David Hyde Pierce
1) Fox in socks
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Dr. Seuss.
Beginning reader.
This classic Dr. Seuss Beginner Book features silly tongue twisters that will have readers of all ages giggling with glee. When a fox in socks meets Knox in a box, you know that hilarity will ensue. Add chicks with bricks (and blocks and clocks) and you're sure to get your words twisted and lips locked. With his unmistakable gift for rhyme, Dr. Seuss creates a hysterical and energetic way for beginning readers to dive...
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Camp Firewood, 1981. It's the last day of summer camp and everyone is busy. Camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) is trying to keep order while falling in love with astrophysicist Henry (David Hyde Pierce). Henry is trying to save the camp from being hit by a piece of SKYLAB hurtling toward Earth. Camp counselor Coop is in love with Katie, who is in love with lifeguard Andy. If that's not enough, there's a waterfall rescue, talking vegetable cans,...
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 2029, giant super-computers dominate the planet and to destroy man's future by changing the past, they send an indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to kill a woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace?
8) Full frontal
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1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A day in the life of various Los Angeles citizens as they get ready to go to a birthday party for a Hollywood producer. Before the night is over, relationships are tested, hearts are broken and passions are renewed.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...
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1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Traces the journey of conductor Robert Shaw's life and career, from his childhood as a preacher's son in rural California through his rise as a star of popular music during the Great Depression and his subsequent move to classical music. An early champion of civil rights, his chorales were among the first to break the color barrier in the American South. Includes interviews with Yo-Yo Ma, Sylvia McNair, Alice Parker, Marietta Simpson, Florence Kopleff,...
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xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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This is the classic book on acting, now republished with a new foreword by actor David Hyde Pierce. Legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen knew that an actor's finest work was often achieved for love rather than for money. She lived this philosophy, alongside her husband Herbert Berghof, at HB Studio, their acting school; together they turned a handful of scruffy old buildings into a workplace and spiritual home for actors. This work is Hagen's...
14) Later Life
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Austin is a distinguished Bostonian with a WASP pedigree, an unbeatable squash game, and a frightening secret. After he meets up with his old flame Ruth, they begin a comic and painful voyage of self-discovery.
Directed by Robert Robinson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring:
Valorie Armstrong as The Other Women
David Dukes as Austin
Judith Ivey as Ruth
David Hyde-Pierce as The Other...
15) A bug's life
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2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Cute and clever, "A Bug's Life" is a relatively straight retelling of Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai," except of course that the characters are bugs! Idealistic young ant Flik is a sweet-natured dreamer and inventor. But his innovative thinking makes him an outcast when one of his inventions goes awry and destroys the food sacrifice that the colony makes annually to a gang of grasshopper hooligans led by the sinister Hopper. Disgraced, Flik is sent...
16) Nixon
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3 videodiscs (ca. 212 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Anthony Hopkins electrifies the screen as Richard Nixon, whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power. Nixon takes a riveting look at a complex man who became the first American president to resign, due to the threat of impeachment and his involvement in conspiracy jeopardizing the nation's security.
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