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I Love Lucy: Complete Series (34pc) (Full Gift) | 
 enlarge | Actors: I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley, Vivian Vance
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $235.98
Buy New: $104.98
You Save: $131.00 (56%)
New (61) Used (16) Collectible (1) from $104.00
Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 2309
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 34
Running Time: 5394 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.3 x 2.4
MPN: PARD123434D
UPC: 097361234342
EAN: 0097361234342
ASIN: B000TGJ8B2
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 1951
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Interesting box design June 24, 2009
Rob (NJ United States)
If your a fan of classic TV, and fan of I Love Lucy, one of the most popular of the genre... you can't go wrong with the box set.
The box itself is a pretty clever work of art. I'd recommend keeping the clear plastic sleeve and insert since the box is an odd shape and hard to keep dust free or stack on a shelf if you need to do so at some point. The actual DVD's are in two fan style boxes shaped as half hearts. Not bad, but sometimes a little fussy to toggle through.
One of the best things is that it has the lost pilot. The very beginning narration is actually a restoration with the original narrator re-recording his lines (you can hear it's an older gentleman). The rest is the classic I Love Lucy you've seen on TV for years.
in the old days, comedians had to be more talented May 28, 2009
Beatrice Izzey (Los Angeles)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You had to be able to write, sing, dance, act, and produce - this Lucille Ball is just bursting with talent, and makes today's celebrities pale in comparison.
There were no props, just great banter and deceitful tricks among old friends.
My five year old just loves Lucy and Ricky, and I'm so glad she prefers this to something horrible and flat like sponge bob.
Timeless Comedy Never Goes Out of Style May 25, 2009
Dr. Dario J. Toncich (Melbourne)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having recently viewed some 80s and 90s sitcoms I realized how quickly (and badly) television comedy can date. Age really does weary them and the years condemn. This is partly due to repetition and partly because the comedy probably wasn't all that good to begin with.
In a radio interview in 2008, Jerry Lewis noted that modern comedians had told him that his visual style of comedy was out of date - he responded that visual comedy never went out of date, it's just that modern comedians don't have the discipline or the work ethic to pull it off. Lewis hit the nail on the head - modern comedians, often lacking maturity; life experience; breadth of skills or even a willingness to serve a long-term comedic apprenticeship simply don't have the tools to create lasting comedy. If we accept that comedic talent doesn't just fall out of the sky - and that it does require years (decades) of hard work, then we have a real problem. We now have a television industry that doesn't want anyone over the age of 25 appearing in their shows and the result is a collection of sitcoms that are little more than strings of sarcastic one-liners in which every line has been audience tested for reaction. Mechanical, formula-driven, repetitive and time limited.
Lucille Ball was (still is) one of the all-time comedy greats of American television - whether at visual comedy; slapstick; pathos; quick one-liners or any other facet of what makes us laugh. Combine Lucille Ball with an ensemble of other highly skilled and experienced performers like Desi Arnaz; Vivian Vance and William Frawley and you have all the basics for a timeless comedy. Superimpose upon this some brilliant scriptwriting and you have "I Love Lucy". Almost six decades old and still as funny as ever. And you can bet that it will still be just as funny in another six decades - Seinfeld got tiresome after one decade, despite being hailed as the comedy guru of the 1990s.
The only downside of watching the nearly 200 episodes in this collection is that eventually you'll have to go back to watching the current crop of sitcoms, only to be even more disappointed with them than you were before. That's when you have to unpack the first DVD in this box set and start viewing I Love Lucy all over again.
This collection is cheap at twice the price.
If you are interested in this then you should also consider buying the other comedic genius of the era - Groucho Marx in "You Bet Your Life".
I couldn't be happier!! May 19, 2009
Mandy (Maryland)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am an avid I Love Lucy fan, I'm just so completely pleased to have every episode in one complete set. The sets are very organized, grouped by seasons. I didn't know until I got this set that there were a few episodes that i've never seen. Any Lucy fan will be completely over joyed with this set. If you know a Lucy fan, to surprise them with this set would caused them to become your number one fan.
 $92 down the drain May 11, 2009
J. Jackson (Louisville, KY)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
dcDb has never sent my I love Lucy order. I would hesitate before ever ordering from them again and I want my refund.
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