Variety Time

Aug 21, 1948

0h 59m

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Overview

Jack Parr hosts a variety program of comedic sketches.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Variety Time Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Master of Ceremonies

Jack Paar

Rudy La Paix

Hans Conried

Leon Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Leon Errol

Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)

Dot Farley

Dorothy Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Dorothy Granger

Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy

Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)

William S. Hart

Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Minerva Urecal

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

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Södrans Revy

Nov 6, 1950

Naima Wifstrand, leading old lady, dressed as a Primadonna presents the variety revue "The Old, Happy 40's", a dark time of angst, depression and derailed, wild happiness. Those were the days. Music, dance, songs and hillarious sketches follow.

6.5

Gröna Hund

Nov 23, 1962

The first variety show produced by AB Svenska Ord. It was the first of the three "Dog-revues", the second being "Gula Hund" and the third one "Svea hund".

5.6

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Nov 23, 1929

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

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Caesar's Writers

Aug 19, 1996

On January 24, 1996, at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles, CA, legendary comic Sid Caesar was reunited with nine of his writers from Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. The event was taped for release on PBS and BBC in a 1-hour cut, and later on VHS and DVD in its full 2-hour length. Be prepared to laugh non-stop as the panel, made up of head writer Mel Tolkin, Caesar, Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin share stories about their time working on Caesar's shows and offer their insights about writing comedy.

5.5

International House

May 27, 1933

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.

5.0

The Maya Rudolph Show

May 19, 2014

Maya Rudolph's take on the variety show special with guest stars in the vein of the Carol Burnett Show.

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Vita Napoletana

Dec 30, 1933

A variety film consisting of 13 solo songs and two musical sketches, one comedic, the other serious, all in the Italian language but made entirely in the USA by members of the Italian-American community in New York. Missed by the American Film Institute and IMDb, information was found in the New York State Archives' files from that state's old censors' office.

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Pure Goldie

Feb 15, 1971

A comedy/variety special hosted by Goldie Hawn featuring special guests Ruth Buzzi, Johnny Carson, Bob Dishy, and the Muppets.

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The Special London Bridge Special

Jan 1, 1972

In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.

7.6

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock

Dec 10, 1999

Chris rocked SNL for three seasons-here are his greatest bits, featuring Nat X, Luther Campbell, I'm Chillin'" and more. Special guests include Sinbad, Michael J. Fox and George Wendt. 1999/color/71 min/NR/fullscreen.

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Julie

Aug 24, 1972

Writer/director Blake Edwards chronicles his wife Julie Andrews' decision to star in a TV variety show while balancing her home and family life.

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House-Rent Party

Jan 23, 1946

Summaries Shorty's wife throws him out of the house for lying around reading detective thrillers and letting his boss Pigmeat get away with not paying him for the work he does at Pigmeat's barber shop in Harlem. He runs into Pigmeat on the street and asks for the money he's owed, but Pigmeat winds up convincing him that not only does he not owe Shorty any salary, but he actually overpays Shorty $1.25 a week. Later, Shorty reads about a jewel thief on the loose in Harlem and that there's a reward of $1,000 for his capture. He convinces Pigmeat that the two of them can catch this guy, collect the reward and then become famous detectives. Complications ensue.

5.0

Elstree Calling

Feb 6, 1930

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

2.5

Iloinen Linnanmäki

Nov 4, 1960

Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.

7.3

Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas

Jan 18, 1997

Diva Las Vegas was a show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas starring Bette Midler performing as singer and comedian. The one-time performance was filmed for television; HBO released it as a TV special originally broadcast on January 18, 1997 and repeated on February 2, 1997. Midler won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for the special. Among the songs performed were The Rose, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, From A Distance, Friends, Wind Beneath My Wings, Stay With Me and Do You Want To Dance?. Bette's daughter Sophie von Haselberg appeared for a short time during the song "Ukulele Lady". She sat with the rest of the cast and musicians on stage playing a ukulele and singing the words.

7.7

Gula Hund

Jan 6, 1966

Gula Hund (English title: Yellow Dog) is a Swedish variety show that was the second of "three dog-revues" (so called because they all have "dog" in their name). The first one being Gröna Hund (Green Dog) and the third and last one was Svea Hund.

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Throckadacia

Oct 24, 2023

Sterling and his co-host begin filming their variety talk show as usual, when an unexpected visitor arrives. The man at the door is Sterling’s ex-lover, flowers in hand. But the show must go on.

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A Bing Crosby Christmas

Jan 1, 1998

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.

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TWS COMEBACK SHOW

Jun 24, 2024

No overview available.

Cast

Master of Ceremonies

Jack Paar

Rudy La Paix

Hans Conried

Leon Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Leon Errol

Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)

Dot Farley

Dorothy Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Dorothy Granger

Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy

Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)

William S. Hart

Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Variety Time

Overview

Genres

Variety Time Trailers

Cast

Jack Paar

Hans Conried

Leon Errol

Dot Farley

Dorothy Granger

Edgar Kennedy

William S. Hart

Minerva Urecal

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Elstree Calling

Iloinen Linnanmäki

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TWS COMEBACK SHOW

Variety Time Trailers

Cast

Jack Paar

Hans Conried

Leon Errol

Dot Farley

Dorothy Granger

Edgar Kennedy

William S. Hart

Minerva Urecal

You may also like

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Södrans Revy

Gröna Hund

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Caesar's Writers

International House

The Maya Rudolph Show

Vita Napoletana

Pure Goldie

The Special London Bridge Special

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock

Julie

House-Rent Party

Elstree Calling

Iloinen Linnanmäki

Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas

Gula Hund

Throckadacia

A Bing Crosby Christmas

TWS COMEBACK SHOW