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My Three Sons - Season One vols. 1 - 2

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The early seasons of this show were so good that I would have paid Paramount's price. But Paramount has no respect for a quality show like this, maybe because it clearly contrasts the garbage they create for TV and movies today. So they dumb it down, destroy the excellent work of many talented people, they have replaced the high quality sophisticated music with idiotic sound effects performed on a digital synthesizer. Whole scenes have been removed. Avoid this counterfeit release. Paramount is the #1 enemy of classic TV.
A review on this page that says the music is intact is wrong. The music has been replaced. Verify it at tv shows on dvd or dvd talk or home theater forum. I do not know why the reviewer is trying to mislead Amazon customers.

I would like to state for the record, that I love this show and have been waiting for it's release to DVD for a very long time. The news of it's release made me very happy until I watched a few of the episodes.

The first thing I want to point out is you can find both volumes cheaper than they are listed here together! This 1/2 season set practice (which is an insult to fans) has got to stop! I mean really the studio's should be tickled pink that there is a buying audience for these old classics to begin with. Breaking the seasons into two or more volumes is a slap in the face!

To make matters worse the music has been changed and the episodes are edited! The music used for this release is so bad, it's completely un-watchable for anyone who remembers the original! What's the point of trying to preserve these shows if your not going to do it right!? The fan base for these shows aren't getting any younger and if the studio heads who put this junk together expect fans to be happy, they are sadly mistaken.

I love the show, but I have to say do not buy this sub-par garbage and send a message to these greedy slackers that we will not accept anything less than well transferred shows presented un-edited and with all original content intact!

All we have here is the bundling of My Three Sons: The First Season, Vol. 1 and My Three Sons - Season One, Vol. 2 at an even higher price than buying separate volumes! (Prices do fluctuate).

This is yet another American TV treasure that is being held hostage by CBS/Paramount. Now it appears that they are again stooping to another low by bastardizing the original music as with the initial release of The Fugitive - Season Two, Vol. 1! Check out the story on [...].

Query good people: Why can The Donna Reed Show: The Complete First Season be had in pristine order at a price of $34.99 and yet this mess offered from CBS/Paramount?

"My Three Sons" is classic TV at its finest. BUT, it is NOT an essential part of life to the point where CBS/Paramount is rewarded just because of our classic TV show desires. They don't deserve our hard earned money.

After seeing the review for this product I have decided not to buy this. I only look for complete series TV shows. It is a shame that the studio jerks in hellewood don't have the common sense to give what the buying public wants. We don't need to be spoon feed only what they want to give us.

I, too, have decided not to purchase this item. Why would I want it revised? The original shows were too perfect, and I can't imagine them with different music and stiff sound effects. No thanks.

I won't buy it either - fans need to stand up to CBS. I love this show and would have bought the entire collection (all 12 seasons) in a minute if it was faithful to the music and contained episodes in their entirety. Isn't the opportunity to watch episodes in their entirety and commercial-free supposed to be one of the highlights of owning the dvd's (and justification for the expense)? Why do media executives think fans will by just anything?

This is and was a great show 50 years ago. And it should be priced at a more reasonable rate like other programe of this era. Putting it in a vol.1 and vol.2 isn't going to work for me. The companies that use this Idea to up their profits are only killing their product. Most of these shows I would buy if they only kept the price down. If a product is priced right it will sell and sell alot and profits will be what you want but when greed becomes the high point we all lose so for these companies your cutting your own throat. As well as keeping these gems from the public. To name just a few "Streets of San Fransco" "The Untouchables"and the very good show" The Fall Guy " all have this practice which has killed the production of others.This to name a few their are more. I would have them all if they were out as one unit at a fair price. My Three Sons - Season One vols. 1 - 2This is not the time to have unfair high prices our economy proves this out.

I was all set to start purchasing the 12 seasons of this show until I read these reviews. I want the original music and the original unedited shows. How can anyone improve on that? I don't understand WHY the studio would spend time mucking it up like they obviously have. Did they also edit out any mention of God, church or the flag? There is a reason this show lasted 12 seasons and people still want to purchase it. Don't mess with something that worked! Also, this is the first time I have seen an attempt to rip off customers for a 'half-season'??? What is that??!! Anyone who remembers this show is old enough to see when we are being abused as a customer. Regretably, I have no intent to purchase this show until it is re-released in the original format, no editing, no 1/2 seasons!

I appreciate the reviews offered here, especially the cautions about Paramount's tampering. I was ready to purchase. But, I have changed my mind. See, several years ago, I was lured to purchase a COMPLETE set of MY THREE SONS. The ENTIRE series from the Bub years through the California move and the finale. That's right. Some 50 disks or so. But once I got them, I was unhappy to discover they were pirated. (don't quit reading yet.)That's right. Someone had/has recorded them from TVLAND airings, put them on DVD's and sold them. The price was pretty good. Low $100's for the entire bundle. But, again, since they were pirated, I felt swindled. Then, I came across these seemingly authentic DVDs and was excited. But alas, I learned that they, like some other PARAMOUNT vintage sets, have been tampered with. (Gomer Pyle is another example: season ONE is okay, but the subsequent seasons, which OMIT things like Gomer and Carol Burnette singing scenes, have been tampered with.) So, I'm now GLAD I bought the bootleg, pirated disks and will not clutter my DVD cabinets with these diluted ones.

You will not be disappointed. You'll love all of the characters along with the advertising for Chevrolet products at the closing. Bub, played by William Frawley (I Love Lucy fame) is the best!