Product Details

• Actors: Jack Benny, Steve Allen, Burns & Allen, Sid Caesar, Danny thomas
• Directors: Tom Edinger
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Marshall Publishing & Promotions, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00130L19U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,337 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Join celebrated television game show personality GENE RAYBURN as he takes you on a 90 minute laugh-filled trip down television's memory lane to spend an evening with some of the funniest comedians to ever appear on your television set. All the greats are here in this unique collection filled with little known facts, trivia, out-takes, bloopers, and live television sketches as they were originally broadcast. Young and old are sure to enjoy this tribute to these early pioneers of TV comedy for many years to come. This extraordinary collection contains classic comedy routines featuring skits and sketches from 14 of America's most loved comedians and comedy teams from the golden age of television comedy. Great for Film, Radio and Television Classroom use, too! Includes the following: Jack Benny, Steve Allen, Burns & Allen, Sid Caesar, Danny Thomas, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Martin & Lewis, Red Skelton, Ed Wynn, Bob Hope, Allen & Rossi, Milton Berle and Groucho Marx

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This looks like the same piece of junk that was for sale as a VHS, February 12, 2010

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Filmfan (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TV's Greatest Comedians - A Tribute to the Pioneers of Television Comedy (DVD)

Look at the review for "TELEVISION'S Greatest Comedians." (The VHS.) Does the cover look familiar? Read my review
of the VHS. It looks as if they put the same crap on to a DVD. Sorry to be blunt, but it really is
a waste of money and time, if it's the same unfunny collection that was on the VHS.

2.0 out of 5 stars TV comedy, January 15, 2011

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Alexis - See all my reviews

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This review is from: TV's Greatest Comedians - A Tribute to the Pioneers of Television Comedy (DVD)

This DVD purports to be a compendium of early TV comedy, some of which I recall. Problems: some of the most important performers of the era are left out, a couple of minor performers selected are not classics, and the routines included are by far not their best. My advice is to skip this one and opt for the funniest moments or blooper DVDs of specific shows, such as Carol Burnett's.