The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens. Attendees included two at one point named New York City mayors, Police Commissioner Howard Safir, The Golden Girls' Bea Arthur, Dr. Ruth, The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson, and comedian Janeane Garofalo.
The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens. Attendees included two at one point named New York City mayors, Police Commissioner Howard Safir, The Golden Girls' Bea Arthur, Dr. Ruth, The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson, and comedian Janeane Garofalo.
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Star follows the path of Tito and Jay, two brothers living in the Montreal neighborhood of Park Extension. Accompanying these young people in their daily life marked by complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes dear to teenagers: identity and friendship.
Eyüp decides to cross mount Ararat looking for his aunt in Yerevan after following a madman's words. His aunt has also been expecting someone to come from behind this mount for many years. Eyüp cannot be sure about the woman he finds behind the blue door, whether it is his aunt or not because they can't understand each other.
Star is a young graffiti writer, the best in his city, Paris. His reputation attracts him as much into art galleries than in the police precincts. Accused of vandalism, he faces jail. Despite the threat, he decides to go to Rome with his crew in search of the meaning of his art.
A girl is at school. Suddenly it's as if she can't breathe. As she runs down the stairs we follow her into her mind. It takes us deep into dark woods.
Kim Marsden inherits a cattle station near Alice Springs after the death of her father. Kim becomes convinced her father was murdered. She sends for a legendary local bushman called the Sundowner, who was one of her father's best friends.
Forced collectivism, famines, errors and mistakes mark Stalin´s ruthless rise to dictorial power and only increase his madness until he even declares a chicken to be an English spy that should be liquidated.
5 of YouTube's top ASMRtists discover the ultimate way to eat REESE Peanut Butter Cups in this weird and wonderful feature film. A sensory experience presented in ASMR audio to give you the chills.
A horror short with no dialogue (Advised to watch with headphones)
About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.
Owen, a young man is dissatisfied with his life. He heads into the forest to escape and learns a lot during his time there.
Seven years ago, Zaid went to war against the Copenhagen underworld to avenge his dead brother. His identity as a respected doctor of cardiology and life as a family man is but a fading dream, and in prison Zaid suffers the loss of his son Noah, whom he barely knows. When a police agent approaches Zaid and offers him a deal to be released in exchange for infiltrating the Copenhagen underworld, he sees his chance to reclaim the remnants of the family life he left behind. But everything has a price, and Zaid realizes that he has now seriously endangered his son's life. After all, once you become part of the underworld, is there any way out?
A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.
A recently widowed, now single father struggles to raise his sixth-grade son with autism. The pressure of his job and coping with the loss of his wife proves to push him nearly to the breaking point.
Philip (Giorgos Constantinou), a shy and dignified accountant and English teacher, lives with his mother (Zoli Garbi) and his two siblings in the same house. His and his mother's meager income, just enough to support them all. His younger brother (Alekos Tzanetakos) remains unemployed and lazy rather out of conscience, while his older brother, Kimon (Orpheus Zachos), dreams of being re-elected prefect and refuses, although a qualified accountant, to work, considering the positions demeaning and irrelevant offered to him. His tragic financial situation will be further burdened by their imminent forced move to another house. It is also the first color Greek film, edited entirely in Greece. It is based on the play "The 6th American Fleet" by Alek Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos, who also wrote the screenplay, while Sakellarios directed the film.
Multi award-winning comedian, Dave Spikey, filmed 'Live' on his sell out nation-wide tour. They say that Laughter is the Best Medicine and 'Doctor' D Spikey is here to administer a massive dose straight onto your funny bone. Humour lies in the antics of everyday life and Spikey's 'Best Medicine' is full of brilliant anecdotes and observations it's quite amazing just how funny the world around us really is through the eyes of one of Lancashire's finest. Spikey spent over 30 years in the NHS and so amongst the stories of school days , cheese addiction, monkeys on bikes , llamas on the loose , dancing dobbers and a crash course in 'jollyphonics', he delivers hysterical stories about hospital life including his recent experiences as a patient with a 'below the waist' problem. Our former 'biomedical scientist' bears all and quite literally holds nothing back ...... Dave certainly gets close to the bone but in over 90 minutes of brilliant ramblings he never oversteps the mark HILARIOUS.
Multi award winning, comedy superstar, John Bishop is back with his brand new show. Recorded during his mammoth 150 date sell out tour of UK and Ireland at the iconic London Palladium in 2018. You too can experience him 'Winging It'! John shares his opinions on the royal family and how Kate Middleton 'could' have been Mrs Bishop. You'll find yourself carried along with his brilliantly observed feelings about hitting the big 50, how to deal with the 'empty nest', the menopause, the moment he finally managed to impress his mates with his fairly new found fame and getting a 'name-check', live on stage in Boston, from his idol Bono!
Joe Lycett's brand new stand up show I'm About to Lose Control and I Think Joe Lycett, Live is ready for you to enjoy. Join Joe as he shares jokes, paintings and some of the pathetic trolling he's been up to recently, such as breaking into banks, selling art for 12.5 million quid and taking on gold medal winning olympians. Recorded at a sold out event in the Apollo, Hammersmith, London. You've probably seen Joe absolutely smashing it on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, QI, Taskmaster, Roast Battle and the Royal Variety Performance. This is his second live stand up special. You will totally love it babe!!!
After experiencing the worst day of their lives, roommates Will and Ben - one a poorly paid law-clerk and the other a failing stand-up comedian - wake up to find a functional time machine on their coffee table.
Heartbreaking and hilarious, Average Bear sheds light on Michelle's experience living in the shadows of hereditary illness, whilst simultaneously weaving in the fictional story of Average Bear.
Chad Daniels 7th stand up special. Get ready for laughs as Chad Daniels drops his latest special filmed in Madison. From early COVID jokes to political hilarity, it's a trip!
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry Romanov! I present to you the stand-up concert "Life after the pandemic" 2021! I always communicate with the audience at my concerts, this time was no exception! And then you will find a portion of jokes about various restrictions and prohibitions due to the pandemic and how our lives have changed.
Comedian and actor Ricky Velez bares it all with his honest lens and down-to-earth perspective in his first hour-long HBO comedy special.
Being a dad and husband is already hard enough, now try doing in 2020. Filmed in a parking lot in LA, comedian Dustin Nickerson finds the funny in all this mess.
Louis-José Houde presents Le show caché 2, the second version of a unique show concept where the comedian pleases himself and the public by offering unique and never-before-seen material. Ninety minutes of anecdotes and wonderful delusions. Le show caché 2 is 11 performances shared between Montreal and Quebec, an audience of 3,200 lucky people and a comedian delighted to be on stage!
Celia has always been obsessed with the future, but planned for none of it. She has created a name for herself both here and in the UK, performed at the three major comedy festivals around the world and was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2014 with this show. Celia is also a rising star of the small screen appearing on everything from Utopia and Offspring to Have You Been Paying Attention?, Spicks and Specks and Dirty Laundry. Why not go? She could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
When stand-up and improvisor Michelle Marcus is over the rat race of Los Angeles, her fellow comedian friends band together and have one last night out on the town. The ladies talk life, career struggles and chasing their dreams.
In the Deep South, 1963. Bennie Patrick doesn't belong here. A stand-up comic from Chicago, he has been thrust into the south by fate and a contract with That Sordid Little Story, a family band on a tour below the Mason-Dixon Line. Tonight is just one more night to survive. Do the set and hope you don't get killed.
A week on the road with stand up comedians Doug Benson and Graham Elwood.
From London to Letterman, Trevor Noah has been through 6 countries since his last wildly successful tour (That's Racist) of his homeland. With all new material, his new show, It's My Culture, takes you with him on his travels from New Zealand to Zambia, New York and London. South Africa's pre-eminent comic is to tour in his favourite place, home. It's My Culture shines Trevor in a global spotlight without ever forgetting the country where it all started. The craziness of home on the world stage lets everybody know: it's his culture.
Aussie comedy legends roast an Aussie comedy Icon in this hilarious, no holds barred special.
This November 25, enjoy Felipe Avello's stand-up, in which he recounts the experience of what happens to a person when they turn 40: they no longer want to hesitate, they just want to rest.