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It's funny! It's clean! And it's quite possibly George Carlin's earliest recording. A must for die-hard fans.

A captivating storyteller, Dana Gould ricochets across the stage, taking the audience on a wild ride. He engulfs them in twisted stories about the intricacies of his peculiarly eventful life. Be it as mundane as a quest for fair auto insurance, or as bizarre as a trip to the hospital to get a live moth removed from inside his ear, Gould's act redefines the art of stand-up comedy.

Steve is a man for today. He was born in Oklahoma in the 50s and grew up thinking that the world was a wonderful place. Just like the Cleavers, he thought that everyone in the whole USA was like the people in his neighborhood - honest, hard working, God-fearing people. Then he started traveling around the country. Boy, was he wrong!

A timeless story of breathtaking enchantment and fairy-tale romance. To save her beloved father, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the companion of a brutish and very unhappy beast. But as time passes, love works a miraculous change on both their lives.Beautifully narrated by Mia Farrow, and accompanied by an original classical score with 12-piece orchestra.

After hearing this performance by one of Canada's funniest ladies, you'll be singing "Au Elvira". Recorded live at The Laff Shop in Houston, Texas, she performs her greatest bits, including "Aging Sucks", "Bloody Internet", "Removable Body Parts", "Here's Where I Help the Straight Folks Catch Up", and "A Final Word About Kansas". Elvira has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, Toronto's Comedy Slam Festival, Comedy Central's Out There II, and New York's OUTrageous Comedy.

Are we responsible for a woman weighing 1,200 pounds? Should a gorilla receive an award for saving a baby in its cage � or should we ask how that baby got there in the first place? A punk stands up on a roller coaster after being repeatedly being told not to and literally loses his head! Should we feel sorry for him? Jeff Wayne delights in tackling today's headlines, constantly amazed by their obvious celebration of idiocy.

Considered one of today's top comedians, Barcena's comedy is rich with stories about growing up in East L.A. and Latino culture. Humor is his way of reaching out to people with pride and cultural awareness without perpetuating stereotypes. His philosophy is "know who you are and have people laugh with you." And laugh you will as he delivers punch line after hilarious punch line.

The pressures of being a teenager are like ticking time bombs. Ten Time Bombs equips adults with the knowledge and understanding needed to diffuse the most explosive pressures young people face. Through humor and candid discussion, Ron Hutchcraft talks about sex, friends, family, relationships, and those things that make teenagers angry, depressed, hurt, and lonely. Hutchcraft is the host of Alive! with Ron Hutchcraft, the most widely circulated Christian youth broadcast in the world.

On 'Nuff Said, Clinton reflects on life in America today. We are privy to his personal opinions on everything from the "San Francisco scene", to Star Wars, to the "un(i)-bomber", to feminine "mood changes". His comical observations will make you see life in a different light, and a welcome change it is.

"The Hot and Spicy Mamitas" are Marilyn Martinez, "a cross between Brett Butler and Rosanne Barr ¿ but funnier"; Sully Diaz, a "comedy goddess"; Dyana Ortelli, "an enchilada plate con chilito picoso"; Lydia Nicole, "a wolf in sheep's clothing"; and Ludo Vika, "a comedy femme fatale". Considered to be some of L.A.'s hottest Latina comics, these outrageously funny comediennes offer fresh points of view with a punch. They are joined by special guest Willie Barcena.

Entering school at the age of three, it was soon obvious that Pat Paulsen was an exceptional child. At 11, MENSA confirmed his IQ at 205. He was awarded the Medal of Honor and Nobel Prize in Physics and has several masterpieces hanging in the Louvre. He debuted at La Scala Opera House in Milan in the role of Pietro in Don Giovanni and later performed in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York for 12 years. And then he woke up!

Known as the "Diva of Comedy", Karen Williams is a comic craftmaster who blends biting criticism and a clear view of the world with the healing power of laughter. She is the founder of the International Institute of Humor and Healing Arts (HaHA), which emphasizes humor and building self-esteem. In this live recording, you'll hear Williams speak candidly and comically about panty hose, getting old, vegetarians, and lesbian moms.

Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play, Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly 2,000 years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of fifth century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast.

In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference.

Alice's adventures, funny, inventive, and disturbing, have fascinated and delighted children and adults alike since their publication. The fantasy worlds in which she finds herself introduce her to characters as varied and well-known as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat.

Pretty, impecunious Sally Nicholas never dreamed a fortune could prove a disadvantage, until she became an heiress and watched in bewilderment as her orderly existence went haywire. Coping first with her brother's wild theatrical ambitions, then with the defection of her fiancé and his immediate replacement by a much more appropriate but strangely unattractive suitor, Sally finds that life in New York is becoming altogether too complicated, and a trip to England only makes the whole situation worse.

Imprisoned for preaching outside the Anglican Church, John Bunyan recorded the doubts, temptations, and hopes of his own spiritual journey, a journey later traveled by the searching sojourner in The Pilgrim's Progress.

If your best friend is named Huckleberry Finn, and there's a girl in your life named Becky Thatcher, a villain named Injun Joe, and you and your friends get into all kinds of mischief and adventures, then you must be that ever-lovin' charmer from Missouri, Tom Sawyer!

The St. Charles Players present a new and unique telling of this children's classic performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.

Lightning strikes the pole sending electric waves racing across dark castle walls into the laboratory and the lifeless body stitched together by a scientist called " mad " because he wants to create life in a lifeless creature. He dreams of a son, a companion, an incredible recreation of life, anything but,,,,a monster. Lightning flashes... It's alive ! This exciting full-cast presentation is like nothing you've ever heard before!