Comedies
102 Episodes
Laugh a little! Screwball, satire, gags, pratfalls, and pranks—we’ve got it all.
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1:26:54Episode 1
They Call Me Bruce
Episode 1
Directed by Elliott Hong • 1982 • United States
Starring Johnny Yune, John Louie, Bill CapizziThis 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...
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18:32Episode 2
Rat Pack Rat
Episode 2
Directed by Todd Rohal • 2014 • United States
Starring Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie BeegleA Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy’s bedside.
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1:20:38Episode 3
West Is West
Episode 3
Directed by David Rathod • 1987 • United States
Starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl PadamseeHandsome 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...
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56:37Episode 4
Grandma’s Boy
Episode 4
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna TownsendThis 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...
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47:01Episode 5
A Sailor-Made Man
Episode 5
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah YoungThough 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...
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10:41Episode 6
Next Aisle Over
Episode 6
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.
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10:35Episode 7
Look Pleasant, Please
Episode 7
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.
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29:51Episode 8
Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life
Episode 8
Directed by Harry Kerwin • 1963 • United States
Starring Harold LloydIn 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...
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05:08Episode 9
Over the Fence
Episode 9
Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and Harold Lloyd • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub PollardHarold Lloyd’s “Glasses Character” makes his debut in a tale of baseball hijinks.
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11:08Episode 10
That’s Him
Episode 10
Directed by Gilbert Pratt • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA newlywed husband, en route to his honeymoon, scrambles to find the train tickets he lost.
Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.
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10:19Episode 11
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Episode 11
Directed by Hal Roach • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ PollardA bicycle messenger wreaks havoc in a girls’ seminary.
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10:47Episode 12
By the Sad Sea Waves
Episode 12
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe DanielsIt’s trouble on the water when a man tries to woo his sweetheart by pretending to be a lifeguard.
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25:39Episode 14
Get Out and Get Under
Episode 14
Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPhersonA new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.
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09:57Episode 15
A Gasoline Wedding
Episode 15
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ’Snub’ Pollard, Bebe DanielsMarital mayhem ensues when a poor boy attempts to woo the daughter of a wealthy man.
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25:31Episode 16
Haunted Spooks
Episode 16
Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace HoweA hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!
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10:33Episode 17
Spring Fever
Episode 17
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA beautiful spring day tempts a bookkeeper to play hooky from the office.
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09:42Episode 18
The Big Idea
Episode 18
Directed by Gilbert Pratt and Hal Mohr • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsAn employee at a struggling antiques store gets creative in order to save the business.
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10:53Episode 19
A Sammy in Siberia
Episode 19
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub PollardA bumbling American soldier saves a Russian girl from a band of drunken Bolsheviks.
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2:18:56Episode 20
Cyrano de Bergerac
Episode 20
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau • 1990 • France
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent PerezGérard Depardieu delivers a towering performance as the immortal hero of hopeless romantics everywhere—he of the legendary long schnoz who selflessly uses his verse to help a friend woo the wom...
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1:46:40Episode 21
Abigail’s Party
Episode 21
Directed by Mike Leigh • 1977 • United Kingdom
Starring Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine DuvitskiMike Leigh’s filmed version of his acclaimed stage play is a brilliantly biting comedy of manners that lays bare the bourgeois affectations and sexual frustrations of a young suburban couple. Abig...
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1:34:27Episode 22
Party Girl
Episode 22
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer • 1995 • United States
Starring Parker Posey, Anthony DeSando, Guillermo DíazNineties indie queen Parker Posey is at her effortlessly cool best in this irresistible comedy, a time capsule of the era’s Manhattan club scene. She stars as Mary, a hard-partying ...
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1:45:20Episode 23
It Happened One Night
Episode 23
Directed by Frank Capra • 1934 • United States
Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter ConnollyOpposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight from Frank Capra, about a spoiled runaway socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter (Clark...
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1:31:05Episode 24
The Awful Truth
Episode 24
Directed by Leo McCarey • 1937 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph BellamyIn this Oscar-winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each oth...