Comedy May-August 2007

Rising Damp: Series 4 The highly regarded Britcom comes to an end. Street July 17, prebook June 19; DVD $24.99

BBC/Warner
A Bit of Fry & Laurie: The Complete Collection … Every Bit! Before Hugh Laurie was in House M.D. and Stephen Fry played Oscar Wilde, they wrote and starred in this sketch comedy series. Street July 24, prebook June 19; four-disc set $79.98

Buena Vista
Scrubs: Season Five Includes an extended cut of the 100th episode, directed by star Zach Braff. Street May 22, prebook now; three-disc set $39.99

Criterion/Image
If.... Before A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell starred in this unrated, anarchic vision of British society set in a late-’60sboarding school. Street June 19, prebook May 15; two-disc set $39.95

First Run
Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures In 1942, a young German travels to northeastern Brazil selling a new wonder drug, aspirin. Street July 24, prebook June 19; DVD $24.95

Fox
The Jeeves Collection This Cinema Classics Collection contains Thank You, Jeeves and Step Lively, Jeeves. Street June 12, prebook May 16; DVD $19.98

Reno 911!: Miami—The Movie (DVD $29.98) When Miami’s police force is quarantined, the misfits of the Reno Sheriffs Department become the only hope for the citizens of South Beach in this $20.3 million-grossing comedy; Gray Matters (DVD $27.98) Heather Graham and Tom Cavanagh star as two people who fall in love … with the same girl. Both street June 19, prebook May 23

HBO/Warner
Louis C.K.: Shameless The veteran comic performs his third stand-up special for HBO, with a bonus half-hour. Street June 26, prebook May 22; DVD $19.97

Image
The Last Run (DVD $26.99) Steven Goodson is a nice guy whose dark side emerges when he’s dumped by his girlfriend in this quirky, sexy comedy; Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious (DVD $14.99) Tosh has been healing the sick, stopping wars, helping underprivileged children … and filming this hour of comedy. Both street June 19, prebook May 8

The New Statesman Rik Mayall stars as a cunning politician in the satirical British TV series. Street June 26, prebook May 15; four-disc set $59.99

Inecom
Dr. Ravi & Mr. Hyde Can a busy doctor moonlight as a filmmaker, or is his comical adventure just a midlife crisis in the making? Street July 17, prebook June 16; DVD $19.95

Classic Game Room The first videogame review show on the Internet, from 1999-2000, returns as a feature-length comedy film about online success, failure, obscurity, resurrection and success again. Street Aug. 28, prebook July 31; DVD $19.95

Kultur
Stand-Up: The Movie (DVD $19.99) In search of bigger bucks for laughs, Avi Rosen leaves the Big Apple for Tinseltown; Tropic of Gallagher: Comedy Special (DVD $14.99) Features the sledge-o-matic king of comedy. Both available now

Laguna
They know nothing, they own nothing but they’ll try anything in Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up, in French with English subtitles. Street June 12, prebook May 8; DVD $24.95

Lifesize/Koch
Things to Do When a 25-year-old man abruptly leaves his mundane city job and returns to his childhood home, he reunites with an eccentric high-school acquaintance and embarks on a wacky path of personal growth. Street May 8, prebook now; DVD $24.98

Lionsgate
Comedy Club Greats Features an all-star line-up of comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler and Dave Attell. Street June 5, prebook May 9; DVD $14.98

White Boyz in the Hood: Season 1 White comedians perform in urban clubs in this stand-up comedy series. Street July 3, prebook June 6; DVD $19.98

MVD
Kenneth Keith Kallenbach: American Icon Stars the comedian from the Howard Stern Channel 9 show. Street June 5, prebook now; DVD $14.95

Paramount
Norbit Eddie Murphy stars in three roles in this comedy about a timid man who escapes a hellacious woman to win the girl of his dreams. Street June 5, prebook now; DVD $29.99, BD or HD $39.99

Pop Cinema
SSI: Sexy Squad Investigation There are lots of steamy felonies in this spoof of crime-scene series. Street June 5, prebook May 8; DVD $19.98

SISU
Schwartz Dynasty Two women must fight an orthodox Jewish pothead, a fumbling politician and an un-kosher butcher just to get their loved ones buried; in Hebrew with English subtitles. Street June 5, prebook May 8; DVD $29.95

Turn Left at the End of the World In the ’60s, two young girls in the impoverished Negev desert make plans when they discover the sexual revolution is raging in the outside world; in Hebrew with English subtitles. Street July 3, prebook June 5; DVD $29.95

Sony
Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season Starring Ricky Schroder. Street June 19, prebook May 17; three-disc set $29.95

Wedding Wars John Stamos stars in this comic take on gay marriage. Street June 26, prebook May 24; DVD $24.96

Driving Lessons Coming-of-age story about a shy teenager whose world is turned upside-down when he’s employed by an eccentric retired actress. Street July 3, prebook May 31; DVD $24.96

Strand
Puccini for Beginners When opera addict Allegra’s girlfriend leaves her, she decides to rebound with Philip and Grace. Street July 3, prebook June 14; DVD $27.99

Tempe
Beer Drinkers in Space In 1983, a group of friends made a movie that consumed their lives, as they constructed spaceship sets in their homes, drank a few beers and got in front of the camera for their epic. Street July 17, prebook June 15; DVD $24.99

ThinkFilm
Live Free or DieWhen John, a clueless, aspiring criminal, runs into an old acquaintance who is managing a storage facility with his sister, he has visions of joining the business. Street July 24, prebook June 28; DVD $27.98

Universal
Psych: The Complete First Season An eccentric sleuth solves crimes while trying to convince police of his psychic abilities. Street June 26, prebook May 22; four-disc set $59.98

UrbanWorks/First Look
The Cosby Show: Season 3 and 4 More laughs from the life of the Huxtable family. Both street June 5, prebook now; three-disc sets $24.98

Vivendi Visual
Denis Leary: The Ultimate Collection (DVD $19.98) Contains never-before-released footage of Leary’s stand-up routines from his Comics Come Home benefit; Jamie Foxx Presents America’s Funniest Comics Vol. 2 (DVD $14.99) From his days on In Living Color to his hit films, Foxx brings the laughter. Both street June 5, prebook May 8

Warner
Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete First Season Follows the life of a teacher who returns to his formerhigh school to teach. Street June 12, prebook May 8; four-disc set $29.98

—Compiled by Cheryl Biggs

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