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Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection

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This special set is being issued to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of THE GOLDEN GIRLS. The show ran from 1985 to 1992, earning legions of fans worldwide. An unexpected smash for NBC, THE GOLDEN GIRLS told the story of four older women living together, and happily growing old disgracefully, in Miami. Brainy, self-assured divorcee Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), sultry, sex-mad Southern belle Blanche Deveraux (Rue McClanahan), sweet, simple-minded St. Olafian Rose Nylund (Betty White), and Dorothy's acid-tongued mother Sophia (Estelle Getty), on the run from Shady Pines Retirement Home.

This complete series set sadly won't feature any new bonus content (the only special new things will be a deck of novelty playing cards and the packaging, designed to resemble Sophia's trademark wicker purse). So in essence those who've already purchased the individual season sets won't have a great reason to double-dip unless you really want the purse--which is quite a novelty for the hardcore fans.

Extra features varied throughout the seperate season sets, but here's a quick run-down for those who didn't buy them:

Season 1 - A fashion commentary feature hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers
Season 2 - "Go for the Gold" Interactive Trivia Game
Season 3 - "Golden Moments" montage, "Golden Girls" Interactive Scrapbook
Season 4 - "Top Ten Guest Stars of Season 4" countdown
Season 5 - Audio commentaries for key episodes, hosted by Bea Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan
Season 6 - Excerpt from a 2006 cast/crew reunion Q&A held at the Museum of Television & Radio
Season 7 - "Thankyou for Being a Friend" retrospective with Arthur, White and McClanahan

It's hard to imagine a more perfect sitcom (save perhaps "I Love Lucy"), in terms of how the writing, humour and performances never seem to become dated. It's still as fresh and vital as it was during the original run. How many sitcoms give you serious belly laughs, re-run after re-run? This show does! THE GOLDEN GIRLS will always be in my Top Five favourite sitcoms; these ladies have truly endeared themselves and I can't see a week through without playing at least one or two episodes.

Now, how about DVD releases for "The Golden Palace" and "Empty Nest"? C'mon! I want a COMPLETE "Golden Girls" set!

"The Golden Girls" will always be one of the greatest TV sitcoms ever broadcast on network television. Not only was it a Top 10 show six out of the seven seasons it originally aired on NBC, but it went on to enjoy enormous success in both syndication and cable airings, and the individual season sets sold in huge quantities.

Now, "The Golden Girls-The 25th Anniversary Edition" comes to DVD with all 180 episodes uncut on 21 DVD's along with all the bonus features that were included in the DVD season sets. The bonuses include a great feature called "Thank You For being A Friend-A Look Back With The Golden Girls" and interviews with Bette White, Rue McClanahan, Beatrice Arthur, and Estelle Getty from the Museum of Television and Radio. Unfortunately with this new DVD edition, which is being released to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the series (it debut on September 14, 1985), there are no new bonuses. Fans were hoping the studio would release episodes from "The Golden Palace" that aired after "The Golden Girls" was cancelled in 1992, but alas this is not the case. What you do get, however, is beautiful packaging made in the mold of Sophia's famous purse, along with all the episodes. If you haven't bought any DVD sets of this wonderful series snap this gem up. Even if you bought the individual sets buy this edition: the price is excellent and I am sure this will be a collector's item in time.

One interesting tidbit of information: "The Golden Girls" was the only TV series, along with "All in The Family" and "Will and Grace", where the entire lead cast received Emmy's for their work.

I purchased this and the packaging is really cute.I always wanted to get this series on dvd so when I saw this I decided to get it.
The Sophia purse packageing is kinda large and all the dvds fit nicely in the purse as well as the playing cards.
The purse comes in a clear plastic box with pictures on it and you take the purse out and it has velcro to open and close the purse.
If you don't own the series yet on dvd you may like this for the fun of it.But all the dvds are the same packaging as the previous single season releases.
I think more people who own the series would have bought this if it included the spin-off The Golden Palace and it really should have been included.
Now that I have the complete series it would be nice to have the Golden Palace on dvd.

At last!
We have been joking about it for years and here it is FINALLY!
A complete series set shaped to Sophia's bamboo purse!

All the discs, all the extras in one package!

If the studio included an extra "Bonus" disc with this package then all the fans would be mad because we already have bought all the individual season sets!

We are looking forward to the GOLDEN PALACE Season set as well! Vote for it on TVSHOWSONDVD !

In November 2004, Buena Vista released the first season of "The Golden Girls" on DVD and followed up in a timely fashion as the seventh and final volume graced store shelves in February 2007.

Now, just in time for the upcoming 25th Anniversary of the series' debut, they have put together a deluxe Complete Series set.

Folks, this release is strictly a cash-grab for Buena Vista trying to profit from the untimely death of Rue McClanahan earlier this year, as well as the current (but deserved) surge in popularity that Betty White is enjoying, and the quarter-century series milestone.

While this is a "Complete Collection", most fans have already purchased the individual seasons years ago. To make matters worse, those volumes are readily available at a clearance price-point (around $10 each) several times a year at your local WalMart or discount retailer when they have their DVD blowout sales. Why would anyone pay over $100 when they can buy 7 complete season sets for around $75?

Some may sing the praises of the "collectible packaging" but do we really need something in the shape of Sophia's handbag? It has been my experience that this type of packaging for complete series sets is cheap, flimsy and very susceptible to wear-and-tear.

Only the most rabid GG fan would consider shelling out this much for the other "bonus", a deck of playing cards with each of the Girls' faces on them.

The DVDs themselves contain no additional bonus features besides what already appears on the season sets.

Sorry, but the studio missed the boat on this one. If they really wanted to make this a special release to get fans salivating, they should have included all episodes of the inferior but highly-sought-after "Golden Palace" spinoff and some new bonus features, like perhaps the out-of-print Lifetime Intimate Portrait on all four ladies.

Five Stars for the show itself. As far as this set goes, No Sale!

This is a great deal. Golden Girls is possibly one of the best comedies on Television. The ladies deliver their lines on cue leading to hours of laughter. You will relate to each of the characters, Rose the naive, Blanche the promiscuous one, Dorothy the sensible yet sarcastic school teacher and Sophia the incorrigible yet lovable grandma.

It was exactly what I was looking for. My wife is a big fan and is very happy with the set.

Yes, I am only 20, but I grew up watching reruns of the Golden Girls(mostly with my grandmother). I previously owned all seasons, but immediately sold them just to buy this box set! If you are a true fan and regularly consider what the girls would think of your current situation, you need to get this. Yeah, if you own them, I guess it's the same. Oh wait, except they aren't in Sophia's purse! The purse is even textured and detailed inside. The playing cards are a cute touch to the set, but this box set is too unique to pass up. Great job to whoever made this.

This was the best gift ever The purse is cardbords but really gets the idea across. It was a gift and she loved it.

I BROUGHT THIS AS A GIFT FOR SOMEONE WHOM I KNOW IS IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE WITH THIS SHOW...THUS, THIS GIFT IS 5-STAR