Customer Reviews

The Carol Burnett Show - Let's Bump Up The Lights/Showstoppers (2-disc set)

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

I cannot believe that Carol Burnett would put out anything like this. They sit on a stage and reminisce. Very few outtakes, or showing of best scenes. I recorded the 25th anniversery of CBShow on VHS some years ago, and I thought that was what I was going to get. This is may be a money maker, as so many of us like CB, but this is absolutely false advertising. I unfortunately opened it up and probably will not get my money back, but I warn you, this DVD and Carol Burnett Show stoppers is not worth the postage. I thought this was going to be great christmas presents, no way would I insult anybody by giving them these two.

This two pack set was a BIG disappointment. The old cast spent way too much of the 42 MINUTES!! talking and taking question from the current audience and doing boring musical numbers and not enough of the classic Carol Burnett Show. Both DVDs would have been an interesting Special Feature Bonus track on a complete season DVD of the show. I personally felt cheated and will be careful before buying anything else from CBS/Paramount Collection

I was watching the Tony Danza show this morning and one of his guests was Carol Burnett. Watching the old clips from her 70's show really made me want them on DVD so I signed onto Amazon.com to see if they were available. To my amazement, I found that there are only TWO EPISODES PER VOLUME and very costly!!

I hope they consider box sets with multiple episodes SOON..when this happens I will be the first in line to purchase them. But at TWO EPISODES PER VOLUME AT THOSE PRICES???!!! No way.

Still love you, Carol!

(Earlobe tug)

What a waste! One star is too much.

I bought 2 sets to give as Christmas gifts. One of them was to my mom, which we watched together. Waaaaay too much talk, not enough scenes and not one complete skit!

I bought a set of I Love Lucy dvd's as a substitute gift so one of these Carol Burnett sets will be returned.

Awful!

I expected a lot more given how much material they would have had to work with to build DVDs. I did not think there was that much here or that it was a very good value at all. Disappointing.

I agree with you Filman "The Rose".... Awhile ago I was very interested in purchasing The Carol Burnett Show but they didn't have it on dvd. I was watching "The Tony Danza show also this morning and saw Carol Burnett as a guest and it just made me want the box set all over again so I too came to amazon to see if it was available and to my shocking surprise 2 EPISODES PER DISC!!!!!! :( How disappointed I am.... I guess I will be second in line after you waiting on the box set deal..... wink wink....

...but apparently not yet on Amazon. All 250+ episodes from the 11 years it was on. A google search will turn up the info. I agree however, that this "Bump Up the Lights" edition is a joke. And not a funny one.

I read the plot outline "Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe" and expected 30 minutes of the best of her shows. They just sit on stage and reminisce about old times. The only one laughing is Carol Burnett at all the fools dishing up money for this sad product. AVOID!!

I did not find the complete collection of Carol Burnett on Amazon so I googled it and found in on DVDDonkey. I ordered and paid and no merchandise was delivered. Apparently this has happened to many people.
Be careful.

I was very excited to receive two Carol Burnett DVDs thinking that they were comprised of just outtakes from the regular show. They turned out to be a series of interactions between Carol and her cast and a live audience. Very boring and dissappointing. I loved the show and was repulsed by the fawning fans. Very little comedy.