Rating: 
Summary: Five Star Episodes 1 star DVD
Review: "At least nobody knows it was us" "Bundi did this." First of all Married with Children is a five star show. Still as Al would say it "Why can't the world die, Peg." This best of collection is stupid. All five episodes are great. Hilarious gems. Still they should be released in season boxed sets. These season boxed sets should have interviews with the cast and writers. I would like to know the people who came up with this shows excellent jokes. When a season boxed set is released I will give it a better review.
Rating:
Summary: 5 lousy episods!
Review: "Married with Children" is probobly, (along with "Get a Life") my favorit show ever! I give the show itself 5 stars. So what's this?! 5 episodes isn't going to cut it. They released entire season sets of the "Simpsons", "Malcom in the Middle", and even stupid shows like "Friends." What gives here? I'll wait for a box set thank you.Quote from Al Bundy: "Remember, it's only cheating if you get caught."
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent comedy series, but the DVDs need work
Review: arried With Children is the show that reinvented the sitcom. From its debut in 1987 to the finale in 1997, it provided non-stop laughs. And now, five episodes are available on DVD at long last. But is this a good thing? Read on and see. First and foremost, the good points about this DVD:
-DVD means excellent picture quality and sound
-5 extremely funny episodes, including a "lost" one
-The price
-Each episode is the complete original. You get the FULL INTRO to each one. Now onto what ultimately derails this collection - the bad points:
-It's a compilation of episodes from mixed seasons. Why not just release a first season box set, and then a second season, and so on?
-Episodes are NOT in original air order
-NO CHAPTER SELECTIONS! Uh, isn't that one of the reasons we hold the DVD format in such high regard?
-No extras other than trailers. I was hoping for interviews with cast and crew.
-The trailers show us another compilation is coming out. WHY NOT JUST RELEASE SEASON BOX SETS!?
-ONLY 5 EPISODES!? Surely more than that can fit on a DVD, especially assuning they sacrificed chapter selections and extras! Overall this collection is disappointing, compared to what it could have been. The other reviews also demonstrate this point excellently. Rather than buying this, consider holding off and seeing if Fox releases box sets.
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Summary: Want Season Sets? You must buy this first!
Review: As many shows have tried before releasing season sets, they will put out a smaller sized DVD to see how it sells. If no one buys the episodes for $$$$ they won't buy it for $$$ or whatever the cost for the season will be. The episodes on this set will be great ones. We already know the lost episode is on there which means you will get a deleted scene F/X didn't show AND alternative opening credits never seen in Syndication! People complain that we are only getting 5 episodes. They WILL release Season sets if many people order this. This is a test DVD. ... You guys all took a long time petitioning it to come on DVD. It's on DVD, buy it! I know that I will. ... Seriously, buy this. It's a classic show!
Rating:
Summary: SHOULD BE SEASON 1 BOX
Review: As said by everyone who is smart enough to know that this is the greatest sitcom of all time: THIS SHOW NEEDS SEASON BY SEASON SETS.
Now, while greedy executives and foul bureaucrats do push these lame "best of" collections in the hopes of squeezing more blue-collar blood out of our wallets, these "best ofs" also serve another purpose.
Yes, this is an attempt to get more bread out of us. It's the George Lucas trick (first release Star Wars, then Star Wars with extra footage, then Star Wars in widescreen with extra footage, then Star Wars with even more footage just made up, then Star Wars with everything plus a plush toy of George Lucas with money in his hands and going "yippie-yippie").
However, these "best ofs" also serve to test out the market for this title. If MWC "best ofs" sell well then the fat cats will release season boxes because they will see that it is profitable. Sure, we fans known it would sell, we recall that MWC was a huge sucsess, but these producers have short memories, they only understand the profitability of immediate trends. They have no respect for classics the way that we do.
So we have a catch 22 here. Buy it and you are giving in to marketing ploys. Don't buy it and you may be dooming the world's MWC collections to home-recorded television reruns only.
In all likelyhood this show, and every show that was ever sucsessfull, will eventually come out in season by season sets.
But for now this is what we get (and Most Outrageous Volume 2 is in the works as I write this).
As for the disc itself, it does feature very little, but the episodes themselves are well picked. They are some of the greatest, funniest MWC episodes ever. I will at least give the DVD that.
You'll just have to decided for yourself about this purchase.
Because I am a lunatic for this show I will likely buy it as soon as it becomes available. I hate to be a tool of corperate opression, but I cannot resist MWC memorabilia. The show means too much to me, I am at it's command.
Three stars because it's MWC (which always deserves ten stars) but it's just a stupid collection (one star) when the fans and the series deserve more respect.
Rating:
Summary: season series would be nice....
Review: But this is one of the greates shows ever. They did a good job picking the episodes, I love " You better shop around " parts 1 and 2. It would have also been nice for them to include some special features. So this is not what we really wanted, but if you've got the [$$$], it's definitely worth it. I didn't feel like waiting for the season sets to come out, considering that if these don't sell well we might never even see season sets.
Rating: 
Summary: "Ah, home sweet hell!"
Review: First I'd like to say that I certainly understand why all the low ratings for this DVD. The stars don't go towards the show itself, but more towards the fact that this isn't a complete season and a lot of people were hoping for that. I understand and I admit I'm disappointed as well. However, I love the show and have absolutely no problem getting these DVDs for the meantime until they finally (and I know they will at some point) release the entire seasons. Despite the obvious complaints, I was still able to enjoy this collection of Married with Children episodes. This really brings back the old memories, being that I used to watch this all the time when I was little. Now it's even more funnier being that I'm older and am now able to understand all of the jokes. And hey, who couldn't love Al Bundy?? The man rocks! The DVD includes 5 episodes, 1 of them being a lost one that was deemed "too raunchy" for TV. The episodes are as follows: A Dump of My Own, You Better Shop Around Parts 1 and 2, No Chicken No Check, and I'll see you in Court. All of them are funny as hell, but my favorites have to be the two shopping episodes where the Bundy Family actually LIVE in the supermarket since it is a MUCH cheaper way of staying cool. (In fact, I would've paid the price just for those 2 episodes alone!) But they're all great, as far as I'm concerned. And they're not in any order, so some of the shows are older while others aren't as old. The DVD really doesn't have much to offer, other than the picture looking very good for being television shows. There's a few bonus trailers, but even those aren't that spectacular. And, I wished that they would've included a few more episodes. 5 just isn't enough. All in all, the "Married with Children Vol. 1" DVD is a pretty nice package, although it would've been much better if more episodes were included. Hopefully they will start releasing complete seasons soon. That really is the way to go. Again, I understand why the low ratings. The only reason why I'm not giving it a low rating as well is because I enjoyed it and have no problem of buying the complete seasons when they finally decide to release them. For now, these will have to do. If you really want to wait for the seasons to come out, then do so. I'm sure they will eventually release them. If you can spare a few bucks and would like some quality entertainment despite the problems mentioned, then this is something worth thinking about it.
Rating:
Summary: WAIT FOR A BOX SET/UNLESS FOX EXEC ARE JUST TOO ...!
Review: FORGET THIS LOUSY TEASE. FOX EXECS SHOULD SPENT MORE TIME INVESTING IN A MARRIED WITH CHILDREN BOX SET, AND A LESS TIME TRYING TO SELL US GARBAGE LIKE 'AMERICAN IDOL' AND 'JOE MILLIONAIRE' YEP FOLKS THE GOLDEN AGE OF FOXTV WOULD BE IN A BOX SET OF MARRIED WITH CHILDREN....NOT THE JUNK THEY ARE PUSHING NOW...COME ON YOU FOXTV EXECUTIVE ... GET WITH THE PROGRAM!
Rating:
Summary: Hello?
Review: Helloooooooo? Is there anybody out there at Fox? Does fox NOT enjoy making money? Do Fox's shareholders invest for fun? PLEASE PEOPLE, RELEASE SEASON SETS FOR MARRIED WITH CHILDREN!!!! We WANT to BUY them!!! Somebody at Fox needs to be smacked.
Rating:
Summary: A Bundy Fix
Review: Hey c'mon - sure they could have picked different episodes but for those of us suffering from Bundy withdrawal this is a great selection of very funny stuff. The Lost Episode is very good but the Bundys living in a supermarket during the heatwave gets my nod as one of the best episodes.
Would I prefer a boxed set of all the classic episodes..yes..but until it comes out this will have to do.
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