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Summary: Hey NORTON! Hey ALICE!...a Classic Delight!
Review: I am a big fan of classic television shows and I am delighted with all the new DVD sets available today. "The Honeymooners" is one of those classic...must have...shows. If you are not familiar with "The Honeymooners" (better check your pulse), then there is nothing I can say to express the importance of its impact on American society and the comical genius of Jackie Gleason along with his cast of Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph. However, I can comment on its packaging and set up. All 39 black and white episodes are included in this box set. It incorporates five discs in excellently designed slim plastic covered sleeves so storage will not be a problem. The only thing that is missing is the ability to play all episodes on one disc consistently. Each time an episode ends the DVD reverts back to the main menu screen. Regardless, "The Honeymooners" is worth its weight in GOLD.
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Summary: MUST SEE TV
Review: Having enjoyed these classic episodes for over 30 years, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my kids (ages 7,5, and 2) love them as well. After just a couple of viewings, THEY were hooked, and quoting lines back to ME. My 2 year old walks around the house with his arms extended saying "Lulu...Lulu" after seeing the "sleepwalker" episode. This is timeless, perfect comedy, well written and flawlessly executed by 3 masters (Gleason, Carney, and Audrey Meadows). What's remarkable, having seen most of these shows nearly 100 times over the years, is that they never stop being so funny. I had taped most of the original 39 episodes back in the early 80s when I first got a VHS recorder, purchased 2 copies of the 39 when they were released as a box set, and am now anxiously awaiting the DVD set. I expect to watch these shows for the rest of my life and hope my grandchildren will be watching them too. This is a can't miss purchase!
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Summary: Finally...They got it right!
Review: I've been an amazon customer who relies on the reader reviews for years and THIS IS MY FIRST PRODUCT REVIEW. It may not be necessary due to the already glowing reviews out there BUT...This is the Honeymooners the way it ought to be. An excellent show deserves an excellent preservation. I've avoided buying the overpriced "Lost" episodes for years because of the horrible asthetics and little thought given to the presentation and packaging,..not to mention the bloated price point. I've actually thought to myself someday...someone will realize that this show deserves more and boy did we get it. Excellent presentation, packaging, and artwork (although I would have preferred something a bit more innovative in the box itself, I can't argue with the outstanding price). Beyond that the shows themselves look brilliant for the most part. Once in awhile a clip is a bit foggy as shown on TV, but those moments have a certain romance to them that reminds you of the overall improvement that you've aquired for your collection! I've laughed out with each viewing. Do yourself a favor and lighten up your outlook with this outstanding and endearing look at the struggles of everyday life.
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Summary: Baby Its the greatest!!!!
Review: Im 26 and I absolutley love the honeymooners!! when i purchased the dvd set i couldnt stop watching it everynight i would sit and watch 2 episodes!!I highly recommend this set!!Every time norton walks in the room i just cant help but laugh and when ralph looks at alice and says bang!!zoom!!to the moon!! love it love it !!! go out and get it now its worth every penny!! you'll enjoy it for another 50 years!!!
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Summary: The greatest sitcom ever
Review: This is what longtime fans of "The Honeymooners" have been jonesing for for years: The "Classic 39" on DVD! It's wonderful to have all of the episodes in one set, in broadcast order and, for the most part, looking and sounding great.That said, Paramount/CBS could have done better. What other reviewers have pointed out about the pilot episode, "TV or Not TV," is true: the audio quality is poor (it sounds like you're listening to the episode underwater) and the picture is scratchy. The other episodes in the collection--at least those I've viewed thus far--are much better, with sound clear enough to hear audience members shift in their seats (when they're not doubled over laughing, of course) and the creaking of the stage floorboards as a actor walks into scene, and crisp black and white film quality. It would have been nice if they'd cleaned up the pilot digitally, but I guess we should be happy that any of these episodes still exist at all, given how many programs from that era are lost forever. The lack of extras is also noticable. I'm unclear as to why the Anniversary Special has been edited down by more than half--while what's left is still interesting, why not just include the whole special? And the original opening and closing are nice to see, but...that's all you get. No commentary. No freshly produced documentary. No inclusion of other "Honeymooners" material (the reunion special from the '70s, maybe?). Nada. Still, for anybody who grew up watching this show (as I did during its run in syndication), it's the episodes themselves that we want more than anything else. And now I have those. So color me happy.
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Summary: Baby, you're the greatest.
Review: Having been born 24 years after the initial showing of the Honeymooners, I might not be the target audience that came to mind when this DVD collection was assembled. Funny is funny, however, and these "Classic 39" episodes of the Honeymooners are the funniest half hours ever shown on television and the greatest situation comedy of all time. You just don't see shows like this now. Nothing is this well acted or this well written. And nothing is just this funny. This is a husband and wife struggling to get by and they look like it, too. This "Friends" where the cast lives like millionaires. This isn't "Fraiser" where they work in some high-profile industry. Ralph drives a bus and Norton works in the sewer (an "underground engineer.") The Kramdens and Norton are real people and real neighbors. What made the show work so well was the actors. Jackie Gleason owns the material. He doesn't even have to say a word to provide a hilarious moment. Just watch him stew, his face contort while listening to his mother-in-law just prior to his famous blabbermouth rant. Audrey Meadows is perfect. When Gleason sets 'em up, Meadows' Alice knocks 'em down like no one else. Ralph: "The bills will get bigger & bigger, and I'll get less to eat. Then you know what I'll look like?" Alice: "Yeah, a human being." Episode after episode, she deadpans cut down and cut down with deadly accuracy. Art Carney's Norton should have his own statue in Washington DC. A terrific actor playing the part perfectly. Like Meadows, Carney has an uncanny chemistry with Gleason. You really can feel the history between the two characters, as if they've been best friends for long enough to be close friends and long enough to get on each others nerves all the time. Likewise, you get the same feeling between Ralph and Alice as well as Norton and Trixie, who -- played by Joyce Randolph -- is the perfect match for screwball Norton. And of course, there is every else that made the show so great. Bert Weedemeyer, Mr. Marshall, the Friendly Raccoons and Haaaaaarrrrrvy. Every episode has one belly laugh moment and at least a half dozen great lines. I'm buying two sets. One for myself and one for my - Brooklyn born and raised - dad for Christmas.
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Summary: Quality & Must Have For Fans
Review: What can I say about this collection. Each DVD is in it's own case, this I like, as opposed to the 'DVD lock into place' collections. Quality is excellent. Price, in my opinion, is very reasonable considering it is the entire regular episodes and separate cases.
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Summary: "Baby, This Collection is the Greatest!"
Review: Without a Doubt the Ultimate Honeymooners Collection! A Must Have for the Die Hard Fan. No Matter how Many times you watch these 39 Classic Episodes,you'll Laugh out Loud Everytime. This is For Sure the Best Money I Ever Spent. Video and Audio Quality is Awesome. This Collection is Highly Recommended! And Away We Go!......
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Summary: A Good Sitcom!
Review: The Honeymooners is a pretty good sitcom, I had first watched the reruns on some cable channel that was showing the episodes in what they called a marathon and I like that it's now on DVD with better picture quality then that TV station! I like all of the actors and characters, Jackie Gleason is terrific as Ralph and so is Audrey Meadows as his wife Alice and Art Carney is great as friend and neighbor the not so bright Ed Norton. Norton and Ralph are my favorite characters! I highly recommend this DVD!
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Summary: the best collection ever
Review: this is the best dvd collection you will ever find. the quality can not get any better than this. if you love the honeymooners than this 39 collectin on dvd blows any other collection away. i just can't believe how excellent the quality is. this is the one and only one THANK YOU.
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