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Summary: I Love Lucy is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: It is great that they are putting I Love Lucy on DVD. It is my favorite show. Although I was upset that they only put 4 episodes on this DVD because they could have fit a lot more. But the Special Features made up for it. This DVD for Special Features includes Flubs,The Series Original Opening,Special Footage,A My Favorite Husband radio episode wich was the the radio show that started I Love Lucy,Guest Cast Information,and a Behind the Scenes Audio Featurette. For episodes it includes The I Love Lucy Pilot,The Girls Want To Go To A Nightclub,Be A Pal,and The Diet. Not counting the Pilot the other 3 episodes were the first 3 to be aired. I got this great DVD right when it hit the stores. It will entertain people of all ages. Its the best and you have to get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: I LOVE LUCY - the original and the best
Review: I LOVE LUCY makes its long-awaited DVD debut, with fully-restored picture and sound as well as splendid extra features.THE PILOT - Thought lost, this special 32-minute episode was filmed in order to lure sponsors and producers. This episode does not feature Vivian Vance or William Frawley. Lucy decides to become a clown in Ricky's new act. Refilmed later on as THE AUDITION (found on Volume 2). THE GIRLS WANT TO GO TO A NIGHTCLUB - The official "First Episode". Ethel decides to take Fred to a nightclub for their 18th wedding anniversary, but Fred and Ricky want to go to a prize-fight instead. Lucy and Ethel masquerade as Southern hayseeds in order to scare them. BE A PAL - Lucy is afraid that she and Ricky are losing the romance in their marriage. She and Ethel decide to rekindle Ricky's memories of growing up in Cuba, complete with Lucy doing a Carmen Miranda impersonation! THE DIET - Lucy wants to be Ricky's new dance partner in his act, so she begins a whirlwind diet in order to land the part. Featuring Lucy and Desi perfoming "Cuban Pete/Sally Sweet". Starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The DVD includes flubs, original opening sequence, special outtakes, bonus episodes of "My Favorite Huband" radio show starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, and behind-the-scenes audio featurette.
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Summary: TV Land does not lie, Lucy does indeed has "rewatchability."
Review: I am an 18 year-old Lucy fan. I've been watching this show since I was 9 or 10 years old, and my mother in turn watched it as a child before me, and my grandma when it was in first run. This show is that classic, that good. It transcends time, space and the generation gap. These four gems are no exception. I had never seen the "lost" pilot before (well, it was lost, but has been found since 1990 or so), so that was a treat for me. Ethel and Fred aren't in it, but it's still hilarious anyway. It's easy to see all the promise this show obviously had. The 2nd show on the tape is labeled episode "2" when it's really one. They consider the lost pilot "1" even though it wasn't aired till 1990, and isn't exactly part of the series. I'm sure I don't need to tell you what the episodes are about if you're already thinking of buying this, but I'll do it briefly anyway.
"The Girls Want to Go to a Night Club" is about Fred and Ethel's anniversary. Fred and Ricky want to go to the fights, and Lucy and Ethel want to go to a club. It features some of the great Desi Arnaz peformances that we've all come to know and love, plus the slap-stick comedy Lucy is known for. Nuff said.
In "Be A Pal" Lucy thinks that Ricky is getting bored with her, so Ethel gives her tips on how to spark his interest from one of those pop-psychology book list book of the week books, you can imagine the results (or better yet, buy this and watch if you don't already know, lol, even if you do know, it's still worth it).
"The Diet" of course is about the time Ricky needed a new dancer who could wear a size 12. Lucy needed to lose 12 lbs. to fit into it in less than a week though. In the end she does it, and they do one of my favorite Lucy songs, "Cuban Pete." They're so sweet together when they sing that song. If for no other reason that that, this is one of my favorites.
There are only two flubs, but what can you expect, they just didn't tape behind the scenes stuff, and they did the shows straight through a lot, so many "flubs" stayed in and are now just a part of the show.
It's dubbed in Spanish, I have yet to watch it in Spanish. I'm a Spanish major, so I just might. I haven't listened to the radio show yet either, but I may do that tonight. Desi isn't in it, but it should be interesting. They go the idea for "The Diet" from that show.
All and all, a great dvd, very worth the money. Buy these and maybe they'll put some more out.
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Summary: Perfection
Review: People incensed that we are not getting these a season at a time are neglecting to review the product itself. This DVD is SPLENDIFEROUS. The picture quality is gorgeous -- the lighting looks as good as movie stills. And these are complete episodes -- remember that in syndication we have always seen them with bits chopped off except on Nickelodeon (did you ever wonder why the audience was often already laughing when the show started? It was because the syndicated version cut in AFTER the original beginning). We get a whole episode of the radio show MY FAVORITE HUSBAND -- one of the few old radio shows that still holds up for us moderns with minor adjustment. One cannot really understand what I LOVE LUCY "was" historically without starting with MY FAVORITE HUSBAND; what a great idea to put episodes on these DVDs. (Maybe it will help turn LUCY fans on to old radio -- if you love Lucy, there is a lot of, particularly, late 40s radio comedy that you will love as well, and old radio is now cheaper and more available than it has ever been before in this era of MP3 files.) We get the pilot -- complete with the original announcer restoring the lost first few seconds of the voice-over 50 years later! (Why, though, is it listed as 45 minutes but takes up ten minutes less time?) And then also bonuses like an alternate laughtrack over an ending, a clip used for a rerun not seen since 1953, etc. This is the definitive presentation of this show, in a medium that does not turn to dust on the shelf after 20 years. This is very, very special. The truth is that like all shows, I LOVE LUCY took a little while to get its sea legs; I do not consider these first three to be the best of the run by any means. But their historical value is obvious, and here they are for us to possess forever. As for the piecemeal release schedule, honestly, I find getting 20-odd episodes at a time a little overwhelming. I guess it depends on your lifestyle, but for me sets like that are an instant huge backlog waiting to be taken in bit by bit, kind of like a massive book you never seem to finish. I LIKE getting to sample the whole run of this show four shows at a time -- you can see them all at your leisure and maybe even repeat them. It's kind of like belonging to a book-of-the-month club. And as one reviewer said, a whole season set with all the little extras would be a REAL monster. I do have one complaint, though. It WOULD be better if we could see the episodes with their original credits every time, rather than just having the original opening as a separate bonus. (Is it that clean negatives of that opening no longer exist?) And also, what about the original commercials, often done on set, and often by Lucy and Desi? I hope we can see these in later editions. But overall, this is a milestone achievement. One thing, though -- the people who are eating this up would surely relish a similar release of the first three seasons of THE LUCY SHOW. What is available of this show concentrates on the later seasons that hinged on tacky star guests. But these were not good television; the plots are boneheaded, the performances are kindergarten-broad, and the whole show was resting on its laurels by then. The earlier LUCY SHOWS were as good as I LOVE LUCY, especially the first season in crisp black-and-white with lots of Vivian Vance. Paramount and CBS Video take note -- a nice box set of the first season of the LUCY SHOW would sell big.
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Summary: Lucy on DVD.. My life is now complete!!!!!! YEAH!!!
Review: What can you say about Lucy that has not ever been said, Nothing!! I am so excited these DVD's are being released! I hope they continue to move forward and eventually release all the movies in this method. I am lucky enough (or dumb enough do to the money) to have the entire show (all 179 episodes) on VHS through one of those video clubs. While I love having all the shows, the VHS's take up A LOT of room!!! In addition, the low price on Amazon for these DVD's is a fraction of the price from those video clubs offering the same things. You MUST get them here! Plus the DVD's take up only a fraction of the space. I am getting these DVD's to save room and replace the VHS's, and allow me to watch them over and over without worrying about stretching and fading of the tapes. Get them and allow them to be seen by generations to come!!
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Summary: I Love Lucy - who doesn't?
Review: I love "I Love Lucy". Lucille Ball is one of my favorite stars of the 40s, 50s and 60s. When I bought I Love Lucy - Volume 1 and 2, I had no idea how much stuff their was on it. I loved the episodes from Lucille Ball's radio show, "My Favorite Husband" almost as much as I liked the TV episodes. The only problem with this is that it is not the complete first season. I would have liked to have seen it all in one package like the "All in the family - Season One" or "M*A*S*H - Season one or Two". But even for these reasons I give it five stars, because I LOVE LUCY.
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Summary: One Season per boxed set!
Review: I was all excited, and ready to order....Season One...then
realized that there are only four episodes per DVD. I feel
that the entire season should come in one Boxed Set...yes
we will have to pay more...but as another customer put it..
it will save in time, and SPACE. I will not be buying the
set...a few episodes at a time. Too much trouble.
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Summary: Take that Minnie Ha-ha!
Review: All I have to say is IT's ABOUT TIME, Lucy episodes have come on DVD. I really do love all the episodes, BUT I was disappointed that they put only 4 episodes on the DVD and the Volume one and two they jack you because they use the Pilot and episode 6 as two different episodes,(they one in the same). They could of been more generous on giving you more episodes per volume. All and All I hope they put more on DVD.
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Summary: Four Episodes at a time is best.....
Review: I love the first two I Love Lucy dvd's. Even though it might cost us more in the long run to buy only four episodes per dvd, it will be cheaper short term. In addition, it gives us something to look forward to! I'm already anxiously awaiting the rest of season one. A classic television show such as I Love Lucy deserves the fame of being released one at a time. If you are a true Lucy fan, you'll be as excited as I am for the next episodes to be released.
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Summary: Brings back memories
Review: I just recieved vol 1 on DVD. What a treat. My wife and I watched it and laughed until our sides ached. I used to watch lucy in reruns when I was younger and have always "loved Lucy". I can't wait for the other releases to come out. The picture was crisp for black and white and sounded great.
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