Colin Quinn
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From former SNL "Weekend Update" host and legendary stand-up Colin Quinn comes a controversial and laugh-out-loud investigation into cultural and ethnic stereotypes.
Colin Quinn has noticed a trend during his decades on the road-that Americans' increasing political correctness and sensitivity have forced us to tiptoe around the subjects of race and ethnicity altogether. Colin wants to know: What are we all so afraid of? Every ethnic...
Colin Quinn has noticed a trend during his decades on the road-that Americans' increasing political correctness and sensitivity have forced us to tiptoe around the subjects of race and ethnicity altogether. Colin wants to know: What are we all so afraid of? Every ethnic...
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"The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together? Quinn ... calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government--after all, how would you put this...
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From 1978 to 1988, America was in thrall to comedy. Comedy clubs ballooned from 22 to nearly 500, and hot comedians were pulling down six-figures annually and playing four or five sets a night. In this film, former stand-up comedian Fran Solomita examines the Boston comedy scene during this period, as talented newcomers Denis Leary, Janeane Garofalo, Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Colin Quinn honed their chops. There were meteoric rises cut...
6) Trainwreck
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Since she was little, it's been drilled into Amy's head by her dad that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo; enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment, but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners; Amy starts to wonder...
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From 1985 to 1989, Lou DiMaggio was a rising star at the iconic Catch a Rising Star in New York City. In 1989, after a move to Los Angeles to pursue acting, he stopped doing stand-up and eventually became a television writer. Follow Lou as he wakes up from his long winter's nap and seeks advice from his celebrity friends about his return to stand-up comedy.
8) Grown ups 2
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Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
9) 40-Love
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A 22 year old stats whiz, sets out on a cross country road trip to NYC with the hopes of convincing one of the world's greatest tennis stars he can help her defeat her most challenging rival in the upcoming championship tournament
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Just For Laughs Television volume 13
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John Oliver laments the decline of everyone's favourite superpower as he hosts a star-studded show that analyzes the deplorable state of the States. Featuring Greg Proops, Colin Quinn, Mark Critch, Alonzo Bodden, and Marc Maron.
11) Rehab Cabin
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Best friends kidnap their favorite washed-up celebrity and try to rehabilitate her so she'll be in good movies again.