Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 820 Films to Buy & Rent
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 3 (Porridge, Sykes, The Two Ronnies) (1975)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Eric Sykes, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
- Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1975.
Good Life, The (TV Series) (1975-1978)
- Feat. Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith…
- The British series that became an icon of 1970s culture–clash, between the greenie Goods (Briers & Kendal), who want to become…
Gunston Tapes, The (1975)
- Feat. Garry McDonald
- A compilation of clips from the original 1970s 'Norman Gunston Show', when the pale combed–over interviewer lured fresh celebrities from around…
One Day at a Time (TV Series) (1975-1984)
- Feat. Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Richard Masur…
- Very popular, appealing primetime sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters in an apartment in Indianapolis. Filmed in front of a…
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (SNL) (1975-1976)
- Feat. Richard Pryor, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore…
- The legendary, long–running NBC variety show, responsible for incubating the careers of every major American comedian since 1975. Original cast…
Two's Company (TV Series) (1975-1979)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden
- Light–hearted comedy series outlining the cultural clash between an American writer living in London and her British butler who fail to see…
Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
- This classic American sitcom still holds up in its rowdy but progressive view of high school delinquency and remedial education. A young John…
Best of Les Dawson, The (1974-1977)
- Feat. Les Dawson
- Genial comedian Dawson was all over British (and NZ) television in the 1970s, using his array of comic and musical talents in shows like "Blankety…
Fred Dagg - All Purpose (1974-2006)
- Feat. John Clarke
- Fred Dagg finally makes it to DVD in this “Authorised Daggography” from legendary Kiwi comic (and now honorary Australian) John Clarke, collating…
Good Times (TV Series) (1974)
- Immensely popular 70s sitcom focusing on a poor but proud family in the Chicago projects that tackled topical, often controversial issues from a…