NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV)

Originally broadcast on May 5th, 2002 this is a 3 hour celebration of NBC's 75th anniversary. From Studio 8-H in New York City.





 
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV)
Host: Jerry Seinfeld

Side by Side (1988) TV Movie

Three lifelong buddies, instead of being put out to pasture as senior citizens, decide to pool their resources and create a clothing line designed for seniors by seniors. When they run up against a ruthless competitor, they come up with a madcap plan to keep their business.

Side by Side (1988) TV Movie

Cast: Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Danny Thomas, Morey Amsterdam, Marjorie Lord, Georgann Johnson, Richard Kline, Edith Fields, Michael Lembeck, Gina Belafonte

Freedom Fighter (1988) TV Movie

The made-for-TV "Freedom Fighter" is set in the divided Berlin of 1961. Tony Danza plays an idealistic American GI whose sweetheart is among those stranded in East Berlin by the erection of the Wall; he vows to help as many Easterners as possible escape to the freedom of the West. Other cast members include Sid Caesar as a philosophical holocaust survivor and David McCallum as a martinet Communist military officer. The film was lensed in West Berlin, one year before the Wall was bulldozed into oblivion. The script for "Freedom Fighter" was loosely based on "The Berlin Wall", a book by Pierre Galante. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Freedom Fighter (1988) TV Movie

Cast: Colette Stevenson, David McCallum, David Robb, Sid Caesar, Tony Danza

Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame, The (1994) (TV)

Two hours of goodness from the same folks that brought us the First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame.


TV WEEKEND; Self-Mockery, Sincere Kind Of Flattery
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
Published: October 28, 1994

As award shows go, George Schlatter's "Comedy Hall of Fame" has the distinct advantage of not daring to take itself too seriously. Jonathan Winters, one of last year's inductees, insists the somewhat clunky-looking award makes a great doorstop. George Carlin, in this year's charmed circle, uneasily notes that the event is "the kind of thing comedians should make fun of." They do, albeit gently and sometimes sentimentally, on tomorrow's "Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame" on NBC.

Joining Mr. Carlin on the list of inductees are Sid Caesar, Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Pryor. The presenters include Brett Butler, Bob Newhart, the Smothers Brothers and Phil Hartman, formerly of "Saturday Night Live" but still doing his best-of-the-lot Clinton impersonation. Opening the show, Kelsey Grammer, who plays a psychiatrist on "Frasier," pointedly notes that "even a bad psychiatrist could make a fortune in this room."

There are odd couplings. Bob Newhart, for instance, gets to present Richard Pryor's award, as Robert Townsend wryly explains that "Bob and Richard grew up in the 'hood together." Mr. Newhart insists he was the obvious choice because he and Mr. Pryor "work so much alike." The show-stealing cup goes to wily Ms. MacLaine, who, to the tune of "If They Could See Me Now," sings a laugh-and-a-tear tribute to all the comics facing hecklers, getting old, watching young hotshots take over but, somehow, always managing to get the last laugh. That's the standing-ovation cue. The evening ends on a Catskills note with Milton Berle telling a Zsa Zsa joke. You were expecting Oscar Wilde? SECOND ANNUAL COMEDY HALL OF FAME NBC, tomorrow at 8 P.M. (Channel 4 in New York) Directed by Gary Halvorson. Written by Buz Kohan and George Schlatter. Christine Clark, associate director; Maria S. Schlatter, producer; Bob Keene, production designer. Produced by NBC Productions in association with Broadway Video. Gary Necessary, executive in charge of production; Mr. Schlatter, executive producer.

The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1994) (TV)

Cast: Brett Butler, Red Buttons, Sid Caesar, George Carlin, Kelsey Grammer, Phil Hartman, Bob Hope, Jon Lovitz, Shirley MacLaine, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Paula Poundstone, Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers, Sharon Stone, Robert Townsend, Dick Van Dyke, Jonathan Winters

Side by Side (1988) TV Movie

Three men who have just been forced to retire convince their bank to finance their dream; to produce a line of clothing for senior citizens.

Great movie with 3 classic legends among many familiar faces.



Side by Side (1988) TV Movie
Cast: Ben Slack, Danny Thomas, Edith Fields, Georgann Johnson, Gina Belafonte, Jennifer Bassey, Marjorie Lord, Milton Berle, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Kline, Sid Caesar