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Summary: The Queen of Comedy
Review: This DVD is a MUST have for any LUCY fan. The 4 episodes it contains are hilarious. In the first episode: "Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her," a misunderstood phone conversation, makes Lucy think that Ricky wants to kill her. In the second episode: "The Quiz Show," to win $1,000 on a quiz show, Lucy pretends to have been married to someone else before Ricky. In the third episode: "The Audition," Lucy trys to get into Ricky's show (as usual,) by going on in place of Buffo the Clown. and in the fourth episode: "The Seance," Lucy & Ethel become interested in the supernatural." Get this DVD or, you'll run home crying: "Oh, Ricky!"
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Summary: Still Building the Series
Review: Volume Two continues the release of one of the best sit-coms of all time on DVD. Included here are four episodes from season 1."Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her." Filmed first, it actually aired fourth. Caught up in a murder mystery, Lucy lets her imagination run away with her when she sees and hears a few "clues" that Ricky may have tired of her. "The Quiz Show." Desperate to make her budget balance, Lucy agrees to some crazy stunts for the radio show "Females are Fabulous." "The Audition." Seven episodes in, and Lucy is already trying to break into show biz again. In a reworking of the unaired pilot (found on volume 1), Lucy films in for an injured clown when Ricky is auditioning for a TV show. Includes their cello vaudeville act. "The Seance." Lucy's sudden interest in numerology and the occult interferes with Ricky's career and leads to a wild plan to save it. While there are some wonderful episodes here, the series gets much better. Part of this is because the writers already knew Lucy and were still deciding how to develop Ricky, Ethel, and Fred. Heck, Fred is missing completely from "The Quiz Show" and Ethel meets a similar fate in "The Audition." This DVD is a collector's dream. The episodes are presented in their entirety, and they look and sound sharp. There are occasional flaws in the picture, but considering the source material is 50 years old, it really isn't bad at all. The extras feature the original opening plugging the show's sponsor (the episodes themselves use the heart we're used to from reruns), info on the guest cast, photos of rehearsal, mistakes in one episode (I caught two of them myself), and two episodes of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband" that got reworked for the show. (These episodes help prove my point earlier about the writers, also from the show, not knowing what to do with the other characters yet.) True, the way season 1 was released isn't nearly as nice in terms of sets as other shows have gotten. But this is still a classic comedy with decent bonus material to make any fan happy.
Rating:
Summary: Still Building the Series
Review: Volume Two continues the release of one of the best sit-coms of all time on DVD. Included here are four episodes from season 1. "Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her." Filmed first, it actually aired fourth. Caught up in a murder mystery, Lucy lets her imagination run away with her when she sees and hears a few "clues" that Ricky may have tired of her. "The Quiz Show." Desperate to make her budget balance, Lucy agrees to some crazy stunts for the radio show "Females are Fabulous." "The Audition." Seven episodes in, and Lucy is already trying to break into show biz again. In a reworking of the unaired pilot (found on volume 1), Lucy films in for an injured clown when Ricky is auditioning for a TV show. Includes their cello vaudeville act. "The Seance." Lucy's sudden interest in numerology and the occult interferes with Ricky's career and leads to a wild plan to save it. While there are some wonderful episodes here, the series gets much better. Part of this is because the writers already knew Lucy and were still deciding how to develop Ricky, Ethel, and Fred. Heck, Fred is missing completely from "The Quiz Show" and Ethel meets a similar fate in "The Audition." This DVD is a collector's dream. The episodes are presented in their entirety, and they look and sound sharp. There are occasional flaws in the picture, but considering the source material is 50 years old, it really isn't bad at all. The extras feature the original opening plugging the show's sponsor (the episodes themselves use the heart we're used to from reruns), info on the guest cast, photos of rehearsal, mistakes in one episode (I caught two of them myself), and two episodes of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband" that got reworked for the show. (These episodes help prove my point earlier about the writers, also from the show, not knowing what to do with the other characters yet.) True, the way season 1 was released isn't nearly as nice in terms of sets as other shows have gotten. But this is still a classic comedy with decent bonus material to make any fan happy.
Rating:
Summary: Still Building the Series
Review: Volume Two continues the release of one of the best sit-coms of all time on DVD. Included here are four episodes from season 1. "Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her." Filmed first, it actually aired fourth. Caught up in a murder mystery, Lucy lets her imagination run away with her when she sees and hears a few "clues" that Ricky may have tired of her. "The Quiz Show." Desperate to make her budget balance, Lucy agrees to some crazy stunts for the radio show "Females are Fabulous." "The Audition." Seven episodes in, and Lucy is already trying to break into show biz again. In a reworking of the unaired pilot (found on volume 1), Lucy films in for an injured clown when Ricky is auditioning for a TV show. Includes their cello vaudeville act. "The Seance." Lucy's sudden interest in numerology and the occult interferes with Ricky's career and leads to a wild plan to save it. While there are some wonderful episodes here, the series gets much better. Part of this is because the writers already knew Lucy and were still deciding how to develop Ricky, Ethel, and Fred. Heck, Fred is missing completely from "The Quiz Show" and Ethel meets a similar fate in "The Audition." This DVD is a collector's dream. The episodes are presented in their entirety, and they look and sound sharp. There are occasional flaws in the picture, but considering the source material is 50 years old, it really isn't bad at all. The extras feature the original opening plugging the show's sponsor (the episodes themselves use the heart we're used to from reruns), info on the guest cast, photos of rehearsal, mistakes in one episode (I caught two of them myself), and two episodes of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband" that got reworked for the show. (These episodes help prove my point earlier about the writers, also from the show, not knowing what to do with the other characters yet.) True, the way season 1 was released isn't nearly as nice in terms of sets as other shows have gotten. But this is still a classic comedy with decent bonus material to make any fan happy.
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Summary: Classic TV Masterpiece!
Review: Well I'm also an I Love Lucy fan and believe me if I could I would buy season box sets but since I know my mom would never let me buy box sets it isn't a reality for me right now but I must say that I don't understand why people are whining and complaining and boo hoo hooing because some I Love Lucy fans wrote that they would like box sets with every episode, I mean what's so wrong with that? At least they didn't say anything bad about the show or the actors! And just because that mail order club where you have to buy one video or dvd a month featured I Love Lucy doesn't mean that I Love Lucy box sets will never be a reality, They featured Star Trek and now Paramount has put out Star Trek dvd box sets and though I admit they are kind of expensive not all box sets are that expensive and so I'm sure that I Love Lucy will eventually get the whole nine yards in box sets because it's the most loved classic TV sitcom and you can bet your boots that if my mom would let me I would purchase it! Sorry but I'm just not a box set hater! Lucille Ball was a comedic genius and Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley were great too!
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