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Woody Allen's second film as a director was a wild, unpredictable, and unlikely comedy about a product-tester named Fielding Mellish (Allen), who can't quite connect with the woman of his dreams (Louise Lasser, Allen's ex-wife). He accidentally winds up in South America as a freedom fighter for a guerrilla leader who looks like Castro. Once he assumes power, the new dictator quickly goes insane--which leaves Fielding in charge to negotiate with the U.S. The film is chockfull of wonderfully bizarre gags, such as the dreams Fielding recounts to his shrink about dueling crucified messiahs, vying for a parking place near Wall Street. Look for an unknown Sylvester Stallone in a tiny role--but watch this film for Allen's surprisingly physical (and always verbally dexterous) humor. --Marshall Fine
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Herbie the Love Bug Collection (The Love Bug/Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo/Herbie Goes Bananas/Herbie Rides Again)
Starring: Dean Jones , Michele Lee , David Tomlinson , Buddy Hackett , and Joe Flynn Director: Robert Stevenson , and Vincent McEveety Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001XAPVK Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
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This savvy Disney hit from 1969 made a star of a Volkswagen precisely when the car was becoming more popular than ever. Dean Jones and Michele Lee head the cast in a story about a VW bug with a mind of its own. Disney point man Robert Stevenson, director of The Absent-Minded Professor, Mary Poppins, and lots of other Disney live-action hits, makes the slapstick work perfectly and keeps the laughs coming. Buddy Hackett is very funny in a supporting role.The first sequel, Herbie Rides Again (1974), is similar enough to the first film's charm and raucous comedy that it works on its own. Neither Dean Jones nor Michelle Lee are back, but a nice cast of familiar pros (including Disney vet Ken Berry) keeps things moving along slickly. The story finds Herbie helping Helen Hayes--yes, the First Lady of the American Theater--keep out of the clutches of Keenan Wynn's villain.
Dean Jones came back to the fold for this third lap around the block, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), which finds him racing in the famed city while thieves plant a stolen diamond in Herbie's gas tank. The plot is forced and conventional, but the cast is the thing: the excitable Don Knotts (The Apple Dumpling Gang) and the tormentable Roy Kinnear (Mr. Salt from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) are good men to have in a potboiler such as this.
The fourth movie, Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), is a wooden story about Herbie's funny adventures heading toward a race in Brazil. Charles Martin Smith and Steven W. Burns try hard to bring some life into this project, but it just doesn't happen. There is one good laugh in the whole thing, in a scene where Herbie becomes a matador. Otherwise, even the picturesque, south-of-the-border stuff doesn't help. Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman star. --Tom Keogh
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Herbie Goes Bananas - English/Spanish DVD- Set in exotic locations in Central America, the internationally renowned Herbie, everyone's favorite "love bug," demonstrates his special brand of "car-isma" and high-octane humor in this action-packed, stunt-filled comedy outing. The fun begins when Herbie sets sail for Rio de Janeiro's Grande Premio racing competition with his two new owners. En route, they get sidetracked by a smuggling syndicate, pestered by a pint-sized pickpocket, and bullied by a raging bull. Laughter shifts into high gear in this zany Disney comedy! Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo - DVD- Herbie, the VW with heart, adds some international flair to his lovable personality! Upon entering a Paris-to-Monte Carlo road race, Herbie falls hood over wheels in love when he encounters a sleek, sporty, light blue Lancia. Also vying for Herbie's attention is a gang of jewel thieves, who've ingeniously hidden a stolen gem in Herbie's gas tank! Thus begins a madcap chase across the French countryside that only The Love Bug could create! Herbie Rides Again - DVD- Herbie is back in gear -- revved up and ready for more madcap comedy adventure in this sidesplitting sequel to Disney's popular smash hit, THE LOVE BUG! This time Herbie's leading lady is award-winning actress Helen Hayes, superb in the very first screen comedy of her illustrious career. Aided by co-stars Ken Berry and Stefanie Powers, she's out to save her beloved Victorian firehouse home from the wrecking ball of greedy real estate tycoon Keenan Wynn, Disney's most lovable villain. It's up to Herbie and his bug battalion to "come through in the clutch"! Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a really great time! The Love Bug - DVD Special Edition- For the first time ever you can enjoy this timeless classic in a Special Edition DVD. Fully restored to look and sound as it was originally intended, it also features hours of exclusive bonus materials your entire family will enjoy again and again. He's the star who provides the most laughs per gallon. He's Herbie, the lovable car with a mind of his own. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, and Buddy Hackett join Herbie in this revved-up comedy classic. Jones plays down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas, who reluctantly teams up with the little machine. Douglas thinks his sudden winning streak is due to his skill, not Herbie's. He finally realizes the car's worth when a sneaky rival plots to steal Herbie for himself. But it's Herbie who'll steal your heart in this wildly fun roller-coaster ride of a movie you'll never forget!
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Elmo's World - Flowers, Bananas & More
Starring: Sesame Street Manufacturer: Sesame Street ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000648WU Release Date: 2002-05-14 |
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Flowers, Bananas & More--so titled, presumably, because Flowers, Bananas & Hair sounds kind of yucky--culls everybody's favorite 3-year-old monster's investigations of those things in a 50-minute tape. The Flowers episode cuts away from Elmo's crayon-filled playroom to follow a real, live boy in his quest to grow a plant. Through Elmo's lively voiceover, we learn that by filling a glass with a paper towel, a bean, and some water you can grow a bean pod, which is just what Elmo does, along with interviewing a friendly cactus and showing us a homemade video of Stinky the Plant, back in his world. In Bananas Mr. Noodle's usual bumbling with the object in question (Is it a telephone? A horn? A pen?) is a barrel of laughs, and we meet Top Banana, a spectacles- and bow tie-clad chap who brings his breed's health benefits to light. Hair, the final segment, is especially enlightening because every manner of the curious stuff shows up for a brief but thoughtful examination. By tuning us in to the Hair Channel, which is featuring a cartoon called "The Kingdom Where Everybody Wore His Hair the Same Way," Elmo leads us to the truth about hair: kinky or straight, short or long, everybody's got it, and what a person chooses to do with it doesn't count for much. Though it's bound to be a repeat for most kids, this is a tape that'll grow on budding botanists, stylists, and Elmo groupies in general. (Ages 3 to 7.) --Tammy La Gorce
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Bananas
Starring: Natividad Abascal , Stanley Ackerman , Axel Anderson , Jack Axelrod , and Howard Cosell Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 0792846060 Release Date: 2000-07-05 |
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Woody Allen's second film as a director was a wild, unpredictable, and unlikely comedy about a product-tester named Fielding Mellish (Allen), who can't quite connect with the woman of his dreams (Louise Lasser, Allen's ex-wife). He accidentally winds up in South America as a freedom fighter for a guerrilla leader who looks like Castro. Once he assumes power, the new dictator quickly goes insane--which leaves Fielding in charge to negotiate with the U.S. The film is chockfull of wonderfully bizarre gags, such as the dreams Fielding recounts to his shrink about dueling crucified messiahs, vying for a parking place near Wall Street. Look for an unknown Sylvester Stallone in a tiny role--but watch this film for Allen's surprisingly physical (and always verbally dexterous) humor. --Marshall FineDescription
Woody Allen's second film as a director, co-writer and star takes parody to the extreme with a brilliant send-up of everything from relationships to dictatorships. An early example of what Allen called his "slapdash" approach to comedy, Bananas' broad, fast humor and rapid-fire witticisms form a dazzling kaleidoscope of "inspired ingenuity and comic artistry" (Look). When bumbling product-tester, Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser),he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels! Oncethe band of rebels seizes power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversionand in a side-splitting courtroom showdownincluding the most hilarious self-cross examination everWoody Allen proves beyond a doubt that he is not only our most gifted satirist he's a master comic artist.
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Bananas - Taylor Mason
Starring: Taylor Mason Manufacturer: Guardian Studios ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009SUS9G Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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DVD, BANANAS, This DVD features the Bananas TV Show Starring Taylor Mason and hosted by Thor Ramsey.Customer Reviews:
funniest man alive .......2007-03-22
One of the best comedians out there!.......2006-03-16
As funny as Cosby!.......2005-12-24
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Bananas - Anita Renfroe
Starring: Anita Renfroe ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009MBB4I Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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Bananas is the 'appeeling' comedy show for the whole family! In this episode, stand-up comedian and musician Anita Renfroe is pure entertainment from start to finish. This comedy show is more than just Anita on the state, its a modern variety show with interviews and hilarious unscripted moments caught on tape. Watch Anita sing, dance and kung fu her way into some outrageous parodies. Best of all its good clean fun for the entire family!
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Bananas - Taylor Mason 2
Starring: Taylor Mason ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BVNY42 Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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Ready for some good, clean fun? In need of some "comic relief"? Well, look no further! This episode from the hit TV series Bananas has all of that and much, much more! See Taylor Mason as never before when he goes clothes shopping for his "side kick" Romeo, and shares his puppet-making secrets. Also, see why Taylor sums up an insightful and hilarious bit on history with, "I'll watch the reruns!" Included are some outrageous audience participation and an amusing interview with Juliet where Taylor explains that she will not be part of the show - a case for puppet discrimination? You are sure to enjoy the show that proves Taylor is no dummy when it comes to comedy.Taylor Mason has spent the last 20 years performing in comedy clubs, theaters, colleges and on TV. His act features his talents as a musician and a ventriloquist, as well as a stand-up comic. Recently Taylor has teamed up with the Gaithers and is a part of their tour and concerts. Taylor is a former Star Search Grand Prize winner and has received two "Family Entertainer of the Year Awards."
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Babes Going Bananas: "Shake It Like a Salt Shaker"
Starring: Babes Going Bananas Manufacturer: Vendetta ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FP2Z3K Release Date: 2006-07-18 |
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Babes going bananas brings you the hottest footage of some of the most beautiful thickest, freakiest and off the chain ladies from coast to coast.This is an ethnic version of girls gone wild and its primarily based out of the strip clubs, bike week and intimate up close and personal interviews this is the first of an ongoing series. Starring the lovely Cleo!
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Bananas - Ken Davis
Starring: Ken Davis ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BVNY4W Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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This episode of the hit TV show Bananas features comedian Ken Davis going totally "bananas!" Watching Ken perform is as enjoyable as eating cake batter right out of the mixing bowl. His off-center views of everyday life makes you think once and laugh twice! You'll find breathing a difficult task while laughing along with Ken Davis! Bananas is more than just stand-up--it's hilarious interviews, as well as some comical unscripted moments caught on tape. Best of all, it's good clean fun for the entire family!A frequent radio and television guest, Ken Davis is one of the country's most sought after comedians. His mixture of sidesplitting humor and inspiration delights audiences of all ages. Ken's daily syndicated radio show Lighten Up! with Ken Davis is heard on over 1,200 radio stations nationwide. He has been a frequent guest on Focus on the Family and is a featured speaker for Promise Keeper events. Ken has performed with the likes of Bill Gaither, Ray Charles and Ben Vereen. In addition to his comedic talents, Ken is a motivational speaker and a best selling and award winning author.
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Bananas - Jeff Allen
Starring: Jeff Allen ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006Z2KQQ Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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Funny is forever redefined in this unforgettable episode of the hit TV show Bananas. Laugh-out-loud as Jeff jokes about everything from bike helmets to the weather, and oh yeah, the secrets to a "happy, happy life". This installment of Bananas also takes you from the stage to include a reality bit of "Jeff on the couch", and to the interview set where you learn what makes Jeff tick. (Or was it that you can set your watch to Jeff's timing?)Jeff Allen has been entertaining audiences for years. His successful career has resulted in several TV appearances including credits on VH1's "Standup Spotlight" and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend". Jeff's comedic abilities have led to working with many celebrities, most notably, Jerry Sienfeld. In addition, he has twice been the featured performer at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. Jeff Allen is a brilliant comedian who really sets the standard for clean comedy.
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Babes Going Bananas: Rump Shaker
Starring: Babes Going Bananas Manufacturer: Vendetta ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FP2Z3A Release Date: 2006-07-18 |
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Babes going Bananas Rumpshaker is a follow up to shake it like a salt shaker starring some of the premier talent from the adult entertainment industry live from south beach. Starring one of the premier adult film stars Misty Mason!DVD:
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