{"product_id":"tv-comedies-lost-tv-comedy-of-the-50s-the-joe-e-brown-show-lets-join-joanie-operation-e-s-p-meet-the-obriens","title":"TV Comedies - Lost TV Comedy of the 50s (The Joe E. Brown Show \/ Let's Join Joanie \/ Operation E.S.P. \/ Meet The O'Briens)","description":"Many great television comedy shows have fallen between the cracks of history because they were not long-running series. Here for the first time since their original broadcast are four star-studded and incredibly rare comedies from the Golden Age of Television.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the O'Briens: \u003c\/b\u003eDave O'Brien plays a clumsy and none-too-bright husband who accidentally wrecks his father-in-law's car while looking for work. This comedy pilot also features comedian Willie Best as a flustered tow-truck driver. Director Charles Barton, who gave Bud and Lou their finest hour in \u003ci\u003eAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), keeps the laughs coming fast and furious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Joe E. Brown Show: \u003c\/b\u003eComedian Joe E. Brown (Jack Lemmon's tango partner in \u003ci\u003eSome Like It Hot\u003c\/i\u003e) is at his delightful best in this heartwarming special that originally aired on July 17, 1956 as part of General Electric Summer Originals. The wide-mouthed comic is a widower raising two kids whose general store is the meeting point in Greendale, USA, a typical American small town where everyone is friendly - until a foreigner arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLet's Join Joanie: \u003c\/b\u003eTwo years before scoring a hit with her \"I Married Joan series,\" brilliant comedienne Joan Davis made this 1950 TV pilot in which she showed off her slapstick genius as a salesgirl suffering through a grueling exercise program in order to impress her handsome neighbor (Joe Flynn of \"McHale's Navy\"). Joan's fitness training scenes are an absolute riot!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperation E.S.P.: \u003c\/b\u003eNo one played wise guys as amusingly as Sheldon Leonard (Harry the Horse in \u003ci\u003eGuys and Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e), and this 1952 episode of \"Your Jeweler's Showcase\" shows the tough-talking comic actor\/writer at his best. He and his pal think they have it made after meeting a coffee shop cook with a knack for forecasting the future; but the amateur Nostradamus isn't too keen on the con men making money off his predictions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802252271766,"sku":"089218553393","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218553393.jpg?v=1762191493","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/tv-comedies-lost-tv-comedy-of-the-50s-the-joe-e-brown-show-lets-join-joanie-operation-e-s-p-meet-the-obriens","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}