Product Details

• Actors: Andy Williams
• Format: DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Time Life Records
• DVD Release Date: November 6, 2007
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VKL7DI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,945 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

A smooth and sophisticated singer famed pop starAndy Williams was a television icon in the 1960s.His hour-long TV show ran on NBC from 1962 to 1971and won three Best Variety Show Emmy®Awards. Heintroduced musical guests ranging from easy-listeningvocalists to psychedelic rock stars into the homesof millions of Americans all in living color. The Andy Williams Show featured artists such asRoy Rogers Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. He alsowelcomed pop trendsetters like Burt Bacharach andMama Cass (in her first solo television appearance)as well as comedy stars including Jonathan Wintersand the Smothers Brothers.Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 610583343595 Manufacturer No: 216819

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Brief, January 7, 2008

By	Fussy "ran14813" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

I wasn't expecting much more than just what the title suggested: "Best of" clips of various shows.

But "best of" doesn't mean "after this commercial break" and various other incidental material from Andy's shows.

However, this was mostly a good, albeit brief, time capsule of two shows and an extensive, interesting interview with Andy.

There were two highlights on this DVD: Ella Fitzgerald singing "Lover Man", a performance that was stunningly perfect, and the medley featuring a youthful Burt Bacharach (Andy's introduction for Burt bordered on weird, in my opinion).

The medley with Cass Elliot was flat out cute and fun (what a loss that she died so young). Cass and Andy appeared to have had a blast doing this act, judging from their chemistry.

All in all, this is a respectable DVD, but as others have said, it didn't contain enough musical numbers, and the editing left much to be desired.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Good but Could have been Better, November 19, 2007

By	S. M Thiel "Old-Time Radio Fan" (Grinnell, IA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I did enjoy this DVD. Excellent musical numbers with Ray Charles, Cass Elliot, and of course Andy. There was also a good comedy routine
with Jonathn Winters.

But the shows are incomplete. Sceens have been cut out.
I can only assume it may have been for music rights.
Which too bad because I love to see entire episodes.

I like the interview with Andy. I found it be very informative.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite What I Expected!, November 18, 2008

By	R. Myers (Marion, IN United States) - See all my reviews

First, I am a big Andy Williams fan, and saw about all of his shows in the 60's and 70's and own almost all of his music. I remember this episode well and it was great ---- it was a special of 5 or 6 shows he did in the late 60's before returning each week in 1970.

The problem is whoever put this show together, as well as ALL of Andy's Time Life DVD's chopped it (them)up so badly you can barely recognize them at times. I would bet that most people bought these Time Life DVD's mostly to see Andy Williams sing his 3-4 songs per show, secondly to hear him sing with his guests, and thirdly to see his guests. In any of these DVD's, you MAY get to hear Andy sing 2 songs in total. In a couple of these Time Life DVD's, his guests sing the final song on the cut versions. Definitely not what I bought it for.

Time Life should not have butchered these episodes as they did. I was really looking forward to them but I was very disappointed. I'd love to see them reissued in their entirety (without commercials) which would end up being 45-50 minutes each. Now THAT would be worth buying.