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Summary: great.
Review: finally! i haven't bought this box set, but i've been buying them all individually. overstock.com has this box set for $73.00. don't pay the $100 at amazon.
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Summary: Will not buy.
Review: Worth $40 list price with 4 discs.
The Carol Burnett, Judy Garland cult fans should balk at paying the real price. It is only by boycotting the prices and sloppy sets (transfers, packaging and so on) and then e-mailing the responsible people that things can change.
Please do not make heads of Viacom and Lucy Arnaz rich off other people's work until they stop the greed and honor
Lucy.
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Summary: Stop crying!!!
Review: I am sick and tired of all of the crying of this excellent DVD set. No one ever mentions the excellent picture and sound transfer. They did an excellent job with these transfers and I hope to see the second season come out soon. That is if the company will release them since all of the crying of the first Season release. Be happy they are out. I have been waiting for years for the original Fugitive Tv series, the Batman Tv series form the 60's, and The Green Hornet complete season to be released on DVD and you know what, I am still waiting! At least some one had sense enough to release the I Love Lucy season one no matter how may DVD's it took. Get a life! Tell the good things about this release and hope they release the remaining seasons and stop crying about the amount of DVD's and price. You knew they were being released like this, no one forced you to buy them. So stop crying and be happy you have them!
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Summary: Shop around!
Review: We love Lucy, but this one gets a few stars deducted because....(1) The studio really cheaped out on this deal. If you have already bought the individual volumes please be aware that you are getting NOTHING EXTRA! (2) If you are going to just repackage old stock, at least go to the trouble of opening the old ones and put them in a new shelf space saving package. This effort can be summed up in....."Let's make a cardboard slipcase for the volumes #1 through #9 that we haven't moved, and call it 'The Complete First Season'". (3) Some have pointed out the Amazon overpricing on this item, and I'll echo that. I got mine for $69.97 elsewhere (at a LOCAL retailer).
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Summary: Don't buy this at Amazon
Review: The one star is because Amazon is overpriced! Buy this at Barnesandnoble.com. It only costs $69.98! Still kind of high but if you buy each volume separately it will cost you much more! This is worth having for all you Lucy Lovers!
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Summary: BEST EVER! BUT CHEAPER OTHER PLACES
Review: this is my favorite show of all time and any1 of all ages will enjoy it. at barnesandnoble.com they are selling it for only $65 which is much cheaper than amazons. hope you all enjoy it.
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Summary: We are a whiny bunch, aren't we?
Review: It's not that bad, really. Why would Paramound simply package the nine discs that had previously been sold seperately rather than consolidate the episodes with new extras? Maybe so that fans who had already bought 2 or 3 or 8 of the individual DVDs wouldn't miss anything by simply buying the rest of the individual DVDs and not the entire season again. I know that if I had bought 7 DVDs individually (for $15 each) and then found out that the season set would contain extras, and I would have to shell out $100 for just 2 DVDs worth of episodes and the extras, I would be very upset.
The reason for the high cost of this set compared to other series' sets? I LOVE LUCY is much, much more valuable; possibly (probably) the most valuable TV series in history. More than 50 years after its start, it's still on cable almost every day. 50 years from now people will still love I LOVE LUCY, while few of today's shows will be of much interest. The value of the series makes it impossible to offer it for prices comparable to other series.
It may take a while for all the episodes to be released, but very few series are released on any faster schedule. And although DVDs may be passé by that time, two things are true: First, the DVDs will last for a lot longer than anything used before them. Second, the quality on these discs is just about as high as is possible due to the quality of the source. TV shows weren't taped at anything better than DVD quality until just the last few years.
If it's too big for you, or too expensive, watch TVLand. If you want to own the first season of TV's greatest series on DVD, buy this set. If you want to wait for a better version which may or may not ever come out, go right ahead.
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Summary: _The First Season Of I Love Lucy On DVD_
Review: This is the first season of I Love Lucy with all 35 episodes including the pilot episode. I admit it is expensive but its worth it. There are nine DVD's in the collection. Each DVD has 4 episodes on it. The episodes include:
The Lost I Love Lucy Pilot-Lucy tries to get into the act when Ricky's band auditions for TV.
1st episode-The Girls Want To Go To A Nightclub-Fred and Ricky want to see a prize fight...but Lucy and Ethel want to go to a nightclub instead.
2nd episode-Be A Pal-Lucy tries to rekindle romance with Ricky.
3rd episode-The Diet-Lucy starves and steams her way into a size 12 to get into Ricky's act.
4th episode-Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her-A misunderstood conversation makes Lucy suspicious.
5th episode-The Quiz Show-To win $1,000, Lucy pretends to have been married to someone else inorder to win the money.
6th episode-The Audition-Lucy clowns it up as Buffo the Clown to get into Rickys act.
7th episode-The Seance-Lucy and Ethel become interested in the supernatural.
8th episode-Men Are Messy-Ricky throws his clothes everywhere making Lucy upset so they split the room in half.
9th episode-The Fur Coat-Lucy thinks Ricky has given her the ultimate gift, a fur coat. Only thing is, is that he rented it and has to give it back.
10th episode-Lucy Is Jealous Of Girl Singer-Lucy disrupts a chorus line in one of Rickys act to get the girl away from Ricky.
11th episode-Drafted-Lucy and Ethel are convinced their husbands are headed for the service.
12th episode-The Adagio-Lucy gets a dancing lesson from Fred.
13th episode-The Benefit-Lucy and Ricky perform a classic vaudeville routine for the benefit.
14th episode-The Amateur Hour-Lucy gets more than she bargained for while babysitting.
15th episode-Lucy Plays Cupid-Lucy tries to get an old couple together but instead it backfires on her.
16th episode-Lucy Fakes Illness-Ricky brings home an actor to play a doctor when Lucy pretends to be ill.
17th episode-Lucy Writes A Play-Ricky has to perform with a British accent in one of Lucy's plays she writes.
18th episode-Breaking The Lease-The Ricardos and Mertzes argue and may want to break the lease.
19th episode-The Ballet-Lucy tries to do ballet but instead does a popular act in "Slowly I Turn" at the Tropicana.
20th episode-The Young Fans-Lucy teaches a schoolboy how to dance.
21st episode-New Neighbors-Lucy overhears a plot against the Ricardos, but as it turns out what she overheard was a scene that the new neighbors were rehearsing for a play.
22nd episode-Fred And Ethel Fight-Lucy tries to patch things up between Fred and Ethel but then Ricky and Lucy start arguing.
23rd episode-The Moustache-Lucy glues on a beard for Ricky to shave his. Turns out that Lucy used a special kind of glue that sticks like cement.
24th episode-The Gossip-Ricky and Fred bet that Lucy and Ethel can't stop gossiping.
25th episode-Pioneer Women-It's back to the early 1900's where the four friends have to make, bake, dress, and ride the way people did in the early 1900's.
26th episode-The Marriage License-Lucy thinkgs Ricky and her aren't married.
27th episode-The Kleptomaniac-Ricky thinks Lucy is stealing things and can't help it so he gets a head doctor to help her to not steal.
28th episode-Cuban Pals-Lucy is a Latin Dancer in one of Rickys acts.
29th episode-The Freezer-Lucy locks herself in the freezer.
30th episode-Lucy Does A TV Commercial-"Hello Friends I'm your Vitameatavegamin girl" Lucy Does the famous Vitameatavegamin commercial that Ricky had another girl do but Lucy stole her part.
31st episode-The Publicity Agent-Ricky thinks he isn't so popular so Lucy pretends to be a huge fan from another country, being Maharincess of Franistan.
32nd episode-Lucy Gets Ricky On The Radio-Thinking Ricky is a genius, Lucy gets Ricky on the radio.\
33rd episode-Lucy's Schedule-Lucy keeps holding up Ricky on everything because Lucy takes forever to get ready so he makes a schedule for her to follow.
34th episode-Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald-The title says it all. Ricky thinks he is getting bald so Lucy gives him some bad hair treatment and Ricky goes for it.
35th episode-Ricky Asks For A Raise-Time for dress up! Lucy, Fred, and Ethel dress up as different people to convice Rickys boss to raise Ricky more money.
Get it while you can. Its cheaper getting the full set than each individual DVD. Also there is a bonus area in each DVD. The bonus area has things like behind the scenes of I Love Lucy, episodes from My Favorite Husband the radio show that Lucille Ball stared in that inspired I Love Lucy. The radio shows that are on each DVD are shows that the I Love Lucy TV show have coppied from My Favorite Husband; inspired some episodes. If that makes any sense. There are also special features, flubs, and the I Love Lucy original opening when it first aired on CBS. There are some more things on it too. So if you really think about it, it's not that bad of a price for the special features on it. Also you can either watch any episode in English or Spanish. I got this DVD set for only $68.82 at Sams Club.
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Summary: Lucy Lovers !! Do not pass this up !!!
Review: To all who are complaining about the number of episodes per disc, LISTEN UP ! The more episodes on each disc, the more it diminishes the quality !! What would you rather have? A fuzzy Lucy? I would much rather spend a couple of extra bucks to have a sharper quality, and this is the best I have ever seen it. I have every VHS tape of the series, and nothing compares to the DVD. Plus the tons of extras on each DVD are fabulous. Better to put the flubs, bloopers, alternate shots, on the same disc of the actual episode, as they have done. I am anxiously awaiting Season 2 as for the rest of the series to become available. DO NOT be fooled about some of the other reviews complaining about the number of episodes on each DVD.
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Summary: I Love Lucy...Finally!!!!
Review: I have been waiting a lifetime it seems for "I Love Lucy" to become available in a box set. Although this set only incorporates season one, it is well worth it to any "Lucy" fan. Episodes include the lost pilot, "Lucy's Schedule", "Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald", "The Freezer", and "Lucy Does A TV Commercial"...(Vitameatavegamin anyone?). In addition, promos are added and the radio show that Lucille Ball did prior to "I Love Lucy" called "My Favorite Husband". I cannot wait until more seasons become available.
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