The Ben Stiller Show (1992)

Summary: This comedy/variety show specialized in parodies of movies and television shows and commercials. Often, they would also have a special guest (e.g., a TV actor) join them.

Release Date: September 27, 1992

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 5 h 06 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: HBO Independent Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

The Simpsons (1989)

Summary: The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Release Date: December 17, 1989

Genres: Animation, Comedy

Runtime: 0 h 22 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Television Animation

Country: United States

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 750,000

Surrender (1987)

Summary: A wealthy writer, who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends and ex-wives, pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist, to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself, or just for his money.

Release Date: October 09, 1987

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jerry Belson

Writer: Jerry Belson

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Viacom

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,711,976

Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

Summary: Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.

Release Date: September 18, 1987

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director: Norman Mailer