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About Home Video - "Upright Citizens Brigade Season 1" DVD
"Upright Citizens Brigade – The Complete First Season" can be laugh-out-loud funny and even side-splitting at times. I found this two-disc DVD set to be a real treat. Read a review of "Upright Citizens Brigade – The Complete First Season" on DVD.

About.com - Humor
From Humor Guide Mike Durrett, here are a variety of links for funny Home Videos and DVDs.

About.com Home Video/DVD - Top Billy Wilder Movies
I've always marveled at how Billy Wilder’s comedies sparkle with dark humor and sharply cynical wit, but he was equally adept at creating fascinating mixes of drama and film noir in movies such as “Sunset Boulevard” and “Double Indemnity.” He was the creative force behind some of my favorite films.

Amazon.com - Comedy on DVD
The folks at Amazon.com offer truly comprehensive coverage of the comedy genres. Looking for hilarious cult classics, mocumentary movies, slapstick comedy, silly spoofs, or whatever in particular makes you laugh? Chances are good you’ll find it here.

Amazon.com - Comedy on VHS
More comedy selections from the Amazon.com site. You can browse areas such as farce, camp, comic criminals, romantic comedies, satire, slapstick, spoof, British, and more.

Buy.com - Comedy Movies on Video/DVD
This area of the Buy.com site is devoted to comedy movies and has a variety of videos and DVDs available for your laughing pleasure. Browse through terrific titles like "There's Something about Mary" and "Chicken Run."

Greatest Films - Comedy
After providing his broad definition of the genre, Dirks divides comedy into the areas of slapstick, deadpan, verbal comedy, screwball comedy, dark comedy, and parody. Also, the site provides links to Dirks’ commentary on films such as "Dr. Strangelove," "Duck Soup," "It Happened One Night," "Some Like It Hot," "When Harry Met Sally… ," and "Annie Hall."

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" DVD Review
Although it’s very silly and sometimes taxes my patience, I’ve loved this film for years because of its dark humor, irreverent imagination, and quirky originality. Read a DVD review, from About Home Video/DVD, of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

IMDb Genre Browser - Comedy
A flat-out fascinating resource for the comedy movie fan. You can consider recommendations from the Internet Movie Database and delve into information on luminaries of the genre. Or look over top comedy movies--including titles on video and in theaters.

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" DVD  
This short trailer for the DVD release of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" feels more like a brief television commercial spot than a theatrical movie trailer. But the trailer is amusing and has brief hints of comedy and romance.

Screen It! - Comedy
Kids love to laugh and so do parents. Looking for a movie that the entire family can enjoy? Here’s an alphabetical list of comedy movie reviews that were written with the concerns of parents in mind. Features a grid that goes into some of their evaluation criteria, including sex, nudity, profanity, drug use, and violence.

TLA Video - Comedy
TLA Video’s comedy section on the Web claimed to have 1,368 films the last time I visited. Featured titles include "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," "Dumb and Dumber," and "She Done Him Wrong."

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