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The Best of I Love Lucy Collection (Volumes 1 and 2) [VHS]

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Wow! I preordered this video and watched it immediately when I got it. This set has the follwing episodes (voted on by Lucy fans all over the internet): Lucy Does A TV Commercial (Vitameatavegamin), Lucy's Italian Movie(grape vat), Lucy Does the Tango(crushed chick eggs), The Freezer, Harpo Marx, Job Switching(Chocolate factory), L.A. At Last!(William Holden and the Putty Nose), The Ballet("Slowly I Turn"), And Ethel's Hometown. All of these episodes are very, very funny and memorable.Any Lucy fan should own this collection.

I taped a lot of the "I Love Lucy" episodes but i wanted them without the commercials so i bought this collection. The only bad thing about this, is that all the episodes are edited, even more so than they are on TV. I really don't know why because they had enough room to fit all the episodes on the 2 tapes(I will never understand those darn editors). Your better off just tapeing the episodes and stop recording when commercials come on. If they didn't edit the episodes as much as they did, i would have given this item 5 stars.
As for the bonus video "Finding Lucy", it was great. It mostly focused on "I Love Lucy" and than a little bit on Lucy's life after "I Love Lucy". It shows a lot of footage that i have never seen before, includeing Interviews with Lucille Ball and home videos! Its a great video to add to any Lucille Ball or "I Love Lucy" fan's collection!

These nine episodes are the best Lucy episodes. Out of a ten scale, here are the separate reviews:

Vitameatavegamin- 8/10- Very funny about Lucy doing a tv commercial and getting drunk over it.

Italian wine vat- 6/10- Not one of my favorites, but funny. About Lucy starring in a movie scene about the making of wine by crushing grapes in a vat.

Crushing the eggs- 9/10- Hilarious. About Lucy and Ethel sneaking eggs out to the henhouse in Lucy's new home to help the chickens cooperate in laying eggs to sell. When whoops! she dances with Ricky.

The Freezer- 10/10- I love it. It's about Lucy and Ethel accidently buying 500 pound of meat for their new freezer in which they bought in a bargain. Ethel stalls for time while Lucy throws the meat in the furnace and gets locked in the furnace.

Harpo Marx- 10/10- In Hollywood, Lucy and Harpo meet face to face in a very funny mirror scene when Lucy wants some celebrities to help entertain her friend Caroline, who can't see a thing without her glasses.

The Chocolate Factory- 9/10- When in the chocolate factory, Lucy and Ethel mess up the place when trading places with Fred and Ricky in the jobs and housework. Fred and Ricky don't have much luck, either.

William Holden- 9/10- Another classic, Lucy meets with William Holden and really gets embarrassed in the restaurant. They she meets up with him again in her own hotel room.

The Burlesque Comedy- 7/10- Lucy, again, wants to get into the act. So she hires a burlesque comic to help her on her Slowly I Turned skit.

Ethel May Potter- 5/10- Not too fun, Ethel and the rest stop by Ethel's hometown, Albuquerque, on their way to Hollywood and it seems like all the people care about is their own Ethel May Potter.

Overall, a very funny video with popular classics. Don't pass this by!

This collection is very enjoyable and contains the top ten episodes, all the favorites. I would like to warn the buyer that they are cut and missing some scenes, hence why I give only 4 stars, but still very funny and loveable all the same.

"The Best of I Love Lucy Collection" truly features Lucy's best moments! In addition to the following episodes, there's also a third tape that features a wonderful biography about Lucille Ball that is nearly an hour and a half long, "Finding Lucy."

"Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (aired 5/5/52)- Lucy schemes her way into doing a commercial on a TV show that Ricky is hosting. The ad is for Vitamaeatavegamin, a health tonic. Little does Lucy know that the product contains alcohol.

"Lucy's Italian Movie" (aired 4/16/56)- When an Italian director casts Lucy in his new film, she mistakenly thinks the movie's about wine-making. To prepare for her role, she visits a local vineyard, where she stomps grapes. But she soon ends up wearing the grapes.

"Lucy Does the Tango" (aired 3/11/57)- Lucy buys a few dozen eggs to put under her unproductive hens, hoping to inspire them. Hiding the eggs from Ricky, she stuffs them into her shirt and Ethel puts some in her back pockets. Then, she has to dance the tango with Ricky that ends in a jumbo egg-smashing collision.

"The Freezer" (aired 4/28/52)- To stock their new walk-in freezer, Lucy and Ethel each purchase a side of beef, not actually realizing how much that really is. When Ricky and Fred come home with beef for the girls, Lucy must find someplace besides the freezer to hide their beef from the boys. While stocking the beef in the furnace, she gets locked in the freezer.

"Harpo Marx"- (aired 5/9/55)- Hoping to impress her friend from New York, Caroline Appleby, Lucy invites her over to meet some of her "movie star friends." When Ricky is unable to have any actors come over, Lucy and Ethel snatch Caroline's glasses away from her and Lucy dresses up as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby and Harpo Marx. Then the real Harpo arrives.

"Job Switching" (aired 9/15/52)- Ricky & Fred and Lucy & Ethel decide to switch jobs. The guys stay home and try to do housework and cook, while the girls go out and get jobs. They land a position at a candy factory, where they are totally inept, especially at wrapping, due to the extra-speedy conveyer belt.

"L.A. At Last" (aired 2/7/55)- On her first day in Hollywood, star-struck Lucy spots William Holden at the Brown Derby. When leaving, she accidentally knocks a tray of desserts all over him. When Ricky comes home that day, he has a surprise for Lucy -- he brought a celebrity with him. Guess who it happens to be?

"Lucy is Enceinte" (aired 12/8/52)- When she finds out that she's pregnant, Lucy attempts to tell Ricky the wonderful news, but ringing telephones and the Mertzes keep getting in the way. She's finally able to let him know by going to the Tropicana and anonymously giving him a note, requesting that he sing "We're Having a Baby, My Baby and Me."

"The Ballet" (aired 2/18/52)- Lucy fails miserably at ballet lessons, but does much better at learning a burlesque act. She just has to deal with an instructor who goes crazy when he hears the name Martha.

"Ethel's Hometown" (aired 1/31/55)- En route to Los Angeles, the gang makes a stop in Ethel's hometown of Albuquerque, where her recent letters have led everybody to assume that she is the one who's headed to Hollywood to become a star, not Ricky.

More than half a century after it first premiered, "I Love Lucy" is still as humorous as the day they first aired. Each of the ten episodes included in the collection were voted the ten best of the series through an online poll and each showcases the comedic and musical talents of each of the primary cast members (Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and Willaim Frawly). Lucy, however, is undoubtedly the star of the collection. Her classic comedy shines through in each episode, whether she is getting intoxicated from too much Vitametavegamin or wrapping candy from a speedy convayer belt. The set also includes many more memorable Lucy moments including their visit to Hollywood ("Harpo Marx" and "LA at Last"), their European Tour (the infamous grape-stomping episode), and Lucy's eternal quest to be in Ricky's shows ("The Ballet" and "Lucy does at TV Commercial"). This collection is sure to be a hit with any Lucy fan and a great way to introduce a new generation to the classic antics of Lucy Ricardo.

"The Best of I Love Lucy" collection is one of the best sets with "I Love Lucy" episodes ever made. This set includes the ten most popular episodes voted by people worldwide. These two videos are avaible in seperate volumes. The first tape is volume one. It features the first five most popular. The first and most popular show is "Lucy Does a T.V Commercial" (Episode 30) Ricky is going to do a variety show and Lucy wants to be the one that does a commercial. She gets to do a commercial for "Vitameatavengiman." It is hilariously funny when she gets drunk while drinking too much. The second episode, "Lucy's Italian Movie," (Episode 150) Lucy goes to Italy during a trip in Europe. She is made an offer to be in a movie and accepts it. The funniest part is when she is in the wine vat. It is hilarious. Third is "Lucy Does the Tango." (Episode 172) Lucy practices with Ricky the Tango. They go into the egg industry and when the chickens aren't laying eggs, Ricky says that they have to get rid of them. Lucy Tangoes with eggs in her blouse in an attempt to save the chickens. In "The Freezer," (Episode 29) Lucy buys a freezer to store meat. She orders 32 pounds of meat and ends up with hundreds. When Ricky shows up with 32 lbs of meat, she gets locked in the freezer! In the final episode, "Harpo Marx," (Episode 124) Lucy's friend Carolyn Applebee shows up in Hollywood expecting to see a lot of movie stars. Lucy imitates them and the real Harpo comes in the end. In the second video, the shows are the following:

Job Switching (Episode 39)

L.A At Last! (Episode 114)

Lucy is Enceinte (Episode 50)

The Ballet (Episode 19)

Ethel's Hometown (Episode 113)

So these ten shows are show in this order and are extremely funny. I give it five stars.

I have watched most I love Lucy episodes many times, and I still laugh 'til I cry everytime!!
This is comedy in it's truest form, without profanity, or off-color jokes. Just pure physical comedy at it's best.
Who could resist laughing at Lucy and Ethel's latest stunts to get what they want and think they deserve?? Or giggling at Lucy's seemingly endless quest to get into show business?? (Can't sing or dance?? Let Vitameatavegamin help!!)
All in all, I Love Lucy is a great sit back and laugh program, that kids today may never appreciate. I wish comedies nowdays were a little like I Love Lucy

I agree with the other reviewer. Why would you buy this collection when "I love Lucy" reruns are on everyday of the week? Plus I was told that this collection has cut out some of the parts in each show to fit all "Best of 10 Episodes" on one tape. It just doesn't make since to buy this one when you can have all the shows by using a VCR. I tape them and my 6 year old daughter loves to watch Lucy everyday. With all the garbage on tv today, I'm glad TV Land and Nick At Night are running these reruns so my daughters generation can enjoy the show too.

This really is the best I Love Lucy Collection. It comes with 3 VHS's. Two of the tapes have10 episodes from the TV Show. Each tape has 5 of the most popular episodes of I Love Lucy. The third tape is Finding Lucy. This VHS talks about Lucille Ball and how she got started in show business and how she ended it. The Episodes in this Best of Collection are
Lucy Does a TV Commercial: Lucy wants to be in Rickys show so she shows Ricky that she can act. She auditions for a TV Commercial called Vitameatavegamin. Well it turns out that it has 23% of alcohol in it. So when she reherses for the commercial she ends up screwing up.
Job Switching: The girls and boys decide to switch jobs to see how tough it is to be in their shoes. Lucy and Ethel end up being fired on their first job and Ricky and Fred end up ruining the girls clothing and can't cook.
L.A. At Last!: Lucy finally is in Hollywood and goes star hunting at the Brown Derby with Ethel and Fred. She ends up making a fool of herself infront of Bill Holding and when Ricky comes home later that same day he ends up bringing Bill Holding with him and Lucy doesn't want to see him because of what happened at the Brown Derby. She ends up putting on a fake nose to disguise herself so Bill Holding wont recognize her.
Lucy's Italian Movie: Its Rome Italy and Lucy tries out to be in a movie called Bitter Grapes. So she ends up having a grape fight with an Italian lady in the vineyard. Lucy ends up not getting the part.
Lucy Does the Tango: Lucy and Ethel buy a couple dozen of eggs to show the men that the chickens are hatching eggs. But when they come home and try to cover them up by putting them in their clothes Ricky asks to practice the tango with Lucy. When doing the tango with Ricky Lucy ends up squashing all the eggs in her shirt and boy is Ricky not happy.
Lucy is Enceinte: Lucy finds out that she is pregnant. So she wants to tell Ricky in a romantic way but when she tries to tell him she keeps being interrupted by the phone, the door, or Ricky eating. So later she decides to tell Ricky at the club.
The Ballet: Lucy wants to be in one of Ricky's shows and Ricky said no. So she tries out to be a ballet dancer then practices a burlesque from a proffesional comic with the famous act "Slowy I Turn"
The Freezer: Lucy decides she wants a freezer. So when getting the freezer she wanted to get some meat to put in it. Well when she ordered some meat to put in it she didn't realize how much she ordered and so decided to sell it cheaper than the other sellers. Well trying to hide all the meat from Ricky and Fred she decides to take all the meat and put it into the heater. Well while doing that she ends up getting locked in the freezer.
Ethel's Home Town: Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel visit Ethel's home town. Well Ethel is very big in her home town and decides to do a solo for the town in a show. Well Ricky, Fred, and Lucy are not happy because Ethel is acting like she is such a big star and doesn't need them anymore. So Lucy decides to have her and the boys stay and be behind Ethel the whole way. Meaning that when she does her solo Lucy, Ricky, and Fred will be doing acts behind Ethel so she doesn't see them. It turned out to be a comedy.