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Lily Tomlin

About: Detroit native Lily Tomlin entered the world September 1, 1939, and from childhood she began creating the offbeat characters that would later become her hallmark. She caught the showbiz bug while in college and dropped out to take up performing in coffeehouses and nightclubs.Tomlin's career kicked into high gear in 1970 when she joined the kooky cast of the TV comedy series "Laugh-In," where her daffy characters Ernestine the telephone operator and 5-year-old Edith Ann kept viewers in stitches. Surprisingly, Tomlin made her film debut in a dramatic role in Nashville (1975), for which she snagged an Oscar nomination. Her subsequent movies include 9 to 5 (1980), All of Me (1984), Shadows and Fog (1992) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).Tomlin returned to television in 1996 as a regular on the sitcom "Murphy Brown" and took on a recurring role in "The West Wing" beginning in 2002.

I Heart Huckabees

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: When a mystery needs to be solved and it's not a whodunit but a maze involving emotions, it requires the expertise of intellectual -- and perhaps slightly kooky -- detectives Vivian (Lily Tomlin) and Bernard (Dustin Hoffman). The husband-and-wife existential team helps untangle questions of purpose. Their client? Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), a do-gooder who's plagued by twists of fate. Co-stars Jude Law and Naomi Watts.
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Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1961

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About: Comedy greats George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Lily Tomlin, Andy Kaufman, Steve Martin and other performers who came into their own in the 1960s and '70s take the stage in this collection of rare vintage performances. The turbulent era ushered in a new style of stand-up, and it's no joke that many of the stars in this collection paved the way for Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Borat's Sacha Baron Cohen, Kathy Griffin and others.
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A Prairie Home Companion

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About: From director Robert Altman comes this quirky piece of fiction based on the real-life radio program of the same name, with a wry screenplay penned by the show's host, Garrison Keillor. Supported by a high-powered cast that includes Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, John C. Reilly, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Kline, Keillor also stars in this behind-the-scenes look at the mayhem surrounding the folksy program's final broadcast.
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Superstar in a Housedress

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: This warm documentary from Craig Highberger studies the life of transvestite legend and Andy Warhol prodigy Jackie Curtis. The son of a dancer and a marine, Curtis grew up in New York above his grandmother's saloon and in time became a poet, playwright and a director. He continuously tested boundaries and made transvestites all over feel at ease about who they were. Look for cameos from Lily Tomlin, Harvey Fierstein, Paul Morrissey and more.
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The Magic School Bus: Catches a Wave

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1994

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About: There's water, water everywhere in this collection of three fun and fact-filled episodes of the award-winning children's series "The Magic School Bus." First, wacky Ms. Frizzle manages to shrink everyone down to teardrop size to learn about the water cycle. Then, the class goes on a rocky adventure to discover how erosion takes place. Afterward, the entire gang heads for the bottom of Walkerville Lake for yet another unforgettable field trip.
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The X-Files: Season 6

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1998

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About: It seems that these two FBI agents have no choice but to fight the future. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) continue to investigate eerie, unexplained phenomena in season six of the landmark Fox Network series. Cover-ups abound as the indomitable duo sleuth their way through conspiratorial webs that lead straight to the top and to people who seem to want the agents to stop succeeding -- at any cost.
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The Best of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1968

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About: Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In," an innovative TV show from the late 1960s, popularized a style of rapid-fire sketch comedy where skits, punch lines and gags are edited together in a fast-moving and almost random format. The laughs keep on rolling as the two hosts bring on a variety of special guests including Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson and many others. The six episodes in this set span the years 1968-1970.
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