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    America's Got Talent (2006-2009)

    Viewers determine which performer deserves the $1 million prize.

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    Novelty Disco Band

    Novelty Disco Band performed for the movie Loulou.

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    Joe Rock

    Began producing two-reel comedies for Vitagraph and Universal in the 1920s after beginning his...

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    Season of Love

    In the early '70s, exploring the thinking of the younger generation was a novelty in Peru (where...

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    Levsha

    Some reviewers mistook this historical drama for a children's film, but it's not exactly a...

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    The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein

    A frustrated middle-aged bachelor, a failure in business, meets the unholy spirit of a monk, visible...

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    I'm No Dummy

    Explores and examines the world of ventriloquism through clips, photos and interviews with many of...

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    Dirty Little Business

    A Russian immigrant buys a sexual novelties shop, and finds himself in bed with the mob.

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    Made in China

    Filmmaker John Helde examines his father's childhood as an American growing up in 1930s China.

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    Creepy Crawlers (1995-1996)

    A children's cartoon series based on the novelty toy "Creepy Crawlers." A teenage science student...

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    A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th (1998)

    The Smothers Brothers introduce memorable moments from the variety show of the '60s: comedy, rock,...

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    The Telephone (1997)

    Documentary about the invention of the telephone and how it quickly was transformed from novelty...

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    Captain Flamingo (2006-2009)

    Armed with novelty store items, a pint-sized superhero helps kids.