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By popular demand, the first single SCTV DVD releases are now available. These were the first two 90-minute shows to be broadcast on NBC.One On The Town: Highlights include Leave It To Beaver 25th Anniversary, Masterpiece Theatre: All The Long-Leggedy Beasties and Play It Again, Bob -- a superb parody of Woody Allen and Bob Hope s comedic styles.Polynesiantown: The 5 Neat Guys spot and the Sammy Maudlin Show on drugs in Hollywood are ace, but the Polynesiantown film send-up--with the final crane shot that would become a running gag in future shows--is the real classic. With bonus features.

Comedian Ralphie May has an impressive line-up of TV, film, and live appearances under his belt. He is best known for his appearances on NBC s runaway hit The Last Comic Standing where he drew rave reviews for his outrageous and cutting-edge stand-up routines. It seems like everywhere you turn these days whether it be film, TV, or a comedy club near you, all you will see is Ralphie being himself, being Just Correct.System Requirements: Running Time 113 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE

“When Dave Garroway welcomed viewers to Today on that day in 1952, he ushered in a new era in broadcasting. . . . It was a place where viewers could turn to each morning to satisfy their appetite for all things news and information. It was a destination for the curious to learn more about what had happened overnight and how the day ahead might shape up. And they would see and hear it all from the best storytellers in broadcasting.”—from the foreword Throughout the history of television there has been nothing quite like NBC’s Today. Ever since the brilliant and innovative TV network executive Pat Weaver conceived the idea of broadcasting a “national newspaper of the air, ” Today has chronicled the triumphs and tragedies of our times through personalities that viewers have trusted and admired. With dozens of never-before-published photographs, From Yesterday to TODAY offers an insightful and entertaining history of America’s favorite morning show from its experimental beginnings with Dave Garroway and a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs to its enduring success in the 21st century with co-anchors Matt Lauer and Ann Curry.Through personal recollections from Today family members such as Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric, Willard Scott, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Meredith Vieira, and Ann Curry From Yesterday to TODAY will take you on the unique journey traveled by those who reported the news, reflected on cultural trends and provided comfort to a nation of viewers often before they have had that first cup of coffee. For more than sixty years, Today has delivered the public their first glimpse at the new ideas, political leaders, and social upheaval that shaped our lives. It has remained a constant in a dynamic medium that evolved from grainy black-and-white images to the computer screen. It has reminded us of the joy of living and why it is worth getting up each day. 

For fifteen years, Ron Nessen enjoyed an extraordinary career covering the major national events of the 1960s and '70s for NBC News, and later serving as White House press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford. Making the News, Taking the News remembers the events and personalities that dominated national politics during Nessen's career, bringing a hard-won perspective to those tumultuous times. Through an interweaving of countless incidents and personal anecdotes, Nessen builds a story that captures the true grit of closed-door politics. Off-the-record briefings and strategy sessions, as well as descriptions of experiences with Vietnam troops in the field, provide a vivid illustration of the life of an on-the-road reporter. At the heart of the book is Nessen's White House years, as the veteran reporter gives a valuable eyewitness account of events both behind the scenes and in front of the cameras that shaped and altered America during two critical decades.