During the 1950s, a combination of factors contributed to the increased suburbanization of the American landscape. To meet the housing demand created by large numbers of soldiers returning from World War II, developers began building on the relatively empty outskirts of urban areas. The increasing popularity of the automobile, coupled with the 40,000 miles of expressway created by the 1956 Interstate Highway Act, allowed people to live in far-flung,...

A provocative, emotion-packed drama about race relations in an all-white suburban community, this play depicts the confrontation between an upper-class white couple who is selling their suburban home and the black couple from Harlem who plans to buy it. In negotiating the sale, all four parties learn a little more about each other - and a lot about their own latent prejudices.

Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that...

An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.

The complete first season of the delightfully offbeat TV comedy that originally began as a skit on the legendary Carol Burnett Show. As portrayed by Vicki Lawrence, the formidable Mama put the 'diss' in dysfunctional. Mama dispenses no-nonsense motherly advice and verbal kicks in the backside. There's her nervous sister Fran, slow-witted son Vint, and his bubble-headed girlfriend Naomi, plus frequent appearances by Betty White and Carol Burnett as...

The comical adventures of an African American family living in suburbia. This animated series brings the hilarious exploits of Huey, Riley, Granddad, Ruckus, Jazmine and the rest of the crew to life.

This is a haunting portrait of life in small-town America. Through a collection of dreamlike and devastating images, Korine offers a glimpse of Xenia, Ohio, a world existing in the aftermath of a tornado. Survivors of one natural disaster, the town's inhabitants live each day in a numbing atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction.

"There are at least three certainties in life -- death, taxes, and Mama's big mouth. She chews out K-RAY radio's consumer watchdog on the air, and promptly gets hired as his replacement. Telling people what to do comes easy for her; knowing when to stop is another matter. Heaven for her is a good detective movie marathon; she can practically solve a crime in her sleep. Figuring out what Bubba's going to do next, however, is a challenge. The Bone Crushers,...

From the spin-off sketch of the Carol Burnett Show comes the story of a squabbling family in the Midwestern blue collar suburb of Raytown. The noisy bunch is headed by Mama, a buxom, opinionated, gray-haired widow with a sharp tongue.

Just how different can neighbors be and still be neighborly? While the Goods struggle to live off their suburban London plot, the Leadbetters struggle with living next door to the Goods.