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Saturday | SF Gate

'2,000 Year Old Man' still kicking on new DVD

"The 2,000 Year Old Man" is one of those acts that have influenced a whole generation of comedians, whether they know it or not.

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Related Topix: Comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Ocean's Eleven, Action Movies, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Variety

'Poppins' pops in L.A.

At the curtain call on the opening night of "Mary Poppins" at the Ahmanson on Nov.

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Related Topix: Mary Poppins, Family, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Entertainment

Thu Nov 19, 2009

RecordNET

Coming up - Published Nov. 19, 2009

Movie "Mary Poppins" Julie Andrews proved herself in this 1964 film, which received 13 Academy Award nominations , as did the Walt Disney studios, which were much better known for their animated features.

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Related Topix: Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Easy-Listening, Julie Andrews, Stockton Metro, Ed Wynn, Jane Darwell

Sun Nov 15, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Dick Van Dyke talks about Mary Poppins

Dick Van Dyke went to see the Mary Poppins show for the first time over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Los Angeles, CA, Banking, Broadway Financial, Financial Services

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Technologizer

Clickera s TV Guide For the Web Opens Up

Clicker, the search engine for TV shows on the Web that was announced a couple of months ago at TechCrunch50 , is now open to the public .

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Comedy, Entertainment, The Dick Van Dyke Show

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Post Chronicle

John Stamos Gets Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Beloved U.S. TV star John Stamos is to be honored with the 2,393rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama Movies, Bye Bye Birdie, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Entertainment

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WWTI

Stamos gets a star

Actor John Stamos attends The Cinema Society & Hugo Boss screening of 'Inglourious Basterds' at SVA Theater on August 17, 2009 in New York City.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama Movies, Bye Bye Birdie, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

This Is Staffordshire

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MUSICAL extravaganza Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies into Hanley from Tuesday, November 17.

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Related Topix: Family, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Tue Nov 03, 2009

GameDaily

Diagnosis Murder game announced

Ok, we can see the appeal of a Murder, She Wrote game for a few people out there.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Crime Movies, Diagnosis: Murder, Thriller, Action TV, Diagnosis Murder, Murder, She Wrote, Soap Opera

Stamford Times

The writings of a comic genius are back in book form

The writings of a comic genius are back in book form By KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent Ask anyone who has ever been involved in the comedy world -- from Mel Brooks to Steve Martin to George Clooney -- and they'll tell you that Carl Reiner has one of the best comedic minds of all time.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Carl Reiner

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Age

Lee Marvin's partner gave the world 'palimony'

MICHELLE Triola Marvin, whose landmark alimony-without-marriage court case against the Dirty Dozen actor Lee Marvin, her former boyfriend, helped lead to the concept of ''palimony'' settlements for unmarried partners, has died of lung cancer at home in Malibu.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Western, Cat Ballou, Lee Marvin, Thriller, Crime Movies, Diagnosis: Murder, Diagnosis Murder, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Macleans

Why Balloon Boya s dad deserves a break

Eccentric inventors were once the stuff of romantic comedy. Today they're the object of derision, anger and possible six-year jail sentences.

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Related Topix: Family, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fort Collins, CO, Fort Collins Metro

Thu Oct 29, 2009

This Is Leicestershire

Andrew Marr brings his History of Modern Britain to vivid life on BBC2.

Forget Simon Cowell's put-downs - he's a pussycat compared with the heckling faced by the acts on Britain's Got Talent, 1903.

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Related Topix: Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Wed Oct 28, 2009

DVD Talk

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [Blu-ray]

I don't think that Tim Burton's lavish remake is going to diminish the appeal of 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory , a charming, smartly realized film version of Roald Dahl's popular children's book.

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Related Topix: Gene Wilder, Comedy Movies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Family, Musical Movies, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Sammy Davis Jr., Life, Food, Candy, Kids

Tue Oct 27, 2009

American Spectator

Potemkins in Pyongyang

In a rare moment of curiosity, a recent World Council of Churches visitor at a North Korean Potemkin-style government-run church in Pyongyang apparently asked why no children were present.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Comedy Movies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Family, Musical Movies, Prison

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Live Design Online

Seen and Heard

Seen on Broadway: It's damning a show with faint praise to say that it's somewhat better than its bad reviews, but the first-ever Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie is somewhat better than its bad reviews.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama Movies, Bye Bye Birdie, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Paul Lynde, Theater, Arts, Ohio

TV Squad

Review: Californication - Slow Happy Boys

"Once upon a time's gotta count for something." - Zloz to Hank Ah, the old friend from back home trick.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Californication, Emmy Awards, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Don Rickles

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Ghost of a flea

Dick Van Dyke, Sally Howles and the kids: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I liked England better when it had flying cars and there were Rube Goldberg machines to help with breakfast.

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Related Topix: Family, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Boston Globe

Carl Reiner: From his mouth to Goda s email

Carl Reiner, the famed writer, producer, and actor, has recently released two books, a children's story and a novel.

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Related Topix: Comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Entertainment, Television, Carl Reiner

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Carl Reiner's big break

If it wasn't for Carl Reiner's older brother Charlie, "Your Show of Shows" would have been missing one of its funniest regulars, there would be no "2,000 Year-Old Man" routines with Mel Brooks, and no classic sitcom series "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Seventy-one years ago, Reiner was working for $10 a week as a shipping clerk in the garment industry ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Entertainment, Television, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

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