Product Details

• Actors: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz, Dick Van Dyke
• Directors: Gary Smith
• Writers: Fred A. Rappoport, Louis Untermeyer, Marty Farrell
• Producers: Desi Arnaz Jr., Benjamin DeJesus, Dann Netter, Fred A. Rappoport
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: October 1, 2002
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006DXXT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,040 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The I Love Lucy - 50th Anniversary Special" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2004 Run time: 85 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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101 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I Love Lucy, But Not This Special, October 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The I Love Lucy - 50th Anniversary Special (DVD)

I LOVE Lucy. "I Love Lucy" is the greatest show ever, but this botched special celebrating the series' 50th anniversary was just bad. Who cares what Andy Garcia, Cher or Roseanne have to say? I would like to have seen more focus on William Frawley and Vivian Vance, whose on-screen chemistry with Ball and Arnaz really helped to make "I Love Lucy" so funny. It goes to show you that the days of wonderfully funny shows like "I Love Lucy" are long gone. Not one person in Hollywood today is talented enough to hold a candle to the producers and creators of "Lucy" and this [bad] attempt at a two hour special to celebrate it is a mockery of the show's half century contribution to laughter.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Greatest Show of all Time!!, April 19, 2003

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bob (Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The I Love Lucy - 50th Anniversary Special (DVD)

I LOVE LUCY!! This show was really a big hit. It was bigger than big. In this video they go behind the scenes of "I Love Lucy." They even go to Jamestown, New York to show you where Lucille ball grew up. They talk about Lucy and Rickys childhood backgrounds. This is full of information that any Lucy fan would find interresting if you don't know it already. Its worth the money. They even have celebrities who talk about what they thought about the show with Whoopi Goldberg starting out the video. This is for any Lucy fan. They also count down the top 10 most popular Lucy episodes in the video. Get it while you can. Its worth it!! This is suppose to be the VHS version.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A resonse for "A viewer from Zhukovsky, Russia ", February 10, 2003

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Volker "stubbornemu" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The I Love Lucy - 50th Anniversary Special (DVD)

Read the descriptions of items before you buy them. It clearly says "...with vintage clips from the selected episodes..." Clips does not mean full episodes. Personally, I thought this was an excellent DVD about the history of "I Love Lucy." And guess what, reviewer from Russia, in order to have a history video, you must have information on the actors. This video provides accurate information about all aspects of the show, characters, actors, and the actors' personal lives. The very special part is that they got Lucie and Desi Jr., the children of Lucy and Desi, to comment on the show and on their parents, as well as sing a revitalization of "Babalu." A must have for any "I Love Lucy" enthusiast.