Jack Paar - As I Was Saying...And More!
 From Amazon.com: In just five years, Jack Paar changed the way Americans watched television. The first successful host of the Tonight Show (Steve Allen, Ernie Kovacs, and others were given chances prior to Paar), from 1957 to 1962 Paar made the late- [... more]
CDN$24.99
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Let the Buyer Beware
Release of the Lenny Bruce boxset is a cultural EVENT: As a long-time fan of Lenny Bruce's work I have collected every available recording and book on the man and his art. The Lenny Bruce boxset, LET THE BUYER BEWARE, is a cultural event as important as [... more]
CDN$72.91
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Dion Mcgregor Dreams Again
The most insanely entertaining thing in recorded history: Dion McGregor talked in his sleep like no one else - full-fledged stories, some more coherent than others, but all oddly captivating. Funnier and more disturbing than anything a conscious mind [... more]
CDN$17.99
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Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show
Television Talk a lot of fun to read.: Television Talk was fun to read. Good vignettes, interesting background history on how talk-show hosts started, took the reader behind the scenes ofthe talk shows. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on Letterman [... more]
CDN$37.50
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The Judy Garland Show Collection
From Amazon.com: Destined to remain the single most comprehensive record of Judy Garland's latter-day career, The Judy Garland Show Collection is an astonishing treasure of great lasting value. Preserving 14 complete episodes from Garland's rarely seen [... more]
CDN$149.99
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Memoirs Of An Amnesiac
a must re-read: Luckily found this among my mother's books, the title caught my eye. When asked about it, my mother laughed softly. I thought, if it can make her laugh it must be funny; well it's the best humor, and I turned to a page and busted out [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Monk Swimming
From Amazon.com: Slapped with a libel suit after an appearance on a talk show, Malachy McCourt crows, "If they could only see me now in the slums of Limerick, a big shot, sued for a million. Bejesus, isn't America a great and wonderful country?" [... more]
CDN$19.00
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The Ultimate Johnny Carson Collection - His Favorite ...
From Amazon.com: Culled from 30 years of material, this collection of moments from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson contains some of most inspired bits of lunacy ever recorded. Whether cajoling with Hollywood's biggest stars or normal folk with [... more]
CDN$99.99
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Paar, Jack: Collection
Where's the real good stuff?: I bought this DVD hoping to recapture the 50's "Paar" experience. It didn't happen. Some short segments are very entertaining - but there aint' enough of em! Where, Oh Where, are Charlie Weaver, Genvieve, Dodie [... more]
CDN$35.99
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The Johnson Family Singers: We Sang for Our Supper
Nostalgia and Americana at its best: Growing up in the golden age of radio, long before TV,CD's or even LP records, one remembers the sheer joy of that medium as a connection to a world of performing artists, singers and musicians. Gospel music in the [... more]
CDN$18.43
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