Born in Seattle, WA, in late 1921, Carol Channing made her Broadway debut in 1941 in the show Let's Face It, and she's been...
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2012
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Filmmaker Mark S. Wexler explores the mystery of aging, and investigates the prospects of achieving immortality through...
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2011
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Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with...
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2006
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The direct to video animated movie Casper's Scare School features the beloved friendly ghost attending a school in the hopes...
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2006
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Wild-haired comedienne Phyllis Diller is featured in a hilarious collection of clips highlighting her best-loved routines...
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2006
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Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia, and Charles Durning star in this crime comedy following three retired war veterans who stumble...
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2006
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"A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians...
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2005
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Independent filmmaker James Slocum directs the romantic drama The Last Place on Earth, filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountain...
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2004
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The comedienne who shot to stardom as "the world's worst housewife" offers an intimate look at her life and career on the...
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2004
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Taped approximately six weeks before the 100th birthday of comedy legend Bob Hope, this elaborate (and highly-rated) TV "love...
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2003
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On the cusp of stardom, standup comic Maija DiGiorgio suffered an emotional breakdown while performing before a room packed...
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2003
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It's Mother's Day in Cleveland, and all of the gang's moms have arrived to celebrate--including Kate's new stepmom, who looks...
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2002
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Matthew Miele directs this tale about a mysterious homeless guy. Jake (Ernie Hudson) lives relatively contently in his...
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2000
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In this computer-animated update of the classic Christmas tale The Nutcracker, a girl in her early teens gets the bad news...
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Sugar Plum Fairy
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1999
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1999
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John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort,...
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Queen
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1998
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Phyllis Diller guest stars as a seedy fortune teller with the highly significant monicker of "Mme. Oupsenskaya" (and if you...
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1994
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In the tradition of Mel Brooks, this Italian comedy offers an episodic parody of classic thrillers and horror movies. Film...
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1994
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1993
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Mother
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1993
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1993
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This concert and interview documentary features the racy wit of Canada and the U.S.'s most popular female comedians,...
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1991
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Mouse Queen
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1990
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Mother Nature
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1990
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This overlooked but entertaining direct-to-video oddity plunges into the nightmarish experiences of a portly, depressed...
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Miss Poopinplatz
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1990
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Phyllis Diller reads Ludlow Laughs by Jon Agee in this episode of the highly acclaimed Reading Rainbow series. In the story,...
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1989
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A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds...
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1989
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When his carefully rehearsed comedy act bombs in front of an audience full of talent scouts, the crestfallen Joey (David...
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1988
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In this low-brow combination slasher film and parody of the "Frankenstein" films, a doctor becomes desperate to somehow...
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1988
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Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her ratted hair, raucous laugh, and often outrageous sense of humor, has been...
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1986
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The Jeffersonsmoved from its familiar Sunday-night time slot to a new Tuesday evening berth with this star-studded episode,...
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1985
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This live action trip back to Wonderland finds Alice dodging the Jabberwocky and encountering a Wonderland crew including...
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1985
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Beginning in the mid-1920s, the name "Minsky's" was synonymous with Burlesque. Not even Mayor LaGuardia's closing down of all...
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1983
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This unfunny attempt at sexual comedy looks at the adventures of five different couples spending one night in a cheap motel....
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1982
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During the 1950s and 1960s, San Francisco's hungry i nightclub (the lower case is not a mistake: that's how the name read on...
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1981
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In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves...
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1979
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HBO films Phyllis Diller in a live stand-up performance - taped in Denver, Colorado - in Phyllis Diller: On Location. Known...
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1977
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In this 1975 adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, director Herbert Ross presents the story of two old-time Vaudvillians...
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1975
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This satirical fantasy is based upon an Elmer Rice play from 1923. A hard-working office employee is rewarded for his years...
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Mrs. Zero
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1969
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O'Farrell (Bob Hope) is a navy sergeant who tries to boost the moral of the men by bringing in a shipment of beer. When the...
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Nurse Nellie Krause
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1968
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Agatha Knabenshu
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1968
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The only theatrical feature from Rankin/Bass -- the outfit behind countless animated holiday TV specials including Rudolph...
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1968
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In this comedy, a widower, his seven children, and their maid find themselves on the lam, after he is falsely accused of...
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Golda
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1967
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Joseph Cates (Who Killed Teddy Bear?) directed this insipid, widely reviled musical-comedy featuring heavyset comedian Jack...
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Camille
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1966
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Usually cited as the absolute nadir of Bob Hope's film career, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is by no means a classic, but...
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Lily
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1966
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1961
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