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Summary: The most bizarre TV comedy FINALLY comes to DVD!
Review: It's tough to describe Green Acres to people who've never seen it. For a 60's sitcom surrounded by "normal" TV fare, years before the likes of Monty Python or SNL, Green Acres broke all the rules. About this DVD set (IMHO):
First what I didn't like about it:
* - No extras! Nothing. Come on, Eddie Albert's still alive, at least they could have snuck in an interview, if not a commentary. (on the Dick Van Dyke DVD set they include interviews taken from the TV Land Dick Van Dyke Special.) * - Only two disks, so you have to flip the disk over to watch the other 8 episodes. Also MGM (the company putting out the set) has a nasty habit of printing no graphics or info on the disks, just extremely tiny type around the disk hole.
Very cheap!
* - There were only about 4-5 different pieces of art they used for the box, inside graphics, inside booklet and interactive menu. This looks cheap too. What I liked about it:
* - The quality of the episode pictures look surprisingly good. While there are some graininess in the opening credits after years of seeing lousy quality on reruns it's nice to see clear pictures on the DVD.
* - The interactive menu is easy to get through and there's a nice little booklet included.
* - After watching these episodes after all these years, and in the order they were released, I'm surprised how quickly the began to establish the bizarreness of Hootervile. While the pilot has Lisa as the sane one and Oliver as the nut, it only takes a few episodes to reverse that.
As for supporting characters, Arnold is in the pilot, but doesn't appear again until episode 8, and Lisa doesn't meet him until episode 12. All-in all, it's a good package at a great price. Hopefully they'll eventually release the rest of the seasons.
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Summary: Forget Box Office Blockbusters...
Review: Forget multi-channel surround sound, and forget fancy computer-generated special effects. As far as I'm concerned, compilations such as this "Green Acres" set is where DVD ***truly*** shines. I'm still in awe--32 episodes of classic comedy for an unbelieveable price. What I paid for this set would have, just a few short years ago, purchased a scant four episodes, on VHS tape, from a well-known company famous for its subscription releases of TV programming. I'll admit to being initially worried--32 episodes on only two discs. Overcompression was an immediate concern, though I still willingly purchased the compilation, hoping for the best. Happily, these are double-sided, dual-layered discs. Quality is remarkably good--clean/crisp images, beautiful colors, and surprisingly good audio--much better than anyone outside of a control room technician could have hoped for in 1965. As for the programming itself, what more can be said? Big city lawyer fulfills his lifelong dream of buying a farm--in a valley filled with eccentric denizens. The main character, Eddie Albert's Oliver Douglas, described the series perfectly in a single line during one episode: "This is like living in the 'Twilight Zone.'" "Green Acres" is just as funny today as when it initially premiered--side-splitting, surreal comedy that is suitable for viewing by the entire family. There are no extras, unless you include the number of laughs that this compilation will provide, but who cares? You're getting 32 episodes of classic comedy, transferred from excellent source material, for an unbeatable price. MGM, thank you sincerely--and please don't stop!!!!
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Summary: Green Acres is a great place to be!!!!
Review: This is a great price for 32 episodes of a classic tv show. I just hope they put extras on the other season sets if MGM releases them. But for now, just go buy it and maybey MGM will make the effort on season 2 and add some extras!
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Summary: Thumbs Up All The Way!
Review: Even though there are absolutely no extras, I can strongly recommend this set. As you all know, Green Acres was a hilarious show, so the only question is how well did MGM perform the transfer to DVD. Well, it's pretty good, but not sensational. But just having the entire first season available on DVD for around $20 is incredible. If you like the show even a little, you will be happy you bought this. Hopefully the remaining seasons, especially 2 and 3, will be forthcoming.
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Summary: Hooterville or Bust!!
Review: Thanks MGM for putting this show on DVD. Many of the episodes are still very funny today. Got my fingers crossed that the other seasons will be released in the future.Stop reading this review and go buy the DVD.
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Summary: Simple Premise, Excellent Execution
Review: This series was inspired by the film "The Egg and I". Very simply, city slickers try to make it running a farm. The episodes are absolutely hysterical, and the public loved it: it ran for six years with high ratings. I believe the key to it's success is the clever writing. Also crucial is the fact that Eddie Albert's character is the only sane person in the whole town of Hooterville, yet HE IS THE ODDBALL, because everyone else is WEIRD! A lot of the humor is surreal: a pig that watches TV, chickens lay square eggs, an impossibly incompetent county agent, the phone company installs their phone on the top of a pole, etc. Lots of sight gags appear. I love how some episodes make fun of the credits. In one, the credits appear as Eva Gabor's dream, she wakes up asking "Who is Richard Bare?" (he directed practically all the episodes). The series is way ahead of it's time. Now is the time to enjoy it, with the whole first season packed on 2 double sided discs.
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Summary: A Post-Modern Masterpiece
Review: Green Acres is up there among the greatest shows in television history, one of the most surreal programs ever. I have to admit I was indifferent to the series when it was first on when I was a kid. But in the late 90s I began watching it on TVLand and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Green Acres is a grreat example of meta art, and its self-referential qualities are quite amazing. Talk about post-modern, at one point Eva Gabor commented on the opening credits that were being unveiled in front of her. This is a 60s cultural artifact that's every bit as important as Roy Lichtenstein and Warhol. And on top of all this, it is a hilarious show, extraordinarily clever and witty. Eva Gabor is a trip, and Eddie Albert, a great and very underated actor, is perfect as the representtaion of sanity. Green Acres rocks my world. Do yourself a favor and purchase this DVD! I am extremely thankful to have the entire first season in my possession.
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Summary: Green Acres- the place to be, the DVD to get!
Review: Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor star in the zaniest sitcom of the 60's: "Green Acres"...the antics of a NY lawyer who buys a farm near Hooterville...where the citizens are no brighter than a 3 watt light bulb. You'll burst into laughter when Mr. Haney (Pat Buttram) comes over & tries to sell his countless items...just at the exact time Oliver Douglas (Albert) needs them. You'll squeal with glee over Arnold the pig as well. FUNNY!
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Summary: Decent collection for the price, spare presentation though.
Review: You won't find any extras, this is a straight episodes-only collection. So I'd give the content five stars, being a fan of the show, but three stars for the presentation.
The film transfer is pretty decent, slightly above daily TV screenings but there are some artifacts, mostly in the opening titles of each episode. The sound is ok, too.
Hopefully they'll put the remaining seasons out and not leave us hanging.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST!!
Review: Thank goodness this is coming to DVD. This is just one of the best shows to come from the 60's. I greww up watching this show and it was a treat then as it will be now. For anybody who hasn't seen this show...and I find that hard to beleive...This is a MUST for you to see. A true classic. If I'm not mistaken, here are the episodes...
#1."Oliver buys a farm" 9/15/1965
#2."Lisa's first day on the farm" 9/22/1965
#3."The decorator" 9/29/1965
#4."The best laid plans" 10/6/1965 #5."My husband, the rooster renter" 10/13/1965
#6."Furniture, furniture who's got the furniture?" 10/20/1965
#7."Neighorliness" 10/27/1965
#8."Lisa the helpmate" 11/3/1965
#9."You can't plug in a 2 with a 6" 11/10/1965
#10."Don't call us, we'll call you" 11/17/1965
#11."Parity begins at home" 11/24/1965
#12."Lisa has a calf" 12/8/1965
#13."The wedding anniversary" 12/15/1965
#14."What happened in Scranton?" 12/22/1965
#15."How to enlarge a bedroom" 12/29/1965
#16."Give me land, lots of land" 1/5/1966
#17."I didn't raise my husband to be a fireman" 1/19/1966
#18."Lisa bakes a cake" 1/26/1966
#19."Sprained ankle, country style" 2/2/1966
#20."The price of apples" 2/9/1966
#21."What's in a name?" 2/16/1966
#22."The day of decision" 2/23/1966
#23."A pig in a poke" 3/9/1966
#24."The deputy" 3/16/1966
#25."Double drick" 3/23/1966
#26."The ballad of Molly Turgiss" 4/6/1966 #27."Never look a gift tractor in the mouth" 4/27/1966
#28."Send a boy to college" 5/4/1966
#29."Horse? What horse?" 5/11/1966
#30."The rains came" 5/18/1966
#31."Culture" 5/25/1966
#32."Uncle Ollie" 6/1/1966 I can't wait for "PETTICOAT JUNCTION" and "BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" to hit DVD...and not those [bad] ones that are out there now.
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