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All "I Love Lucy" episodes celebrate 50th Anniversary.
In this decade, every episode of "I Love Lucy" will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Every episode is still funny as funny as when they first aired. The shows are good. The shows are wholesome. They are healing and warm and will make you feel good. Buy them on VHS or DVD today.

I feel sorry for poor Superman and the freezer.
Not that they're in the same episode, but still. Lucy finds herself desparate to get Superman for Little Ricky's birthday party after she promised her friends and her son. But after she finds out that Superman has to leave town on the night of the party, she plans to run around like crazy after dressing up like Superman and walking on the ledge outside of their window. But Superman couldn't hurt the kids' feelings, so he cancels the trip and decides to come. In The Freezer episode, one of my favorites, Lucy and Ethel buy a huge walk-in freezer from Ethel's uncle, only to get Lucy locked in it and make her freeze so badly, even her tears start to freeze. But they spend a whole lot of money on beef which must be removed before the boys see it. In both occasions, this time, the shows sort of has a bad ending. Only that of Ricky's temper and Lucy's fright, of course!

Superman AND I Love Lucy?
There have been a lot of great episodes in the "I Love Lucy" series, all with great moments, but being a fan of Superman, seeing these two together is a great treat.

First we've got to understand that it is George Reeves playing Superman that stands out (in lieu of Superman straight out), and while it isn't said right out, the implication is there.

The gag with Lucy being on the edge of the building was played out rather well, and the punch-line that George gave "You've been married to her for 15 years . . . and they call ME Superman" was quite funny.

The second episode "The Freezer" was from one of the much earlier seasons, if Lucy ONLY knew what a side of beef was, she would have been okay, so when the butcher came in with more and more and more packages of meet, it was rather a funny gag in itself, then to see Lucy lock herself in the freezer, wanna talk about a cold reception?

Lucy meets the Man of Steel and the Freezer of Ice!
Here are a couple of better episodes from the classic television sitcom "I Love Lucy." In "Lucy and Superman" (Episode #166, January 14, 1957), Lucy fails to get Superman (George Reeves) to make an appearance at Little Ricky's birthday party. So, of course, Lucy decides to impersonate the Man of Steel! It sure is nice to see Reeves having some fun with the Superman character. Then we go back to a first season classic, "The Freezer" (Episode #29, April 28, 1952), where Lucy and Ethel buy a giant walk-in freezer. When the girls seriously overestimate how much meat it will hold, they have to go into the meat business. Of course, you know as soon as you see that walk-in freezer that Lucy is going to manage to get herself locked inside and the results are as funny as you imagined.

FREEZING FUN WITH THE FAB FOUR .
THE FREEZER is a superior episode of I LOVE LUCY. The scenes in the kitchen are very well played and when Lucy tries to sell some of "the beast of burden" from a baby carriage in a butcher shop, it's a riot! The plump blonde lady who asks "but how can you sell it so cheap?" is played by Barbara Pepper whom Lucy had known since they were Goldwyn Girls together in 1933. Pepper was originally considered for the part of Ethel Mertz (along with Bea Benederet) but the notion was quickly dismissed since she was an alcoholic; the public later knew her as Mrs. Ziffle on GREEN ACRES. When one views this episode you can sense just how much rehearsing the actors (particularly the perfectionist redhead) endured to make the scripts come alive; when Ethel doesn't think she can persuade Ricky to sing in order to stall the boys, Lucy says in a flash "Oh, won't he!-Listen: you take care of the HAM - I'll take care of the BEEF! "The dialogue, acting and Hal King's make-up for Lucy when she becomes a frozen popsicle are all first-rate. LUCY MEETS SUPERMAN is a lesser effort in my opinion - but definitely worth watching; there wasn't really a TRULY bad episode in the whole series! (There are a total of 179 syndicated I LOVE LUCY episodes if anyone's wondering). ... Read more

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Lucy and Ethel bake the world's biggest loaf of bread
The battle of the sexes continues in these two episodes from the classic sit com "I Love Lucy." In "Pioneer Women" (Episode #25, March 31, 1952), Lucy and Ethel want to join the Society Matron's League, so, of course, they need dishwashers so they can avoid having dishpan hands. Ricky and Fred tell the girls they have gotten soft and certainly they could never do the hard work their grandmothers did. This means a bet to see which sex can better handle the ways of the pioneers. If this does not ring a bell yet, let me just say this is the one where Lucy and Ethel bake a really big loaf of bread. Lucy gets another taste of life away from the big city in "The Camping Trip" (#64, June 8, 1953). When her girl friends insist that married couples always become bored with one another, Lucy starts paying attention to everything Ricky does. Upset that Lucy insists on going along on his camping trip with Fred, Ricky decides to teach her a lesson. Of course, Lucy learns about this and decides to teach a lesson of her own. This is one of those double-episode tapes where you want to split the difference between the 5 stars of the first show with the 4 stars of the second.

Fantastic! Bravo!
Lucy goes on a camping trip with Ricky, thinking at first she is going to spend a glorious weekend with her husband, until she finds out from Ethel that Ricky has a scheme and she is going to beat him at his own game! Not unusual for Lucy. Ricky is getting tired of having her hang around him like gum on your shoe and doesn't want her to go on the camping trip with Fred and him this summer. He roughs it up for her, but she beats him back. Of course, Ethel, as usual, is dragged in on Lucy's little scheme to get Ricky back. Watch it, it is great! Then, on Pioneer Women, Lucy and Ethel rough it out like in the 1900's along with Ricky and Fred, only to win a bet to see who can last longer without the convienience of modern appliances. Lucy bakes bread, Ethel churns butter, and the whole thing, naturally, is a big mess! Don't miss this one, either!

All "I Love Lucy" episodes celebrate 50th Anniversary.
In this decade, every episode of "I Love Lucy" will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Every episode is still funny as funny as when they first aired. The shows are good. The shows are wholesome. They are healing and warm and will make you feel good. Buy them on VHS or DVD today.

Another crackup comedy!
The bridge girls are all talking about divorces, which makes Lucy wanna spend all of her time with Ricky. On a preview camping trip, she verses the game and makes him be worn out, makes him look dumb, and etc.. until Ethel throws down a cleaned duck. That ruins it. In the other one, the bet for modern day technologies goes on, of course sex vs. sex. The Society Matrons League looks the two families over to see how they really live, but they happened to come at the inappropiate time. Two more of Lucy's bests!

fantastic selection - Lucy "camps" it up!
Lucy "camps" it up in these two choice episodes!

PIONEER WOMEN - Lucy and Ethel accept a $50 bet from Ricky and Fred to prove that they can get along without modern appliances. Their back-to-basics lifestyle leads to numerous disasters, like Lucy's attempt to bake her own bread, using enough yeast to sink a battleship!

THE CAMPING TRIP - Ricky takes Lucy on a short camping trip. He plans to make her stay so miserable that she'll never want to camp again, but he's shocked when Lucy out-hunts and out-fishes him - until she bags a duck that falls to the ground already plucked and cleaned! ... Read more

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The Right Stuff
Frankie Avalon was growing tired of the beach movies, and only agreed to appear in this film if he could get a starring vehicle of his own. In this movie, Frankie is a member of the naval reserve and stationed on a tropical island, thus limiting his screen time. Dwyane Hickman (Ricky) ably serves as a new love interest for Annette Funicello (Dee Dee). Their scenes together were reminiscent of the first beach movie, when boy meets girl, boy wants girl, but the girl is playing hard to get. Beverly Adams is the voluptuous redhead Cassandra, filling out the wild bikini very nicely, who magically appears to keep Ricky away from Dee Dee. Mickey Rooney is hilarious as Peachy Keane, the ad executive who wants to hire Cassandra to be the girl next door and to be Ricky's partner for their sponsored motorcycle race. The only problems are that Ricky wants Dee Dee to join him, and Cassandra is nervous and very clumsy around Ricky. However, there is a cyclist she feels very comfortable with.

She takes a shine to Eric Von Zipper, played to perfection by Harvey Lembeck. He is an expert cyclist from his years of being the leader of the Rat Pack. He is more than happy to keep Cassandra away from Ricky and the bad influence of "them beach bums." When Dee Dee finds out that Frankie is playing around with a native girl, she decides to join Ricky for the motorcycle race. Since Cassandra has signed a contract with the ad agency, it's decided to pair her with Eric Von Zipper. Peachy decides that an image makeover is necessary. Thus, Eric trades in his leather outfit and chains for a gray business suit! This entry in the beach movie series shows off Eric Von Zipper to best effect. Despite the Rat Pack's best efforts at sabotage, Ricky and Dee Dee end up winning the motorcycle race. However, Dee Dee doesn't want to go on a cross country promotional tour. Frankie is magically reunited with Dee Dee on the beach for a happy ending. This is the last of the classic beach movies to have Frankie and Annette together, and also features the most musical numbers. As for the movie Frankie starred in shortly afterwards, it was entitled "Sergeant Deadhead." To give you an idea of how successful that was at the box office, "Sergeant Deadhead" has yet to be commercially released on video!

NEAT...AW-REET!!
I admit I was dubious about getting this DVD because of all the negative vibes from various 'squares' but I gotta tell ya...this is one of the most enjoyable 'beach party' flicks I have seen. It's a little different from the rest in that, instead of a number of misplaced pop bands doing lame tunes, most of the music here is ensemble numbers by the cast and they are GREAT FUN. F'rinstance: Mickey Rooney and Brian Donlevy do a musical turn in the boardroom, the always welcome Eric Von Zipper and his biker gang do TWO numbers, the boys on the beach do a tune...as do all the girls. The two numbers by Annette are catchy and better than any she's done in previous beach flicks. Frankie's song is O.K. too! The only band here is The Kingsmen who are pretty cool and having a great time. Buster Keaton has a speaking role, exotic swingin' '60s chick Irene Tsu is on board, and there seems to be more cleavage provided by some of the babes than in any previous beach party film. O.K., there are a couple of flat spots but overall...it's FUN,FUN,FUN! Look for Brian Wilson and surfing legend Mickey Dora in the crowd. There is nothing "Oh-how-the-mighty-have-fallen" about this movie. Everybody is clearly having a blast....and I am too! I'm glad I got this disc.

Frankie And Annette And Samantha from Bewitched
The Best scenes are Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello singing a song together and there is a good scene with Elizabeth Montgomery in her role of Samantha from Bewitched sending Frankie home to Annette who plays Dee Dee and also Annette singing songs.Although Frankie isn't in many scenes with Annette since his character is away he is in the story and Frankie does come home to Annette.If you like Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Elizabeth Montgomery and Bewitched then you would enjoy this.The scene with Elizabeth Montgomery in her role of Samantha from Bewitched makes this film more fun.Frankie and Annette are always good together and though they don't have many scenes together in the film it is a good film and they do have scenes together later in the film.

Like a Disney film directed by Andy Sidaris.
Too silly. Too leering.

Even more hackneyed than others. Bad songs. Little cleverness.

A supporting cast of lesser interest, to me anyway. (No Susan Hart, no Don Rickles, no Donna Loren, darn little Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw- and she's a brunette here).

Watchable at best.

Like a Walt Disney film directed by Andy Sidaris.
All very silly and naive, but as leering *in tone* as just about anything you'll find. The movie opens on a close-up of a girl's navel, and soon a group of boys are singing a song about girls' measurements. It continues downward (?) from there. There are much better Beach Party movies than this recycled patchwork of earlier and superior songs, characters, situations and chases.

IMHO, "How to Stuff..." needed more Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw. An appearance by Susan Hart wouldn't exactly have felt like a sharp stick in the eye, either. ... Read more

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the best movie
it was a good movie i would reccamond it for other people.

A copy of airplanes fly into "The Twilight Zone"
Airplanes taking trips into "The Twilight Zone" is obviously the common denominator for these two first rate episodes from the celebrated television series. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" stars William Shatner as poor Bob Wilson, who has left a sanatorium only to take a plane flight where he keeps seeing a gremlin trying to sabotage the engine. Of course, no one wants to believe him. Written by Richard Matheson, who wrote the original short story, "Nightmare" was directed by Richard Donner, who went on to be a film director of some note. "The Odyssey of Flight 33" might be a notch below classic status but it is still a solid "Zone" episode. The story by Rod Serling, directed by Justus Addiss, is of a plane that picks up a freak tail wind that sends it back in time. John Anderson as Captain Farver leads the excellent cast that makes this rather far-fetched idea utterly believable. Serling made a point of finding out what real pilots say in the cockpit, which certainly helps the story along. But Shatner's performance is what you will remember from this tape.

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
These are two of the best episodes from this great TV series. In one episode a commercial airliner Captained by veteran actor John Anderson goes back in time in THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33. Writen by Rod Serling this modern-moody episode is both memorable and entertaining. In the other episode, William Shatner gives a dazzling performance in NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET written by Richard Matheson from the 5th season. As a just-released mental patient on an airplane flying home with his wife (Christine White), Shatner peers out the window and sees a wooly creature on the wing, dismantling one of the engines. This is one of my favorites and is probably the most recognizable episode from the entire series. Richard Donner ingeniously directed it.

Great Stocking Stuffer from the Twilight Zone
From the 2nd season "THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33" is a good episode about a commercial airliner that goes back in time to a prehistoric era and that's only the beginning. John Anderson is very good as the plane's pilot. William Shatner gives a brilliant performance in "NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET" from the 5th season and directed by Richard Donner. As a newly recovered patient from a psychiatric institution, Shatner peers out the window of commercial airliner and sees a bestial creature on the wing, tampering with one of the engines. One of the best scenes is when Shatner has to remove a gun from a sleeping passenger. Only Shatner could have pulled this one off. This is one of my favorites and still holds up to repeated viewing because it is so well crafted.

View these episodes before boarding your next flight.
Serling must have had a ball narrating and scripting these two classics, but he embraced them more than the average viewer will. Twilight Zone fans can't really say they are a fan until they've atleast watched these, but people who can't use their imaginations will be put off. Anyway fans, enjoy your flight! ... Read more

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Bikini Beach Party Tonight--That's Right!
Another fun-in-the-sun beach movie with everyone's favorite boy & girl next door doing the well-known "boy meets girl" plot line. -- Annette Funicello is called Dee Dee this time, and Frankie Avalon plays two roles, Frankie and the British Invasion star "Potato Bug", a rather nerdish geek. Add the infamous Eric van Zipper and his "Rats" motorcycle gang, and you have another fun formula movie about nothing. The soundtrack is quite catchy, filled with fun 60s surf sound. Of the 5 Annette & Frankie Beach movies, this film may be one of the best! (My personal favorite is still "Pajama Party"). Get your beach ball and a blanket and enjoy this light meal of a fun film!

great "Beach Party" film
Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are back for a second dose of beach frivolity in this sequel to the smash-hit BEACH PARTY, the aptly-titled BIKINI BEACH.

Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon) are about to settle into a romantic summer when the beach that they occupy comes under the scrutiny of a stuffy retirement-villa owner (Keenan Wynn). There is also the arrival of the new British pop-superstar Potato Bug (played as a cameo by Frankie Avalon), and the ever-annoying Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) to contend with!

Soon, Dee Dee finds herself being romanced by both Frankie AND Potato Bug, while Von Zipper challenges Potato Bug to the drag race to end all drag races!

Featuring great guest appearances by Martha Hyer, Don Rickles and Boris Karloff in his walk-on bit as the art collector. There are also great musical numbers performed by Stevie Wonder (under his original name of "Little Stevie Wonder") and Donna Loren.

With Candy Johnson, John Ashley and Jody McCrea.

The DVD includes both full-frame and widescreen versions of the film, as well as the trailer. (Double-sided, single-layer disc).

Frankie Avalon a Great Actor in this movie
Frankie Avalon plays more than one role in this movie.He plays Frankie and he plays an English singer so good that it is hard for some people to know that he plays both roles.Frankie is a Great actor and singer and this movie gives him a chance to show his acting talents with playing more than one role.The best scene is Frankie singing the romantic song "Because You're You" with Annette in the movie.

Bikini Beach Is The Best!
Almost all reviewers list "Beach Blanket Bingo" as their favorite movie in the beach movie series. I have to give a slight edge to "Bikini Beach" for my personal favorite. Frankie Avalon does double duty very well, playing the English rock star known as Potato Bug, as well as his familiar Frankie character. Potato Bug is a very British caricature, and his maniacal laugh is infectious. Keenan Wynn makes for a formidable villain, decrying the surfers' lack of moral values in the local newspaper he publishes. Clyde, his pet ape, drives his car, surfs, and even drag races like a champion! He gives Candy Johnson a run for her money as a dance partner. I swear, at one point it looks like the ape is break dancing! Don Rickles is very funny playing Big Drag, the owner of the local drag strip. To win the affections of Dee Dee, Potato Bug challenges Frankie to a drag race. The night before the big race, Eric Von Zipper and his Rat Pack decide to sabotage Potato Bug's dragster, so everyone will think that Frankie cheated. The only problem is that they end up sabotaging Frankie's car instead! The big race is a dead heat until Frankie crashes his dragster. Amazingly, he emerges from the wreck unhurt. When they discover that Eric Von Zipper is the cause of the crash, a comical chase ensues. They all end up engaging in a pie fight at the local nightclub. Even Keenan Wynn is won over by the surfers and decides to join their side! This is the silliest and funniest beach movie in the whole series, in my humble opinion!

SEE FRANKIE & ANNETTE'S BEACH TRILOGY
"Bikini Beach," "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party." Most people when asked to name a beach movie, immediately refer to this Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello '60s trilogy ( I don't include the affshoot "Muscle Beach" flick as part of this authentic ouvre).

In 1963's "Beach Party" Annette went by the name Doris (an homage to Doris Day?). The plots, I use the term loosely, were almost interchangeable -- mostly surf, sand, rock 'n roll and sex -- well, mostly innocent tease really. But what's most remembered is the hope -- false as it turned out -- that the voluptuous Annette would reveal a tad more skin. And then there's Bob Cummings in a patently false beard, Harvey Lembeck as the hyper and astonishingly old juvenile delinquent Eric Von Zipper. And of course the tassled Candy Johnson shaking her bikini'd booty over, or is it under, the credits.

In "Bikini Beach" Annette is now Dee Dee (must be an homage to Sandra Dee) and Frankie stretches his chops by playing two roles. He is his standard sex-crazed surfer guy and also the gap toothed (a nod toward Terry Thomas?) Brit singer potato Bug -- apparently a spoof on the Beatles (remember, this is 1964). A drag race is part of the action and there's an ape that surfs.

"Beach Blanket Bingo" what a great title) is probably the best of the bunch. The dialogue is almost witty. And of course there's the great stone faced silent clown Buster keaton doing his timeless bits of busines. (A burned out alcoholic's sad, haunting and poignant farewell to the genius of his youth.) Don Rickles gets a major break with a part that sealed his antagonistic comic persona. Annette show a little more flesh and Frankie has a tan. The rear projection surf shots are still laughable but the over-all photography is much better. Les Baxter's score is full of energy and the title tune is actually memorable and fun. ... Read more

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Lucy Ricardo wanted to act, to perform, to sing, to dance. She wanted to be in show biz, period. And when an opportunity arises for her to do a TV commercial, you bet she takes it. If actress Lucille Ball repeatedly proved her brilliance at physical comedy, there is no better example than the episode "Lucy Does a TV Commercial." Lucy convinces her husband, bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), to let her do a commercial during a TV variety show.And so Lucy becomes the Vitameatavegamin girl--and does a darn good job at it. The stuff tastes horrible, but she's a good sport, downing spoonful after spoonful for repeated rehearsals. But by the time the live commercial is to air, Lucy's drunk as a skunk. Turns out that Vitameatavegamin is loaded with vitamins and alcohol. "Lucy and the Loving Cup" is another fine example of Ball's physical comedic talent. In this episode, when Ricky insults Lucy's new hat, she shows him by donning a loving cup atop her head. Not only does the cup get stuck there, but Ricky's set to present the trophy to jockey Johnny Longden at a National Turf Association dinner.Whatever was actually going on behind the scenes between real-life husband and wife Ball and Arnaz, Lucy and Ricky's marriage, despite the antics and disagreements, is always a happy one by the end of an episode. These two shows are great examples of the tight cast's talent, and great showcases of the hilarious dynamic between the Ricardos. --N.F. Mendoza ... Read more

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Lucy's the greatest comedienne of all time!
I am 18 years old, and a relatively new fan of "I Love Lucy." This classic episode will leave your stomach aching from laughter, and tears streaming down your face. Be sure to catch the great expression Lucy does when she tastes the Vitameatavegamin for the first time...priceless!

IMPORTANT FOR YOU LUCY FANS
Ever since 1994 when I saw my first I love Lucy episode, I really have loved Lucy! This tape which I personally own, has probably the funniest episode {besides Job Switching}. Lucy pulls a few strings to do a T.V commercial for Ricky's T.V. show. Well the Vitameatavegemin has 23% alchohol and you know what happens. However the next episode {Lucy and the Loving Cup} is funny and a favorite episode of many but since this video is part of the Lucy classics and I would not consider this a classic. In other words I could think of many other episodes that are truly classics and are far more familiar and funny. But if you Love Lucy try and find this video!

Lucy's classic TV Commercial for Vitameatavegamin
In the classic "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (Episode #30, May 5, 1952), Ricky is set to host a TV variety show and Lucy wants to do a live commercial for (all together now) Vitameatavegamin. Although she fails to win Ricky's support after staging a mock show inside their television set, Lucy arranges to get the gig anyhow. She starts off great, but the problem is that Vitameatavegamin contains twenty-three percent and with each rehearsal Lucy gets progressively drunker and funnier. Lucille Ball considered this the best bit, and one of the hardest, she ever did. Then in "Lucy and the Loving Cup" (#165, January 7, 1957), Ricky is going to present jockey Johnny Longdon with a Loving Cup for being the most successful jockey in horse racing history. Meanwhile, Lucy has bought a new hat for the occasion. Ricky does not like the hat and makes the mistake of saying Lucy would look better with the trophy on her head. So Lucy puts on the trophy--and cannot get it off. Not a classic but it is Lucille Ball with a Loving Cup on her head, so it is pretty funny. However, the real reason to own this volume is for the first one.

Hello friends! I'm your Vitameatavegemin girl!
Not really, but Lucy is, and she is so funny in these episodes. No one can top Lucille Ball. Her drunk scene in the Vitameatavegemin episode is pure classic. "Are you tired, run-down, listless? Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpoopular? Well are you?" I laughed till my sides hurt! The loving cup one is no less funny. Only Lucy would get a loving cup stuck on her head and create these hilariously embarrassing situations for herself. These are two of the most famous I Love Lucy episodes, so if you missed, you haven't seen Lucy in her element and at her best.

A gem from the greatest gem of all
"Hello, friends. I'm your Vitameatavegamin girl. Are you tired, rundown, listless? Do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? Well, the answer to all your problems is in this little bottle. Vitameatavegamin. Yes, with Vitameatavegamin you can spoon your way to health. All you have to do is take a tablespoon after every meal. It's so tasty too! Just like candy! So why don't you join the thousands of happy, peppy people and get a great big bottle of Vitameatavegamin tomorrow. That's Vita...meata...vegamin."

Can Lucy's steadily changing reading of this sales pitch be any funnier? I've seen this episode 47 times, and I STILL can't help but laugh just thinking about it. ... Read more

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All "I Love Lucy" episodes celebrate 50th Anniversary.
In this decade, every episode of "I Love Lucy" will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Every episode is still funny as funny as when they first aired. The shows are good. The shows are wholesome. They are healing and warm and will make you feel good. But them on VHS or DVD today.

Lucy in Hollywood with Harpo and the Duke
This pair of "I Love Lucy" episodes comes from the period when Ricky was in Hollywood attempting to make a movie. "Harpo Marx" (Episode #125, May 9, 1955) showcases Lucille Ball's physical comedy in a great scene with the beloved silent Marx Brother. Caroline Appleby (Doris Singleton) is supposedly on her way to Hawaii but postpones her trip to attend a party at the Ricardo's hotel suite where famous movie stars are supposed to arrive. Lucy plays to fool Caroline by stealing her glasses and having people wear masks of famous stars. But then Ricky and Fred show up with Harpo. The mirror sequence between the two was apparently a pain to shoot (and reshoot), but worth the effort just to see the two famous "redheads" go at it. "Lucy and John Wayne" (#129, October 10, 1955), is the second in a two-part episode. Previously Lucy had stolen the Duke's cement footprints from in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater. Of course, when Ricky demanded she return them, Lucy accidentally drops them and they shatter. Now Ricky has to try and save his film career by asking Wayne to make new footprints. The Duke graciously agrees, although he has to do it over and over again as each new set of footprints somehow manages (Lucy) to get ruined. Wayne would later do another memorable guest shot on "The Lucy Show" eleven years later. Two first rate "I Love Lucy" episodes on a single tape. ... Read more

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In the first of two holiday episodes, Santa makes an unexpected pre-Christmas visit to the Stephens household. The jolly old elf is less jolly when he learns that he's stuck there and may not make his Christmas deadline. So it's up to Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) to save the holiday. While "Santa Comes to Visit" is charming and sweet, the second episode, "Sisters at Heart," is full of embarrassingly dated antiracism platitudes. The daughter of Darrin's token black coworker spends Christmas Eve with the Stephens, and she and Tabitha fret that they can't be sisters because they're not the same color. Meanwhile, a client's misunderstanding and bigotry cause Darrin (Dick Sargent) to lose a million-dollar account. Of course, everything is wrapped up nicely on Christmas Day, but not before the delivery of such wince-inducing dialogue as "We're having integrated turkey--white meat and dark." --Larisa Lomacky Moore ... Read more

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Touching Christmas Episodes of A Magical Series
"Bewitched", is one of the most fondly remembered series from the 1960's and over it's eight season run produced many classic episodes that still enjoy popularity over thirty five years after they were first telecast. The four Christmas themed stories produced were all special in their own ways and here we have the ones from season six "Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays", and from season seven the classic "Sisters at Heart". Both episodes, while very different in their stories are equally excellent and make great viewing during the festive season.

Many people felt "Bewitched", lost some of its magic (no pun intended) with the change over from Dick York to Dick Sargent who in turn played Darrin the harrassed husband of beautiful witch Samantha. These two episodes coming later in the series feature Dick Sargent and really have the freshness about them that was so typical of "Bewitched", when it was still at its peak during the earlier Dick York years. The first episode revolves around Samantha getting Esmeralda to come and stay for a few days in the lead up to the Christmas season. Esmeralda of course is a walking disaster area and before long she has transported the real Santa Claus into the Stephens's kitchen. Unfortunately the trouble is that Esmeralda cannot undo the spell and with Santa involved in his busiest time of the year thousands of children could miss out on Christmas. Samantha however saves the day and moves Santa's workshop complete with elves and tools to the living room. Many comical situations occur with nosy neighbour Gladys Cravitz getting her usual share of shocks when she continually sees the elves at work or loading up the sleigh parked in the Stephens's front yard. Eventually the work is all completed and Santa is able to then head off from the front lawn onto his appointed rounds prior to Christmas.

The second episode is the classic "Sisters at Heart", which was Elizabeth MOntgomery's personal favourite episode. It deals with racial predudice, a topic not often included in warm Christmas stories but it was a brave move by the producers of the show and adapting a short story written by some very talented New York school children, it turned out to be a stunning success. Darrin's black co-worker has to go out of town on business for McMann and Tate so he leaves his young daughter Lisa with Samantha and Darrin for the few days before Christmas. While playing in the park Tabitha and Lisa are told by another girl that because they are different colours they can never possibly be sisters. Darrin's client without an invitation pays the Stephens's a visit and thinking Lisa is Darrin's children comes to the conclusion that there is a mixed race marriage. Being the bigot he is he cancels the account with McMann and Tate. Meanwhile to prove the girl in the park wrong Tabitha performs some magic and turns Lisa white and then back to black however both girls end up with the opposite colour polkadots on them which it seems nothing can remove. All is happily resolved however when Samantha in a very touching scene explains to both girls that despite what colour they are all girls can be sisters if they like each other and share the same things. Darrin's client also learns a real lesson about tolerance when Samantha plays a few magical tricks on him at the staff Christmas party at the house when she transforms the white guests into black ones before his eyes.

Both stories are wonderfully thought provoking and the second episode in particular was in some ways many years ahead of its time as very few television shows were dealing with the racial issues at this period. Both have warm Christmas messages to get across and the first of the two episodes concludes with a lovely personal Christmas message from Elizabeth Montgomery that is sure to warm your hearts at Christmas. Take some time out to enjoy these classic Christmas episodes of this great series. I enjoy watching them as part of my Christmas viewing each year and they never fail to move me with their simple message of the importance of love and tolerance towards all people no matter how different they are. Enjoy!

A Bewitched Christmas
This is a very nice video that includes two episodes. I think one of those episodes is Elizabeth Montgomery's favorite episode. The shows had made me laugh histerically!

very cozy,will get you in the Christmas spirit!
This video is very much in the holiday spirit.Even though it has the 2nd Darrin,which most fans do not prefer,it is fun,and light hearted. The second episode shows us we are all sisters,(or brothers)no matter what color we are.This video should be in all Bewitched fan collections,they only made 4 Christmas episodes,and this one ,as well as the first volume,is worth owning. ... Read more

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Road pirates.
Really fast service. I would recommend the seller(Aremedy media) to anyone. I will be buying from this seller again! Product arrived in less than three days! Very satified!.Best service i've ever seen.

hijacking madness
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Lucy's funny feet as she stomps grapes and dances ballet
The reason for getting your hands on this pair of episodes from "I Love Lucy" is for the classic grape vat scene from "Lucy's Italian Movie" (Episode #150, April 16, 1956). The Ricardos are in Europe when an Italian movie producer tells Lucy that he wants her in his new film, "Grapola Pungente." Finding out the title translates as "bitter grapes," Lucy takes this literally and heads for the nearest vineyard where she has a memorable encounter with Teresa Tirelli stomping grapes in a vat. Along with the chocolate factory and Vitemeatavegamin episodes, this has to be the other member of Lucy's comic triple crown.

In "The Ballet" (#19, February 18, 1952), Lucy wants to perform in the cavalcade of show business Ricky is going to have at the club. The only spots left open in the show are for a ballet dance or a pair of burlesque comics, so Lucy gamely rehearses for those spots with hilarious results. Mary Wickes plays Madame Lamond the ballet teacher in her first of many appearances on "I Love Lucy." Desi Arnaz does a nice job singing "Martha" in two languages while Vivian Vance has a cute bit when Ethel plows through "The Waltz of the Flowers" on the piano. An intersting episode to pair with the first one, but as long as you get Lucy stomping grapes, what more do you want?

Soaking Up Italian Culture
I recently showed this video and another Lucy video to my students, and I was happy to see that the humour of I Love Lucy has lost nothing in the change of generations. They loved Lucy, too. This video contains one of her most famous episodes and scenes where she stomps the grapes in the wine vat. Lucy is at her comedic best in this episode. Notice the hilarious way she dances and runs around the vat. I've read that the Italian woman in the vat with her got a little carried away and nearly drowned Lucy! That's method acting. The other episode is also funny, although not as famous. Lucy's attempts at ballet are hilarious, and the "Slowly I Turned" routine also works well. What a gift for physical comedy the lady had!

All "I Love Lucy" episodes celebrate 50th Anniversary.
In this decade, every episode of "I Love Lucy" will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Every episode is still funny as funny as when they first aired. The shows are good. The shows are wholesome. They are healing and warm and will make you feel good. Buy them on VHS or DVD today.

Entre le vin italien... ou le ballet, mon coeur balance!
Alors là, mes amis! Que de rires cette cassette va vous procurer! Chacun des deux épisodes ont leur cachet et leur bonne dose de drôlerie. Lucy se battant avec une mamma italienne ou s'emmêlant les pieds dans une barre de salle de danse, vous allez vous tordre de rire du début à la fin! Promis!

LUCY STOMPING GRAPES!
"Lucy's Italian Movie" is one of the most beloved of all episodes. Notice the train in the beginning scene racing down Italian tracks-it lends realism to the show. The plot is so well-known that a synopsis is unneccesary. Those were real grapes in the vat and when Lucy first stuck her bare foot into them she said they felt like "thousands of eyeballs"(!) and it made her squirm. I love the look on Desi's face when Lucy begs Vitorrio Felipe to reconsider her for his "Bitter Grapes";his expressions are at once disbelieving and compassionate towards Lucy in her frantic attempt to be a "new discovery". ... Read more

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Inger Stevens and Ida Lupino visit the Twilight Zone
Inger Stevens and Leonard Strong turn in strong performances as Nan Adams and the title character in Serling's "The Hitch-Hiker," based on the radio play of that name by Lucille Fletcher. Following a blowout, Nan repeatedly sees the same hitch-hiker as she travels along the highway. Since this is, after all, the Twilight Zone, we all know the true identity of the hitch-hiker. "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine," written by Serling, stars Ida Lupino as Barbara Jean Trenton, an aging actress who just sits n her private screening room watching her old films. Martin Balsam turns in an nice performance as her agent, trying to coax her back to the real world. But trying to get her a part in a film and having her former leading man visit her only backfire. Watching this one certainly reminds you of "Sunset Blvd." with a rather happy ending. Both episodes feature fine performances by all the principles, which is why these end up being a couple of above average trips into the Zone.

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Going My Way?
One of Rod Serling's masterpieces which features a young, attractive woman on her way to California, who cannot escape the haunting vision of an eerie man thumbing a ride wherever she goes.

Going My Way? For fans of the Twilight Zone, this is a must-see indeed! ... Read more

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All "I Love Lucy" episodes celebrate the 50th Anniversary.
In this decade, every episode of "I Love Lucy" will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Every episode is still funny as funny as when they first aired. The shows are good. The shows are wholesome. They are healing and warm and will make you feel good. Buy them on VHS or DVD today.

Lucy and Ethel the cat burglars and home redecorators
"Too Many Crooks" (Episode #73, November 30, 1953) is the better of the two episodes from the show's third season collected on this volume of the "I Love Lucy" collection. The papers are all a-buzz with stories about Madame X, the cat burglars who has been working the neighborhood. Lucy and Ethel become convinced that the other one is Madame X as the paranoia and laughter increases. "Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment" (Episode #74, November 23, 1953), finds Lucy courting disaster as usual when she organizes a painting party to redecorate the Mertzes' apartment. I am surprised that they did not put this episode on a tape with "Decorating," where Lucy destroys her own apartment, but I guess that would be too obvious a combination. Neither of these are classic episodes of Lucy zaniness but they are still above average outings.

TIME HASN'T DIMMED THESE COMEDY CLASSICS
These classic episodes are still great fun. Ethel is ashamed of her "crummy" apartment, so Lucy decides that it would be a good idea to redecorate. Lucy asks Ethel what the word is that she's looking for in describing the Mertz abode. Ethel: "I don't use that kind of language!" Ms. Ricardo takes some ancient feathers out of Fred's lumpy chair ("sewed as Fred").....and Fred brings in an electric fan! Lucy is hilarious when she imitates a mink in her frantic attempt to tell Ethel that Ricky got her a mink stole. MADAME X is unusual in that the audience goes into the Ricardo bedroom from the outside. For various reasons, Lucy and Ethel think each other is a female crook known locally as Madame X. Ethel: Hey, that was a good idea I had about you putting your hands around my neck and choking me" Fred: " Yeah. I liked it!" Sometimes, I wish to heck I was a young man living in the early 1950's because I would have loved to have worked as a member of the Desilu crew making I Love Lucy!

PERHAPS FOUR and a HALF
The 23rd volume of the I love lucy collection, has two great episodes of trouble and misunderstanding between the Ricardos and the Mertzes. In Too Many Crooks, a woman robber nicknamed Madame X is loose in the neiborhood. Mrs. Trumble believes that she is someone living in the apartment complex. Before you know it Lucy thinks Ethel is Madame X and Ethel thinks Lucy is Madame X. Both women try to proove the others innocence, and the show includes a great ending with a touch of suspense. A good and very entertaining episode. Redecorating the Mertzes apartment is a great episode that features the classic redecorating scene where Lucy tries to rehapolster an old chair. The reason for a half star taken off was because I believe the redecorating could have gone on for a few more minutes. But this is a great I Love Lucy video for anyone's Lucy collection. ... Read more

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Good!
I actually liked this episode that guest starred Robert Goulet. Robert Goulet plays hilmself and he also plays a man named Chuck who is down on his luck and needs some money and when he comes into the bank for a loan he is turned down by Mr. Mooney so Lucy trys to help him by entering him in a Robert Goulet lookalike contest.

PRETTY LAME STUFF
THIS WAS PRODUCED TOWARDS THE END OF THE "LUCY SHOW"S SUCCESSFUL
RUN AND IT SHOWS.BY THAT TIME,THE SCRIPTS HAD ALREADY ENTERED A STEADY DOWNSLIDE IN QUALITY.THIS IS A REALLY BELOW AVERAGE ENTRY FOR THE OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE SERIES AND NOT EVEN LUCY CAN SAVE AN INANE SCREENPLAY THAT (unsuccessfully)TRIES TO CASSH IN ON THE MISTAKEN IDENTITY BIT.A LETDOWN FOR FANS. ... Read more

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Good Video for Dukes fans.
This video included the scene I remember most but could never figure out which on of the show it happened in. That scene was when the boys come home and to there room and were getting ready for bed they found two woman sleeping there. It a wonderful tape and any Dukes fan would love it. ... Read more

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Real-life marrieds Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz captivated audiences with their antics as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. When Ball became pregnant (for the second time), the couple incorporated it into the story line of I Love Lucy. It seems precious now, but the episode's title, "Lucy Is Enceinte," is a French allusion to Ball's expectant state (they weren't allowed to say "pregnancy" on air). The episode is a comedy of missed opportunities--Lucy simply can't get Ricky alone. Everything thwarts her plans: the phone or neighbors or friends. Finally, she comes up with a touchingly sweet idea, and it's a real charmer. "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is the cleverly plotted climax of the seven-episode arc of the pending birth. Ricky, Lucy, and their best friends and neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz (the delightful William Frawley and Vivian Vance) have a well-organized plan to get Lucy to the hospital as calmly and efficiently as possible. Naturally, mayhem erupts at the actual moment. The touch of Ricky arriving at the hospital in full tribal regalia is a stroke of brilliance. The episode effectively uses the verbal and physical comedy the series was famous for. Desi Arnaz Jr. was actually born on the day the show aired. --N.F. Mendoza ... Read more

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There's a baby on the way!
In this first episode, Lucy tries every which way to tell Ricky about her expecting baby in a special way after she finds out from the doctor. But as soon as lunch starts, all of the worse possible interruptions occur, like telphone calls and a visit from the Mertzes. Then she goes downtown to the Tropicana and tries to talk to Ricky. In the next episode, about three or four episodes later, Lucy actually has to go to the hospital. The funniest part of this show is that after an hour of practice from Ricky, Ethel, and Fred to stay calm while taking Lucy to the hospital, they all start messing things up once it's actually time. Ricky has never been funnier! The ending is quite surprising, too. Two great episodes that will change the show to come!

Lucy is expecting!
Contains the following Stork-delivered episodes!...

LUCY IS ENCEINTE - The first time pregnancy was dealt with on television, shattering a TV taboo! In fact, the word "pregnant" could not even be said on television, so the foreign equivalent was used in the title.

When Lucy learns she is expecting, she tries to tell Ricky the news, leading to a series of misunderstandings.

LUCY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL - The hysterical episode featuring the birth of Little Ricky! Lucy arranged to give birth the day before this episode was aired, elevating the broadcast to a national event, and completely overshadowing the TV coverage of the inauguration of President Eisenhower!

The two most heartwarming episodes from "I Love Lucy"
Two of the happiest episodes from the second season of "I Love Lucy," as the real life pregnancy of Lucille Ball is preserved for all-time. "Lucy is Enciente" (Episode #45, December 8, 1952) finds Lucy feeling run down and visiting the doctor, who tells her that she is going to have a baby. Having dreamed of this moment for over a decade of marriage, Lucy wants the moment to be absolutely perfect when she tells Ricky. It seems fate is conspiring against her until she comes up with the perfect solution: Ricky is passed a note that there is a woman in the audience who wants to tell her husband that they are expecting and wants Ricky to sing "Rock A Bye Baby." Ironically, when Lucy and Desi were filming the climax, they got caught up in their own emotions when they learned they were gong to become parents, and both started crying. The scene was considered ruined until it was screened and they discovered it was impossible not to cry watching the happy couple. This final scene is one of the most beautiful moments in television history.

The big payoff comes in "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" (#51, January 19, 1953), when 92 percent of the viewing episode tunes in for the birth of Little Ricky. Amazingly, Lucille Ball gives birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. the morning this episode airs. This proves to be Desi's favorite episode and who can forget Ricky showing up at the hospital dressed out in a voodoo costume. These two episodes make a perfectly matched set for Volume 4 of the "I Love Lucy" collection. Final note: Much has been made from the fact you could not say "pregnant" on television in 1952, and while the Spanish word "Enciente" was used is the episode title, the very next show was entitled "Pregnant Women are Unpredictable."

This video has 2 of the best Lucy episodes I have ever seen!
Both of these episodes are so funny. I love it when Lucy tries several times to tell Ricky she is pregnant. She wants so much to tell Ricky at home but keeps getting interrupted by "certain busy bodies;" and ends up telling him at his show in front of the whole audience. Then in the second episode it is so funny watching Ricky, Ethel and Fred trying to get Lucy to the hospital; and then seeing Ricky scare everybody in that voodoo costume. That was hilarious, especially when he scared Fred. ... Read more

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Rod Serling + Art Carney = MAGIC!
Every time I watch this I tear up at the end.

This was a hastily done show to get it done in time for Christmas. Serling himself said that there was a holiday spirit on the set, maybe because they had more children than usual on the set.

Art Carney's acting ability makes this episode shine with the magic of the season.

A must have for sentimentalists who still enjoy the Magic of Christmas.

Art Carney stars in Serling's Twilight Zone Christmas Gfit
Night of the Meek," written by Rod Serling, finds poor Henry Corwin (Art Carney), a department store Santa who shows up drunk on Christmas Eve and is fired. Wandering the streets, he discovers a magic bag that can dispense any gift he asks for. The question is, what will Henry do with this most unusual bag? Definitely a seasonal message from Serling and directed by Jack Smight, this episode originally aired on December 23, 1960. Legend has it Serling wrote the episode just to see Art Carney play Santa Claus, and if that story is not true, then it should be. The excellent support casts sports the recognizable John Fielder as Henry's short-tempered boss and Burt Mustin as a friendly bum on the streets, but this is Art Carney's triumph.

still has it
Art Carney (star of THE HONEYMOONERS)(still has it). What I mean is great acting. Rod Serling is a genious making this episode. This is one of my favorite Twilight Zone episode.

Pure Serling
Rod Serling's yearning for those cherished days long gone or a part of ourselves that we think was lost is always evident in his best works. NIGHT OF THE MEEK is very uplifting and may bring a tear to those who cherish this episode. Art Carney showed us all a great dramatic side and depth which enhances this beyond the ordinary. The fact that this was one of the six episodes of the "Twilight Zone" that were recorded directly onto videotape instead of film gives it that 'live' appearance and helps add to its validity as an icon of the days of 'good television.' NIGHT OF THE MEEK is pure Serling.

A Great Christmas Film
I rate this as one of the best Christmas films to come off of televisions. Compassionate and moving, and not overdone. Arguably the best Twilight Zone. ... Read more

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Her most popular titles!
I would actually rate this a 3 because I've seen thes episodes so much that it just has bore me out. But for a first-timer, a definite 5. In the vitablablabla episode, Lucy tries for a tv commercial and finds herself drunk in the middle of Ricky's singing. In the wine thingy, she is attracted by a producer as an actress inside of a grape vat in making wine. She turns messier than she has ever turned before! These are probably 2 of her top 3 most popularly loved episode or movie or anything in all of her career!

two great episodes
Contains the following episodes...

LUCY DOES A TV COMMERCIAL - One of the classics from the first season! Lucy connives her way into doing a TV commercial for a high-alcoholic health tonic with a tongue-twisting name - "Vitameatavegamin". But Lucy bombs (and gets bombed!), as she samples the elixer during multiple "takes"!

LUCY'S ITALIAN MOVIE - Travelling in Italy, Lucy is offered a part in a movie called "Bitter Grapes". Thinking the movie is about wine making, she sets off to a rustic vineyard to do some research for the role, and finds herself in a vat of trouble!

Lucy pitches Vitameatavegamin and Stomps Grapes
This volume from the "I Love Lucy" collection features two of the episodes in Lucille Ball's comic triple crown (the third being the chocolate factory skit). In "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (Episode #30, May 5, 1952), Ricky is set to host a TV variety show and Lucy wants to do a live commercial for (all together now) Vitameatavegamin. Although she fails to win Ricky's support after staging a mock show inside their television set, Lucy arranges to get the gig anyhow. She starts off great, but the problem is that Vitameatavegamin contains twenty-three percent and with each rehersal Lucy gets progressively drunker and funnier. Lucille Ball considered this the best bit, and one of the hardest, she ever did.

Equally memorable is the classic grape vat scene from "Lucy's Italian Movie" (Episode #150, April 16, 1956). The Ricardos are in Europe when an Italian movie producer tells Lucy that he wants her in his new film, "Grapola Pungente." Finding out the title translates as "bitter grapes," Lucy takes this literally and heads for the nearest vineyard where she has a memorable encounter with Teresa Tirelli stomping grapes in a vat. You have to love any tape that gives you two of the redhead's all-time best comedy bits.

Do you poop-out at parties?
This is obviously a classic episod in my favorite show. This is my favorite episode of all time. this is about lucy getting drunk on accident while practicing her tv commercial over and over. this medicene called vitameatavegamin is supposed to help you feel secure and not poop-out at parties, w/ 13% alchahol. WATCH IT!

TIMELESS AND HILARIOUS
"Hello, friends, I'm your Vitameatavegimin girl. Are you run down, listless... do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? WELL ARE YOU??" Filmed in 1952, this holds up as one of Lucy's finest moments on film. Her duck-like voice is delightful and she's hilarious as she gets progressively snockered. Vivian Vance does not appear in this episode. The man who played the director, Ross Elliot and the script boy Maury Thompson had to bite the insides of their cheeks to keep from cracking up. The contents of the bottle was apple pectin. They say you can catch a peek of the Ricardo apartment in the scene where Lucy gazes adoringly at Ricky; it's in the background of where she's standing. ... Read more

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Living Doll, one of The Twilight Zone's scariest episodes, written by Charles Beaumont, stars Telly Savalas as a mean-spirited man who makes a pint-sized enemy in his stepdaughter's new and very protective doll, Talky Tina (June Foray, the venerable Queen of Cartoons, who is best known as the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel). He thinks after tossing her in the garbage can that he's seen the last of Tina. But then the telephone rings: "My name is Talky Tina ... and I'm going to kill you." This video also includes one of Rod Serling's best episodes, the thoughtful The Eye of the Beholder, in which unseen plastic surgeons labor intensively to make their desperate female patient look "normal." This is one of three must-own volumes of vintage Twilight Zone episodes released to commemorate this timeless series' 40th anniversary. Tape 1 features the video premiere of The After Hours (the one with the mannequins) and Time Enough at Last starring Burgess Meredith as the post-apocalyptic bookworm. Tape 3 features the alien-in-a-diner puzzler Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up, as well as the signature episode To Serve Man, which TV Guide rightfully ranked as one of TV's top 100 episodes of all time. --Donald Liebenson ... Read more

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The classic "Eye of the Beholder" and deadly Talky Tina
"The Eye Of The Beholder," a classic Twilight Zone episode written by Rod Serling, tells the story of Janet Tyler, a woman whose hideously deformed face has made her an outcast all of her life. Now she faces her eleventh and final operation in a last chance to look normal. Maxine Stuart plays Janet under the bandages, and Donna Douglas plays her as revealed. This is one of the show's finest episodes, although probably more people have seen the Saturday Night Live takeoff than the original. Then we have Telly Savalas as Erich Streator, who is threatened by a "Living Doll" in this episode written by Jerry Sohl. Erich does not like the Talky Tina his wife has bought for Christie, his step-daughter. However the doll, voiced by the great June Foray (the voice of Rocky J. Squirrel), tells Erich she hates him too. A gripping episode since Talky Tina never talks when anybody else is around. Poor Erich. An above average Zone episode and while I would not have thought of putting this particular pair together on the same videotape, it is certainly one of the better volumes in this series.

My name is Talky Tina and I will Kill You.
Those words spoken by a Living Doll who protects the young daughter of a cruel step father played by Telly Salavis in "Living Doll", one of the most frightening episodes of the Twilight Zone, and scored with suspenceful music by Bernard Herrman. The next episode after that "Eye of the Beholder", penned by Rod Serling, is a statement of what it means to be ugly or beautiful when a woman wakes up on some world in the future or the past (It's never revealed) where her face stands out in a world where the other human faces look vastly different. The erie atmosphere of the story is also added by the strange haunting (and yet somewhat hopeful) music again scored by Bernard Herrman. A must of for any Twilight Zone fan's video collection.

All Is Not What It Appears to Be
Your heart kind of goes out for Telly Savalas in LIVING DOLL. As much of the no-good creep of a stepfather he is you just gotta feel bad for this guy as he gets outdone by a doll, Talky Tina. The doll is almost as evil as he is and this becomes very evident in the final scene at the bottom of the living room staircase. A lot of the ambiguous feelings the viewer feels is the result of Bermard Herrmann's innovative score. It has a childlike quality that taunts and teases both Telly Savalas and the viewer. This is an excellent episode from the 5th season and the entire series for that matter. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER also taunts the main character and the viewer. The suspense of what lies beneath those bandages is unbearable. This story is not only a parable of beauty being in the eye of the beholder but makes a strong statement on fascism. Bernard Herrmann's score once again is on target as his rather ominously suspenseful scoring pulls in the viewer for a twist of fate. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is another excellent episode.

My name is Talky Tina and You had better watch this Video
LIVING DOLL and THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER are two of the best episodes of "The Twilight Zone." Telly Savalas gives us a cru