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Summary: A "I LOVE LUCY" fans DREAM COME TRUE!!!
Review: For all of us, young and old who LOVE LUCY this new DVD set looks to be, the beginning anyway,of a dream come true! As any true LUCY fan will notice, the episodes are being released in the ORDER of their ORIGINAL AIRDATES! That is fantastic! Better yet all the episodes,except the PILOT episode have never been released on video before, unless you paid the big bucks to get them through the ... club! Besides getting these treasured episodes, fans have also been rewarded with what appears to be some great bonus material which includes the shows ORIGINAL OPENINGS! It APPEARS that every episode of I LOVE LUCY is on it's way to DVD and they are kicking off the series with SEASON 1 VOLUME 1 AND SEASON 1 VOUME 2! HOPE SEASON 1 VOLUMES 3 & 4 COME SOON AFTER! Contrary to some previous reviews, I believe the price is EXTREMELY reasonable. Look at what [club] charges for each DVD in their collection! I can't wait to get my I LOVE LUCY DVD's and start my collection of the best TV show ever made! PLEASE......RESERVE YOUR COPIES ALSO!
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Summary: Unbelievable - Only Four Episodes Per Disc
Review: I was so excited when I found that I Love Lucy would be coming out on DVD. But only four episodes - come on, I now they can do better. I bought The Simpsons - complete first season on DVD for [price]. I am such a big fan of I Love Lucy but I will not be buying the DVD.
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Summary: Best show ever
Review: This is definatly the best show ever. to the reviewer who complained, yes, they could have put more episodes on the disk, but it is only 11 dollars. come on. calm down.I definatly recommend this dvd.
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Summary: Where's The Rest?
Review: Considering how old and popular the I Love Lucy series is, I incorrectly assumed it would have been available on DVD long ago, but was wrong. That's ok I thought, as they are scheduled for June release.
The price seemed reasonable until I noticed that only four episodes... Other shows - most recently M*A*S*H comes to mind - are available on DVD - at a very reasonable price, beginning with the entire first season in a 3-DVD package set.
I Love Lucy has been and will be in such wide syndication for years on television, I've opted to record it on VHS until the greedy studio decides to do as others have done, specifically, package the series by season. Purchasing a DVD with only four episodes is utterly preposterous. Save your money!
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Summary: I Agree With Rip Off.
Review: While I think it is great that I Love Lucy is to be on DVD I
think Paramount missed the boat when they follow the Star Trek
original series release pattern of non season sets.
Still the extra material including original openings will be good. I hope they will reconsider and release season box sets or since the seasons were over 30 shows at least semi season box sets.
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Summary: RIP OFF!!!!
Review: What a rip off! When I heard that Season One was going to be released on DVD our whole family was very excited. But now I see they are only putting 4 episodes per disc????????C'mon! If we can get full seasons of other shows in one package, why not "I Love Lucy"? I am cancelling my order.
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Summary: Lucy... a classic
Review: I Love Lucy is the absolute best series in the world, well that and seinfeld, it has clean humor, and you will laugh your buttocks off (they wont let me curse)
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Summary: Lucy's Still The Best, But The DVD Could Be Better
Review: First, I must start by saying that these are by far the cleanest, clearest prints of "I Love Lucy" I've ever seen, and they sound great too. The restored opening of "The Pilot" is much better than it was presented on TV and video ("I Love Lucy: The Very First Show"), where the missing narrative was provided by Lucie Arnaz. Finding the original announcer to recreate the opening 50 years later was an inspired decision, and although it's a kinescope, "The Pilot" looks almost as clear as the episodes themselves. Also, the few episodes of Lucy's radio series "My Favorite Husband" included on these discs are a real treat. I'd never heard them before, and they are just as funny as the TV series. I hope they continue to include more of these. The extras are interesting, especially when they show before-and-after restoration footage. However, like many reviewers here, I wish there were more episodes per disc. With "The Pilot", 179 half hour shows, a Christmas Special, and 13 hour-long episodes, my "Lucy" DVD collection will reach half-way to the moon by the time they're finished being released. I also wish the original openings had been restored to each episode, instead of being "extras", and the animated act-changes and original closing credits are nowhere to be seen. If restoring these segments was done for two episodes on a laser disc a few years back, and is being done brilliantly on TVLand now, why not on these DVDs? I doubt watching these amusing animations will inspire anyone to take up smoking cigarettes. And how about putting some of the original commercials on as extras? Also, during the radio shows, all we get is a still of Lucille Ball behind a microphone, with a collage of scenes from "I Love Lucy" behind her. Surely there must be some photos of the "My Favorite Husband" cast that could be shown, perhaps as a slide show, during the episodes (still, I guess it's better than staring at a radio as the original listeners did!). Nevertheless, despite my disappointments, I will continue to buy these as they come out, and have already pre-ordered Volumes 3 and 4. I never get tired of watching "I Love Lucy", and, in the final analysis, it's the shows themselves--the best sitcom ever made--that I am collecting here, everything else is just gravy.
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Summary: I Love Lucy,Digitally Remastered, Lots of Extras now on DVD!
Review: Paramount Pictures & CBS Broadcasting bring us "I Love Lucy" to DVD digitally remastered with lots of Extra Features. This DVD series was done perfectly with detailed background information about the show. Each DVD includes 4 episodes in chronological order with picture & sound flawlessly reproduced! So clear, you feel your watching it live through Black & White glasses. Each DVD will include; 4 episodes in B/W Standard Full Screen, with Dolby Digital sound. Lots of extras; episode flubs, Original series opener, Radio Show Broadcasts, Guest Cast information & Behind the Scenes audio featurettes. This Original "I Love Lucy" DVD series is a must have for the home library. The genius of Lucy, Desi, Ethel & Fred can now be seen again & again at your leisure. Enjoy.
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Summary: Where it All Began
Review: I Love Lucy is a television classic. 50 years old, and it still plays daily on TV and is loved by millions. This DVD features the first four episodes of the classic show starting with the pilot that was found in the early 90's. In addition, it presents the first 3 episodes to air in the fall of 1951 on CBS. Fans of the show will love this disc. The sound and picture are great. Every episode is broken down into several chapters, including a separate chapter for the musical sequence. There are plenty of extras as well, including an episode of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband" and an excerpt from Jess Oppenheimer's book on the creation of the show. Like many TV shows, the first episodes aren't the strongest. Lucy is the only character fully developed at this point with the other three delivering straight lines. Still, there are several good laugh an episode. It would be nice if the show were being released in season, or even half season sets. But this certainly isn't settling for second best since it's a great DVD.
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