Comedies

Comedies

78 Episodes

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Comedies
  • Making Mr. Right

    Episode 1

    Directed by Susan Seidelman • 1987 • United States
    Starring John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly

    Susan Seidelman’s follow-up to DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN is a witty sci-fi screwball, with John Malkovich in a memorably offbeat dual role as the ambitious scientist Jeff Peters and his remark...

  • Miracles

    Episode 2

    Directed by Jackie Chan • 1989 • Hong Kong
    Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Gua Ah-leh

    Jackie Chan pays homage to classic Hollywood spectacle in this 1930s-set gangster-musical romp. An inspired reworking of a Damon Runyon story (previously filmed twice by Frank Capra as LADY FOR A DAY and POCKE...

  • She-Devil

    Episode 3

    Directed by Susan Seidelman • 1989 • United States
    Starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr.

    Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in this marvelously wicked black comedy. In her no-holds-barred first foray into comedy, Meryl Streep plays a glamorous romance novelist who, when she lur...

  • A Great Wall

    Episode 4

    Directed by Peter Wang • 1986 • United States, China
    Starring Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee, Sharon Iwai

    This delightful comedy was the first American feature shot in the People’s Republic of China. When San Francisco computer programmer Leo Fang (cowriter and director Peter Wang) is passed over fo...

  • Computer Chess

    Episode 5

    Directed by Andrew Bujalski • 2013 • United States
    Starring Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry

    Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess-software programmers forty-some years ago, COMPUTER CHESS transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and t...

  • They Call Me Bruce

    Episode 6

    Directed by Elliott Hong • 1982 • United States
    Starring Johnny Yune, John Louie, Bill Capizzi

    This unabashedly goofball martial-arts spoof gave an Asian American comedian a rare chance in the spotlight. Stand-up comic Johnny Yune stars as a Korean immigrant living in California whom everyone ca...

  • Attenberg

    Episode 7

    Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari • 2010 • Greece
    Starring Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou

    Part of the new wave of Greek cinema, ATTENBERG is an offbeat coming-of-age film. Twenty-three-year-old Marina is living in a small factory town by the sea where her once-visionary arc...

  • Rat Pack Rat

    Episode 8

    Directed by Todd Rohal • 2014 • United States
    Starring Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie Beegle

    A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy’s bedside.

  • West Is West

    Episode 9

    Directed by David Rathod • 1987 • United States
    Starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee

    Handsome and broke, Vikram (played by Ashutosh Gowariker, future director of the Oscar-nominated LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA) arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fall...

  • Grandma’s Boy

    Episode 10

    Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend

    This early feature-length silent comedy pushed the form forward by balancing slapstick hilarity with more serious character development. Using the extended running time to further develop his pop...

  • A Sailor-Made Man

    Episode 11

    Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young

    Though originally intended as a two-reel short, A SAILOR-MADE MAN wound up becoming Harold Lloyd’s first feature—simply because there were too many good gags to cut! Here, our bespectacled hero play...

  • Next Aisle Over

    Episode 12

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.

  • Look Pleasant, Please

    Episode 13

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.

  • Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life

    Episode 14

    Directed by Harry Kerwin • 1963 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd

    In 1966, Harold Lloyd created a theatrical program entitled HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. The program presented THE FRESHMAN together with a brief on-camera introduction by Lloyd and a clip reel from his body of work, bot...

  • Over the Fence

    Episode 15

    Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and Harold Lloyd • 1917 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard

    Harold Lloyd’s “Glasses Character” makes his debut in a tale of baseball hijinks.

  • That’s Him

    Episode 16

    Directed by Gilbert Pratt • 1918 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A newlywed husband, en route to his honeymoon, scrambles to find the train tickets he lost.

    Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.

  • Lonesome Luke, Messenger

    Episode 17

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1917 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard

    A bicycle messenger wreaks havoc in a girls’ seminary.

  • By the Sad Sea Waves

    Episode 18

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    It’s trouble on the water when a man tries to woo his sweetheart by pretending to be a lifeguard.

  • Bashful

    Episode 19

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A man pretends to have a wife and family in order to claim an inheritance.

  • Get Out and Get Under

    Episode 20

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPherson

    A new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.

  • A Gasoline Wedding

    Episode 21

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, ’Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    Marital mayhem ensues when a poor boy attempts to woo the daughter of a wealthy man.

  • Haunted Spooks

    Episode 22

    Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe

    A hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!

  • Spring Fever

    Episode 23

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A beautiful spring day tempts a bookkeeper to play hooky from the office.

  • The Big Idea

    Episode 24

    Directed by Gilbert Pratt and Hal Mohr • 1917 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    An employee at a struggling antiques store gets creative in order to save the business.