Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym “A Lady.” A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London, and Kent between 1792-1797 and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meager cottage on a distant relative’s property, where they experience love, romance, and heartbreak.
After conservative activist Mary Whitehouse successfully campaigned to stop Alice Cooper's School's Out from being shown on the BBC music show Top of the Pops, Cooper sent her a bunch of flowers, since he believed the publicity helped the song to reach number one.
Starring: Janeane Garofalo; David Hyde Pierce; Molly Shannon; Paul Rudd; Christopher Meloni; Michael Showalter
Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American teen comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film features an ensemble cast, including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter (and various other members of the sketch comedy group “The State”), Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A.D. Miles. It takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981 and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era.
The film was a critical and commercial failure, but has since developed a cult following, as many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchise with the release of an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast on July 31, 2015; and an eight-episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, on August 4, 2017.
