Product Details

• Actors: Sally Field, Marlo Thomas
• Directors: Hal Cooper
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009
• Run Time: 170 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002JYPVS6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,348 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics from TV's Golden Age" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Tis the season to be jolly, and there is no better way to get in the holiday spirit than with this first-ever collection of timeless Christmas-themed episodes from the shows you grew up with, but never outgrew. So forget the Yule log! This year, gather your loved ones around the warm glow of your television set, because you are all cordially invited to share the holiday season with your favorite friends and families from TV s golden age of comedy!

Episodes Included:

* Father Knows Best: The Christmas Story December 19, 1954

* The Donna Reed Show: A Very Merry Christmas December 24, 1958

* McHales Navy: The Day They Captured Santa Claus December 21, 1962

* Bewitched: A Vision of Sugar Plums December 24, 1964

* That Girl: Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid December 22, 1966

* Window On Main Street: Christmas Memory November 6, 1961

* The Flying Nun: Wailing In A Winter Wonderland December 21, 1967

Customer Reviews

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "warm fuzzies", December 10, 2009

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Roger R. Stoffel (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics from TV's Golden Age (DVD)

Merry Sitcom is for those of us born in the 50's and who like to revisit the "simpler" times of Christmas in our youth, perfect to watch an episode or two instead of a long Christmas movie. Some of the ep's create the warm/fuzzy feel of Christmas (FATHER, DONNA, WINDOW), some are throw-away (NUN, GIRL, which don't stand up well to time (and both are the only color ep's in the set)).
Shout!Factory has once again delivered (for the most part) sharp pictures with quite good sound, considering their age (all ep's are closed captioned). FATHER is definitely missing minutes (22:35; possible syndication copy), but the rest (I think) are full ep's (DONNA 25:50, McHALE'S 25:32, BEWITCHED 25:30, GIRL 25:18, NUN 25:51, WINDOW 25:23).
It's fun to see old faces in some of the ep's: Buster Keaton as Santa (DONNA); Billy Mumy (Will Robinson in Lost In Space), Bill Daily (Howard on Bob Newhart), and Cecil Kellaway as Santa (BEWITCHED); John Fielder (Mr. Peterson on Bob Newhart)(GIRL).
The inclusion of WINDOW ON MAIN STREET, a show I'd never heard of, is a nice treat. CBS aired this show (1961-62) between PETE & GLADYS and the DANNY THOMAS SHOW, but it was up against the PRICE IS RIGHT and the RIFLEMAN, which is probably why it only lasted one season. The show starred Robert Young (with 13 yr. old Tim Matheson, but not in this ep.). I do not believe the original airdate given for this ep., Nov. 6, because in 1961 the Christmas season did not get pushed so early into the fall like it is now, and this ep. takes place on Christmas eve, and it is the "warm and fuzziest" and most serious of the 7 ep's on this disc, so I think it must have aired much nearer to Christmas.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Don't Make Them Like This Anymore!, November 27, 2009

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Niagara Boy (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics from TV's Golden Age (DVD)

This is what Christmas is all about, watching vintage Christmas Shows. This collection is like the one CBS DVD put out last year. It is also jammed packed with Christmas mirth. Who can top Sister Bertrille as she try's to make a Christmas wish come true by sprinkling the clouds with dry ice. Or Samantha Stevens convincing a young boy that there really is a Santa Claus. Or Ann Marie forfeiting her own Christmas to share it with a young boy who's parents are working out of town. There is also a 7th Show included on this DVD "Windows On Main Street" starring Robert Young from Father Knows Best, I have never heard of this short lived show but I just loved it. Buy this if you want to see a Christmas show from a simpler time.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Image Quality, November 12, 2009

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Alyice Edrich "TheDabblingMum.com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics from TV's Golden Age (DVD)

If you don't mind black and white shows, you'll enjoy this set of classic television Christmas shows. I really enjoyed the simple, yet heartwarming stories each episode presented. It's a far cry from the comic, slapstick antics of today's sitcoms. The sound and image quilaty was good which I was extremely happy about!