Product Details

• Actors: Red Skelton, Art Gilmore, David Rose and His Orchestra, Tom Hansen Dancers, The Alan Copeland Singers
• Directors: Ed Hiller
• Writers: Hal Hudson, Johnny Carson
• Format: Black & White, 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: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Madacy Records
• DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00006FDAE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #87,302 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great set... And a lesson learned as well..., March 27, 2003

By	Nathan Semonik (Worcester, MA) - See all my reviews

First off let me say that I didn't buy this from Amazon.com... I purchased it off of a discount rack at a retail store. Lo and behold, when I get home and look it up I had paid 20% more than I would have if I had ordered it here... That'll teach me.

Anyhow, as for the DVD set, it's great for fans of Red Skelton, and contains just about all of his classic characters (except for the Mean Widdle Kid). The episodes are chock full of guest stars (Walt Disney, Bing Crosby, and Judy Garland pop up in one episode alone!), and the commercials and sponsor's ad segments have been all but deleted from the show (to some a disappointment, but to me it makes the shows flow better)

My main complaint is regarding the picture quality of the episodes. I realize that some of these episodes date back to the early fifties, but more than half of the episodes on the second disc are so dark you can't see what's going on at all! The Christmas episode was the worst, forcing me to turn up the brightness just to watch it.

But, I suppose I can't complain. You get a dozen twenty-minute or so episodes of great comedy, complete with the live-TV screw-ups and adlibs (my favorite being the episode guest starring Vincent Price and Jackie Coogan called 'Painting', where they take turns upstaging Red, much to his chagrin)

I would highly recommend this DVD set, despite its drawbacks.