In this crime comedy, a street-savvy gangster involves himself with a Miami socialite. Together, they conspire to turn her...
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1936
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Although some purists hold out for Duck Soup (1933), many Marx Brothers fans consider A Night at the Opera the team's best...
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Otis B. Driftwood
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1935
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In this 1933 Marx Brothers film, the mythical country of Freedonia is broke and on the verge of revolution. Mrs. Teasdale...
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Rufus T. Firefly
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1933
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If ever there was an archetypal Marx Brothers comedy, it was the team's 1932 offering Horse Feathers. Groucho Marx is cast as...
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Prof. Ouincy Adams Wagstaff
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1932
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Stowaway
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1931
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Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding
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1930
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Mr. Hammer
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1929
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This entertaining program is a pilot for a '60s game show where contestants told the host what they wanted and then played...
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