The Honeymooners - Classic 39 Episodes

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Summary: Mr Saturday Night is the Greatest
Review: This is the Greatest Show on Earth - Now that we have it on DVD it is better! The Quality is just amazing. These shows a preserved forever now. GET YOURS RIGHT AWAY - You won't be sorry. And Away We GO!

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Summary: Hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana!!!! It's on DVD!!!!!!
Review: Multiply the 5 Stars by 20 because this is 100% Laugh Riot comedy. This is the only show that I know of that people use quotes from still today. I grew up with the "mooners" and they still make me laugh. No matter how many times I watch them, they still play fresh and original. Gleason and Carney were the comedy team a lifetime. When I saw the DVD one the store shelves I said: Oh, you're gonna get yours!

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Summary: Excellent DVD package
Review: The DVD package I received from Amazon was absolutely perfect! As others have noted, the 5 DVDs are individually packaged with a photo and a brief plot outline for each episode. The photo is of an actual scene from the specific episode and always one which is central to the plot. In addition, each episode is titled ("The Sleepwalker", "The Golfer", etc.)

Personally, I liked the fact that, after you have viewed an episode, the DVD brings you back to the Menu rather than beginning a new episode automatically. I think that I would have a tendency to just continue watching episode after episode and probably overdose.

My DVD package has the 39 episodes in chronological order(from 1-39) with episodes 1-8 on DVD #1, 9-16 on DVD #2, etc. The 5th DVD has episodes 33-39 and also has Special Features. The Special Features(which I have not viewed yet) consists of two items: 1) The Honeymooners Anniversary Special, and 2) Original series opening and closings not seen since 1956. As I have stated, I have not seen the Special Features yet, so I do not know what #2 is but just in case you're wondering: each one of the 39 episodes on this DVD set DOES begin with the little musical intro and the announcer's voice that fans are so used to hearing before the start of the show.

In all honesty, I don't think I would change anything at all about this DVD set. For me, it is perfect! As I have said to my wife and 6 yr. old daughter, I don't think I would want Ralph Kramden as a neighbor what with all the yelling he does, but it sure does amuse me watching it on a TV show! All the best to you and I hope this review has helped in some way.



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Summary: "Hey Norton, what's a DVD?"
Review: Ralph, Alice, Norton and Trixie wouldn't know what a DVD is, but here it is, the Classic 39 "Honeymooners" episodes all in one DVD set. The comedic elements in "The Honeymooners" are priceless. Like Norton sleeping in a nightshirt (nightshirts I heard were even out-dated in the 1950s), setting his watch by the Chinese restaurant, Norton and Ralph trying to "boomph" their way out of the handcuffs, Ralph's get-rich-quick schemes, and much more. I took one star off because of the quality of the DVD transfer. It could've been a little better in some episodes. But the picture is still clear enough to fully enjoy this DVD set of "The Honeymooners," one of the two best sitcoms of early television.

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Summary: Baby, they're the Greatest !!!!!!!!
Review: What more can be said about these great,great shows. They're
a regular riot !. My box set came in show order, the clarity and
sound are just the greatest. I recommend them to anyone and everyone .
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: BEST TELEVISION SHOW EVER!!!
Review: Aside from music no other form of entertainment has brought me more joy than watching this show. I know every episode like the back of my hand. I laughed hours and hours watching reruns of this show and now i'm a proud owner of this outstanding DVD collection which I watch often on my television. This is the only TV comedy show that makes me laugh and cry each and every time. I must be the only fool to cry when I watch this but I love it. It's so sentimental and so funny at the same time that I just can't help it. Anyone who does not like this show is deaf, numb and blind. THis show oozes with humor, wit and sweetness. No other TV show comes even close to matching the greatness of The Honeymooners. Shows like this only come once in a lifetime. I'll keep the memories of it with me forever. If you could only own one DVD movie or program make this set of 5 the one you buy. It's well worth it. For anyone that loves The Honeymooners they should check out the series The King of Queens. It's another great one.

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Summary: Honeymooners Classic 39 Collection
Review: I ordered this for $69.99 supposedly in very good condition only to find out that 1 of the tapes was missing. I think you should not be able to sell this item unless it is the complete set. I mean, what did I pay for? It was not listed on the website that one of the tapes was missing. I will never order from this site again. I was totally misled.

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Summary: The great one!
Review: That's what they called Jackie, and that's what we could call this show.

I'm a big fan of many of the old sitcoms, from I Love Lucy and Dick Van Dyke through Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi and others. But this one is the big daddy of them all. And with a collection like this, not only can you see any or all of the shows, you can do all kinds of fun stuff. Like, you can go through the episodes and see how many times you can find those two guys who usually play the bit roles, Frank Marth (the bigger guy) and George Petrie (the smaller guy). (It would have been kind of neat if they had been the two guys in the pool hall, Harvey and George, but what the hey, the two guys that they got were perfect, weren't they?) Or, with the help of one of those Honeymooners books or just some online searching, you can look for the "goofs," some of which got turned into really funny moments -- which to me is one of the most impressive marks of the greatness of Jackie Gleason and the others.

Regarding the wonderment about why the available versions of the older ("lost") episodes are technically poorer, my impression is they don't exist any better -- we've never seen any better versions on TV, have we? Anyway, while those "lost" episodes are wonderful treasures (fortunately no longer "buried" treasures), they are somewhat disappointing; compared to these great "39," they're sort of just a bunch of people yelling at each other.

An aspect of the Honeymooners that was extra special to me was that it was one of the best things that my dad and I shared. And I wouldn't be surprised if it's been like that for many other people too, because this was a show that cut across generations in a way that few other things do.

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Summary: All other comedy pales by comparison
Review: This collection of the original 39 episodes is worth its weight in gold. Everyone, from my 7 year old son, to my 80 year old father, can't get enough of Ralph, Alice and the rest of the gang. If I could keep only one DVD from my collection, this would liklely be it. The sign of enduring quality is whether one can watch a given episode more than once and not tire of it. I can easily handle seeing each episode every few weeks. Jackie Gleason was the king of comedy. We never cease to marvel at the myriad of facial expressions of which he was capable. The viewer is able to anticipate Ralph's every mood before he utters a word -- the hallmark of a great actor.

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Summary: to the moon, Alice!
Review: What more can you say. The best sitcom in history. Now all yours. And no TV Land commercials to disturb the retro feel.
With Honeymooners and The Dick Van Dyke show, what more do you need in this lifetime?