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Based on comedy suggestions from the studio audience, this is ad-libbed comedy at its best. Comedians battle their way through a succession of games and romp through a world of literary styles, TV theme tunes, and film genres. Chairman Clive Anderson desperately tries to hold the whole thing together and the guests make it up as they go along in this riot of improvisation--which is often funnier than many scripted shows.
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"Jack Benny became one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century--by being the top radio comedian, when the comics ruled radio, and radio was the most powerful and pervasive mass medium in the US. In 23 years of weekly radio broadcasts, by aiming all the insults at himself, Benny created Jack, the self-deprecating "Fall Guy" character. He indelibly shaped American humor as a space to enjoy the equal opportunities of easy camaraderie...
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"Jack Benny was a fearless combat pilot, a brilliant-but-troubled surgeon, the terror of the high seas, and the hero of every conceivable caper. There was nothing Jack Benny couldn't do, or hadn't done. To hear him tell it, anyway. The classic Benny persona fit hilariously into hundreds of ridiculous roles, from rough-and-ready adventurers to athletic heroes to romantic lovers and back again. Here's a collection of some of Jack's most fabulous guises!...
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While George Burns and Gracie Allen were funny on stage, screen, and television, radio was, and remains, the preeminent showcase for their comedic talents. Here you'll find twenty digitally remastered and resorted radio episodes, including some available here for the first time, featuring big name guest stars, like Cary Grant, Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Bing Crosby, and more!
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Highlights from the satirical, political and musical comedy TV sketch show starring Alan Bennett, John Sergeant, and Virginia Stride. On the Margin was a six part BBC TV satirical comedy sketch show written and performed by Alan Bennett, with John "Strictly Come Dancing" Sergeant and Virginia Stride.
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Each week, nearly 2 million radio listeners test their knowledge against some of the best and the brightest in the news and entertainment world. They try to figure out "Who's Carl This Time?" They race against the clock on "Lightning Fill in the Blank." On the "Not My Job!" segment of the show, they listen to a celebrity guest answer questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. Panelists include author and humorist Roy Blount...
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Hitchhiker series volume 1
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Contains all five BBC Radio dramatizations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, collected together for the first time in America. From the original Primary and Secondary Phases (corresponding to the books The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), through the Tertiary (Life, the Universe, and Everything), Quandary (So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish), and Quintessential (Mostly Harmless), these are the...
96) Radio classics
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Includes 23 digitally remastered episodes from 1938-1957 selected by Greg Bell, with audio introductions and a program guide.