Bob Newhart

biography: George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024) was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television.

The Simpsons

overview: 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.

character: Bob Newhart (voice)

original_name: The Simpsons

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

overview: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

original_name: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Desperate Housewives

overview: Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

character: Morty Flickman

original_name: Desperate Housewives

The Daily Show

overview: The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

original_name: The Daily Show

This Week

overview: ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program, currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos.

original_name: This Week

The Bob Newhart Show

overview: The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

character: Robert Hartley

original_name: The Bob Newhart Show

The View

overview: 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.

original_name: The View

Committed

overview: Two single and extremely eccentric New Yorkers are subject to constant interference from their equally eccentric friends when they begin dating.

character: Blinky

original_name: Committed

Playboy's Penthouse

overview: Playboy's Penthouse is an American variety/talk television show hosted by Playboy founder and then-editor/publisher Hugh Hefner. It was first broadcast on October 24, 1959 and ran in syndication for slightly more than one year with a second season starting on September 9, 1961 with Jack E. Leonard, Anita O'Day, Buddy Greco, and George Wein.

original_name: Playboy's Penthouse

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

overview: Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

original_name: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Inside Comedy

overview: Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of some of the greatest comics of our time.

original_name: Inside Comedy

Newhart

overview: Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.

character: Dick Loudon

original_name: Newhart

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

overview: Unwrap the real stories behind these iconic Christmas blockbusters, thanks to insider interviews and behind-the-scenes peeks.

character: Self (archive footage)

original_name: The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Late Night with David Letterman

overview: Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

overview: 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.

original_name: Late Night with Conan O'Brien

MADtv

overview: MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.

character: Self - Special Guest

original_name: MADtv

ER

overview: 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.

character: Ben Hollander

original_name: ER

Conan

overview: A late night television talk show hosted by  Conan O'Brien.

original_name: Conan

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

overview: Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg is an informal interview-style show on the cable channel TV Land in which comedian David Steinberg talks with famous comedians and comic actors. Each show features Steinberg and one guest.

original_name: Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

The Hollywood Palace

overview: The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.

original_name: The Hollywood Palace

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

overview: An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

character: Self (uncredited)

original_name: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Don Knotts Show

overview:
The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup.

Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed for many years in several television series and films, Don Knotts was the headliner here. Each week, he and his guests put on standard TV variety fare of the era. Two recurring features were a skit about the effort involved in putting a weekly television series on the air, much in the spirit of The Jack Benny Show, and The Front Porch, in which Don and a guest would sit in rocking chairs and quietly discuss their philosophies of life. Notable regulars in his cast included Elaine Joyce and Gary Burghoff, who had previously portrayed "Radar O'Reilly" in the film version of M*A*S*H and was about to achieve his greatest fame in reprising that role for the television version of it.

original_name: The Don Knotts Show

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

overview: The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme song of the show. The show was one of the few rural-oriented shows to survive CBS's rural purge of 1971.

original_name: The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Bob

overview: Bob McKay is the creator of the 1950s comic book superhero "Mad-Dog". When a Senate sub-committee decided such reading material could corrupt young readers, Mad-Dog faded into oblivion, and Bob became a greeting card artist. Years later the American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company buys the rights to the series, and Bob is offered a chance to revive Mad-Dog.

character: Bob McKay

original_name: Bob

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

overview: The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.

original_name: The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Captain Nice

overview: Carter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him into Captain Nice, an odd sort of superhero: very shy and dominated by his mother. Captain Nice flew (he feared heights) in his tattered leotards, fighting bad guys because his mother told him to do so.

character: Lloyd Larchmont

original_name: Captain Nice

The Don Rickles Show

character: Brother-in-law

original_name: The Don Rickles Show

George & Leo

overview: 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.

character: George Stoody

original_name: George & Leo

Playboy After Dark

overview: Playboy After Dark is an American television show hosted by Hugh Hefner. It aired in syndication through Screen Gems from 1969 to 1970 and was taped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

original_name: Playboy After Dark

The Emmy Awards

overview: An annual awards  ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

original_name: The Emmy Awards

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

overview:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night.

During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

original_name: Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Bob Newhart Show

overview:
The Bob Newhart Show is an American comedy variety show starring comedian Bob Newhart. It originally ran from October 1961 through June 1962 on NBC, airing on Wednesday nights at 10pm Eastern time, immediately following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall. The variety show was sponsored by Kraft Foods's Sealtest Dairy division.

The show was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor in 1962. It was also nominated for the Writing Achievement in Comedy Award for Roland Kibbee, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder and Larry Siegel, but they lost to Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show. The show also won a Peabody Award in 1961.

character: Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

overview: A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

original_name: Saturday Night Live

The Big Bang Theory

overview: Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

character: Arthur Jeffries

original_name: The Big Bang Theory

The Judy Garland Show

overview:
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.

Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format.

While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season.

TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Murphy Brown

overview: Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.

The Ed Sullivan Show

overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.

In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Bob Hope Show

overview: The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

The Carol Burnett Show

overview: The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

NCIS

overview: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Young Sheldon

overview: The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

What's My Line?

overview: Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

overview: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.

The Dick Cavett Show

overview: The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

Hot in Cleveland

overview: Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."

Dinah!

overview: Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.

Golden Globe Awards

overview: An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The Librarians

overview: A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

overview: A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The Grammys

overview: An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who they think is most deserving of an award in 108 categories as specified by the academy.

The Talk

overview: A panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities discussing current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day.

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Bob Newhart

biography: George Robert Newhart war ein US-amerikanischer Komiker und Schauspieler. Bekannt war er für seinen trockenen Humor und seinen stotternden Vortragsstil. Er begann seine Karriere als Stand-up-Comedian und wechselte später zur Schauspielerei im Fernsehen.

Polski

biography:
George Robert Newhart (ur. 5 września 1929), zawodowo znany jako Bob Newhart , to amerykański komik i aktor. Znany ze swojej śmiertelnie poważnej i nieco jąkającej się wypowiedzi, Newhart zyskał rozgłos w latach 60., kiedy jego album z komediowymi monologami The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart był światowym bestsellerem i osiągnął 1. miejsce na listach przebojów muzyki pop Billboard – pozostaje 20. -sprzedający się album w historii. Kolejny album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Again! był również ogromnym sukcesem, a oba albumy zajmowały jednocześnie miejsca na liście Billboard # 1 i # 2, wyczyn niezrównany aż do wydania w 1991 roku Use Your Illusion I i Use Your Illusion II przez hardrockowy zespół Guns N 'Roses.

Newhart zajął się później aktorstwem, występując w dwóch długo emitowanych i nagradzanych komediach sytuacyjnych, najpierw jako psycholog, dr Robert „Bob” Hartley w serialu telewizyjnym The Bob Newhart Show z lat 70., a następnie jako karczmarz Dick Loudon w serialu telewizyjnym Newhart z lat 80. . Miał także trzeci sitcom, który był krótkotrwały i początkowo odnosił sukcesy, ale wkrótce został odwołany, nazwany Bob. Newhart pojawił się także w rolach filmowych, takich jak Major Major w Paragrafie 22 i Papa Elf w Elf. Zapewnił głos Bernarda w filmach animowanych Walta Disneya The Rescuers i The Rescuers Down Under . Jedną z jego ostatnich ról jest szef biblioteki Judson w The Librarian.

普通话

鲍伯·纽哈特

biography:
乔治·罗伯特·纽哈特（George Robert Newhart，1929 年 9 月 5 日出生），专业名称为鲍勃·纽哈特，是美国单口喜剧演员和演员。纽哈特以面无表情和略显结结巴巴的演讲而闻名，他在 1960 年代崭露头角，当时他的喜剧独白专辑 鲍勃·纽哈特的 The Button-Down Mind 成为全球畅销书，并在公告牌流行音乐排行榜上达到 #1——它仍然是历史上第 20 张最畅销的专辑。后续专辑《The Button-Down Mind Strikes Again！也取得了巨大的成功，两张专辑同时占据了 Billboard #1 和 #2 的位置，直到 1991 年硬摇滚乐队 Guns N' Roses 发行的 Use Your Illusion I 和 Use Your Illusion II 之前，这一壮举无与伦比。

纽哈特后来开始演戏，主演了两部长期播出且屡获殊荣的情景喜剧，首先是在 1970 年代的情景喜剧《鲍勃纽哈特秀》中饰演心理学家罗伯特“鲍勃”哈特利博士，然后在 1980 年代的情景喜剧中饰演旅馆老板迪克劳登纽哈特。他还有第三部情景喜剧，虽然很短命，但很快就被取消了，名为《鲍勃》。纽哈特还出演了电影角色，例如《第22条军规》中的少校和《精灵》中的精灵爸爸。他在华特迪士尼动画电影《救援队》和《海底救援队》中为伯纳德配音。他最近的角色之一是《图书馆员》中的图书馆馆长贾德森。

普通话

鮑伯·紐哈特

biography:
喬治·羅伯特·紐哈特（George Robert Newhart，1929 年 9 月 5 日出生），專業名稱為鮑勃·紐哈特，是美國單口喜劇演員和演員。紐哈特以面無表情和略顯結結巴巴的演講而聞名，他在 1960 年代嶄露頭角，當時他的喜劇獨白專輯 鮑勃·紐哈特的 The Button - Down Mind 成為全球暢銷書，並在公告牌流行音樂排行榜上達到 #1——它仍然是歷史上第 20 張最暢銷的專輯。後續專輯《The Button - Down Mind Strikes Again！也取得了巨大的成功，兩張專輯同時佔據了 Billboard #1 和 #2 的位置，直到 1991 年硬搖滾樂隊 Guns N' Roses 發行的 Use Your Illusion I 和 Use Your Illusion II 之前，這一壯舉無與倫比。

紐哈特後來開始演戲，主演了兩部長期播出且屢獲殊榮的情景喜劇，首先是在 1970 年代的情景喜劇《鮑勃紐哈特秀》中飾演心理學家羅伯特“鮑勃”哈特利博士，然後在 1980 年代的情景喜劇中飾演旅館老闆迪克勞登紐哈特。他還有第三部情景喜劇，雖然很短命，但很快就被取消了，名為《鮑勃》。紐哈特還出演了電影角色，例如《第 22 條軍規》中的少校和《精靈》中的精靈爸爸。他在華特迪士尼動畫電影《救援隊》和《海底救援隊》中為伯納德配音。他最近的角色之一是《圖書館員》中的圖書館館長賈德森。

title: Catch-22

overview: A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.

title: Elf

overview: When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

title: In & Out

overview: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

title: The Rescuers Down Under

overview: A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.

title: The Rescuers

overview: Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.

title: Hell Is for Heroes

overview: World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

title: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

overview: Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games by his rival for a doe he fancies, Rudolph runs away and moves into a cave with Slyly the Fox. However can he overcome his fear and reach his true potential?

original_title: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

title: Hot Millions

overview: A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.

title: Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

overview: A brief look at Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's 2,000 Year Old Man routine and how it influenced countless comedians since its inception.

title: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

overview: When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.

title: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

overview: After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.

original_title: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

title: Dean Martin: King of Cool

overview: Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as critic Gerald Early, actor Jon Hamm, and Hip-Hop artist RZA who testify to Martin’s enduring mystique.

title: The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

overview: While on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true mission and a shocking discovery are all lying within a decaying New Orleans crypt.

original_title: The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

title: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

overview: Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.

title: Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

overview: A comical and musical collection of yuletide appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. Timeless appearances by musical guests such as Johnny Mathis, Sergio Franchi and Bing Crosby are included along with comedic performers such as Topo Gigio and the Muppets.

original_title: Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

title: Little Miss Marker

overview: Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.

title: Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking

overview: Telecast December 1972, DON RICKLES: ALIVE AND KICKING was a huge ratings extravaganza for the network, especially when you consider the guest stars on Rickle's comedy special: Carroll O'Connor, Harvey Korman, Johnny Carson, Bob Newhart, Anne Meara and Don Adams!

title: Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

overview: In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It tackled such previously taboo subjects as sex, religion, drugs, and politics, and ushered in an avant-garde era of comedy that was decidedly more cerebral, satirical, and improvisational than before. Here are many of the maverick comedians who took those big risks years ago and paved the way for today’s current crop of outrageous, in-your-face comics. Many of these rare television performances have not been seen in 30 or 40 years. Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (1966) Jackie Mason (1961) Bob Newhart (1966) Shelly Berman (1966) Bill Cosby (1965) Jonathan Winters (1961) Smothers Brothers (1974) Steve Martin (1977) Rowan & Martin (1964) Lily Tomlin (1975) George Carlin (1967 & 1975) Richard Pryor (1967 & 1974) Andy Kaufman (1977) Hendra & Ullett (1966) Billy Crystal (1976) Jay Leno (1978) David Letterman (1979)

original_title: Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

title: Yesterday's Tomorrows

overview: Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.

title: First Family

overview: When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.

title: The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special

overview: Bob is recovering from the horrible nightmare about a crazy little town in Vermont. As that happens, he begins reminiscing of events from episodes of "The Bob Newhart Show."

original_title: The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special

title: Thursday's Game

overview: Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights?

title: Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

overview: 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.).

title: Once Upon a Studio

overview: Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

title: Marathon

overview: A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the annoyance of his non-running wife.

title: Don Rickles: One Night Only

overview: Comedy has never seen a night like this. The biggest superstars in the world gather to honor the one who inspired them all, Don Rickles. With David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert De Niro, Jon Stewart, Martin Scorcese and more.

title: NBC 75th Anniversary Special

overview: A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

title: Bob and Don: A Love Story

overview: Opposites make for great comedy in the life-long friendship of comedy legends Bob Newhart and Don Rickles by Judd Apatow.

title: Bob Newhart:  Button-Down Concert

title: Decisions! Decisions!

overview: A salesman and a sexologist have misadventures with plot development determined by the votes of the studio audience.

title: All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

overview: A Celebration of the great life of Frank Sinatra with song, dance, and many famous guests.

title: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

overview: Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test subjects, she heads to Washington D.C. to fight for animal rights.

title: The Sports Pages

overview: Dr. Lionel Waddems, a golf fanatic. is put on trial for killing his golf partner. The movie follows the trial in the news and features interviews by people who knew the men. It is based on 2 short stories "How Doc Waddems Finally Broke 100" and "The Heidi Bowl".

title: TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

overview: A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was directed by Sandy Olivieri. Here is a partial list of the performers who appeared in the film Bob Newhart, Mort Sahl, Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, Johnny Carson, George Carlin, et al.

original_title: TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

title: Night of 100 Stars II

overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

title: Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

overview: The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

original_title: Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

title: Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

overview: The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.

original_title: Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

title: George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

overview: An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business.

original_title: George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

title: Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter

overview: Nischelle Turner hosts a tribute to the late comic with a look back at his 70-year career, featuring never-before-seen interviews and his final interview from his home in Los Angeles.

title: Five

overview: An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show

overview: A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

title: Christmas with Crosby & Kate

overview: The holidays just wouldn't be the holidays without Mr. White Christmas himself - Bing Crosby. His seemingly effortless, easygoing singing style and good humor made him an audience favorite for generations. In this rare episode of the Hollywood Palace, first telecast in 1966, der Bingle is joined by dancer Cyd Charisse, comedian Bob Newhart, the Crosby family, and Kate "God Bless America" Smith. Bing lends his smooth style to such favorites as the Christmas Waltz, Silver Bells, The twelve days of Christmas, Do you hear what I hear, and of course, White Christmas. Kate Smith belts out Christmas Eve in my home town and there's a special Crosby-Kate medley of catchy Christmas carols.

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

overview: Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

title: Rickles... On the Loose

overview: Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state of California.

title: Salute to Stan Laurel

overview: A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.

title: Bob Newhart: Off the Record

overview: Bob Newhart stars in the hilarious hour-long stand-up special. Taped at Pasadena's landmark Raymond Theatre, the show is filled with some of the comedian's classic routines from the '60s.

title: Horrible Bosses

overview: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.

title: The Entertainers

overview: Bob Newhart stars as comedian Todd Wilson, whose act includes a chimp. Linda Gray plays Laura, the love interest - for Todd, not the chimp.

title: Cold Turkey

overview: Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

title: Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned

overview: “Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned” traces the life and career of the quiet comedian, who gained fame from his 1960 record album, then starred in hit sitcoms in the '70s and '80s. Clips from those shows and excerpts from his stand-up routines are supplemented by Newhart's own comments, plus those of his wife, Ginnie, and a number of colleagues. “Bob is a regular guy,” says David Steinberg, who directed him in the '80s show. “He just happens to be a genius at being a regular guy.”

title: Disney's Greatest Villains

overview: The Slave in the Magic Mirror is the host of this show, designed to explain that all heroes need villains to balance things out. Without villains, there would be no heroes. Villains from Disney films abound here.

title: Oh No, Not Them

overview: The untransmitted pilot of the failed American remake of The Young Ones

title: Bob Hope's World of Comedy

overview: Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV  The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs!  On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.

title: Elf: Film School for Kids

overview: Cast and crew members, led by director Jon Favreau, explain the inner workings of a movie set.

title: Elf: How they Made the North Pole

overview: Production Designer Rusty Smith walks us through the sets of "Elf" and explains how they were built.

title: Bob Newhart: Off the Record

title: Catch-22

title: Elf

title: In & Out

title: The Rescuers Down Under

title: The Rescuers

title: Hell Is for Heroes

title: Hot Millions

title: Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

title: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

title: Dean Martin: King of Cool

title: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

title: Little Miss Marker

title: Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking

title: Yesterday's Tomorrows

title: First Family

title: Thursday's Game

title: Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

title: Once Upon a Studio

title: Marathon

title: Don Rickles: One Night Only

title: NBC 75th Anniversary Special

title: Bob and Don: A Love Story

title: Bob Newhart:  Button-Down Concert

title: Decisions! Decisions!

title: All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

title: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

title: The Sports Pages

title: Night of 100 Stars II

title: Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter

title: Five

title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show

title: Christmas with Crosby & Kate

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

title: Rickles... On the Loose

title: Salute to Stan Laurel

title: Bob Newhart: Off the Record

title: Horrible Bosses

title: The Entertainers

title: Cold Turkey

title: Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned

title: Disney's Greatest Villains

title: Oh No, Not Them

title: Bob Hope's World of Comedy

title: Elf: Film School for Kids

title: Elf: How they Made the North Pole

title: Bob Newhart: Off the Record