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The best of the original An evening at the Improv.

Call Number

  • DVD 792.76 B5616 (CEN, WSQ)

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Edition

Special 4 disc edition.

Performers

Various performers.

Publication Information

[Toronto, Ontario] : Somerville House, [2013]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This 4-DVD box set features the best and funniest comedians to have performed at the iconic Improv Club in Los Angeles including the likes of Billy Crystal, Howie Mandel, Jim Carrey, Phyllis Diller, Leslie Nielsen, Jackie Mason, and 67 other outstanding comedians. These 12 hours of comedy weree chosen from the first 52 original hours of the television series called "An Evening At The Improv." This Special Edition is the first time this rare original footage has ever been released on DVD.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as segments of An evening at the Improv in 1982-1983.

Some performers shown on container do not appear on recording.

Contents

  • Disc 1. Comedians: Jerry Seinfeld, Judy Carter, Rick Podell, Maurice La Marche, Michael Keaton, Marc Weiner, Howie Mandel, Paul Reiser, Jim Carrey, Bob Townsend, Elayne Boosler, Robert Wuhl, Dottie Archibald, Arsenio Hall, Steven Wright, Bruce Smirnoff, Sandra Bernhard.
  • Disc 2. Comedians: Richard Lewis, Bill Maher, Fred Willard, Julie Dees, Tom Dreesen, Howie Mandel, Gary Mule Deer, Billy Riback, Arsenio Hall, Harry Anderson, Rich Hall, Steven Wright, Rick Overton, Robert Townsend, Pat Bullard, Gail Matthius, Jerry Seinfeld, Tony Molesworth, Kevin Nealon.
  • Disc 3. Comedians: Willie Tyler, Glen Foster, Bobby Kelton, Charles Fleischer, Alex Valdez, Bob Dubac, Michael Keaton, Steve Bluestein, Marsha Warfield, Carol Siskind, Bob Saget, Jimmy Aleck, Steve Sweeney, Bobby Slayton, Rich Hall, Kevin Nealon, Howie Mandel, Darrow Igus.
  • Disc 4. Comedians: Bob Nelson, Sheryl Bernstein, Sandy Baron, Glenn Super, Jimmy Aleck, Bob Saget, Sandra Bernhard, Charles Fleischer, Pudgy, George Wallace, Richard Morris, Richard Lewis, Johhny Dark, Barry Diamond, Tom Sharp, Mark Halloran, Paul Reiser.

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