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Cheers. Season 1

Sam Malone's drinking problem (which led him to buy the bar Cheers) soured his career as a pitcher. When a young teaching assistant, Diane Chambers is left by her fianceé, she takes a job waitressing at the bar, leading to a rocky, on-again, off-again relationship with Sam. The ...

"Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is il...

Contains two versions of "The Ten Commandments" from director Cecil B. DeMille, including the 1923 silent film, and the 1956 remake, dramatizing the biblical story of Moses, a man who turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people, the Jews, to the Promised Land.

Features Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time on two discs. In Cinderella II, Cinderella calls upon her Fairy Godmother and her animal friends to help her settle into her new role as princess. In Cinderella III, Cinderella must restore her happily-e...

The gumball rally (1976, 107 min.): A variety of vehicles take part in a crazy race from New York to Long Beach. The first driver to cross the finish line wins a gumball machine. But all gumballers know the real reward. Nothing can match the sheer excitement generated from pushin...

Set in the 24th century, the exploits of the U.S.S. Enterprise continue as it explores the universe, seeking new life and new worlds.

Roots

Kunta Kinte is captured in Africa and brought to the United States as a slave. His descendants survive slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction to thrive as free Americans.

Television series set in the sun-drenched sprawl of Los Angeles that tells the adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, Jon Baker and Frank "Ponch" Poncherello.

Obsessed

In a Chicago jail cell, clever and charming Ellena Roberts recounts for attorney Sara Miller the details of a one-night stand that led to a heated love affair with prominent surgeon David Stillman. David's version of the facts differs entirely and he insists that he never slept w...

Roots : the gift

Christmas Eve, 1775. For the celebrants at Parker Plantation, it's a time of joy and giving. For enslaved friends Fiddler and Kunta Kinte, it's a chance to give to other slaves the most precious gift of all: freedom.

In Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping the countryside seize him. Chained with other captives, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New Wo...

Roots. Discs 3-4

Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.

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