Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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[2017]., Lions Gate Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Big Sick Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
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2003., Chivers Chivers Call No: LP Fic Aus Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Thorndike Press large print Americana series.
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c2015., Adult, John Murray Call No: SC Fic Wel Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Plague times trilogy Volume: 2Summary Note: Magnus McFall was a comic on the brink of his big break when the world came to an end. Now, he is a man on the run and there is nothing to laugh about. Thrown into unwilling partnership with an escaped convict, Magnus flees the desolation of London to make the long journey north, clinging to his hope that the sickness has not reached his family on their remote Scottish island. He finds himself in a landscape fraught with danger, fighting for his place in a world ruled by men, like his fellow traveller Jeb - practical men who do not let pain or emotions interfere with getting the job done. This is a world with its own justice, and new rules. Where people, guns and food are currency. Where survival is everything.
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[2003]., General, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Funny G Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
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2021., Adult, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Here Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.
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2017., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Gro Edition: 1st United States ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A stand-up comedian recalls some of his darkest moments and traumatic memories from childhood on stage in front of a live audience."--From publisher.
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1999., General, Universal Studios Call No: DVD Fic Man (1999) Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A stunning portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman.
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By Idle, Eric1999., Pantheon Books Call No: Fic Idl Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Carlton is an android (a 4.5 Bowie Artificial Intelligence Robot) who works for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. His problem is that although as a computer he cannot understand irony, he is attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. And he is also studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. In the meantime, while auditioning for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently offend the fabulous diva Brenda Woolley and become involved in a terrorist plot against Mars, the home of Showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, help them overcome the love thing, and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? Will a robot ever really be able to do stand-up? As Einstein might have said, nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of laughter.
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2007., Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press Call No: SC Fic Pil Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryContributor biographical information Publisher description More... Summary Note: Six different people have come to the Edinburgh International Festival to follow their dreams.
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2020., 437, Paramount Call No: DVD Fic TwilightZ 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Twilight Zone Volume: 1Summary Note: An updated version of the classic anthology series featuring various tales of science fiction, mystery, and horror.
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2019., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: QWF Fic Mic Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at thirty, he thought he'd hit it big. But six years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to a girlfriend who lives halfway around the world. Theo's desperate for a break. But when he brings his thirteen-year-old niece to the horse track to place a birthday bet-a Potiris family tradition-the goddess of good luck strikes her instead, in the form of a small fortune. Try as he might to be happy for her, Theo's shock and envy finally push him out of the family nest, away from his comedy dreams and toward a new calling. First, he joins a mysterious corporation called The Rabbit's Foot, which carefully quantifies and cashes in on luck. Then: to a gang of vigilantes, who recruit Theo to help them steal luck from those who carry more than their fair share. The Wagers is a literary motorcycle chase, carried by stylish prose and delightful invention. But it's also an investigation of work and purpose, happiness and art, the randomness of good fortune, and all the ways we choose to wage our lives"--.