Subgenre Sampler
Television > Comedy: 810 Films to Buy & Rent
- Mr. Ed (TV Series) (Mister Ed) (1961-1966)
- Feat. Alan Young
- Golden age television sitcom centred around a talking horse who lives in the backyard stable of a husband and wife, but is only conversant with the…
- Best of Eric Sykes, The (1960-1979)
- Feat. Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques
- Compilation from the career of Eric Sykes, who forged a reputation as a writer of genius for Peter Sellers and Tony Hancock before hitting the small…
- My Three Sons (TV Series) (1960)
- Feat. Fred MacMurray, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston…
- One of the longest–running sitcoms in American television history (at 360 episodes), this 'family values' classic starred Fred MacMurray as a…
- Hancock's Half Hour (1957-1961)
- Feat. Tony Hancock, Sid James, Dick Emery…
- Tony Hancock's hilarious and influential 50s/ 60s sitcom:
On DVD, two compilations.
On Vol 1, the earliest surviving episodes, all from 1957:…
- Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)
- Feat. Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley
- One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
- Best Of Johnny Carson (1955)
- Feat. Johnny Carson
- 10 half hour episodes of The Johnny Carson Show that capture the King of late–night television's best and worst moments on stage, from screwing…
- Honeymooners, The (TV Series) (The Color Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show) (1955-1956)
- Feat. Jackie Gleason
- This Jackie Gleason sitcom from the 1950s is the saga of a not–so–newly–wed couple who lived in a run down apartment.
"The…
- Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
- Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
- Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
- Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960)
- Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Sarah Selby, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray
- Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
- Best of Frankie Howerd, The (1952-1981)
- Feat. Frankie Howerd
- A compilation of classic moments in the TV career of comedian Frankie Howerd. Although he initially got his start in post–WW2 radio, he went to…