Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves." And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper columns that were later collected into books. This is a selection of just 35 of the most humorous, wry and downright funny cogitations of his, written of course in the somewhat convoluted style common in the 19th century which just adds...

Ein unheilvolles Liebesdrei- bis Viereck droht nicht nur das Glück, sondern auch die Karriere von Paul Schuberth zu zerstören. Denn erstens geht es um die (sehr junge) Schwester und die (fast noch junge) Stiefmutter seiner (verheirateten) Traumfrau. Und zweitens gehören die Frauen alle zur Besitzerfamilie des Verlags, für den Paul arbeitet. Freund und Kollege Schamski kann das Karriereaus mit vollem Körpereinsatz gerade noch verhindern. Doch...

Goldfisch Ian fällt aus dem 27. Stock. Auf seinem Weg nach unten fliegen die Fenster des Wohnhauses in rasender Geschwindigkeit an ihm vorbei - und mit ihnen die Geschichten der Menschen, die dahinter wohnen. Während Ian immer schneller auf den Bürgersteig zurast, fiebern wir nicht nur mit ihm mit, sondern erhaschen durch seine Augen einen Blick auf die Schicksale dieser Menschen. Ein Leben wird dabei beginnen, eines enden, und am Schluss begreifen...

Stacey feels dejected because she cannot get a job and Pam tells her she needs to get out more. When Gavin, Stacey and Smithy head for Barry so that Smithy can go for the scan with Nessa, Bryn takes it upon himself to get Smithy into shape at his home gym.

Kim is not your average member of Her Majesty's palace staff – but then he shouldn't be on the staff at all. He's in fact a Sun staff reporter who's wormed his way into Buckingham Palace to pick up every bit of dirt and gossip that he can lay his hands on. Along the way, Kim is faced with many surprising aspects of Palace life that even he didn't see coming. Based on the true story of the tabloid hack who became a Queen's footman, Palace Rogue...

Da stürzt sich ein Mann von einer Brücke in Seattle - und Amina schießt das Foto, das berühmt werden wird. Doch wie abgebrüht muss man sein, in einem solchen Moment auf den Auslöser zu drücken? Amina verzeiht sich das nicht, verdingt sich fortan als Hochzeitsfotografin. Doch als ihr Vater sterbenskrank wird, muss sie sich ihrer bewegten Vergangenheit stellen, einer Geschichte, die in den 70er Jahren in Indien begann und nun in New Mexiko ihren...

Kali embarks on a campaign of psychological warfare against Vanessa Feltz. Marion tries to impress a long lost son with his special brand of fatherly advice. Destiny adopts extreme measures to get her paws on a decrepit old dog's unusually squeaky toy. And Nelson tries his hand at matchmaking.

In this classic show, Granny encounters a kangaroo, and thinks she's found a giant jackrabbit, but no one will believe her. This remains the most-watched half-hour episode of a sitcom and is an absolutely hilarious episode from beginning to end. This program also features Sharon Tate as Janet Trego.

When Mom finds out that Dad didn't throw away his old boxes of science magazines in their clear-out, she goes mad. So Dad builds a bonfire and promises he'll burn them all. But secretly Dad is only pretending to burn them in the bonfire, instead squirrelling the boxes off to his shed in the garden.

An Army veteran finds the ramshackle apartment house his wife bought to be one big headache when he tries to return to writing a novel. (Watch for Marilyn Monroe and ex-WAC Roberta Stevens).