Reiner, Carl 1922-Overview
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Carl Reiner
Ocean's eleven
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9 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 1,983 libraries worldwide Three prestigious Las Vegas casinos. More than $160 million. Danny Ocean and his 10-man handpicked team of grifters and conmen are ready to carry out the most elaborate casino heist in history, and they just might get away with it.
Ocean's thirteen
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8 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,589 libraries worldwide When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Bank in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Bank. Bank even goes so far as to find amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Bank and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Bank, the crew is out to pull off a major plan. One that will unfold on the night Bank's newest hot spot opens up, when the crew is out to bankrupt one of the city's most despised businessmen. But this is not about the money, this time it is for revenge.
My anecdotal life : a memoir
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14 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 1,128 libraries worldwide The award-winning actor and director recalls the major events in his life through a series of short stories, including "Sidney Bechet and His Jazz Band Meet Franz Kafka" and "Mary Tyler Moore Made Me Quake."
NNNNN : a novel
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10 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,043 libraries worldwide Follows the misadventures of a hard-working writer who struggles to pen his own version of Genesis, attends psychiatric counseling, and learns that he may have a twin sibling.
Good boy
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4 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,026 libraries worldwide Dogs are an alien species sent to earth thousands of years ago to spy on humans. But when the spies stop reporting back to the home planet, Canid 3942 is sent to earth to investigate. Once there, Canid 3942 encounters Owen, a young boy who runs a dog-walking service. Owen befriends the space-dog, renaming him Hubble. When it becomes obvious that the dogs of earth have forgotten their mission, Hubble enlists the help of Owen to get them all into shape before The Great Dane arrives to inspect. If they fail, all of earth's dogs will be recalled to their home planet of Sirius.
Tell me a scary story--but not too scary
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8 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 942 libraries worldwide A little boy has an adventure in the scary basement of his mysterious new neighbor, Mr. Neewollah.
The jerk
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21 editions published between 1978 and 2005 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 813 libraries worldwide A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
All of me
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17 editions published between 1984 and 2001 in English and held by 746 libraries worldwide Roger Cobb is a swinging bachelor, a lawyer, and a jazz musician. Edwina Cutwaters is a terminally ill spinster who is given another chance at life if her soul can be transported into another woman. However, the guru goofs, and Edwina's soul takes over the right side of Roger.
The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming
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13 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 728 libraries worldwide The story focuses on the riotous confusion created when a Russian submarine gets stuck on a New England sandbar and the landing crew goes ashore for help-only to be mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople.
Oh, God
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12 editions published between 1977 and 2002 in English and held by 642 libraries worldwide God picks a supermarket manager to carry His message to all mankind.
All kinds of love
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2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 624 libraries worldwide Sharon and Fred Stone each have an affair with their Japanese instructor while their son falls in love with one of their twin Salvadoran housekeepers.
The 2, 000 year old man in the year 2,000 : the book
by Mel Brooks
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2 editions published between 1997 and 2000 in English and held by 576 libraries worldwide A zany memoir of a two-thousand-year-old man. Traces his imagined life--his childhood in a prehistoric cave, his five hundred marriages, and his facetious encounters with Jesus, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, and other historic figures. Takes aim at some absurd aspects of civilization.
Dead men don't wear plaid
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16 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in English and French and held by 495 libraries worldwide Private eye Rigby Reardon investigates the death of a wealthy scientist with a little help from his "friends." A new technique, recycling films of the '40s with a new story line.
That old feeling
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6 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in English and held by 494 libraries worldwide Happily divorced for 14 years, Lilly and Dan still hate each other. But after a fight at their daughter's wedding, their hosility suddenly turns to unbridled passion.
The 2000 year old man goes to school
by Mel Brooks
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2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 489 libraries worldwide A 2000-year-old man visits an elementary school and answers questions from a teacher and students, such as "Did you have to work as a kid?," "What language did you speak?," and "What has kept you alive for all these years?"
Continue laughing
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4 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in English and held by 434 libraries worldwide A comic novel on a sewing machine delivery boy who finally makes it as an actor. In a wise-cracking style, he describes the troupe's tour of the Deep South, his romance with a Southern belle and his tour of duty in World War II.
The man with two brains
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12 editions published between 1983 and 2002 in English and held by 425 libraries worldwide A wacky brain surgeon mourns for his wife and then falls for a beauty who hides a heart of stone. The situation is hopeless until his oddball research offers a ray of hope.
Pinocchio
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9 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in English and French and held by 387 libraries worldwide A fairy promises real life if puppet Pinocchio can prove he is kind, honest, and loving. A wayward huckster tries to lead the puppet astray but Pinocchio decides to perform a redeeming act of bravery and kindness.
The Dick Van Dyke show. Season 2
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17 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in English and held by 386 libraries worldwide Pratfall-prone Rob and his wife Laura, along with wisecracking co-workers Sally and Buddy, continue to combined wit and slapstick. Opening with "That's My Boy?" and is about Rob's fear that he's brought the wrong baby home from hospital. "October Eve" is where Laura is mortified when a nude portrait of her surfaces in a New York gallery and "Big Max Calvada", a gangster muscles Rob, Buddy and Sally into writing a comedy routine for his nephew.
The Dick Van Dyke show
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32 editions published between 1962 and 2007 in English and held by 372 libraries worldwide Includes all 32 episodes from the 1964-1965 season. more
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