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Great Series
Lucille Ball's second TV Show "The Lucy Show" doesn't seem to come close to her first, the extremely popular "I Love Lucy", in amount of reruns syndicated on television. This is a shame since the quality of the two shows are very similar. In the series, Lucy stars as Lucy Carmichael, a zany secretary working in a Hollywood bank for her stodgy boss, Mr. Mooney. Lucy's less-than-efficient secretarial skills and wacky hijacks frequently infuriate her boss, but somehow she is loyal to him not matter what. The five episodes included in this DVD feature some famous guest stars including Carol Burnette (playing Lucy's librarian roommate Carol), and John Wayne, Milton Berle, Ruta Lee, and George Burns. Like in "I Love Lucy", Lucille's character fawning over the movie stars is very amusing and even though the series was made a decade after "I Love Lucy", she still does much of her physical comedy pretty well. The picture quality of the episodes is not the best and the menu navigation for the DVD is somewhat confusing, but those problems are not bad enough to distract from the shows. While its not quite as good as Lucy's first show, it's still a great show and worth a look if you enjoy "I Love Lucy" or Lucille Ball.

A great dvd
This dvd takes some of the funniest episodes from the series. The Dvd is put together quite well and episodes are taped better than vhs. The only problem is with 1 or 2 episodes it splits for a quick second, but i would recommend to anyone who like any Lucille Ball items.

Wholesome fun
Being only 22 and from the UK I don't remember this show from the first time around, just from the repeats played on cable during school breaks.

Lucy's humor is much tamer than anything else that was on TV 10 years ago (even the cartoons) but you can't help but roll around laughing with every episode.

The first episode starts off slow and the menu is trial and error to find, but you will get hooked.

I've come back for more, but the reviews of the other DVD's has put me off so I'll be waiting till June for the "I Love Lucy" DVD's.

I'd say the quality of this one is v.good though for something filmed in the 60's, I strongley recommend it. Especially the one with George Burns.

'The Lucy Show' Shows Lucy as funny as ever!!!
Oh, these five episodes were sooooo funny! I laughed so hard I was crying!! And Lucille Ball wasn't the only who was so funny, there were also John Wayne, Carol Burnett, George Burns, and the talented Milton Berle.

"Lucy Gets a Roommate": In this episode Lucy decides that she wants a roommate, someone who is 'young, intelligent, refined, and pleasant'. She does find one, Carol Bradford (Carol Burnett). But when Lucy finds out that Carol is very 'shy and quiet', she decides to have a party to help 'bring her out'. * Carol Burnett is plays her part perfectly, making me laugh so hard!! A must see!!

"Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs": This episode finds Carol Burnett again as Carol Bradford. Lucy fakes sickness so she can get time of to go to Palm Springs with her roommate. But unfortunately, Lucy finds that her boss is staying at the same hotel... * Another funny episode, yet not as funny as the first. Again, Carol Burnett will make you laugh!! I especially like the part where Lucy and Carol are getting a tan.

"Lucy Meets John Wayne": Lucy is asked by her boss to deliver a message to John Wayne so Lucy decides to deliver it, personally. But Lucy ends up raising havoc on John Wayne's set. * John Wayne is terrific! I couldn't imagine it at first for him to play in "The Lucy Show" and I admit that he did just wonderful. I felt so sorry for him when Lucy barges into the set.

"Lucy with George Burns": When George Burns meets Lucy, he asks her to be his partner in a vaudeville act, which is an offer that Lucy of course does not refuse. * Also funny, the best part being when Lucy and George Burns putson the vaudeville act.

"Lucy Meets the Berles": Milton Berle is in need of a part-time secretary in which Lucy accepts the job. But she drives poor Milton Berle crazy when the thinks that he is going behind his wife's back while going out with another woman. * The best episode on this DVD. Milton Berle and Lucy had so many great lines and played their part to perfection.

Chris and Brent are stupid
I say this rocks! Lucille Ball is the best acrtess in the world and any thing she is in is da bomb! But you should ALWAYS try to find out what is on a dvd or tape before you buy it. ... Read more

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Complete Season DVD Boxsets Would Be Very Nice!
I didn't grow up watching The Beverly Hillbillies, it aired on TV a few years before I was born and I didn't watch the reruns when I was a little kid but I watched this show for the first time when TV Land started rerunning the episodes and I liked it and I think it is a cute show with some very funny humor. It's great that some episodes are on DVD but even better would be complete season DVD boxsets with the original music included, so please lets get the Beverly Hillbillies on DVD! Irene Ryan was terrific as Granny and so were Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett, Donna Douglas as his daughter Ellie May, Max Baer as lunkhead cousin Jethro Bodine, etc.

Educational Entertainment
I remembered the Beverly Hillbillies fondly-but-vaguely. Watching this DVD collection, I came to realize just how fundamentally good and smart that show was. It was brilliant in its conception and execution. Jed Clampett is the show's moral compass; he is a New Testament figure in his fundamental good-will toward all, trusting, forgiving, and absolutely lacking in any sort of irony or sarcasm. Granny is the ultimate Old Testament fiesty matriarch, whose superstitious beliefs are based on mistrust, fear, and retribution. Ellie May is the Wood Nymph, who most closely resembles Jed in attitude (by way of her heart, more than the moral thinking of Jed). Lastly, Jethro is the the Modern Man, who is driven by ambition, with few thoughts of consequence, who sides with Granny in schemes, tempered by his naive/shallow beliefs in Good Results. As a foursome, they confound the world that confounds them.

Mr. Drysdale and Miss Hatheway provide bookends to the Clampett clan, in the roles of Id and Super Ego, each attempting to direct and/or prevent the family's actions at cross-purposes to the other.

Everything about the show is brilliant, sweet, and silly, with a massive moral lesson hidden in the guise of a goofball comedy.

Buy this DVD and learn what you missed in Sunday School.

An Excellent DVD, with some flaws
20 episodes of the greatest show of all time, what more could you ask for? Well, the theme song would be nice, but it's not a huge deal. Who evere chose these episodes clearly knew what they were doing, "The Gient Jackrabbit" Could very well be the funniest thing I've ever seen. I have never gotten the "Buddy Ebsen Bio" to work, but that could very well be my DVD player.

Garbage
This is a waste of money. A poor collection of odd, forgotten episodes with no original music. The producers of this "classic collection" should be tarred, feathered, and pilloried.

Where`s Flatt and Scruggs
It`s like meeting old friends again.When this show first ran here in the U.K it was the highlight of my weeks viewing. To show how much Jed and his family are remembered when I mentioned to a friend I had ordered this set his first words were "Weeeellll Doggy". Now the down side. The quality is`nt what you would normally expect from D V D but I suppose to re-master all these episodes would be quite expensive. The biggest mistake is where`s the theme gone. When they all appear at the end of each episode in the doorway you expect to hear. "Come and listen to my story `bout a man named Jed". This was one of the most famous themes on T.V. Its like watching Rawhide without Frankie Laine. ... Read more

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From a big Christmas fan
This DVD was okay, but not what I had hoped. There are 5 shows: Jack Benny's Christmas, Jack Benny's New Year (rather droll), Ozzie and Harriet's Christmases, and Beverly Hillbillies Christmas. The best episode in my opinion was of Ozzie and Harriet with Ozzie being too busy at Christmas. Very funny. I have that on VHS and liked it so much I bought this DVD when I found out it was on it. Otherwise, the sound quality on the Jack Benny episodes is very poor. I found myself turning the tv up and down with each episode. The Beverly Hillbillies episode was "same old theme", different day. I guess it's not bad for the price.

1954 shows with 1939 picture quality
Having seen the excellent picture quality of the Jack Benny Shows when they went to film in the mid fifties (there were 104 0f them), what a pity that these shows are taken from the kinescope versions - or are they kinescopes of the film versions, its hard to tell. Jack Benny is great in the two programmes featured, but in 2002, shouldn't we get better picture and sound quality. Worth having, but a big disappointment.>

golden years of comedy
Coming from England,I took a risk in buying this dvd,not knowing that much about the artists. After seeing Jack Benny in his own show for the first time,I realised how fantastic he really was. His first episode Christmas shopping is the best,turning the clerk (Mel Blanc) into a nervous wreck! Jack Benny's second episode is about New Year. The Beverly Hillbillies Christmas Day episode is good,even if it's just to see Granny trying to figure out what she thinks is a washing machine,but is infact a tv. I'm sure Ozzie & Harriet never aired in England,it's not so much funny,but very strange acting,it's so innocent and wonderful, almost like another world compared to todays teen garbage,where morals are unknown. I do hope someone releases many more Jack Benny shows,and more American Christmas shows from the wonderful 50s.

This is great!
This a great dvd of five tv episodes: they are1. CHRISTMAS AT THE CLAMPETTS (The Beverly Hillbillies)2. JACK BENNY'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM (The Jack Benny show)3. JACK BENNY'S NEW YEARS PROGRAM (The Jack Benny show) 4. BUSY CHRISTMAS (Ozzie & Harriet)5. LATE CHRISTMAS GIFT (Ozzie & Harriet)A great Christmas dvd for fans of the shows! (Also great for non fans) ... Read more

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Good Picture Quality - Bad Replacement Singer
I got this DVD set a few weeks ago. The picture quality is very good, but one thing that annoys me is that it is missing the original opening and closing, and the replacement singer sounds irritated and rather menacing when he sings the famous "Ballad of Jed Clampett". Not only that, but they must not have the rights to the original recordings of anyone saying 'The Beverly Hillbillies' on these DVDs - for example, on the first episode, when the original narrator says, "This is Beverly Hills, and here come the Beverly Hillbillies!", the last three words are cut off, and you can hear the replacement yelling "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES!!!" as loud and rather unsettling as possible. I actually recommend the Platinum Disc Corporation's Beverly Hillbillies Four Disc Set more than this, but there are a few episodes on this that aren't featured in that set, and this would be good to pick up if you find it for a good price somewhere.

Heapin' helpin' of hospitality----hillbilly, that is!
This DVD contains four of the earliest episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies," but because these are not released by the copyright holder, the actual open and close we all know is not on the DVD. Instead, there's an Elvis sounding impersonator handling the singing made famous by Jerry Scoggins. Hopefully, CBS will release "Beverly Hillbillies" on DVD soon, so better prints with the actual opens and closes are available. The episodes on this DVD do a pretty good job of showing why the first two seasons of the program are actually among the best written in the history of television. Snobs hate the program, but the writing, character definition, and evolution of the characters all get off to a good start. And the music of Perry Botkin is used in a very sophisticated way to underscore the action on the screen, compared to the music of Curt Massey whose background music is heard on the later color episodes. Instead of using the music to set up a gag or to get a reaction, Botkin's masterful use of music sets up certain motifs for each of the characters to define them. That's something rarely done in a filmed sitcom--if it was ever even done prior to this show.
The quality of the prints from which these episodes were taken is not particularly good. But until CBS releases the show on DVD, this is what you've got.

almost true to the original series...
The first thing I noticed when playing this DVD is that the theme song had changed. Instead of the original put together by Paul Henning it's got some new guy trying to sing with the same voice as in the original theme - and failing miserably. What a shame...

The editing of this DVD is choppy in a few places so the DVD master wasn't proofed well.

Basically, how difficult could it have been for them to transfer the originals to DVD - theme song and all? This would also have been nice for the end song played after each original episode when it aired. That song is not present on the DVD.

Overall though, this DVD is enjoyable to watch.

It's about time you came back.
I'm not sure what Granny and the gang would think of their show being put on these little round mirrors with the hole in the center of each one, but if anyone can find fault with these shows, just go dunk your fool head in the cement pond! ... Read more

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Pick-me Up
This Lucy disk has kept me laughing since the time I saw it. Lucille Ball performs wonderfully as usual in her setting. Anytime I'm down, I watch this disk, and it always lifts my spirits. I can almost recite the lines, but the lightheartedness is catching. I garauntee satisfaction with this movie. ... Read more

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2 GREAT "LUCY" EPISODES
This budget DVD includes 2 episodes from THE LUCY SHOW, featuring the classic comedy duo of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance.

"Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower" - The girls want another shower for the boys' room, but can't afford it. So Lucy appoaches Harry, who pulls a few strings and employs a plumber to install the shower (telling Lucy that the plumber is NOT a plumber and is working for nothing). When Lucy unknowingly insults him, the plumber takes off, leaving Lucy and Viv to complete the job...!

"Lucy's Barbershop Quartet" - Lucy wants to join Viv and pals when they enter a singing competition, though there's only one problem...she can't sing! Enter Hans Conreid, who plays a kooky singing teacher, and you have a classic LUCY SHOW episode!

Highly-recommended.

halorious shows
contrary ro what reviewer keith had to say , you dont buy a movie for what type of cover it has in the show "the plumber" lucy and viv put in a shower to provide more room to bathe in doing this lucy drives the plumber to quit leaving her and viv to finish the job with meamorable results costing over 1,000 dollars to the desilu stuidos i wont give it away then in "the barbershop" dont be confused this is a barbershop quartet which lucy joins .she hires a voice teacher{which if your a i love lucyfan you will recognise he played a english teacher to the gang in preporation for little rickys birth}. anyway lucy gets nevours in front of a live stage causing funny results despit revewier keith please buy this video vhs or dvd

Cheesy production and packaging of a TV Classic
Cheap thrown-together dvd with zero extras and inacurately depicting Lucy and Desi from I Love Lucy days... these "Lucy Show" episodes apparently fall into some kind of public domain status, hence the explosion of ugly covers and cheap graphics from a handful of no-name budget companies. Yeech! ... Read more

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Great Shows, Horrible Quality.
I recently found this two-pack in a bargain bin for five bucks, Being a Lucy fan I snatched it up and brought it home. Well all I can say is that I'm glad I only paid five bucks for it. On the up side the shows are highly entertaining and they highlight an era in television that rarely receives it's due, But on the down side the tranfer looks like it's been pooped on and at times all you see is a white screen with an outline of Lucy. But the shows almost make this DVD a good value, bottom line! BUY IT FOR FIVE BUCKS. Any higher it's a bad value. ... Read more

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I'll second the "poor quality" complaint...
I was also a bit disappointed when I saw the poor quality of the picture in this DVD. It looks like it was recorded off the TV. It looks a little fuzzy and washed out if you ask me. Also what the other customer said about skipping, mine does that too.

However, it's still possible to enjoy if you put the poor quality aside, so I gave it 3 stars.

If picture quality isn't that important to you, then you might be interested. If picture quality is of high importance to you, however, I would probably skip to the next one...

The Lucy Show DVD ... Lucille Ball... Excellent Quality
An excellent demonstation of Lucille Ball's abilities. Some of the best episodes from The Lucy Show. It is in general an excellent series. Highly Recommended. 5 Stars. A+

Not a good choice of episodes
Not as good as I Love Lucy these four episodes of her later show don't do Lucy justice. Another thing is the quality. DVD's are supposed to be of high quality but they used a very bad film copy when they made this. It even jumps in a couple places! I'm taking mine back to the store. ... Read more