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261) Oprah unauthorized
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A look at this respected figure, from her broken past to becoming one of the world's most powerful celebrities. Includes interviews with former employers, talk show hosts, and friends on her personal life, relationships, the Angel Network, and more.
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"President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her -- Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six. Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive...
263) Death to Smoochy
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Venom-laced and the raucous rivalry of scandalized former kid-show host Rainbow Randolph and his squeaky-clean replacement, Sheldon Mopes, a.k.a. Smoochy the Rhino. Randolph is insanely obsessed with getting his job back, but Smoochy's a smash, and their war for kid-vid supremacy places a jaded "KidNet" producer in the middle of a Rainbow/Rhino smackdown.
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Wayne's World: Wayne and Garth are friends and creators of a public access show called Wayne's World. When a major television producer sees their show and offers them a shady deal, Wayne uses his newfound fortune and fame to help a struggling rock band get a venue while Garth has his doubts about mainstream television. Wayne's World 2: Returning to small town public access TV, Wayne has a prophetic vision to host a rock concert in the middle of nowhere...
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Possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Carson interviewed 23,000 guests in 4,531 episodes. Watch as the life and career of one of the most beloved yet enigmatic icons in American entertainment history is explored.
267) The good neighbor (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): the life and work of Fred Rogers
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"Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering unconditional love, this soft-spoken icon was a household name for tens of millions of children, as well as their parents who grew up with this friendly neighbor themselves. Fred Rogers (1928-2003)...
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The birth and childhood of his three children, his father is growing disability, learning to cope as a young man with celebrity, his friendship with George Harrison, and all the trials of a peripatetic life are also essential ingredients of Michael Palin's diaries. A perceptive and funny chronicle, the diaries are a rich portrait of a fascinating period.
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Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.
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In the complete seventh and final season of the award-winning comedy 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) is trying to take over KableTown even if he destroys the company attempting it. Meanwhile, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is striving to keep her uncharacteristically blissfull personal life in balance with her chaotic career. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer), "life-long NBC devotee, temporary janitor, and immortal creature not of this world" tends to the...