Product Details

• Actors: Spike Jones, Helen Grayco, Earl Bennett, Freddy Morgan, George Rock
• Writers: Eddie Brandt
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: August 8, 1991
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300217523
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,317 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh-out-loud examples of the Jones band at its best, December 6, 1999

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Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Spike Jones - Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the best of the Spike Jones tapes, and one of the funniest videos ever compiled, with choice excerpts from Spike Jones's 1950s TV appearances. Jones fans will enjoy the television adaptations of his record hits: you can now see the woebegone horse Beetlebaum, and a new arrangement of "You Always Hurt the One You Love" offers a biting satire of the Ink Spots vocal group. Billy Barty does a show-stopping Liberace routine. There's even a demonstration of drummer Jones's serious musicianship as he and trumpeter George Rock duet on "Minka." It's hard to pick the best sketch because all of them are winners. Picture and sound are excellent.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's What's On It., October 13, 2001

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Steven D. Miller (Sebastopol, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Spike Jones - Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This one (Vol. 1) contains:

1. The Evolution of Music
2. Farandole
3. William Tell Overture featuring Doodles Weaver (and providing glimpses of the immortal "Beetlebaum")
4. I'm in the Mood for Love
5. Minka
6. The Poet and the Peasant
7. Girl Musician Medley:
a. It's Tough to be a Girl Musician
b. 12 Street Rag
c. Sugar Blues
d. He's Funny That Way
e. Wild Wild Women
8. Spike Jones Hits Medley:
a. I'm Captain of the Space Ship
b. Chloe
c. Holiday for Strings
d. You Always Hurt the One You Love
e. Cocktails for Two

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone who knows Spike Jones know this is A-1 stuff!, November 9, 1999

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S. Wampler (Ellicott City, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Spike Jones - Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Featuring clips from the B&W Spike Jones Show, this includes the William Tell Overture, Billy Bartle's famous I'm in the Mood For Love and the finest of all, "The Poet and Peasant Overture" with Freddy Morgan's best comedy. Buy it, you'll love it!