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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Volume 1

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"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" lasted for 14 years, but this dvd set includes only episodes from the final season -- surely it would be better to show the evolution of the characters over time. Ricky and David aren't even in most of the episodes, which involve an aging Ozzie bonding with neighborhood kids. The extras are a joke, 4 contemporary commercials, not necessarily the ones used during the episodes, and a biography of one paragraph. Even for a discount dvd, not worth the money.

Ever since the invention of DVD, I've waited for someone to release this classic sitcom. Although I have many of the episodes on video tape the quality was usually very poor. When I saw that this great show was releashed on DVD I bought it right away. But I have to say that it has been a great disappointment.

The quality of these two DVD's are the worst I've seen on DVD. The picture is at times blurred and there are skips in the sound. In one episode entitled, "Kris And The Queen" the sound is lost half way thru the show.

Many of the original TV commericals have been included as a "Bonus" but the quality is so bad I could not even make out the picture on some. Although the episodes are classic Ozzie & Harriet, I can not give this set nothing more then a poor rating due to the quality of the disk.

I hope someday someone will release a top quality addition to this great classic TV sitcom on DVD.

The picture quality of these "Ozzie and Harriet" episodes is certainly not from a pristine print viewers of the show used to see when it aired on network television. But, it's about as much as you can expect until it's released from a master print.
That having been said, please check out these DVD's of this unbelievably loveable TV show. While these episodes all feature a much older David and Rick, the charm of the Nelson family, from Ozzie and Harriet to Kris and June is something so lacking on television today.
Art Linkletter says this show was the first "Show about nothing," which is what most people would call "Seinfeld" The difference between "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Seinfeld" is the Nelsons and their friends are all the type of people you do want to spend hours upon hours with. Look for the hilarious Skip Young as Dave and Rick's friend, Wally, and his extremely funny girlfriend Ginger. Their humor plays like Fred and Ethel Mertz in college.
This is a truly lovable show, and if you check it out, you'll certainly enjoy it.

Feminists attack O&H for its stereotyped roles (despite the fact that they were accurate for the time period of the series). Sophisticates see it as hokey saccharin family comedy (despite the fact that most American families were two parent households for the time period of the series). What O&H is is a simple, wholesome family sit com that was enormously popular for over a decade - and with good reason. It is warm, family-friendly, amusing (though rarely hilarious - the laugh track is over the top), and people could relate to the situations that still seem familiar to most people. It is too bad that this box set concentrates on the last few years - O&H was at its best when Ricky and David were kids and not married. I bought this and everyone in my family enjoyed it.

The quality of these DVDs is not great. The picture is rather wobbly, and at times the sound is difficult to hear. For me it's not such an issue as I've never seen the show in its "pristine" form. I was born after its original run and have watched only low quality reruns on small budget local television stations. What does disappoint me about this set is that all of the episodes come from the show's last few seasons, when it was way past its prime. This show's strongest episodes are in the early years when David and Ricky are children. In the later years the plots get too hokey and contrived and the jokes too forced. The episodes with Ozzie hanging out with the neighborhood children are especially cringe-inducing. This was Ozzie's way of having cute kid humor after David and Ricky were too old to provide it, similar to the Bradys' Cousin Oliver, the Huxtables getting a stepgrandchild and Ma and Pa Ingalls adopting 12 kids. If you've never seen Ozzie and Harriet I do not recommend these DVDs as an introduction to the show--you'll wonder how it ever lasted so long. I recommend this set only to those who enjoyed the show in its twilight years and can overlook the quality issues.

I have purchased these dvd's a few years ago. I was very mad when i saw the price! i thought they would be good ! until i saw what company they werw from > (madacy). the picture and sound quality is very appaling and the episodes have been cut. Also< the commercials are not the originals from the show and the one of the commercials is wobbly through the whole thhing> please be aware when you buy these dvd's. Do me a favor:don"t buy them.

Help! Can someone who owns this dvd, please list the names of the episodes here for me??

A good buy. These shows include a few with Rick's wife Kris and David's wife June, so these shows were some of their later ones. I enjoyed them so much and would recommend to all Nelson Family fans. Excellent quality.

This disc came to me as part of a large, 10-DVD set from Alpha Video called "50s Comedy." The prospect of having a collection of REAL TV sitcoms from television's "golden age" was exciting, but my purchase was a huge disappointment. I won't repeat all of the complaints about video and audio quality that have been amply stated in other reviews. I will, however, express my frustration over the fact that Alpha Video hasn't even gone to the bother of providing episode titles. If you're going to put a product such this on the market, why not do it right?

The other discs in my "50s Comedy" set -- containing episodes of "Burns and Allen," "You Bet Your Life," "Meet Corliss Archer," "I Married Joan," "The Jack Benny Program," "My Hero," "Private Secretary," "Topper," and "Trouble with Father" -- have also been issued singly and are sold by Amazon. Most of these discs are designated "Volume 1" of the sitcom series. Like the "Ozzie and Harriet" DVD, they all lack any mention of episode titles. If you search the Amazon listings for any DVDs offering these programs, watch out for Alpha Video as the source, and please consider boycotting the company's products until Alpha Video decides to extend to its customers the courtesy of identifying exactly what they've bought.

Please can someone who has this disc please list the episodes for us? Thanks, Norm