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The Christmas TV Episodes

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This a great dvd of five tv episodes: they are1. CHRISTMAS AT THE CLAMPETTS (The Beverly Hillbillies)2. JACK BENNY'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM (The Jack Benny show)3. JACK BENNY'S NEW YEARS PROGRAM (The Jack Benny show) 4. BUSY CHRISTMAS (Ozzie & Harriet)5. LATE CHRISTMAS GIFT (Ozzie & Harriet)A great Christmas dvd for fans of the shows! (Also great for non fans)

This DVD was okay, but not what I had hoped. There are 5 shows: Jack Benny's Christmas, Jack Benny's New Year (rather droll), Ozzie and Harriet's Christmases, and Beverly Hillbillies Christmas. The best episode in my opinion was of Ozzie and Harriet with Ozzie being too busy at Christmas. Very funny. I have that on VHS and liked it so much I bought this DVD when I found out it was on it. Otherwise, the sound quality on the Jack Benny episodes is very poor. I found myself turning the tv up and down with each episode. The Beverly Hillbillies episode was "same old theme", different day. I guess it's not bad for the price.

Coming from England,I took a risk in buying this dvd,not knowing that much about the artists. After seeing Jack Benny in his own show for the first time,I realised how fantastic he really was. His first episode Christmas shopping is the best,turning the clerk (Mel Blanc) into a nervous wreck! Jack Benny's second episode is about New Year. The Beverly Hillbillies Christmas Day episode is good,even if it's just to see Granny trying to figure out what she thinks is a washing machine,but is infact a tv. I'm sure Ozzie & Harriet never aired in England,it's not so much funny,but very strange acting,it's so innocent and wonderful, almost like another world compared to todays teen garbage,where morals are unknown. I do hope someone releases many more Jack Benny shows,and more American Christmas shows from the wonderful 50s.

Having seen the excellent picture quality of the Jack Benny Shows when they went to film in the mid fifties (there were 104 0f them), what a pity that these shows are taken from the kinescope versions - or are they kinescopes of the film versions, its hard to tell. Jack Benny is great in the two programmes featured, but in 2002, shouldn't we get better picture and sound quality. Worth having, but a big disappointment.>