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Bill Hicks: Archived Scraps From Beyond
147 min
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Back in January of 2009, I was busy digging up some old, *old* bits & pieces of material from the internet and stitching them together. Here is a bit of an eulogy for Bill, the mood suddenly struck me to make it.
In it you'll prominently see Bill Hicks as well as his friend Kevin Booth who's now a film producer. It also features a few of Bill's ...
Girt By Beards
Hilarious 20 minute documentary on South Australia’s The Beards’ trip to The World Beard & Moustache Championships, a bi-annual event that was established back in 1990. It’s a competition on beard growing on a professional scale. Gold! These guys do no wrong, heres there recent single if you missed it.
The World Beard and Mustache C...
A History of Oil
Robert Newman presents a comedy tour de force with two incredible live stand up shows on this DVD.
‘History of Oil’ has become a cult hit worldwide. Through a mixture of stand up, sketches and filmed inserts, Robert Newman gives an original take on the last 150 years of our history. ‘Caliban to the Taliban’ expertly uses brilliant comedy...
AKA Tommy Chong
At the height of popularity of the Bush administration — the federal government entrapped and subsequently imprisoned Tommy Chong. Josh Gilbert began documenting the federal case against his long time friend, for the terrible crime of selling bongs. This film examines the personal effects on Tommy, the motivations and tactics of the politicized J...
How TV Ruined Your Life
Comedy series in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television.
Ever wondered why life doesn’t measure up to those youthful lofty expectations? From love and money to fear and progress, Charlie Brooker explores a different universal theme each week as this si...
Fishing With John
The thought of watching somebody fishing is, to me, the height of existential folly. As Estragon says in Becket’s Waiting for Godot, “Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful.” Thus was my apprehension great when faced with the task of watching 147 minutes of men fishing. However, my delight was substantial when I found myself...
An Evening with Kevin Smith
To know the origin of Snoochie-Boochies, you must spend An Evening with Kevin Smith. The Jersey-bred auteur of low-budget comedy proves equally adept as an uncensored raconteur, regaling five college audiences – his most devoted demographic – in this two-disc compilation of lively QandA. Sporting his trademark slacker garb, Smith occasionally...
