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Barney Miller is a sitcom that takes place in a New York City police station in the 1970s. It follows the lives and antics of a diverse group of detectives as they deal with various social issues and navigate the challenges of being police officers in a changing city.
History of the World: Part I is a comedic anthology film that spoofs different periods in history, including prehistory, the Roman Empire, the French Revolution, and more. It features an ensemble cast and uses absurd comedy to provide humorous takes on historical events.
In this comedy set in the Wild West, a dysfunctional family gets caught up in a series of hilarious misadventures involving saloons, fistfights, bounty hunters, and a bear.
The Montefuscos is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in 1975. It centered on three generations of an Italian-American family living in Connecticut.
Lucky Luke is a TV show set in the 19th century and is based on the popular comic book character. It blends comedy and western elements to provide entertaining adventures.
Silent Movie is a hilarious comedy that satirically spoofs the silent film era. The story follows a director and his crew as they try to make a comeback by creating a modern silent movie. With very little dialogue and plenty of slapstick comedy, the film takes the audience on a wild and entertaining ride through the world of silent cinema.
Lucky Luke is a skilled gunslinger who maintains peace in the wild west. He faces various challenges including shootouts, gunfights, and conflicts with settlers and outlaws. Along the way, he forms alliances with Native Americans and encounters a wide array of colorful characters.
A couple from a small town travels to New York City for a job interview, but things go awry when they encounter multiple mishaps and obstacles along the way. From stealing a police car to losing their luggage, the couple's disastrous trip becomes a farcical adventure.
In this spoof of Hitchcockian suspense films, a psychiatrist with acrophobia takes over as the head of the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous.
The Corner Bar is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from June 1972 to September 1973.
Fatso is a heartwarming movie about a man named Dominick who struggles with his weight and self-image. When he decides to go on a diet, he faces many challenges and obstacles, but ultimately learns to embrace himself for who he is. Along the way, he discovers the importance of love and acceptance, both from himself and from others.
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.
A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.
Cowhairs want to drive farmers away from their lands. Luke takes matters into his own hands, and even Lotta's beauty and kindness can't hold him back. Signs suggest that there is also a third party in the background who benefits from the strife.
Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman. David Frost was co-executive producer. The show was a spoof of TV news magazine programs.
An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.
Acts of Love and Other Comedies is a comedic anthology that explores various acts of love. The movie highlights themes like virginity, lovers' quarrels, mother-daughter relationships, and sketches. It offers a collection of humorous stories that are sure to entertain.
Short-lived US sitcom about a catholic parish, that aired as mid-season replacement in spring 1989 on ABC.
Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
Italian immigrant Joe is hired by mobster Vince to kill a witness before he can testify against him. Joe dresses up as a policeman to be able to get close to his victim, but he's mistaken for a real cop by everyone and will reluctantly have to enforce the law to avoid blowing his cover.
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Ron Carey
He was a notably short, Italian, nasal-toned and mischievous-looking fellow, a perfect type for the stand-up comedy circuit and for playing Brooklynesque characters in T.V. sitcoms and films...which is just what Ron Carey did. He was born Ronald Joseph Cicenia in Newark, New Jersey, on December eleventh, 1935, into a huge Italian family; his father was a singing waiter at one time. Ron earned his Bachelor's degree in communications from Seton Hall University in South Orange in 1956, but it didn't take him long to change directions. Together his pint-sized frame (actually, he was 5'7", but "acted" much shorter), pushy attitude and elastic face seemed like an ideal blend for inducing laughs, so he decided to begin a career in entertainment instead. Ron moved to near-by New York and took to the comedy stage, finding work in such prime clubs as "The Improvisation". He soon earned notice for his "little man" humor, which was built around Italian family and Roman Catholic "guilt" jokes (in reality, he once considered being a priest). Ron finally gained some momentum on T.V. making various funnyman appearances on the talk/variety show formats hosted by the best of the best -- Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson. He also found lucrative work in commercials playing various feisty or hapless characters. Ron finally broke into films with the Jack Lemmon/Sandy Dennis comedy The Out of Towners (1970) as a Boston taxi driver, then continued on with other minor bits in Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971) and the cult film Made for Each Other (1971) starring Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor. Earlier Ron appeared on Broadway in the couple's 1968 hit comedy "Lovers and Other Strangers." It wasn't until his work as a secondary staple in Mel Brooks' madcap company that he earned even a modicum of success in films. His participation in the zany parodies Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981) occurred during the height of his T.V. fame. Likewise, he went on to deliver a substantial role as plus-sized Dom DeLuise's unsympathetic brother Frankie in Fatso (1980), directed by Brooks' wife Anne Bancroft. As for the smaller screen, a regular player on the summer variety series The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972) led to his being cast in the New York-area sitcom The Corner Bar (1972) and the ethnic family comedy The Montefuscos (1975). A steady pay-check was not to be had, however, until he was added to the second season ensemble of Barney Miller (1975) headed by Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda. Ron earned sympathy strokes as Carl Levitt, a brown-nosing, eager-beaver patrolman who yearned to be a plainclothes detective in Barney's police agency, but just didn't measure up because of his vertically challenged stature. Ron, whose character finally received a promotion after the long haul, stayed with the popular show until its cancellation in 1982. Ron died of complications from a stroke at seventy-one years old in Los Angeles and is survived by long-time wife Sharon.
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