A terrific way to spread the wealth of humor, and provide more laughs and chuckles for everyone is to create a Humor Library of top rated videos, featuring stand up/TV comedians and movie comedies.

If you are a member of a support or volunteer group for a hospital, rehabilitation unit, nursing home, retirement facility, or public library, you'll be doing a great service to residents or members by developing and promoting a Humor Library.

To assist you in such an effort, we have listed below some of the most popular titles from our selections. Feel free to add or delete titles based on your knowledge of the group and its sense of humor. When purchasing, you may want to check Amazon.com for new and used titles.

Consider adding book titles, and audio tapes such as Old Time Radio, along with CD's (as listed in our menu).

Work with Activity Directors and managers of the facilities to locate space for the Humor Library, and once established, look for opportunities to make folks aware of its availability and benefits (read our material under the Health and Humor section of our menu for more details).

A little effort on your part can bring chuckles and laughs to a lot of folks, which, in turn, are good for their mental or physical well being!

Stand-up & TV Comedians

(For more titles, visit the Stand-up/TV Comedians section.)

» The Best of Victor Borge

» The Carol Burnett Show:

» The Carson Collection: His Favorite Moments from the Tonight Show

» Jonny Carson's Animal Hi Jinks

» Bill Cosby, Himself

» The Best of Bob Hope -- Thanks for the Memories

» The Best of Danny Kaye

» Jackie Mason on Campus

» Button Down Concert

» Born to Be Mild

» Live on Broadway

The Unknown Jonathan Winters- On the Loose


Movies (by decade)

(For more titles, visit the Movies section.)


1930's and 1940's

» Duck Soup (Marx Brothers, 1933)

» Monkey Business (Marx Brothers, 1931)

» It’s a Gift (W.C. Fields, 1934)


1950's

» At War with the Army (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, 1950)

» Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, 1950)

» The Court Jester (Danny Kaye, 1956)

» Mister Roberts (Henry Fonda, James, Jack Lemmon, 1955)

» The Mouse That Roared (Peter Sellers, 1959)

» Road to Bali (Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, 1952)

» The Seven Year Itch (Tom Ewell, Marilyn Monroe, 1955)

» Some Like It Hot (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, 1959)

» Stalag 17 (William Holden, Peter Graves, 1953)


1960's

» Cat Ballou (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, 1965)

» Charade (Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Mathau, 1963)

» It’s a Mad, Mad World (Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, etc., 1963)

» The Odd Couple (Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau, 1968)

» The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers, David Niven, 1964)


1970's

» Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, 1977)

» Bad News Bears (Walter Mathau, Tatum O’Neal, 1976)

» Car Wash (Richard Pryor, George Carlin 1976)

» MASH (Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland, 1970)

» Monty Python and the Holy Grail (John Cleese, Terry Jones, 1975)

» The Revenge of the Pink Panther (Peter Sellers, Dyan Cannon, 1978)

» The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Peter Sellers, 1976)

» Sleeper (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, 1973)

» The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford 1973)

» "10" (Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews, 1979)

» Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, 1974)


1980's

» Airplane (Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, 1980)

» Arthur (Dudley Moore, Lisa Minelli, 1981)

» BIG (Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, 1988)

» Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfus, 1987)

» A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Jaime Lee Curtis, 1988)

» Fletch (Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, 1985)

» The Naked Gun, From the Files of Police Squad (Leslie Nielsen, Robert Goulet, Ricardo Montalban, 1988)

» Nine to Five (Dolly Parton, Lilly Tomlin, Jane Fonda, 1980)

» Outrageous Fortune (Bette Midler, Shelley Long, 1987)

» Splash (Tom Hanks, John Candy, Daryl Hannah, 1984)

» Three Men and a Baby ( Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, 1987)

» Tootsie (Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, 1982)

» Trading Places (Dan Akroyd, Eddie Murphy, Don Ameche, 1983)

» Victor, Victoria (Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, 1982)

» When Harry Met Sally (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, 1989)


1990's

» City Slickers (Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, 1991)

» Grumpy Old Men (Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau, 1993)

» Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks, Sally Field 1994)

» The Full Monty
(Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, 1996)

» Hot Shots (Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, 1993)

» Mrs. Doubtfire (Robin Williams, Sally Fields, 1993)


We wish you good luck and many laughs with your Humor Library project -- which we know will bring more enjoyment to more people!