Category: Comedy

Monty Python’s Parrot Sketch Not Included

Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included on VHS. Starring Steve Martin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth. Directed by Ian McNaughton. 1989.

Monty Python’s Parrot Sketch Not Included on VHS. Starring Steve Martin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth. Directed by Ian McNaughton. 1989.

From the VHS box cover:

You look like the type we’re looking for. Warm and breathing — a perfect customer for this hilarious 20th anniversary look back at the BEST bits, pieces and gags of Monty Python foolery.

Parrot Sketch Not Included features snippets of Pythonmania never before available in the USA. And it’s packed with unforgettable moments from longtime faves like the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Argument Clinic, World Forum and the comfy chair torment of the Spanish Inquisition.

In nature, a snake cannot have legs. In show biz, an act that’s enduringly popular has legs. Monty Python’s got ’em. However, the lads do remind you that it’s impolite to stare.



Grease 2

Grease 2 on VHS. Movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed. With Tab Hunter, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden, Didi Conn, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy. Directed by Patricia Birch. 1982.

Grease 2 on VHS. Movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed. With Tab Hunter, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden, Didi Conn, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy. Directed by Patricia Birch. 1982.

From the VHS box:

It’s 1961, two years after the original “Grease” gang graduated from Rydell High, and there’s a new crop of seniors. The Pink Ladies and the T-birds are still the epitome of cool, except that over the summer, something’s happened to Stephanie, the sorority leader. She feels she’s outgrown Johnny, the head T-Bird, and is looking for a new love — one who’s even more cool, and whose bike is even hotter. Meanwhile, newcomer Michael is smitten with Stephanie, who won’t even notice him. The conflict is on and the Rydell High fun takes off to new heights.

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Penn & Teller Get Killed

Penn & Teller Get Killed on VHS video. Movie starring Penn Jillette, Teller, Caitlin Clarke, David Patrick Kelly. Directed by Arthur Penn. 1989.

Penn & Teller Get Killed on VHS video. Movie starring Penn Jillette, Teller, Caitlin Clarke, David Patrick Kelly. Directed by Arthur Penn. 1989.

From the VHS box cover:

What more do you want?

The “bad boys of magic” go over the edge in this mind-blowing comedy/mystery about two insanely competitive practical jokers who accidentally set in motion a diabolical time-bomb of a plot.

Penn & Teller, the award-winning stars of Broadway and television, employ the same shock tactics they use on Late Night with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show and Saturday Night Live to create a crazed, role-switching murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos.

In a TV interview, thrill-loving Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: “I wish somebody were trying to kill me. Wouldn’t that be great? It would give focus to my life, excitement! I’d be like James Bond.” Twenty-million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he’ll never forget.

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Skipped Parts

Skipped Parts movie on VHS video. Starring Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro. With R. Lee Ermey, Angela Featherstone, Peggy Lipton. Directed by Tamra Davis. Based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. 2000.

Skipped Parts movie on VHS video. Starring Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro. With R. Lee Ermey, Angela Featherstone, Peggy Lipton. Directed by Tamra Davis. Based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. 2000.

From the VHS box cover:

When you’re 14 years old, everything is hard!

Fourteen-year old Sam Callahan, an aspiring novelist, is obsessed with finding out about the one topic his favorite authors are skipping over — sex! With the help of his fantasy girl, a beautiful classmate and his rebellious mother, Sam finds out what those skipped parts are all about.

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Young Einstein

Young Einstein on VHS video. Movie starring Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard. Directed by Yahoo Serious. 1988.

Young Einstein on VHS video. Movie starring Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard. Directed by Yahoo Serious. 1988.

Young Einstein tells the hilarious tall tale of a once-upon-a-time guy with a right-now attitude.

His name: Albert Einstein. His hair: jump-started by a cyclotron. His hobby: surfing. His accomplishments: a new way to put the bubbles in beer (also known as the E=mc^2 atomic energy theory) and the one invention that saves the world from being nuked to a crisp: rock ‘n’ roll.

Young Einstein is Yahoo Serious, the Australian star who hits the comedy mark like a deftly thrown boomerang. So if you’re looking for reasons to Seriously laugh, get Young Einstein!

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Casual Sex?

Casual Sex? movie on VHS video. Starring Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson. With Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Mary Gross, Andrew Dice Clay. Directed by Geneviève Robert. 1988.

Casual Sex? on VHS video. Starring Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson. With Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Mary Gross, Andrew Dice Clay. Directed by Geneviève Robert. 1988.

From the VHS cover:

Stacy and Melissa are about to discover a new four-letter word for sex in the ’80s… Help!

Who says sex in the ’80s isn’t a laughing matter? Certainly not the ready-for-anything Stacy or her somewhat repressed friend Melissa. They’re two very contemporary women reluctantly confronting today’s changing social and sexual attitudes.

Determined to develop a meaningful relationship with a man not afraid to make a commitment, Stacy and Melissa take a vacation at a plush health resort where they hope romance will bloom.

Unfortunately, they are continually confronted by men who wilt at the thought of anything other than casual sex.

With songs by Buster Poindexter, Dan Hartman and Gladys Knight, the all-too-true comedy may not offer any solutions to the problems of being single in the ’80s, but it does offer a lighter look at what happens in the dark.

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Goin’ South

Goin' South on VHS. Starring Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi. With Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford, Danny DeVito, Luana Anders, Ed Begley Jr., Tracey Walter. Directed by Jack Nicholson. 1978.

Goin’ South on VHS. Starring Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi. With Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford, Danny DeVito, Luana Anders, Ed Begley Jr., Tracey Walter. Directed by Jack Nicholson. 1978.

From the VHS box:

Jack Nicholson plays Henry Moon, a third-rate outlaw, in this romantic comedy set in the 1860s. Nicholson is saved from hanging by the intervention of a lovely young woman who agrees to marry and take care of him. Mary Steenburgen plays Julia Tate, the headstrong but genteel Southern virgin who weds Nicholson only to help her work the gold mine she insists is on her property. Both Steenburgen and John Belushi make their film debuts in this amusing western.

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The Fool and the Flying Ship

The Fool and the Flying Ship on VHS video. Starring Robin Williams. Illustrations by Henrik Drescher. Based on a Russian Folk Tale. Adapted by Eric Metaxas. Directed by C.W. Rogers. 1991.

The Fool and the Flying Ship on VHS video. Starring Robin Williams. Illustrations by Henrik Drescher. Based on a Russian Folk Tale. Adapted by Eric Metaxas. Directed by C.W. Rogers. 1991.

From the VHS box cover:

Rabbit Ears Presents

Robin Williams’ menagerie of voices and The Klezmer Conservatory Band’s spirited melodies combine hilariously in this wacky retelling of a famous Russian folktale in which a country fool and his crew of superhuman “moujiks” unite to win the hand of the Tsar’s daughter.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons on VHS video. Starring Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Zoe McLellan, Bruce Payne, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, Kristen Wilson, Lee Arenberg. Based on the game by Gary Gygax. Directed by Courtney Solomon. 2000.

Dungeons & Dragons on VHS video. Starring Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Zoe McLellan, Bruce Payne, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, Kristen Wilson, Lee Arenberg. Based on the game by Gary Gygax. Directed by Courtney Solomon. 2000.

From the VHS box:

In a world… [obscured by sticker]… diabolical mage who plots to take over the kingdom of Izmer. The Empress Savina fights to return peaceful times to her subjects. Now, the hopes of Izmer rest with Snails, Ridley and the fighters brave enough to help them battle the dark forces of Profion. Dazzling special effects and spellbinding performances conjure up a supernatural film that brings the adventure home to you.

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S.O.B.

Blake Edwards' S.O.B. on VHS video. Starring Julie Andrews, William Holden. With Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia, Stuart Margolin, Richard Mulligan, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, Rosanna Arquette. Directed by Blake Edwards. 1981.

Blake Edwards’ S.O.B. on VHS video. Starring Julie Andrews, William Holden. With Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia, Stuart Margolin, Richard Mulligan, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, Rosanna Arquette. Directed by Blake Edwards. 1981.

From the VHS box:

The director who made the panther pink and taught you to count to 10 coins a new term for comedy.

Gobble-gobble! Felix Farmer’s latest film is a colossal turkey — and that sends lots of Hollywood types into action. Agents are called. Lawyers are retained. Press statements are issued. It’s what filmmaker Blake Edwards calls “Standard Operating Bull,” the subject of his gleefully satiric S.O.B.

A long list of notables joins in this convivial sock to Hollywood’s kisser. Julie Andrews is squeaky-clean superstar Sally Miles, married to Felix but living apart in one of their several homes. She’s the key to Felix’s sudden plan to flip his flop into a smash. He wants her to appear topless in a re-shot version of the film.

Sally’s agent says, “No… Maybe… How much?” A medical quack to the stars and a worldly director supply gin as a tonic for frazzled Felix and his equally frazzled press agent. A studio mogul angles for a piece of Felix’s can’t-miss idea. And a hitchhiking waif, studio yes-man and gossipy gadfly provide more tinsel beneath the tinsel.

The dialogue crackles like fat in a fire, the gags range from dead-on deadpan to comedic broadsides, the insights bristle and sting. There’s nothing standard here. S.O.B. is extraordinary.

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