Comedy

• Man's Favourite Sport | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £17.40   |  Saving you £-7.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  From legendary Hollywood director Howard Hawks Man's Favourite Sport? features Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss in a hilarious fish-out-of-water tale. Roger Willoughby (Hudson) is happily employed as one of the world's great angling experts. Unfortunately even his own boss doesn't know that Roger has never been fishing in his life. So when press agent Abigail Page (Prentiss) arranges for Roger to participate in her resort's upcoming fishing tournament he's thrown into

• The Simpsons: Christmas with the Simpsons | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £6.28   |  Saving you £-0.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.55

  The Simpsons have never been as big on Christmas as they have on Halloween and while Christmas with The Simpsons contains five episodes, one of them, "Mr Plow", is only seasonal insofar as it contains snow. Fortunately, it's also a cracker, with Homer resorting to low-budget screen advertising to launch his snowploughing business ("It may be a lousy channel but the Simpsons are on TV!") before a pep-talk he gives to inebriate buddy Barney encourages the latter to set up as a rival. This compilation also contains "The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the very first Simpsons episode broadcast, in which their dog Santa's Little Helper is introduced. Years on, this episode looks ancient and a little average by later, stratospheric standards. "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" is a slightly downbeat parody of It's a Wonderful Life, in which the town turns on the Simpsons after helping them out when Bart lied about their presents being burgled. "Grift of the Magi" features luckless ex-sitcom star Gary Coleman reprising his real-life job as a security guard as an unscrupulous toy company aggressively merchandise a faddish new toy in time for Christmas ("If you don't have Funzo, you're nothing".) The plot is very similar to "She of Little Faith"--uncharacteristic repetition for this show--but that's forgiven as Lisa is forced to become a Buddhist following the commercialisation of the church in another episode that's as un-seasonally un-cosy as you'd expect from the greatest TV programme ever made. On the DVD: Christmas with The Simpsonscontains one extra feature: a short montage of evil power plant boss Mr Burns' finest comedic moments, including his tussle with baby Maggie over ownership of teddybear BoBo and a money fight with the servile Smithers. --David Stubbs

• Maybe Baby | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £6.28   |  Saving you £8.97 (178.69%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Ben Elton adapts his own novel for the big screen in this comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who become more & more desperate as they try to conceive a child.

• Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents | Blu Ray | (01/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Absent-Minded Professor | DVD | (11/01/2005) from £18.05   |  Saving you £-1.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber or ""Flubber"" an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

• Top Secret! - 80s Collection | DVD | (03/09/2018) from £6.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection, featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X's neon dream decade, and the movies that defined it. If you were sitting around wondering if the guys who brought you Airplane! and The Naked Gun are crazy, the answer is yes. And Top Secret! proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt! Top Secret! pits American rock star Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) against the dreaded East German High Command. It's a race against time as Nick teams up with Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) to find her father before he can create the ultimate super weapon the Polaris Mine. Along the way, Top Secret! manages to do for war epics and Elvis films what Airplane! did for disaster movies. BONUS FEATURES: Group commentary by Directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, Producers Jon Davidson and Hunt Lowry, and Moderator Fred Rubin Alternate scenes Storyboards Theatrical Trailer

• Modern Family - Season 1-2 | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Filmed in a mockumentary style Modern Family attempts to document the lives of three families who couldn't be more different. These bizarre broods are anything but normal as you'll discover in this hilarious look at unconventional families trying to survive in a conventional world.

• An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Blu Ray | (29/10/2018) from £9.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Prepare yourself...because for one magical night only, you will experience AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN When Lulu Danger (Aubrey Plaza - Ingrid Goes West, Parks and Recreation) sees a TV commercial for this magical event, she is stunned when she recognizes a mysterious man from her past (Craig Robinson Hot Tub Time Machine, This is The End). Unhappy with her marriage to scheming husband Shane (Emile Hirsch - Killer Joe, Into The Wild), she sees her chance to run off in search of her mystery man when Shane and his bumbling cohorts steal a cashbox and a 'specialist' named Colin (Jemaine Clement - What We Do In The Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) enters the fray to retrieve the stolen funds. But it's not long before Colin gets tangled up with Lulu's plans and things just get crazier from there... Written and directed by Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler), and with a stunning cast that also includes Matt Berry (Toast of London, House of Fools), get ready for a truly magical event and a wickedly hilarious film.

• Who Goes There? | DVD | (07/03/2016) from £7.20   |  Saving you £2.79 (38.75%)   |  RRP £9.99

  United they staggered, divided they fell...Valerie Hobson, George Cole and Peggy Cummins are among the stars of this ebullient, cleverly plotted farcical comedy. Adapting the stage play by John Dighton the double-Oscar-nominated playwright and screenwriter whose credits include Kind Hearts and Coronets and Roman Holiday Who Goes There! (retitled The Passionate Sentry on its American release) is featured in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original theatrical aspect ratio.When Miles Cornwall returns to his home in a grace-and-favour house in St. James's Palace, he finds a pretty Irish girl in his favourite armchair. And so begins a series of highly amusing romantic adventures, which can only be resolved when everyone has the partner whom he or she deserves!SPECIAL FEATURES: Image Gallery Memorabilia PDF

• The Book Group: Series 1 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Who says reading is good for you? American Claire (Anne Dudek) has just moved to Glasgow and is extremely keen to meet some new and interesting people. She decides to start a book group. To her utter dismay those who turn up for the first session are very peculiar. They are clearly not the friends she hoped for. Amongst the group there's Kenny (Rotry McCann) a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer. Then there's Janice (Michele Gomez) a bored and frustrated wife of a famous Scottish footballer and the eccentric student Barney (James Lance) who Claire is strangely attracted to. Scottish BAFTA winner Annie Griffin has written and directed this six-part comedy drama about a group of individuals who want to make new friends lead new lives and improve themselves by reading books. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way. A little education can be a dangerous thing...

• Doc Martin - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It seems the grumpiness is acute - and chronic. The bad mood is no longer in remission. All the symptoms are there: the truculence the tactlessness the caustic take on everyone and everything. Martin Clunes is back as Doc Martin the man whose bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired in ITV 1's prime-time award-winning comedy drama Doc Martin: Series 3. Series 3 follows the ongoing accidents emergencies and comic mishaps in Portwenn as the good doctor bumbles through life all the while trying to pursue his burgeoning but seemingly ill-fated romance with headmistress Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz). Martin's clumsy attempts to woo her have so far failed. But could a breakthrough in their turbulent relationship mean wedding bells? Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) is still trying her best to provide him with emotional support in the face of the villagers' disquiet. But even she despairs at his caustic comments especially when romance blossoms for her with a new man in the village. While son Al (Joe Absalom) travels the world Bert Large (Ian MacNeice) decides it's time to abandon Portwenn's plumbing troubles and pursue a new career - as a restaurateur with disastrous consequences. Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson) the feisty surgery receptionist is bored with her job and needs a new challenge. So the doctor arranges for her to train as a phlebotomist - but a dangerous addiction threatens to ruin her life. And new to Portwenn this time is PC Joe Penhale (John Marquez) who has ideas way above his station. And agoraphobia. And narcolepsy. Not great for a policeman. So book your appointment with Doc Martin - if you dare. (To be taken in moderation after dinner with a nice cup of tea. Keep out of the reach of anyone with a fragile ego.)

• Thank You For Smoking | DVD | (08/01/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £13.09 (267.14%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A tobacco spin doctor tries to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son in this satirical comedy.

• The Larry Sanders Show: Complete Season One | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £12.45   |  Saving you £17.54 (140.88%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Undeniably the hippest show to air on HBO in the 1990s The Larry Sanders Show takes you backstage at a fictional late-night talk show with real-life guests from movies music and television.

• Blended | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.89   |  Saving you £17.10 (216.73%)   |  RRP £24.99

  'Blended' marks the third comedy collaboration between stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore following their successful onscreen pairings in the hit romantic comedies '50 First Dates' and 'The Wedding Singer. After a disastrous blind date single parents Lauren (Barrymore) and Jim (Sandler) agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week.

• The Birdcage | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £9.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (40.43%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and fiancée to a meet-and-greet dinner party. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife, and Calista Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter in a culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty screenplay incorporates some pointed observations about the political landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive approach to the comedy's underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper, "Agador Spartacus." --Jeff Shannon

• Our Hospitality/Sherlock Jr | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £6.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (15.97%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Buster Keaton's career as a performer and director is widely regarded to be among the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema. Our Hospitality: Directed produced written by and starring Buster Keaton. Full of brilliant sight gags and featuring a most memorable and hilarious train journey in an 1831-vintage Stephenson Rocket. Sherlock Jr.: The story of a movie projectionist who is accused of stealing his girlfriend's father's watch. He falls asleep on the job and dreams that he is Sherlock Holmes solving the case. This film features the incredible physical comedy and stunts for which Keaton is famous.

• Strictly Ballroom | Blu Ray | (07/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Baz Luhrmann – the director of the award-winning hits Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge! – comes Strictly Ballroom... the hilariously funny romantic comedy that's sure to leave you laughing, cheering and feeling great! It's the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner. Together they make their dreams come true! You're sure to enjoy this exhaustively funny comedy as it dances and soars its way straight into your heart. Critics everywhere fell madly in love with this big-screen treat – and so will you! And, as an added bonus, this special edition includes Samba To Slow Fox, the entertaining documentary that inspired Strictly Ballroom.

• Are You Being Served? Series 1-5 Box Set | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £43.42   |  Saving you £16.57 (38.16%)   |  RRP £59.99

  ""I'm free!"" With these words just one unforgettable character among many in this classic TV sitcom was born. From the comedy pens of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (Dad's Army) came the DepartMental comedy madness that is Are You Being Served?. There's hilarity at Grace Brothers the High Street department store with a difference. Join in the fun as limp-wristed Mr Humphries and that blue-rinsed batle axe Mrs Slocombe lead the outrageous department store staff through the first five series of outrageously funny episodes! Series 1: 1. Are You Being Served? (Pilot Episode) 2. Dear Sexy Knickers 3. Our Figures Are Slipping 4. Camping In 5. His And Hers 6. Diamonds Are A Man's Best Friend Series 2: 1. The Clock 2. Cold Comfort 3. The Think Tank 4. Big Brother 5. Hoorah For The Holidays Series 3: 1. The Hand Of Fate 2. Coffee Morning 3. Up Captain Peacock 4. Cold Store 5. Wedding Bells 6. German Week 7. Shoulder To Shoulder 8. New Look 9. Christmas Crackers Series 4: 1. No Sale 2. Top Hat and Tails 3. Forward Mr. Grainger 4. Fire Practice 5. Fifty Years On 6. Oh What a Tangled Web 7. The Father Christmas Affair (1976 Christmas Special episode) Series 5: 1. Mrs. Slocombe Expects 2. A Change Is as Good as a Rest 3. Founder's Day 4. The Old Order Changes 5. Take-Over 6. Goodbye Mr. Grainger 7. It Pays to Advertise

• Another Stakeout | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £7.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (87.84%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The sequel to the 1987 FBI action comedy, Another Stakeout sees the unlikely crime-fighting duo, again played by Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, getting involved in, well, another stakeout. This time they are joined by Rosie O'Donnell (one of the comedienne's first film roles) as assistant DA and have to masquerade as the perfect nuclear family to flush out a star witness in their case against the mob. Pretty much the entire cast and crew from Stakeout are reunited by director John Badham for the sequel and, luckily, there is enough new material, slapstick comedy moments and solid performances from the trio of stars to ensure that this isn't just a rehash of the original. The film has a few laugh-out-loud moments, such as the dinner party the bogus family throw so that they can get the couple next door out of the house to enable Estevez to bug it, and there is a brilliant cameo performance from Dennis Farina (Get Shorty, Snatch) as the clueless next-door neighbour. This is not a classic by any means but is entertaining nonetheless. --Kristen Bowditch

• Johnny Dangerously | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the 1930's this gangster spoof tells the comic tale of Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) who is forced into a life of crime in order to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. Attempting to keep his straight life and his life of crime separate Johnny takes the name Dangerously and is soon a powerful mobster flush with women and riches. The Dangerously name is about to be slandered though by the Kelly family when Johnny's brother (Griffin Dunne) becomes the district attor