George Carlin Commemorative Collection - DVD

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle made his triumphant return to comedy in the six sparkling Vitaphone shorts he headlines in this collection, two co-starring Shemp Howard himself. While Fatty's return was tragically cut short by his untimely passing, another talent was on the rise -- Shemp Howard, sporting one unforgettable mug. Witness Shemp's career path from bit player to chief second banana in the span of two short years. The 18 shorts found

Three-disc set includes Men In Black (1997)Look out, aliens! Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith) are a pair of nattily dressed government men whose top-secret job is to track down extraterrestrials landing on Earth and keep tabs on the ones living incognito as humans, all the while keeping the truth hidden from the general public. Director Barry Sonnenfeld's slyly funny, effects-filled sci-fi comedy based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham co-stars Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn. 98 min. C/Rtg PG-13 Men In Black II (2002)The black-suited, shades-wearing dynamic duo of Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back for more alien fun in this hit sequel. With the Earth's future threatened by leather-clad, multi-tentacled Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle) and two-headed cohort Scrad (Johnny Knoxville), Agent J Inchde-neuralyzesInch Agent K out of postal worker retirement to stop the creepy pair. With Rosario Dawson, Rip Torn, and Michael Jackson; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 88 min. C/Rtg PG-13 Men In Black 3 (2012)MIB agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) face their biggest challenge yet in the hit third entry of the popular sci-fi/comedy series. When evil alien criminal Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) erases K from history, J must travel back in time to 1969, where he teams up with a younger version of K (Josh Brolin) in an effort to defeat Boris and restore the timeline. Emma Thompson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alice Eve co-star. 106 min. C/Rtg PG-13

Samuel "Shemp Howard" Horowitz wrote his own rules for comedy from the very beginning. Heckling his way into brother Moe's "rough house" act with Ted Healy, Shemp was an original Stooge. After Larry Fine filled out the team, fame beckoned, but Shemp balked at playing second banana to Healy and lit out on his own as a Vitaphone player. Shemp quickly rose from bit parts in shorts like Gobs of Fun to supporting player alongside Daphne Poll