Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group.
Raymond Anthony Myles was the electrifying Gospel Genius of New Orleans. Like a comet shooting across the sky, he was here one minute – brilliant, incandescent and unmistakably unique. And then, just as quickly, he was gone… But Raymond was more than a maverick musician. He was also highly representative of a vital but scorned minority within the Black church: a queer man who struggled with dogma and Scripture that said, "God's love does not apply to you."
Release Date:2023-09-09
In honor of Homer's journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played.
Release Date:2017-10-20
Character:Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
Vote Count:7
This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some not seen for over 50 years, plus rare footage of routines performed in Australia when Cook and Moore made two episodes of their show, Not Only... But Also..., for the country back in 1971. Rob Brydon narrates this very special programme as Pete and Dud fans, friends and colleagues watch these newly discovered clips in the studio for the very first time. The programme includes contributions from Not Only... But Also... producer Dick Clement, Pete and Dud collaborator Barry Humphries, and long-time fans Richard Ayoade, Josie Lawrence, Will Sharpe and Ronnie Wood as they enjoy the sketches and reflect on the career of one of Britain's best-loved comedy partnerships.
Release Date:2016-12-31
Character:Self
Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Release Date:2016-10-11
Character:Competition Announcer (voice)
Vote Count:186
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.
Release Date:2016-04-18
Character:Self
Vote Count:20
A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".
Release Date:2016-02-03
Character:Self
Vote Count:2
Almost five years ago, a disaster struck New Orleans. The media said it was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, the media was wrong.In his feature--length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented from the people who were there
Release Date:2010-08-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform songs from their films and other projects before a live audience in a concert that took place at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 31, 2009.
Release Date:2009-09-01
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Spinal Tap, having put Stonehenge on the map in their legendary song about the world heritage site, pay their first visit to the monument. As if drawn by some primal, magnetic force, Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls set out on a pilgrimage to this ancient site. The silent song of these mysterious lithic Sirens inspires the distinguished artistes to make a trans-generational house-call.
Release Date:2009-08-25
Character:Derek Smalls
"A COUPLE OF WHITE CHICKS AT THE HAIRDRESSER" is a Dramady about two very different women who develop an unexpected friendship that is sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious. And always very real. In the pathos of their competition they find their adversary becomes their best friend.
Release Date:2007-09-16
Character:Marc Gavin
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Release Date:2007-07-25
Character:Scratchy / Mr. Burns / Rev. Lovejoy / Ned Flanders / Lenny / Skull / President Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Smithers / Toll Booth Man / Guard / Otto / Kang (voice)
Vote Count:8068
A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
Release Date:2007-01-01
Character:Self
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.
Release Date:2006-11-17
Character:Victor Allan Miller
Vote Count:164
Buckle your seat belts and hang on for a rowdy ride with this stellar compilation of outstanding routines from many of today's most talented comedians, including Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey, Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Maher. Other top-notch comic talents appearing are Tommy Chong, Rob Schneider, Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman, David Spade, Dave Attell, John Mulrooney, Dennis Regan and Steve-O.
Release Date:2006-10-10
Character:Self
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
Release Date:2005-11-04
Character:Dog Announcer (voice)
Vote Count:3925
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Release Date:2005-07-29
Character:Self
Vote Count:163
Compilation of all the best musical performances from Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball series. All the brilliant moments from the original Secret Policeman's Ball can be seen on this specially produced deluxe edition DVD. Featuring the day's finest talents, in the form of the Who's Pete Townshend, classical guitarist John Williams, Sting, Eric Clapton, Seal, Morrissey, this moment in musical history is truely deserving of DVD presentation.
Release Date:2004-09-20
Character:Derek Smalls
Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror VI, Treehouse of Horror VII, and Treehouse of Horror XII.
Release Date:2003-10-31
Character:Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
Release Date:2003-04-16
Character:Mark Shubb
Vote Count:240
Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror VI, Treehouse of Horror VII, and Treehouse of Horror XII.
Release Date:2002-10-28
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual communal vacation of a group of rich, white U.S. government and business leaders who drink and carouse to excess while plotting their next move on the global stage. His goal? To sell the embarrassing and incriminating footage to the media and expose the "leaders" for what they really are.
Release Date:2002-03-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Joey Lavin
Vote Count:2
A young musician and singer named Johnny has been notified by a law firm that his mother, an aging rock star whom Johnny hasn't seen or heard from since he was 3 years old, has died in a helicopter accident. Johnny has been willed her castle and all of her property and money, but he must visit the actual castle to claim these things.
Release Date:2001-02-23
Character:Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
Vote Count:7
Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the army, the air force and the dog catcher are called to try to reverse the damage wrought. An unlikely heroine comes to his rescue.
Release Date:2000-11-17
Character:The General (voice)
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Release Date:1999-10-06
Character:Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
Vote Count:1240
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related series of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the fifth of the six films, "Funny Is Money," filmmaker Norman Jewison delves into the topic of comedy, using the hype surrounding the finale of the wildly successful NBC series "Seinfeld" as his launchpad to explore how the artform has evolved over the past 100 years.
Release Date:1999-10-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
Release Date:1999-08-04
Character:G. Gordon Liddy
Vote Count:269
The Professor, helped by his flying robot M.A.X., tries to show us the history of 3-D film, and his newest innovation, Real-O-Vision (ride films). But his hardware keeps breaking down, particularly when he's trying to introduce a music video of Elvira. Written by Jon Reeves
Release Date:1999-03-31
Character:Narrator (voice)
Vote Count:5
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Release Date:1998-07-10
Character:Punch-It (voice)
Vote Count:2156
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Release Date:1998-06-04
Character:Mike Michaelson
Vote Count:18622
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
Release Date:1998-05-29
Character:Narrator (voice)
Vote Count:192
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Release Date:1998-05-20
Character:Charles Caiman
Vote Count:3935
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Release Date:1997-06-19
Character:Jonathan P.E. Rice
Vote Count:2687
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.
Release Date:1996-08-21
Department:Writing
Job:Lyricist
Vote Count:246
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Release Date:1995-05-26
Character:Radio announcer (uncredited)
Vote Count:4619
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Release Date:1994-12-16
Character:Chuck
Vote Count:100
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion. After all, it's rock'n'roll. This is actually a demo reel that Rob Reiner created to get financing for his 1984 film "This Is Spinal Tap."
Release Date:1994-12-07
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:6
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
Release Date:1994-10-14
Character:Announcer
Vote Count:437
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornee.
Release Date:1993-12-10
Character:Handsome Dan
Vote Count:1059
Spinal Tap is back in a whole new feature-length rockumentary. Go behind the scenes and find out where the somewhat-less-than-fab three are now -- and where it all began in Squatney, England. Also, catch up with director Marty DiBergi, ex-Polymer marketing whiz Artie Fufkin, and Jeanine, who now owns a shop specializing in itchy Irish clothing.
Release Date:1992-12-31
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Character:Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
Vote Count:12
A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica is a two-part documentary about the process of making the Metallica album (or "The Black Album"), and the following tour. It was produced by Juliana Roberts and directed by Adam Dubin. The second part runs approximately two-and-a-half hours and follows Metallica at the start of their Wherever We May Roam Tour in Europe through to the Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour of 1992.
Release Date:1992-08-12
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:12
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall.
Release Date:1991-12-28
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:1
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Release Date:1991-09-20
Character:Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Vote Count:1354
A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new horizons.
Release Date:1991-09-13
Character:Sammy Rhodes
Vote Count:22
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Release Date:1991-08-09
Character:Monosoff
Vote Count:131
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
Release Date:1991-04-26
Character:Guido Finucci
Vote Count:513
Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches.
Release Date:1990-08-31
A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue.
Release Date:1990-08-02
Character:Radio Announcer (voice)
Vote Count:2
An animated show about a bison with his own talk show modeled after the Jack Benny Show.
Release Date:1990-07-02
Character:(voice)
Vote Count:1
A special examining America's fascination with celebrities. Based on the irreverent, satirical humor of "Spy Magazine." Comedian Jerry Seinfeld acts as spokesman for the humor magazine in a mock-scientific—actually a mock-everything—look at the phenomenon of celebrity.
Release Date:1990-01-01
Character:himself
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds herself in love with Steve and her new life on Earth, where she experiences true intimacy for the first time. But when she loses sight of her mission, she begins to question where she belongs.
Release Date:1988-12-09
Character:Carl Sagan (voice)
Vote Count:524
Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by shooting a special. While the residents are only concerned with taking advantage of his celebrity status, Mull falls for former subject and number one fan Joyce Harrison, who's still very much devoted to her husband Hal.
Release Date:1988-08-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Al Silvers
Vote Count:4
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
Release Date:1988-04-15
Character:Simon Feck
Vote Count:31
This "duckumentary," done in the style of "60 Minutes," traces the life of Donald Duck. As Donald's fame grows, so does his ego. While hosting a variety show one night, Donald snaps and fires a gun at the audience for misbehaving. This leads to a series of problems that eventually cause Donald to seek psychiatric help from Ludwig Von Drake, who uses an insult machine as part of Donald's therapy. Then, after a long night of bizarre dreams, Donald learns the error of his ways and vows to reform.
Release Date:1987-03-25
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Vote Count:9
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
Release Date:1986-07-11
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:84
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion, White Stress, White Politics, and White Crime.
Release Date:1986-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Rabbi
Vote Count:2
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.
Release Date:1986-01-01
Character:Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White Studies, and follows a typical white family as they go about their everyday lives.
Release Date:1985-06-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Rabbi
Vote Count:6
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Release Date:1984-03-02
Department:Sound
Job:Original Music Composer
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:1441
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
Release Date:1983-10-20
Character:NASA Recruiter
Vote Count:881
Four wealthy Long Islanders play for an amateur softball team. All four men suffer from profound personal and professional problems, thus the weekly ball game becomes a method of working out their frustrations. So adept do they become at this cathartic activity that their team makes it to the statewide championship — which leads to yet another crisis.
Release Date:1982-02-02
Character:Jack Savage
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Release Date:1979-08-17
Character:Jeffrey Marx
Vote Count:190
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.
Release Date:1977-07-01
Vote Count:1
Spinal Tap, England’s loudest and most punctual band, reunite following a 15-year hiatus for one final concert.
Character:Derek Smalls
The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.
Release Date:2024-12-16
Character:Mr. Burns (voice)
Vote Count:86
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews with Lewis' associates and previously unseen production content.
Release Date:2024-09-01
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
When best friends, Jack and Scottie, get a once in a lifetime shot at hidden loot, they take off on a cross-country adventure turned crime spree. With a whiny accidental hostage in tow, and a deranged bounty huntress and Johnny Law hot on their trail, it's going to be a race to the bullet-riddled finish.
Release Date:2020-06-05
Character:'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
Vote Count:6
JOE FRANK - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE is a feature length film that explores the life of award-winning audio artist Joe Frank whose career on radio and on-line has spanned four decades. Frank's highly produced radio shows can be described as innovative, abstract, underground, autobiographical, surreal, funny, disturbing, and thought provoking meditations on the human condition.
Release Date:2019-08-16
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
One was a demon on guitar; the other was fresh out of school and no slouch on harmonica. SATAN & ADAM is a celebration of friendship and the blues comprised of documentary footage shot over the course of two decades.
Release Date:2018-04-20
Character:Self
Vote Count:5
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Release Date:2017-12-21
Character:Gene
Vote Count:632
A journey into the world of one of Britain's best-loved and most influential bands of modern times, XTC. Through a mixture of animation, archive and specially-shot sequences, the film explores the minds of principle songwriters, Partridge and Moulding.
Release Date:2017-10-07
Character:Self
Vote Count:12
Love & Taxes is a riveting comic tale of seven years of tax avoidance. Following the possibly real-life exploits of Josh Kornbluth, an autobiographical monologist, Love & Taxes is a comedy that blends solo performance and scripted scenes to bring the subjective reality of the storyteller hilariously to life. A tale of procrastination, making movies and growing up, Love & Taxes is a middle-aged coming-of-age story that is also, quite possibly, the first ever pro-tax romantic comedy.
Release Date:2017-03-03
Character:Sean Boykin/Agent
Vote Count:1
Explore what makes us laugh, why, and how that's influenced our social and political landscape throughout history.
Release Date:2017-02-09
Character:Self
Episode Count:14
Vote Count:9
This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of five famous comedians remembering their favourite Python moments. Each guest chooses a sketch (or two) and it's played with their comments..
Release Date:2014-11-03
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
Release Date:2014-06-16
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:11
Having suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop that Ashwin now runs. Sanjeev is divorced from his wife of nearly two years and Ashwin has manged to get a sponsorship deal that has allowed him to resurrect the family's talk show, which takes place in the living room of their flat.
Release Date:2014-01-15
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.
Release Date:2013-11-03
Character:Panellist
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:7
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
Release Date:2013-01-25
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:23
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Release Date:2012-04-12
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1
A documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blue, Rolle Love, and Country Dick Montana, plus Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Harry Shearer, Dr. Demento, and Mojo Nixon (among others).
Release Date:2012-01-01
Character:Self
After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried family members, interested classmates, unreliable medical experts and the hottest girl in school.
Release Date:2011-09-23
Character:Caress Moscowitz
Vote Count:38
The concept of Back from the Dead is that Spinal Tap has reunited in honor of the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and have launched an "unwigged and unplugged" tour. The album is packaged with a DVD featuring commentary on each of the album's tracks.
Release Date:2009-06-16
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:2
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, etc.), established comedians (Billy Crystal, Rosanna Barr, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, etc.) and young comedians (Jeff Atoll, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, etc.).
Release Date:2007-10-13
Character:Self
Vote Count:21
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Release Date:2007-06-16
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:107
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business, she was assured she was not alone. Everyone she knew, from her rabbi to her gynaecologist, had their own account of getting the boot. Featuring interviews with comedians, economists and regular working folks, and drawing on her hugely popular book, Fired! is a humorous look at downsizing in America.
Release Date:2007-06-05
Character:Self
Vote Count:8
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Release Date:2007-02-22
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:259
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Release Date:2006-01-12
Character:Promo Announcer
Vote Count:66
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
Release Date:2005-10-17
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:265
A collection of five different Simpson holiday specials: "Homer vs. Dignity", "Skinner's Sense of Snow", "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" and "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
Release Date:2004-11-02
Vote Count:16
A collection of five different Simpson holiday specials; Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Mr. Plow, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace, Grift of the Magi, and She of Little Faith
Release Date:2003-10-14
Vote Count:31
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news.
Release Date:2003-09-08
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8
John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.
Release Date:2003-05-23
Character:Self
Vote Count:7
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
Release Date:2003-02-21
Character:Self
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:209
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.
Release Date:2002-05-13
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
The Secret Rulers of the World was first shown on Channel 4 in April 2001. The five-part documentary series accompanied creator Jon Ronson's book 'Them: Adventures with Extremists', which covered similar topics and described many of the same episodes. Both the series and book detail Ronson's encounters following theorists and activists residing outside political, religious, and sociological norms.
Release Date:2001-04-29
Character:Self – Comedian
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
A low-budget, but family favorite Christmas musical about a Christmas that just barely happened.
Release Date:2000-12-17
Character:Elf 1 (voice)
A collaboration of computer-animated films which features new characters and old friends from the award-winning Fox network television series, "The Simpsons" and Dreamworks' feature film "Antz" The saucy, synthetic hostess, Phig, takes the viewers through Cyberworld 3D, a futuristic gallery of wild adventure and spectacular images. Trouble arrives in the form of three unwelcomed guests named Buzzed, Wired and Frazzled who are inadvertently destroying the environment's foundation, forcing Phig into a hilarious battle to save herself and Cyberworld 3D from total annihilation!
Release Date:2000-10-06
Character:Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
Vote Count:5
Produced for the "This is Spinal Tap" Special Edition DVD.
Release Date:2000-09-12
Character:Derek Smalls
Vote Count:1
The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday in the Eastern time zone; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones aired the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. The Saturday edition aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time as well, but a number of affiliates did not carry it or aired it later on tape-delay. It premiered on November 1, 1999, and was the newest of the major networks' morning shows, although CBS has made several attempts to program in the morning slot since 1954. The show aired as a division of CBS News. The Early Show, like many of its predecessors, traditionally ran last in the ratings to its rivals, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show was analogous to that of CBS's late-night talk show, The Late Show.
Release Date:1999-11-01
Character:Derek Smalls
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:7
A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
Release Date:1999-09-26
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:20
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
Release Date:1999-06-07
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
A collection of episodes that was released on 1 October 1999 on VHS and on 8 September 2003 at DVD as part of the series The Simpsons Classics.
Release Date:1999-03-08
Vote Count:16
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
Release Date:1998-01-20
Character:Principal Peskin
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:549
Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.
Release Date:1998-01-05
Episode Count:1
A promotional featurette for 1998's 'The Truman Show', 'TruTalk' is a "60 Minutes"-style mockumentary taking place inside the film's universe.
Release Date:1998-01-01
Character:Mike Michaelson
Vote Count:3
The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to Earth to help improve life for humanity.
Release Date:1997-09-19
Character:Louis Faraday
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10
George & Leo is a short-lived American sitcom starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. Set on Martha's Vineyard, the series aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to March 16, 1998.
Release Date:1997-09-15
Episode Count:1
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
Release Date:1997-08-11
Character:Self
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:96
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
Release Date:1997-03-04
Character:Larry Fenwick
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:160
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Release Date:1996-11-12
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:52
Late night, sketch/variety comedy special starring comedian Martin Short. It features most of Marty's classic characters: Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr, Irving Cohen, and, from the SNL days, lawyer Nathan Thurm.
Release Date:1995-05-20
Character:Mr. Blackwell
Vote Count:1
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Release Date:1994-09-22
Character:Dr. Baldharar
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8224
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Release Date:1994-09-19
Character:John Smythe
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:839
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
Release Date:1994-09-18
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:75
Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role of Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, was a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends, her family and the problems of daily life. The series is notable for being the first one in which the main character came out as gay, which DeGeneres' character did in the 1997 episode "Puppy Episode". This event received a great deal of media exposure, ignited controversy, and prompted ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode. The series' theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas. A running gag was that each episode had a distinct opening credits sequence, resulting from Ellen's ongoing search for the perfect opening credits.
Release Date:1994-03-29
Character:Ted Layton
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:48
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.
Release Date:1994-02-04
Character:Audience Research Captain
Vote Count:49
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Release Date:1993-09-13
Character:Self - Guest
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:136
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Release Date:1992-07-01
Character:Newsreel Announcer
Vote Count:1403
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks — and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
Release Date:1992-04-10
Character:Fairy 3
Vote Count:579
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
Release Date:1991-04-26
Character:Narrator (voice)
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1022
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
Release Date:1990-07-08
Character:Steve
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:38
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Release Date:1989-12-17
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Mr. Burns
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10059
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
Release Date:1986-09-15
Character:Gordon Huyck
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:71
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
Release Date:1985-09-14
Character:George Bush (voice)
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:344
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Release Date:1984-09-16
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:437
America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.
Release Date:1984-09-10
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:133
A parody of Saturday afternoon matinees, including coming attractions and a cartoon.
Release Date:1983-08-26
Character:Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
Vote Count:2
Short Comedy Films, Video & Animation featuring the directing debuts of Rob Reiner, & Christopher Guest.
Release Date:1981-01-01
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.
Release Date:1980-10-03
Character:Bernie Wepner
Vote Count:9
Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.
Release Date:1980-02-01
Character:Keen Hacksaw (voice)
Vote Count:48
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
Release Date:1979-11-06
Character:Murray Sports
Vote Count:13
1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live.
Release Date:1979-05-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Stockard Channing in Just Friends is a 1979 American television sitcom starring Stockard Channing, who was already known for her appearances in Grease and other films. Gerrit Graham, Mimi Kennedy, Lou Crisculo and Sydney Goldsmith co-starred with her on the series. The show premiered on CBS on March 4, 1979 and ended on June 24, 1979. A year later, Channing starred in her self-titled The Stockard Channing Show.
Release Date:1979-03-04
Episode Count:1
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Release Date:1979-03-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
Vote Count:82
National Lampoons mockery of everything that is wrong with cable TV.
Release Date:1979-02-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
The sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that it's time for CBS's Sunday morning staple. Journalist Jane Pauley helms the show, taking over hosting duties from Charles Osgood, who spent 22 years on the job. A morning talk show, this program airs at a different pace and focuses much of its attention on the performing arts. After a quick update of the day's news and national weather, correspondents offer longer-length segments on a variety of topics, from architecture to ballet to music to pop culture to politics.
Release Date:1979-01-28
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:19
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
Release Date:1978-09-01
Character:Narrator (voice)
Vote Count:12
America 2-Night is the continuation of the talk-show parody series Fernwood 2 Night. It ran from April to July 1978. As in Fernwood, Barth Gimble was the host and Jerry Hubbard was his co-host. Happy Kyne and the Mirth-Makers was the band.
Release Date:1978-04-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:65
Vote Count:3
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.
Release Date:1977-09-12
Character:Trucker's Friend
Vote Count:7
This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.
Release Date:1976-04-24
Character:Hippy
Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.
Release Date:1976-01-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:65
Albert Brooks is sick and stuck in bed. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 7
Release Date:1975-12-13
Character:Dr. Jerry Shuster
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Release Date:1955-10-02
Character:Street Kid
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:224
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Release Date:1954-08-25
Character:Boy
Vote Count:91
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
Release Date:1953-09-16
Character:David (uncredited)
Vote Count:243
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.
Release Date:1953-04-06
Character:Second Boy (uncredited)
Vote Count:50
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Release Date:1953-02-01
Character:Timmy
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Character:Self - Panellist
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:16
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
Release Date:1952-11-09
Character:Johnny
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2