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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361226248
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Sales Rank: 6750
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1969
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Love American Style was an hour-long television anthology which originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that also included Brady Bunch The Partridge Family Room 222 and The Odd Couple. Each week the show featured different stories of romance usually with a comedic spin. All episodes were unrelated featuring different characters stories and locations. The show often featured the same actors playing different characters in many episodes. In addition a large and ornate brass bed was a recurring prop in many episodes. Charles Fox's delicate yet hip music score featuring flutes harp and flugelhorn set to a contemporary pop beat provided the "love" ambiance which tied the stories together as a multifaceted romantic comedy each week.System Requirements:TRT: 619 Mins. Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 097361226248 Manufacturer No: 122624
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No "I Love the '70s" party will be complete without this blast from the groovy past, when women were "chicks," beaded door curtains were cool, and Carl Betz got top billing over Harrison Ford. Love American Style was an anthology series of comedic playlets about modern love, some sweet (two shy ventriloquists let their dummies do the talking in "Love and the Dummies"), some silly (a greeting-card writer's romance is threatened by his penchant for practical jokes in "Love and the Joker"), and some mildly risqué (In "Love and a Couple of Couples," a man regards his ex-wife's posterior as she asks of their former marital bed, "Is it still firm?"). A more apt title for this series could be, "Comedy, Neil Simon-style." One of the more interesting segments is "Love and the Good Deal," co-written by Garry Marshall, and which plays like a deleted act from Barefoot in the Park in which newlyweds Paul and Corie look for a new bed for their cramped apartment.
Love American Style debuted in 1969, a year in which the networks started to reach out to "modern people living in a modern world" with shows such as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Mod Squad, and The Music Scene (which anticipated Saturday Night Live with its mix of satirical sketches and contemporary music). Love American Style was hip enough to feature a story called "Love and the Pill" and to refer to Philip Roth's novel Goodbye, Columbus. But traditional values invariably triumphed. In "Pill," a young man tells his girlfriend's overwrought parents that they have abstained from you-know. "That's the way we happen to feel about it," he reassures them. But what we truly love about American Style are the casts. You'd have to sail The Love Boat or visit Fantasy Island to find such a stellar gathering of Hollywood greats, comic legends, TV Land faves, future stars, and unsung character actors with the indelible and unforgettable faces. To name a few: Bill Bixby, Sid Caesar, Hans "Uncle Tonoose" Conreid, Broderick Crawford, Dwayne "Dobie Gillis" Hickman, David Ketchum (Agent 13 on Get Smart), Shari Lewis, Regis Philbin, Connie Stevens, Larry Storch, Paul "Tigger" Winchell, Joe Flynn and Carl Ballentine from McHale's Navy, and Mr. Ford, who shows up as Roger, the boyfriend, in "Love and the Former Marriage." Stuart Margolin (The Rockford Files) is the most recognizable face of the show's stock company who appear in Laugh-In-style blackouts that link the stories. These are hit and miss, but some are blink-twice bizarre, as the one in which a black man reassures his reluctant fiancée, "Okay, we'll raise the kids Jewish." So cue the Cowsills ("Love American Style/Truer than the red, white and blue….") and ignite the fireworks. It's dated, yes, but Love will never go out of style. --Donald Liebenson
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This is quality television. Period.
The main thing I remember about this show watching it as a child, were the small 30 second vignettes, in between episodes. They were very clever for a 6 y/o, but seem totally corny today.
But now, having the attention span to watch the 20 minute episodes, I appreciate the content and overall production of this series so much more. It's simply, well written, well produced and just fits together nicely.
Again, this show is ... Read More
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Some people are wondering about the title song on these episodes. It IS the original version sung by The Cowsills for the FIRST SEASON only. They're even credited on the closing credits so you know its the real thing. The Bahler brothers group (with Jackie Ward and Stab Farber), who sang on almost every commercial, promo or as backups (The Partidge Family is one example), sang the theme from the second season on (credited as the Charles Fox singers). LOVED watching this on Friday nights as a kid, ... Read More
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Such a variety of stars (before they were stars). Brings back wonderful memories of a by-gone era. My personal favorite addition to my DVD collection.
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Love American Style... Honestly this is a show that brings back so many memories of my childhood or at least teen years. But for those who didn't grow up in the 1960's and early 70's, this series, more than any other, is the best document of that era. The premise of the series is a simple one, short vignettes about love that some might say seemed one step above dinner theater for celebrities of that time. Yet there is an endearing quality to each story that remains timeless and entertaining even today. ... Read More
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I really looked forward to watching "Love American Style" since I had great memories of it from when I was a kid. Unfortunately it doesn't hold up with time. The laugh track is distracting and totally over the top, and the gags are of the "set up...set up...punch line" variety. The situations are unbelievable and it's very sad to see Oscar winning actors like Red Buttons trade in their talent for a paycheck. (In Red's segment you could almost hear the director in the background saying, "OK Red. That ... Read More
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