Mr. Manatane's notebooks

Le Tombeur

April 1987 •French

Panayotis Pascot: Almost

November 2022 •French

Those who still see him as an innocent teen TV correspondent are in for a surprise: French comic Panayotis Pascot is all grown up and ready to get real.

Loriot's Great Cartoon Revue

April 2023 •German

Loriot, whose real name was Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, or Vicco von Bülow for short (1923-2011), is considered to have been the greatest and most versatile German comedian of the twentieth century. From 1976 to 1978, Radio Bremen commissioned his six-part television series “Loriot”, in which live action skits alternated with short animated sketches. The series is believed to be the highpoint of Loriot’s television work and was to establish his cult status; it has long been an integral part of German cultural heritage.

Katherine Levac – Grosse

December 2021 •French

Katherine Levac has just given birth to two babies, but also to a new show. Nearly 60 minutes of unpublished material, recorded at the end of the summer in front of an audience, she tackles with sharpness and authenticity subjects such as assisted reproduction, grossophobia, sperm banks, climbing Everest, cows, La Vie d'Adèle and eating rubber. A tribute to the most productive, grandiose and constipated 9 months of her life.

Raphaël Mezrahi Les inédits mais pas que…

January 2016 •French

20 years later, Hugues Delatte is back! Falling from a cupboard, 15 totally new interviews on DVD, funnier than the others, resurface. This time, he attacks American celebrities who do not yet know the apprentice journalist and even less his great qualities as a speaker in English. approximate ! Discover or also rediscover a selection of interviews with French personalities who have now become cult, for the first time in long or full versions.

Super Z

October 2022 •French

The adventures of a family of genetically modified super-zombies.

Dieudonné - Gilets Jaunes

March 2020 •French

Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff

June 2011 •French

Hello Smile!

February 1956 •French

A Prime Minister kidnaps three comedians from Paris to make a frowning princess smile for a royal photo, all while secretly dealing with a prisoner hunger strike. The King remains unaware of his mischievous plan.

The Story of Will Rogers

July 1952 •English

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face

January 2007 •English

Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.

Eric Antoine - Réalité ou illusion

March 2010 •French

An extraordinary artist in more ways than one, actor-comedian-illusionist-agitator of ideas and audiences, this learned and multi-talented joker with the air of a mad scientist draws the audience into a kind of “scientificomic” vertigo during a spectacular show-conference full of surprises on the theme of “reality or illusion.”

Champions Rire

November 2023 •French

They Had to See Paris

September 1929 •English

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?

Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny

November 2024 •English

Jim Gaffigan provides the skinny on everything from appetite suppressants to raising teenagers.

Coluche, Le Luron : Morts de rire

May 2015 •French

Gaspard Proust tapine

December 2013 •French

With his off-kilter sense of humor, polyglot Gaspard Proust takes a mischievous delight in undermining the human quirks in this stand-up comedy, mixing insolence with elegance. A new sensation of the french stand-up scene and an outspokenness that needs to be heard to be believed.

Ahmed Sylla - Avec un grand A

November 2016 •French

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

November 2007 •French

Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez

October 2025 •French