Product Details

• Actors: Lucille Ball
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: St Clair Vision
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Run Time: 900 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006A9IRU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,108 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough of Lucy, August 20, 2005

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C. Cartmel "christopherbkk" (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lucy Show (DVD)

As I am the first reviewer for these discs I will try to give as many details as I can to help you decide whether to purchase or not.

There are 30 episodes on 3discs of The Lucy Show, Lucille Ball's second major series. They are divided into Disc 1 - Lucy The Troublemaker, Disc 2 - Lucy And Friends, and Disc 3 Lucy's Wacky Adventures. The box says that the episodes has been "Re-Mastered For Best Possible Picture Quality" but I don't know about that. The picture quality is OK. It seems like it is just as it was in the '60s only being watched on a better TV set than at that time. It is very bright at times! But it is certainly watchable so this shouldn't put you off. The sound is fine.

All but two of the episodes are from season 5 and 6 (1966/1967). The other two being from the first season meaning we don't really get a good overview of the whole series and how it progressed, including not seeing Lucy's first boss Mr. Barnsdhal (Charles Lane) or Candy Moore which was disappointing.

The Episodes -
Disc 1
Lucy the Starmaker - season 6, episode 4 - 02 Oct. '67
Lucy Meets Robert Goulet - #6.8 - 30 Oct. '67
Lucy Gets a Roommate - #5.7 - 31 Oct. '66
Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs - #07 Nov. '66
Main Street USA - #5.17 - 23 Jan. '66
Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account - #6.6 - 16 Oct. '67
Lucy's Barbershop Quartet - #1.9 - 04 Feb. '63
Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower - #1.8 - 28 Jan. '63
Lucy and the Substitute Secretary - #5.14 - 02 Jan. '67
Lucy and the French Movie Star - #6.3 - 25 Sep. '67

Disc 2
Lucy Meets John Wayne - #5.10 - 21 Nov. '66
Lucy and the Flight Manager - #5.20 - 20 Feb. '67
Lucy and Paul Winchell - #5.4 - 30 Oct. '66
Lucy Flies to London - #5.6 - 17 Oct. '66
Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard - #5.22 - 06 Mar. '67
Lucy and the Efficiency Expert - #5.13 - 12 Dec. '67 (also know as Lucy and Phil Silvers)
Mooney the Monkey - #5.12 - 05 Dec. '66 (also known as Lucy and the Monkey)
Lucy and the Ring-A-Ding Ring - #5.6 - 17 Oct. '66
Lucy Meets Tennessee Ernie Ford - #5.21 - 27 Feb. '67
Lucy Gets Caught in the Draft - #5.9 - 14 Feb. '66

Disc 3
Lucy and George Burns - #5.1 - 12 Sep. '66
Lucy Meets the Berles - #6.1 - 11.Sep. '67
Lucy, the Bean Queen - #5.7 - 26 Sep. '66
Lucy Meets the Law - #5.19 - 13 Sep. '67
Lucy Gets Trapped - #6.2 - 18 Sep. '67
Lucy the Babysitter - #5.16 - 16 Jan. '67
Lucy Metts Pat Collins - #5.11 - 28 Nov. '66
Little Old Lady - #6.7 - 23 Oct. '67 (also known as Little Old Lucy)
Viv Visits Lucy - #5.15- 09 Jan. .67
Lucy and the Submarine - #5.2 - 19 Sep. '66

Each disc also contains Radio Highlights of Lucy in 'My Favorite Husband' together with lots of Photos.

In my opinion, a 'must buy' for all Lucy lovers (especially considering the incredibly low price for what it is!). My only disappointment, together with the fact that they were nearly all from the same period, is that there were too many special guests. Too often Lucy takes a secondary and often straight-man role when a special guest takes centre stage (this was definately the case with the 'Here's Lucy' box set which had a very poor episode selection). The best episodes are the ones that pretty much just contain Lucy and the regulars and concentrate on them alone. (For example, the one with George Burns was totally boring as the scripts are often limited in such cases, but when Viv and Lucy put in a shower it is a laugh a second!).

Hope this has helped you decide!

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Huge Lucy fan, but was a little disappointed with this set, January 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lucy Show [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Personally, I felt that the old b/w pre-California shows were the best in this series (the ones with Viv), so I was disappointed that every one of these shows were from the later years. But being the fan that I am, I'm still glad to own them (but hoping they bring out the older ones on video!)

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the BEST collection of The Lucy Show out there!, May 8, 2007

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Brett Heitkam "DVD obsessed" (Lena, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lucy Show (DVD)

The Lucy Show has been available on DVD for years. You can usually find the DVDs in Dollar Stores or bargain bins. Generally, there are 2 to 8 episodes on each disc. I have spent years trying to collect as many episodes of this show on DVD as I could. Scouring these terrible quality DVDs, trying to figure out which episodes I had and which ones I needed, I came to the conclusion that there seemed to be just a small number of Lucy Shows available. From that small amount, these independently owned, far from perfect DVD companies just seem to pick episodes at random to release.

Finally, I stumbled upon this collection and realized that these 30 episodes are all that is available of The Lucy Show on DVD at this point. I purchased this set, hoping that the quality was good enough that I could get rid of my old scattershot Lucy Show DVDs and replace them with this small, comprehensive 3-disc set. Lo and behold, I was right! Out of all the different DVD releases I have found of the Lucy Show, this one is by far the best. Not only does it offer EVERY EPISODE that is available to the public (as of this writing), but it is also by FAR the best in terms of picture and sound quality. Now, don't get me wrong, the picture and sound are FAR from perfect; these public domain episodes will probably never look as good as the official I Love Lucy and Here's Lucy releases, which are pristine. Quality is perfectly acceptable, however, and definitely watchable. Until Paramount, or whoever owns the rights to this series, officially releases it season by season on DVD, this is the best we Lucy fans can get. Check out some of the other reviews for lists of the episodes; I see no need to take up space with that here since previous reviewers have already done it. Just know that the HILARIOUS episode Viv Visits Lucy is here on disc 3 and it is worth the price of the set by itself!!!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ANY REAL COLLECTOR OF LUCY TV SHOWS AND MEMORABILIA. IT IS THE BEST WE HAVE FOR NOW!