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The Lucy Show |  | Actor: Lucille Ball
Studio: St Clair Vision
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 60416
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 900 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: STCDSC88419D
UPC: 777966884196
EAN: 0777966884196
ASIN: B0006A9IRU
Release Date: November 2, 2004
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Product Description
Over 15 hours of lucys crazy antics. Disc 1 contains: lucy the troublemaker. Dis 2 contains: lucy and friends. Dis 3 contains: lucys wacky adventures. Features appearances by: carol burnett george burns robert goulet john wayne and many more. Studio: St Clair Ent Grp Inc Release Date: 11/02/2004
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 Let down! June 21, 2009
BR (Dehra Dun, India)
Waited to watch the Lucy Show eagerly. However, the quality of the episodes, sound and picture both, was a BIG let down. Come on, I have seen videos older than The Lucy Show in better, fat better condition.One wonders why The Lucy Show had such poor picture quality. Wanted to buy more but not anymore.
Regretfully,
BR
 Die Hard Fans Will Get Their Laughs May 27, 2009
Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States)
While I've long been a fan of Lucy's classic I LOVE LUCY, I have yet to see any of the episodes of her other sitcoms. I went about correcting that with this set. The results weren't quite as exciting as I expected.
Turns out that there are 30 episodes of this show that have gone into the public domain. Bet you can't guess which episodes are here. We get two from the first season. Then, Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) and Vivian Bagley (Vivian Vance) are two formerly married women living together to raise their children. "Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower" especially is downright hilarious.
The other 28 episodes are from the fifth and sixth seasons (mostly fifth). Here, Lucy has moved to California and is working as a secretary in a bank for Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon). Some of these episodes are pretty funny, like the one where Lucy gets an expensive ring stuck on her finger or gets caught in the draft. These episodes allowed Lucy to show off her great physical comedy.
The problems with these episodes is often two fold. One, Mr. Mooney was a one note character. He's never sympathetic and only there to react to Lucy. Even then, his only reaction is to get angry at her. It's funny sometimes, but it needed more. While Lucy does have a friend she hangs out with, that friend is usually only in a scene or two as a plot device. Additionally, these episodes are filled with guest stars like John Wayne, Sheldon Leonard, and George Burns to name a few. Most of the time, the guest star tends to take over the episode, not really giving us a decent plot.
Honestly, this DVD set doesn't help. It's rather obvious at times that it was put together from someone's VHS tapes. The picture quality is poor with lots of grain and dust even in the best pictures. The color and brightness can fade without warning as well. The sound is fine, although it doesn't need to be in full surround. We also get three bits of her old radio show, but it really is hard to get into a five minute clip from a 25 minute story.
Since the show is finally being released in season sets, my best advice is to stay away from this one.
Lucy is still funny April 29, 2009
G. Favreau
Lucille Ball is still at her funniest best. If you have seen enough of "I Love Lucy's" classic clips but want to see more great comedy watch the Lucy Show. The shower and ring shows have Lucy at her physical comedy best parallel anything she did on I Love Lucy. Lucy and Milton Berle, Lucy and John Wayne are also very funny to watch. In fact almost every show is great with the exception of Lucy Gets Drafted. Mooney the Monkey is funny if you do not remember that on every other eposide Lucy is not over but underworked. Main Street U.S.A. is a great tribute to downtown America, which was being replaced by malls during the 1960s. Lucy and Carol Burnett also appear together twice for great results. You can sense the Lucy did not mind having guest stars shine on the show beside her.
 Great Choice! October 31, 2008
Jessica Brantley (Dallas,TX USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a great selection to purchase. I am a die hard Lucy Fan and I have enjoyed this DVD since I received it. A lot of reviews say the sound and quality is bad, but my dvd's are excellent. No complaints.
Nice Introduction to the Classic 1960s Comedy Series October 7, 2008
David Bassler (Richmond, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This boxed set from St. Clair Vision includes 30 episodes from the long-running comedy series Ms. Ball made after marriage to Desi Arnaz dissolved. The series' premise evolved over at the years. At first, Lucy Carmichael (Ball) was a widowed mother of two sharing a house in Connecticut with her divorced friend Viv Bagley (Vivian Vance) and her children. In the second season, Lucy took a job as the secretary for stuffed shirt bank manager Theodore Mooney (Gale Gordon) and, two years later, she moved to California with Mr. Mooney, shucking her kids and the rest of the cast in the process. The emphasis was on Lucy's own brand of slapstick humor and frequently featured bizarre situations or first-rate co-stars - and frequently both. These shows include two black-and-white episodes from the first season, but most of the episodes come from Season Five and Six when the show was produced in color.
Episodes included in this three-disk boxed set are:
Lucy the Starmaker (Season 6, Episode 4)
Lucy Meets Robert Goulet (6.8)
Lucy Gets a Roommate (5.7)
Lucy and Carol Burnett in Palm Springs (5.8)
Main Street U.S.A. (5.17)
Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account (6.6)
Lucy's Barbershop Quartet (1.19)
Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower (1.18)
Lucy and the Substitute Secretary (5.14)
Lucy and the French Movie Star (6.3)
Lucy Meets John Wayne (5.10)
Lucy and the Fight Manager (5.20)
Lucy and Paul Winchell (5.4)
Lucy Flies to London (5.6)
Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard (5.22)
Lucy and the Efficiency Expert (5.13)
Lucy and the Monkey (aka Mooney the Monkey) (5.12)
Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding Ring (5.5)
Lucy Meets Tennessee Ernie Ford (5.21)
Lucy Gets Caught in the Draft (5.9)
Lucy and George Burns (5.1)
Lucy Meets the Berles (6.2)
Lucy the Bean Queen (5.3)
Lucy Meets the Law (5.19)
Lucy Gets Trapped (6.2)
Lucy, the Babysitter (5.16)
Lucy Meets Pat Collins (5.11)
Little Old Lucy (6.7)
Viv Visits Lucy (5.15)
Lucy and the Submarine (5.2)
Most of the episodes can be found in other budget offerings, but St. Claire Vision offers the most programs from this series in one spot that I've ever seen - and for a very reasonable price. The audio and video ranges in quality from very good to excellent.
As a bonus, clips of three radio programs starring Lucille Ball are included: episodes from "My Favorite Husband (6/4/1950 and 6/11/1950) and Lux Radio Theater (9/10/1951)
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