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Summary: A charming comedy
Review: "The Egg And I," the first of the Ma & Pa Kettle films, is a genuinely funny, old-school comedy from 1948, featuring Fred MacMurray as a city slicker gone country boy, a white collar executive who decides to chuck it all in and become a chicken farmer, somewhere deep in the boonies, and Claudette Colbert as his long-suffering, stand-by-her-man, newlywed wife. Both actors have superb comic timing, and their chemistry together-- he blithely missing her every disatisfaction, she gulping back her exasperation -- is quite good. This was also the first movie to feature the iconic "hick" couple, Ma & Pa Kettle, a Lil Abner-ish pair who went on to make several films together after this debut. I suspect this film, however, is the best of the lot. Recommended!
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Summary: A Must Have for Classic Comedy Fans!
Review: After watching my first Ma and Pa Kettle Movie last year, I have fallen in love with the Kettles. The humour is still as funny today as it was 50 years ago. The four movies are fantastic, very entertaining, And at this price the DVD is well worth buying. If your a Ma and Pa Kettle fan, or a classic comedy fan then you'll love this DVD. I'm even buying myself a derby hat "one of these days".
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Summary: Here's Why it's so Cheap - 1 Disc Not 4 per the Description
Review: Amazon has this set as having four discs. That is incorrect - there is only one. There are a total of four movies on the disc. On one side are, "The Egg & I" and "Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town". The other side has "The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle" and "Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm". Each movie has a Trailer, Scene Choice, Subtitles and Languages. (English, French and Spanish). The trailer quality was ok. As for the movies themselves, I've seen only one so far ("Go to Town") and the picture is not bad at all. Yes, I've seen "crisper" pictures on other DVDs but the pic here was better than I expected for the price. I'm happy with it and would definitely buy it again. I'm so thankful the Ma & Pa Kettle movies are finally out on DVD! BTW, according to amazon, there is a Vol 2 set that will be released on May 4, 2004 for only $13.99. Vol 1 is 108 mins. long and Vol. II will be 326 minutes. I wonder if Vol 2 will have four discs. p.s. I'm writing to amazon to correct the "4 disc" wording on Vol 1 so it might have been corrected by the time you read this.
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Summary: Here's Why it's so Cheap - 1 Disc Not 4 per the Description
Review: Amazon has this set as having four discs. That is incorrect - there is only one. There are a total of four movies on the disc. On one side are, "The Egg & I" and "Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town". The other side has "The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle" and "Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm". Each movie has a Trailer, Scene Choice, Subtitles and Languages. (English, French and Spanish). The trailer quality was ok. As for the movies themselves, I've seen only one so far ("Go to Town") and the picture is not bad at all. Yes, I've seen "crisper" pictures on other DVDs but the pic here was better than I expected for the price. I'm happy with it and would definitely buy it again. I'm so thankful the Ma & Pa Kettle movies are finally out on DVD! BTW, according to amazon, there is a Vol 2 set that will be released on May 4, 2004 for only $13.99. Vol 1 is 108 mins. long and Vol. II will be 326 minutes. I wonder if Vol 2 will have four discs. p.s. I'm writing to amazon to correct the "4 disc" wording on Vol 1 so it might have been corrected by the time you read this.
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: Buyer beware.
These four movies are contained on one two-sided disc, even though it is deceptively packaged to look like a box set.
The only three-star movie of the four is "The Egg and I." It stars Claudette Colbert and Fred Macmurray and is the film that introduced the Kettles. The film quality on the DVD is average -- the blacks appear very scratchy -- and it has obviously not been remastered or restored in any way.
Most important is the fact that the DVD "skips". Whether I got a bad DVD or whether this is a result of cramming four movies onto one disc, I don't know, but my DVD player had trouble reading the disc.
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Summary: Fun movies, bad packaging
Review: Good news first- if you love the Ma & Pa Kettle movies, buy these immediately. They are very enjoyable little movies- corny, unsophisticated,formulaic, but good clean fun. The prints and sound are as good as one might hope for fifty year old films. Now the bad news- and this is really more annoying than anything-the packaging is very sloppy: 1)the films are not in the right order, 2)the second film is called "The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle" on the box although the correct title is simple "Ma and Pa Kettle" and 3)The plot description given for "Ma and Pa Kettle" is completely wrong. These are merely quibbles, though. Overall, fans of the Kettles will be pleased.
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Summary: Fun movies, bad packaging
Review: Good news first- if you love the Ma & Pa Kettle movies, buy these immediately. They are very enjoyable little movies- corny, unsophisticated,formulaic, but good clean fun. The prints and sound are as good as one might hope for fifty year old films. Now the bad news- and this is really more annoying than anything-the packaging is very sloppy: 1)the films are not in the right order, 2)the second film is called "The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle" on the box although the correct title is simple "Ma and Pa Kettle" and 3)The plot description given for "Ma and Pa Kettle" is completely wrong. These are merely quibbles, though. Overall, fans of the Kettles will be pleased.
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Summary: More info please
Review: Had to post a number of stars to ask a question here. Someone should consider not making this manditory. I've been waiting for reviews before I buy. Good to hear the quality is ok. My other concern was whether or not the movies are from prints that have been chopped up for televison commercials, or do they seem to be intact. Sometimes this is obvious, or someone might know the films well enough to know if they are edited. Any more info on quality greatly appreciated. Sounds like a good deal at this price anyway, but I hate to encourage the sort of DVD's I have seen out there that are not the original film.
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Summary: I'd Buy it Again
Review: How strange, there were already reviews (including one from me) for this item but now they're all gone. I'm still trying to figure why this is listed as a "box set". There is only 1 DVD. There are four movies on the DVD - two on each side. SIDE ONE: The Egg & I and The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle. SIDE TWO: Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town and Ma & Pa Kettle on the Farm. Each movie has Subtitles, Languages (English, Spanish & French) and a Trailer. The Trailers are a bit scratchier than the movies but are still in good condition. Viewing of the movies themselves are pretty crisp. Much better than I expected especially for this price. I'd definitely buy it again. Note - Volume 2 will be released in May.
Rating:
Summary: I'd Buy it Again
Review: How strange, there were already reviews (including one from me) for this item but now they're all gone. I'm still trying to figure why this is listed as a "box set". There is only 1 DVD. There are four movies on the DVD - two on each side. SIDE ONE: The Egg & I and The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle. SIDE TWO: Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town and Ma & Pa Kettle on the Farm. Each movie has Subtitles, Languages (English, Spanish & French) and a Trailer. The Trailers are a bit scratchier than the movies but are still in good condition. Viewing of the movies themselves are pretty crisp. Much better than I expected especially for this price. I'd definitely buy it again. Note - Volume 2 will be released in May.
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