Michael McIntyre: Showman

A motley crew of Latvian ne'er-do-wells performs rude, crude and lewd stunts.

Take a schizophrenic plunge into the deepest depths of hilarity as Mad TV and Gilmore Girls star Alex Borstein strikes out on her own with this release showcasing a variety of characters from her popular, one woman show Drop Dead Gorgeous in a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way. Wry observations mix with satirical social comedy as the dynamic, multi-faceted actress and comedienne shows just how silly modern living can be.

Ja'mie King, the self-promoting "queen bee" of Summer Heights High, returns from an exchange semester at that public school for her last three months at Hillford Girls Grammar, where she's the unchallenged diva among the school's most popular girls, as well as the school captain. Clothes, cars, boys, parties ... Ja'mie has it all, and her overriding goal is to win the Hillford Medal

Mal Sharpe chronicles a San Francisco celebration of Columbus Day, in which Joe Cervetto dons a Columbus costume to reenact the explorer's famous landing. Also: a look at a children's art contest; and a boccie-ball tournament.

Clips from Jimmy Durante's 1950s NBC shows distinguish this warm, poignant and funny retrospective. There are also a few details about the Schnozz's life (1893-1980), reminiscences from his widow and daughter, and commentary by Leonard Maltin. But mostly, it's clips, with Bette Davis, Ethel Barrymore, Liberace, Carmen Miranda, Donald O'Connor, Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas and John Wayne. They sum up his appeal better than words can. "You can't explain Durante," says Maltin. "Durante just is."

Newly widowed Helen Blacke inherits the Blacke Foundation, a scientific research institutelocated in the Highcliffe Manor on an island off the Massachusetts coast and populated by mad scientists who want to get rid of her.