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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780738927589
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0738927589
Label: Shout Factory Theatr
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageUnknown
Manufacturer: Shout Factory Theatr
MPN: 34048
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Shout Factory Theatr
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 720 minutes
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1968
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Celebrity guest stars such as William Holden, Orson Welles, and John Wayne had always been a successful trademark on Lucille Ball's four television series, beginning in 1951 with I Love Lucy through her fourth and final program, Here's Lucy, lasting 1968 through 1972. Here's Lucy: Best Loved Episodes from the Hit TV Series is a best-of package with an emphasis on celebrity-driven stories starring the likes of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Benny, Ginger Rogers, and Milton Berle. The anthology has been compiled by Ball's two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., who co-starred on the show as Kim and Craig Carter, adolescent daughter and son of Ball's character, widow Lucille Carter. The Arnaz offspring are all over this set in a very charming way, offering brief comments once you select a title to watch as well as optional, extended commentary on every episode. They're also personally involved in a couple of many, delightful extra features, including a 1974 sketch from a live charity event in which Lucie and Desi Jr. played their parents in a scene from I Love Lucy.
Most of the programs in Best Loved Episodes feature one or another show-business legend, sometimes playing themselves, at other times portraying a fictional character. Among the latter, Milton Berle is a fount of wicked burlesque as a used-car salesman foisting a psychedelicized hunk of junk on Kim and Craig, and Helen Hayes is particularly memorable as a seemingly desperate and kooky Irish tourist who may be pulling a scam on Lucille's brother-in-law and boss, Harry (Ball's longtime comic foil, the great Gale Gordon). Burton and Taylor, playing themselves, prove wonderful sports in an episode where Lucille mistakes the Welsh master thespian for a plumber and gets Liz's enormous diamond ring stuck on her own finger. (The show features one of Ball's best bits, substituting her own, out-of-control left arm for Taylor's during a press junket.) Shelley Winters is equally playful as a movie star with a compulsive eating disorder; the slender Lucille is pressed into service as a watchdog over Winters's appetite. I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance has two welcome appearances as old friend Viv (both episodes make excellent use of Gordon's trademark powers of exasperation), and Jack Benny plays himself twice, once in a touching, funny episode in which he and Ball play people from different chapters of Benny's life. These old pros from radio, stage, and the Golden Age of Hollywood never lost a step. --Tom Keogh
Description:
Lucille Ball, her children and her famous friends delight in this hit TV series!
Here's Lucy, which ran on CBS from 1968-1974, was the fourth hit TV show starring the most beloved comedienne of her time - the immortal Lucille Ball. In this series, Lucy's first that ran from beginning to end in full-color with her trademark hair shining bright, she plays Lucy Carter, a widow raising two teenaged children played by her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
These 24 episodes (hand-picked by Lucie and Desi Jr.) of Here's Lucy are packed with Ball's trademark slapstick comedy, but it's her guests that make this a classic TV experience. Stars like Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Carol Burnett, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Carson, Milton Berle and Jack Benny are characters in her humorous adventures. Musical talent like Ann-Margret, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Wayne Newton offer memorable performances within the story.
So sit back and enjoy! You have front row seats for the wild, star-studded comedy of a genuine TV treasure.
PACKED WITH EXTRAS!
- Commentary by Lucie Arnaz, Desi Jr. and Carol Burnett on their favorite episodes
- Never-before-seen bloopers
- Rehearsal footage
- Sketch from a Jack Benny television special with Lucy, Jack and Johnny Carson
- Sketch from an Ann-Margret television special featuring Lucy and Ann-Margret
- Audience warm-up with Lucy's husband and the show's executive producer, Gary Morton
- A classic Pepsodent commercial with commentary
- The original CBS network promos
- The "Here's Lucy" syndication sales tape
- Footage from a benefit dinner where Lucie and Desi Jr. play their parents in an I Love Lucy sketch.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This set of selected episodes of "Here's Lucy" (which ran from 1968-1974) is amazing. Not only do we get a lot of fun, uncut episodes of the series, we get a lot of extras as well. My only real beef, which I will mention early, is that some of the outtakes have raw language. Particularly the Jack Benny outtake in which he uses God's name inappropriately. If you are showing this DVD set to your kids (or anyone else for that matter), beware of this material.
"Here's Lucy" is not of ... Read More
Rating:  -
I bought this compilation to relive a memory from my childhood. I was 7 When The Lucy Show came to the U.S.Air Force Academy to film a 2-part episode which is included on this compilation. The first thing that struck us, was the clarity and vividness of the color when watched on a HD wide screen tv. It looked as if it was filmed today. Not bad for a late 60's DVD. I will have fun watching the remaining episodes. (4-DVD Set) There are many celebrities of the day on these episodes. The running commentary ... Read More
Rating:  -
I've looked forward to the release of "Here's Lucy" for some time now, and last week I learned that the first full season of the series will be released this summer by MPI Home Video. When I purchased the "Best of Here's Lucy" in 2004, my desire to see the series again was driven more by nostalgia than anything else. The opening credits in my opinion, still rank among the best in television history, but for too many episodes, it's quickly down hill from there. As many have already commented, Lucille Ball ... Read More
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This DVD set is of excellent quality - great picture and sound and all the extras are wonderful to see. I enjoy watching the episodes with the concurrent commentary -- particularly the comments of Lucie Arnaz (Desi comes off as a bit of an airhead - mostly commenting on Lucie's comments or saying something irrelevant). Unfortunately (and sadly) the episodes by themselves are difficult to get through - inane, obvious plots with tired, over-used routines. I was a late teen when this show was originally run ... Read More
Rating: -
HERE'S LUCY is the Lucy from "my" era - I grew up watching this show every week but I don't think I have seen it since it was briefly rerun in the mid 1970's. Lucille Ball has been one of my favorites all my life but I didn't even see an I LOVE LUCY episode until I was a teenager in the late 1970's - and I have rarely stopped watching them since. I don't know why I put off buying the HERE'S LUCY set, probably because I bought into that "not as good as I Love Lucy" mindset (what the heck WAS??) but I finally ... Read More
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