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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.

Lucy's funninesses at her best!
These two Lucy episodes are nothing but funny. In the Fur Coat, Lucy is bragging about getting a mink coat to everyone. When Ethel argues about where to hold the club meeting, Lucy decides to spend the money on Ethel's apartment and furniture, instead. Then she buys herself some new furniture. In the other one, Lucy and Ethel are sinched on winning 300 bucks by finding a specific dollar with a serial number printed in the paper. Then they must go down to the laundry to recover half the bill! This video is full of laughs!

What would Lucy rather have: A dollar bill or a fur coat?
This tape from the "I Love Lucy" collection features a pair of episodes in which our favorite redhead mistakenly loses one valuable present and then mistakenly appropriates another. In "Bonus Bucks" (March 8, 1954), a newspaper is running a prize contest where winners have the right serial numbes from dollar bills. Ricky finds a dollar with the winning numbers and sneaks it into Lucy's purse so she can discover it for herself. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished and Lucy gives the dollar to the grocery who ends up giving it to Ethel for change. Getting the bill back proves to be extremely difficult and quite funny. This episode, #87 in the show for those counting, is from the third season.

In "The Fur Coat" (December 10, 1951), Lucy comes home and finds Ricky with an expensive fur coat. She assumes it is an anniversary gift and Ricky, trapped because he did not remember the occasion, cannot take the gift back. After basking in the joy of her new coat, Lucy learns the truth and comes up with a way of making Ricky pay for his folly. This episode, the 9th from the first season of "I Love Lucy," was partially based on an episode of Lucy's radio show, "My Favorite Husband" called "Anniversary Presents." As I indicated above, together these two episodes make a nice comic counterpoint. ... Read more

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Lucy: Very Funny Episodes
These episodes are sooooo funny. You will fully enjoy these.

The first Lucy is really funny. In "Lucy is Envious," Lucy's wealthy school mate, Cynthia Hardcourt, is working in town. Lucy lies about that she gives a lot to charity and gets herself in a jam. She has to get 500 dollars! She is paid to work as martians from outer space. They get get 500 dollars, but Ricky and Fred pose as martians as well to scare Lucy and Ethel. The second episode, "Lucy Tells the Truth," is when Ricky makes a bet that Lucy cannot tell the absolute truth for 24 hours. Lucy is forced to not fib and makes it, barely, after Ricky gives in.

Get these episodes. They are worthy of five stars.

Lucy goes to great comics heights on "I Love Lucy"
Two episodes from the classic situation comedy in which Lucy ends up on the outside part of a building, are offered up in Volume 12 of the "I Love Lucy" collection. In "Lucy is Envious" (March 29, 1954), wealthy old school chum Cynthia Harcourt (Mary Jane Croft) shows up to raise money for charity. Lucy pledges "five" to the cause, only to discover this means $500 not $5. To save face and earn the money, Lucy answers a newspaper ad for girls who are brave and has to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. This episode was the first time Croft, who went on to be a regular on not only "I Love Lucy" but "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" as well, worked with Lucille Ball. "Lucy Cries Wolf" (October 18, 1954) was the 100th episode of "I Love Lucy." After reading a newspaper story about a woman whose husband refused to rescue her during a robbery, Lucy decides to test Ricky. She calls him up, screams a couple of times and then goes out on the building ledge to see what Ricky will do. Neither of these episodes are classics, but average Lucy is still pretty good.

America's Favorite Redhead
(And America's Favorite Cuban, of course) This video is another one of the episodes of the ever popular I Love Lucy show. Whatever episode it is, everyone is sure to laugh, just like in this one, Lucy Cries Wolf (and I think by looking at the cover has the one where Lucy and Ethel pretend to be alien women from mars to get money.) Everyone i guarantee will watch this, and every other I Love Lucy and/or Lucy-Desi Comedy hour episode over and over again. ... Read more

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Some of the most classic moments from this landmark series
This tape contains what for me are two of the very best episodes from the classic "I Love Lucy" television series. Granted that this series contains so many classic episodes that it is hard to pick absolute favourites but the two dealing with the saga of John Wayne's footprints and the wacky Lucy's determination to take them back with her to New York are totally hilarious and have attained true icon status since they were first televised in the mid 1950's.

The first of the two episodes "Lucy Visits Graumans" finds the wacky but lovable redhead along with fellow conspirator in many escapades Ethel, touring the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre to see the stars inprints in the forecourt. Lucy discovers that John Wayne's block is loose and concocts a wild scheme to clain the, to quote Lucy, "the souveneir of all souveneirs". Lucy works out an hilarious plan to steal the footprints that involves "precision timing, a trowel, a bucket of quick dry cement, and a getaway car", to carry off the perfect heist and indeed what girl according to Lucy wouldn't want John Wayne's block under her bed!! Lucy being Lucy of course everything goes wrong and she finds herself in an absolutely hilarious moment with her foot stuck in the bucket of quick dry cement which hardens while they are hiding from some policemen in the bushs near the theatre. Their efforts to get the block back to the hotel are halted by Ricky (Desi Arnaz) who finds out about what has taken place (in another hilarious moment in the Mertzes hotel room) and orders them to take it back upon which Lucy and Ethel drop it and it breaks into a milion pieces.

Episode two "Lucy and John Wayne", continues the story and is one of the very best episodes from the entire series boasting a rare television appearance by John Wayne playing himself. It chronicles the gang's repeated efforts to replace the smashed footprints before that evenings preview of John Wayne's new picture "Blood Alley". Of course their efforts are constantly upset to the point where John Wayne who knows Ricky from the studio and has kindly agreed to redo his footprints to get Lucy out of trouble, is forced repeatedly to set his footprints and signature in wet cement as Lucy erases the first effort and little Ricky crawls through the next set!!! Lucy has a laugh out loud line when Desi states that he is too embarrassed to ask John Wayne to yet again set his footprints in a fourth try when she says "Well he's in pictures tell him it's a retake!". Another hilarious scene occurs when Lucy and Ethel sneak into the studio to try and get the Duke's imprints without him even knowing about it and Lucy gets trapped in John Wayne's dressing room where she is forced to give him a body massage. That scene alone is worth watching the episode for! All ends happily when the Duke provides Lucy with a years supply of cement blocks complete with his footprints and signature to take back to New York with her.

Rarely has this great ensemble of performers worked better together than in these two episodes. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley are all superb and the real revelation of these shows is the wonderful performance by John Wayne in part two. Whether he is being spiked in the behind by one of Lucy's hair curlers, pretending to shrink to the ground in agony after shaking the hand of "old bone crusher Mertze" (Fred) or having an unexpectadly rough back massage by his unknown "assistant" he is a joy to watch and indeed worked so well with Lucy that he also guest starred in her next television series "The Lucy Show"' during the 1960's.

This two part story shows what made Lucille Ball such a wonderful performer and one of, if not the greatest comedy performer on television ever. The show is still as fresh and funny today as it was in the 1950's and people will undoubtedly go on loving Lucy for as long as television is in existence. These episodes filmed during the season when the show moved locales to Hollywwod contained some of the best individual stories and most have now attained the status of television classics in their own right. Enjoy a wonderful laugh and hold onto your sides when you watch Lucy visiting Graumans and encountering John Wayne. Guaranteed belly laughs from beginning to end!

She did it again!!!
The wonderful 2 part story of Lucy and John Wayne. These "I Love Lucy" shows are casted in Hollywood, CA. Lucy and Ethel meet John Wayne, and Lucy just has to get his footprints from the Graman's Chinese Theater. They are spotted, and as usual, the whole thing is a big mess of tricks, stunts, and is just plain hilarious. You will love this.

The two-part story of Lucy and John Wayne's footprints...
This pair of episodes from "I Love Lucy" are the first two from the classic situation comedy's fifth season, which finds Lucy & Ricky and Fred & Ethel still in Hollywood where Ricky is still trying to make a movie. "Lucy Visits Grauman's" (#128, October 3, 1955), finds the girls sightseeing at the famous Chinese Restaurant when Lucy discovers John Wayne's cement footprints are loose. Naturally, she steals them as a souvenir. When Ricky finds out he demands she returns them, at which point she accidentally drops them and they shatter. In the second part, "Lucy and John Wayne," (#129, October 10, 1955), 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. Both times, Wayne does a great job as the comic foil to the zany redhead. This tape offers a pair of classic "Lucy" episodes.

Typical Lucy
I have the entire Lucy video collection and love it! I am such a Lucy fan that I nick-named my 2 boisterous granddaughters "Lucy and Ethel" (these 2 girls are forever getting into trouble). Lucy brings on the laughs almost from the very beginning. No one can twirl spaghetti on a fork like her! With John Wayne, she is in rare form. Anyone would be proud to own and share these videos. They definitely don't come close to anyone duplicating her. What a lady! ... Read more

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Hail, Samantha, Queen of the Witches!
From day one Darrin Stevens had been trying to get his wife Samantha to stop using her powers as a witch. Well, at the start of the fourth season of "Bewitched" the show upped the ante as Sam became the Queen of the Witches. In "Long Live the Queen" (Episode #108, September 7, 1967), Tichiba, Queen of the Witches, abdicates the throne and chooses Sam to succeed her. Of course, Sam wants to refuse before Darrin finds out, but Endora pushes her to accept. Surprise, surprise, Sam gets Darrin to agree and then the fun begins. After Sam's coronation the Stevens house is invaded by all sorts of animals and animated objects, all witches and warlocks who had been changed by Tichiba for various offenses. Meanwhile, Mr. Rohrbach, who is considering hiring McMahon & Tate, stops by the house to check out Darrin's home life before forking over his million dollar account. Wackiness ensues in this episode written by Ed Jurist. Actually, I was surprised that Darrin agreed to go along with Sam being Queen of the Witches for a year. Lord, what power those mortal scribes have over television characters.

In "It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House" (Episode #145, October 24, 1968), we are a year into the grand experiment and Samantha has to preside over a meeting of the Witches Council. She agrees and gets Serena to take her spot at home while she goes off to the meeting and for some reason she thinks that this might actually work. Lord, what fools these witches be. Endora takes Tabitha to the Zoo after she recognizes Serena and Larry advise Darrin to make up with his wife by taking her on a second honeymoon. Of course, as Darrin whisks "Sam" off to the Moonthatch Inn, Serena starts to panic. Actually, I always liked this episode, written by Barbara Avendon, because it actually has Samantha and Darrin being romantic. Usually the frantic comedy shenanigans make you forget that there is a love story going on and while there were few tender and touching moments on "Bewitched," this episode has one of them.

Wonderful
Bewitched is one of the best sitcom's and this video has some of the highlights. Could do with having a longer tape though..more episodes please.

Will Darrin Ever learn?
Episodes include: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN...in which Samantha is tagged to be Queen of the Witches and Darrin to be turned into a doormat & IT`S SO NICE TO HAVE A SPOUSE AROUND THE HOUSE... when Darrin unknowingly takes Serena, on a second honeymoon meant for Samantha. Classic Bewitched with the original Darrin. LOVED IT! ... Read more

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Tongiht on the Dukes................Law and Disorder!
Deputy Dukes
Original Airdate: April 13, 1979.
For has long has there has been a Duke in Hazzard County, there has been the belief that some county peace officers would be over their heads if they stood in a puddle. In Hazzard County, out-witting the sheriff is a game that is as popular as baseball and football combined, and the Dukes are the reigning champions of that sport. So how are Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) going to tell Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle) that they've become deputy sheriffs?

In this classic episode, the county's not-so-finest are assigned a risky prisoner transfer, they look for some patsies to take on the job of transporting a man so dangerous that he's Public Enemy #1 (through 10!). They don't have to look far. Bo and LLuke are cooling their heels in the county cell and are steamrolled into the dangerous job. Will the survive? Find out by ordering this piece of television history.

I thought that it is the best show in the world
My review of the movie was that I though it was an excellent movie and I would watch it over many, many times and I would never get bored of it. I watch The Dukes of Hazard everyday, so I guess you can say that I have seen every show. ... Read more

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The Stephens's busybody neighbor Mrs. Kravitz (Sandra Gould) predictably makes a bad situation worse (but also funnier) in both episodes on this tape. In a reversal of the classic frog-prince fairy tale, veteran character actor John Fiedler hops into Samantha's life as Fergus, a man who wants to be turned back into a frog so he can be reunited with his beloved. In the second episode, Endora brings Darrin down to size--literally--causing him to shrink in retaliation for a rude remark. While some of the humor is a bit dated (like the stereotypically drunken Irishman who rescues Darrin by mistaking him for a leprechaun), these episodes can still charm a chuckle or two out of even the most jaded viewer. --Larisa Lomacky Moore ... Read more

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If a man wants to be a frog then Darrin can be a leperchaun
Key associations with the color green serves as the common denominator for this pair of episodes from the classic television sitcom "Bewitched," which aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972. Episode #106 "Nobody But a Frog Knows How to Live" (Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen, Aired April 27, 1967) gets going when a man starts following Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) and Tabitha. Familiar character actor John Fielder plays Fergus, who wants to be turned back into a frog so he can be with his beloved girlfriend. This sound simple enough, but then there is Gladys Kravitz (Sandra Gould), the nosy neighbor from across the street, who helps compliment what should have been a simple case of flipping the old standard of the prince who is turned into a frog.

Episode #141 "Samantha's Wedding Present" (Written by Bernard Slade, Aired September 26, 1968) was the premier episode for the show's fifth season. Endora (Agnes Moorhead) tries to make peace with Darrin (Dick York), and you know how well that is going to go. To make a long story short, that is exactly what Endora does to Samantha's husband. Make him short. Only not all at once, which explains how Darrin ends up in a mayonnaise jar in the trash that a drunk happens to find. Since the drunk is Irish, he is convinced Darrin is a Leprechaun (which gets us back to our green theme). Veteran character actors Jack Griffin and Dick Wilson appear in the show as well. This episode is the better of the pair, but I would not call either of theme classic "Bewitched" stories.

Final Notes: Viewers familiar with the show will notice that these episodes involve the first Darrin and the second Gladys Kravitz, but will they also notice that the phone number for the Stephens residence changes in these two episodes? Just do not ask me why Tabitha was played by both Erin and Diane Murphy but eventually only by Erin. Can you imagine if they had done that to Olsen twins? As long as we are doing television trivia, let me point out that when "Bewitched" finished second in the Nielsen ratings in its first season it was the biggest hit the network had ever produced, up to that time. The series also won some Emmys to underscore that this was not only imaginative but also well-written. A lot of credit goes to the talents of Montgomery and Moorhead, who brought some rather serious acting chops to the crazy situations. ... Read more

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A searing indictment of anti-intellectualism run amuck
The episode "The Obsolete Man" is a philosophy lecture in video form, as T-Z episodes always tended to be. The problem is that if you inject some lesson into entertainment, a lot of people aren't going to entirely get the point. To this day, the consensus on this episode is mostly that it's Cold War-era "boogeyman" propaganda about totalitarian societies--its resemblance to certain scenes in the screen version of Orwell's "1984" tends to create the misapprehension that it's an offshoot. But what librarian Wordsworth has been busted for is that he deals in a banned item--books. Burgess Meredith as Wordsworth has always had a talent for playing bookish types and Fritz Weaver is almost typecast as the tyrant he faces. It's a standard cliche that totalitarian regimes don't like people to read the wrong things because it might lead to disloyalty. Nazi Germany burned books because of that very rationale. More recently, the Religious Right did the same during the 1980s here in America. In the case of both symbolic acts, there was a loud and avid audience for any such event. Nobody likes people who read too much--at least nobody that matters. Is the term "bookworm" an accolade? Hell no. "Excessive reading" is one of the classic symptoms of the nerd--he can't relate to real people because he's always reading. It's always assumed that when a kid wears coke-bottle glasses, too much reading is why. When I was a kid, if my dad had been required to pay a fine to me every time he spoke the phrase "with his nose in a goddam book", he might not have gone broke--but I would have gotten a bigger allowance from him than I actually did get on a weekly basis. When a neighboring county ran into a budget deficit this year, library services were among the first cutbacks. I guess the lesson I see in this episode is that books might indeed be considered as a "toxic substance" by totalitarian societies, but the grassroots bias against too much reading because it isn't "cool" is a problem in and of itself. A lot of people don't like reading because it bores them, but when people impose that preference on others, you don't have to live in a Fourth or Fifth Reich for something to be wrong with that picture.

Rod Serling's Classic Zone episode about the Holocaust
Burgess Meredith returns to the Zone as Romney Wordsworth, another book loving man, in "The Obsolete Man." Although this story does not have to do with World War II, it does feature a Nazi-like futuristic regime where books have been banned. The Chancellor (Fritz Weaver) judges Wordsworth to be "obsolete" and sentences him to be executed in a manner of his own choosing. The better episode here is "Death's Head Revisited," written by Rod Serling and very effectively directed by Don Medford. Oscar Beregi plays "Mr. Schmidt," who visits the ruins of Dachau because during the war he was Captain Gunther Lutze of the S.S. However, his happy reminiscences are disturbed by the "caretaker" Becker, played with quiet effectiveness by Joseph Schildkraut, who is really the ghost of one of Lutze's victims--and he is not alone. Years before "Holocaust" or "Schindler's List," Serling's "Deaths-Head Revisited" stood as a reminder we should not forget. Of all of Serling's "preachy" episodes, this is far and away the best of the lot. This is an absolutely classic television episode.

Very current even today
The Obsolete Man stand up with the best of Sterling's work on the Twilight zone. Just Look at all the jails being built and the people they put in them and you may begain to realize how current this one twilight zone show is. Goverments still decides who's obsolete. Not to be missed!

Serling isn't a writer, he's a prophet.
Two masterful episodes, both originated by Serling. In "Death's Head Revisited," a Nazi gets a dose of his own medicine. In "The Obsolete Man," Burgess Meredith gives a riveting performance as a librarian in the desolate future where books have been banned. It has everything: a moral, suspense, wit, and irony. A must. ... Read more

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VERY FUNNY
ALTHOUGH I CANNOT REMEMBER THE DON RICKLES EPISODE WELL ENOUGH TO WRITE A FULL REVIEW,I DO REMEMBER THE JOHN WAYNE EPISODE SINCE I JUST SAW IT LAST YEAR.THIS IS A TRULY FUNNY ENTRY IN THE AMUSING AND ENJOYABLE SERIES (THOUGH NOT A CLASSIC OF THE 'I LOVE LUCY'VARIETY} AND IF THE COMEDIC SCRIPT WASNT ENOUGH,THERES STILL THE TIMELESS MEETING OF LUCY AND THE DUKE TO RECOMMEND THIS TAPE.SOMEHOW,THEIR PERSONALITIES SEEM TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.GOOD FUN FOR FANS.

A great Lucy episode where the redhead knocks out John Wayne
This videotape offers on of my favorite episodes of "The Lucy Show" with "Lucy and John Wayne" (#120 November 21, 1966). Mary Jane is working at a movie studio and invites Lucy to lunch where she runs into John Wayne. Mary Jane then fixes it so Lucy can watch the Duke at work where she causes a barroom brawl that destroys the set and knocks Wayne out. This episode is even funnier than Wayne's classic appearance on "I Love Lucy" a decade earlier (which is also available on tape). Then we have "Lucy the Fight Manager" (#130 February 20, 1967), a below average episode that has Lucy managing a fighter played by Don Rickles who wants to retire and open a flower shop. Ball and Rickles just do not click together, which is even more obvious after seeing the perfect relationships Lucy enjoyed the Duke in the previous episode. ... Read more

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One of the top 3 best comedy shows of the 60's!!
This was a great show. To this day this is one of my all time top 3 shows. I watched it as a little boy, teen, and now as an adult. When are they going to realease this series on DVD? Hellooooo!!!!!! Producers of the recent tv show on DVD craze need to start reading and finding out what their public wants. Another great show that we are still waiting for on DVD was Golden Girls. Heads up!!

A NOSE IN FRONT OF THE REST!!
"Hark ye witches who live in lamps,
the power of watts, umps and amps,
the power of ac, dc technician...
send to me an electrician" AND POOF!!! there you have it,
the best sitcom to appear on television. At least it's my favorite show of all time. A show that shows that when you love someone nothing and nobody can change the way you fill. It mirrors life. I didn't relize that when I was growing up in the sixties and watching this super show, but now I do. People can love each other no matter what thier diffrences, and can stay together, no-matter who tries to ZAP them out of love. A great show worth buying. One thing POPS in mind....WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO PUT IT OUT ON DVD????

The Best TV Sitcom From The 60's
I am A BIG FAN OF BEWITCHED. Elizabeth Montgomery did a great job playing both Samantha & Cousin Serena. I love it when Samantha twitches her nose to make things happen,make things float & make things appear & disappear. Tabitha was so cute when she was a baby especially when uses her finger to twitch her nose. I also like Agnes Moorehead,Dick York & Dick Sargent. That TV SHOW MADE ME CRACK UP LAUGHING!!!

The Best TV Sitcom From The 60's
I am Big Fan of Bewitched. I love WATCHING IT ON TVLAND. Elizabeth Montgomery did a great job playing both Samantha & Cousin Serena. I love it when She twitches her nose to make things happen,make things float & make things appear & disappear. Tabitha was so cute as a baby when she uses her finger to twitch her nose. I also like Agnes Moorehead,Dick York & Dick Sargent.

The Best TV Sitcom From The 60's
I am a big fan of Bewitched I love WATHING IT ON TVlAND. BEWICTHED MADE ME CRACK UP LAUGHING.Elizabeth Montgomery did a very great job playing both Samantha & Cousin Serena. I like it when Samantha twitches her nose to make things happen,make things float & make things disappear & appear. Tabitha was so cute as a baby especially when she uses her finger to twitch her nose. And I also like Dick York,Dick Sargent & Agnes Moorehead who also played on Bewitched,too. ... Read more

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A pair of first rate Rod Serling scripts, esp. "The Shelter"
A pair of excellent scripts by Rod Serling are featured on this particular "Twilight Zone" videotape. "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" (October 16, 1959) is the third episode of "The Twilight Zone," starring Dan Duryea as the title character, a drunken gunslinger who is forced to fight the town bully (Martin Landau). However, Henry J. Fate (Malcolm Atterbury) rides into town and just by looking at Denton momentarily restores his shooting skills. But after winning the gunfight, Denton finds he has become the target for a young gunslinger (Doug McClure) wanting to make his reputation. Denton buys a magic potion from Fate that will give him ten seconds of deadly accuracy, which Denton must use to change his life forever. This episode provides one of the better "TZ" scripts, which I do not think you will find predictable.

"The Shelter" (September 29, 1961) is one of my favorite episodes of "The Twilight Zone." Although this is one of Serling's "preachy" scripts, I think it is a case where he hits the mark perfectly. The neighborhood is gathering for a surprise party for Doc Stockton (Larry Gates), when the radio announces radar has detected what appears to be incoming missiles. Doc, his wife and young son go to the shelter he has built in his basement. But when his unprepared neighbors start begging to be let in there is neither enough room nor enough supplies, which is when things get ugly. Some people consider "The Shelter" to be melodramatic, but I always found it rather chilling. Maybe because it is a rare "TZ" episode that has neither any science fiction nor fantasy elements. The cast for this third season episode includes Jack Albertson as Jerry Harlowe, Joseph Bernard as Mary Weiss, Sandy Kenyon as Frank, and Peggy Stewart as Grace Stockton.

Shows who's really youy friends
The shelter isn't a particulary scary episode but shows what your friends may do to you in a state of crisis.A doctor has some friends over with a party when a ufo flys over and everyone is panicked and runs home.The doctor and his family retire to the bomb shelter and have enough supplies for only his family.His friends panic and knock the door down and the crisis is a false alarm.His friends apologize for being so greedy but the doctor comes out in disbelief in how these people acted, wanting to save themselves even if it meant killing the doctor in the process. ... Read more

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The Invaders looks silly now
I watched a different tape - which had the Invaders but not Nothing in Dark.

The Invaders is a good acting performance and it is interesting but SSLLOOWW and a little silly looking now. Little versions of the robot from lost in space attacking this woman with little flashlights and a carving knife??? For it's time it was probably good, but not now - in my opinion.

Agnes Moorhead, Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford in the Zone
This volume of "The Twilight Zone" offers a pair of classic episodes where the performances by the actors are as memorable as the stories with their infamous Twilight Zone twists. "The Invaders" is a tour de force performance by Agnes Moorhead in an episode written by Richard Matheson. Moorhead plays a woman living alone in a farmhouse who finds that a miniature flying saucer has landed on her roof. The woman has to fight against the strange tiny invaders with their advanced technology. But then remember, this is the Twilight Zone. "Nothing in the Dark," written by George Clayton Johnson, offers Gladys Cooper as Wanda Dunn as an old woman who has barricaded herself in her basement apartment for years, fearing that Mr. Death with kill her with a touch. Wanda knows that Death can take many disguises. But despite her fears, when Harold Beldon, a young policeman is shot outside her door, she drags him inside. Of course, the fact Beldon is played by Robert Redford might have something to do with her letting her guard down. Like I said up top, both of these episodes are classics from the beloved television anthology series.

Two More Gems From the Twilight Zone
two more well written episodes from the Twilight Zone series finds host Rod Serling Presenting Agnes Moorehead being attacked in her home by small invaders (a spine thriller episode written by Richard Matheson). The second episode written by George Clayton Johnson shows a young Robert Redford playing a mystery guest who shows an old woman that there is nothing to be afraid of in the dark (even after the lights are turned on). science fiction on television never got better then this.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR
NOTHING IN THE DARK and THE INVADERS have to be 2 of the most watched episodes of "The Twilight Zone." Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford give very good performances in this story of 'Mister Death' knocking at the door by George Clayton Johnson. THE INVADERS is a classic episode in the true tradition of "The Twilight Zone." Richard Matheson wrote a memorable story and Agnes Moorehead gave one of the greatest visual acting jobs of all time. Volume 1 is excellent and a must-have!

The Nature of Fear
These two episodes are immortal examples of the very essence of what "The Twilight Zone" is all about. 'NOTHING IN THE DARK' and 'THE INVADERS' are two very classic examples. They focus one the isolation of the individual and the fears that one creates. By our own willingness through self-fortitude we face those fears. And perhaps the very nature of those fears was not what we had made them out to be. The performances by Agnes Moorehead, Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford make these episodes very tangible for the emotional response of the viewer. Very effective and highly recommended viewing. ... Read more

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In the Twilight Zone, it matters how you play the game...
The sporting life is the top of this pair of above average episodes from "The Twilght Zone." "Steel," adapted by Richard Matheson from this short story and directed by Don Weis, is the better of Lee Marvin's two appearances in the series. Once a heavyweight who was never knocked down "Steel" Kelly is now the manager of Battling Maxo (Tip McClure), an outmoded B2 robot who badly needs repairs. The problem is, Kelly has no money in this future where only androids are allowed in the ring since prizefighter was banned in 1968. However, Kelly pretends to be an android to get a fight to raise the cash for his fighter. "A Game of Pool" is one of George Clayton Johnson's best scripted episodes, featuring Jack Klugman as pool shark Jesse Cardiff who gets the game of a lifetime against the legendary--and late--Fats Brown, played by Jonathan Winters. This episode, directed by Buzz Kulik, is one of those moments that reaffirms how good comedians are as dramatic actors. If you are reminded of Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason in "The Hustler" after watching "A Game of Pool," then you are certainly not alone in that regard.

Gamesman ship at several interesting levels
Jack Klugman is brilliant as an unchallenged pool shark who calls to the edge of the "Twilight Zone" for a worthy, if deceased challenger. As Fats Brown, Winters is nibble and smart as a Jackie Gleason styled hustler. The pay off on this show doesn't come until the end, so do not tune out too quickly. Steel is a slightly other matter. Serling was a boxer when younger and, despite his small stature, was rather skilled. This piece is certainly not up to the standard of "Requiem for a Heavyweight," coincidently on the U.S. Steel Hour, but examines the courage inherent in man's quest to control his universe. The premise of "Steel" has boxing for humans outlawed. Robots are sent to do man's work. Unfortunately, what do you do when your metal mealticket is damaged and you need the money to repair him? Lee Marvin plays the aptly nicknamed Steel who was a fighter before is was outlawed. You may guess from the previous sentence how the protagonists deal with the problem. Not unlike "Requiem,"the underdog scores a victory of sorts which will satisfy without being ridiculous. I recommend "Requiem" with Jack Palance for a true examination of Serling at the height of his writing ability dealing with this subject he obviously loved. Despite that, the Twilight Zone at its weakest is still superior to most television and movies of today. This is certainly not at its weakest. ... Read more

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Gambling is not a good thing in The Twilight Zone
The dangers of gambling provides the common theme to the two episodes of "The Twilight Zone" on this videotape. First, Buddy Ebsen plays Jimbo Cobb the title characters of "The Prime Mover," written by Charles Beaumont but based on an unpublished story by George Clayton Johnson. Jimbo, who runs a cafe, has psychokinetic power and when his partner Ace Larsen (Dane Clark) discovers Jimbo's power would allow him to manipulate dice, they head for Las Vegas. The pair win big, but Ace cannot stop gambling, despite the pleas of his girlfriend Kitty (Christine White) and Jimbo, who cares more about his friend than all the money in the world. Ebsen and Larsen play well off each other and the story takes the notion of compulsive gambling seriously. "The Fever," written by Rod Serling, stars Everett Sloane as Franklin Gibbs, a tight-fisted man whose wife Flora (Vivi Janiss) wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. Franklin hates the whole idea, but when a drunk gives him a silver dollar and gets him to play a slot machine, everything changes. Not only does the machine pay off, but Franklin can hear the one-armed bandit calling his name and simply cannot stop playing. Sloane, who had starred in Serling's classic "Playhouse 90" drama "Patterns," makes this one work with his performance as his character does a 90-degree turn and ends up losing absolutely everything. Neither of these are classic Zones, but they make a nice matched-pair.

KICK THE GAMBLING HABIT
These two episodes are about gambling and all that implies as you enter "The Twilight Zone." THE FEVER written by Rod Serling demonstrates what can happen to just one of the most unlikely addictive people in the person of veteran actor Everett Sloane. Charles Beaumont's fable of gambling shows that you can kick the habit in a most unlikely way in THE PRIME MOVER with Dane Clark and Buddy Ebsen.

The classic "Franklin"
The classic "Franklin" ... Read more

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...and God created Lucy. We've been entertained ever since!
We've been loving Lucy for over 50 years, and something tells me that we always will. -- This video set contains 2 of Lucy's best episodes, both part of the "California, Here We Come" batch. "The Tour" has one of the most hilarious slapstick numbers ever filmed: Lucy & Ethel (of course) get on a tour bus to catch glimpses of celebrity homes. From the moment they get on the bus, the pair act as though they were alone, talking out loud to each other, forcing fellow passangers to switch seats with them, and trading dirty looks (and a few smart words) with the driver/tour guide. The funniest moment is when a fat lady sits on Lucy (because a second ago the seat was vacant) without noticing that there was a person in the seat, Ethel giggles in amusement, Lucy grimmaces in discomfort, then the fat lady realizes her mistake and jumps up. Whatever happened to sit coms that we never saw something like that again? Whatever happened to sit coms in general? If you enjoy humor that is not based on sexual inuendos, has no references to drugs or other "realistic themes", but prefer a good old fashioned belly laugh, then this Lucy video is for you! I haven't found a substitute for this genuine article yet!

Lucy and the Gang head off to Hollywood for fun, fun, fun
This volume in the "I Love Lucy" collection offers a pair of episodes from the season when the show headed off to Hollywood. The Ricardos and Mertzes hit the road in "California, Here We Come" (Episode #110 January 10, 1955). But before that happens Lucy's mother, Mrs.. McGillicuddy shows up unannounced intending to go along on the drive. This makes Ricky very angry (in Spanish), which leads to more angry words from everybody else (in English) until everybody is pretty much mad at everybody else. Eventually cooler heads prevail and it is agreed that Mrs. McGillicuddy and Little Ricky will fly out and join the others once they are settled. The episode ends with the cast driving across the George Washington Bridge singing "California, Here We Come." Actually an average episode, although it does introduce Kathryn Card in her occasional role of Lucy's mom, a scatterbrained lady who gives us a clue as to why Lucy is the way she is, most of the episodes on the road and in Hollywood are much better. But you have to start a trip to get anywhere. Then in "The Tour" (Episode #127 May 30, 1955), Ricky is going to have lunch with Richard Widmark and wisely refuses to let Lucy anywhere near the movie star. So Lucy and Ethel go on a bus tour of the homes of the movie stars. When they see Widmark's house they decide to pick a grapefruit from his tree. Consequently, the bus leaves without them and they are trapped in Widmark's home just as he arrives with Ricky. This episode would come back to haunt Lucille Ball, since fans would climb over the wall of her home since they had already seen Lucy do it on TV.

Hillarious As Always
Classic Lucy! A beautifully made video series of all of the favorite Lucy episodes, sans the commercials...what could be better than that! :o)

It was good,
I like the part where she sits on the elephants head and squishes 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. Buy them on VHS or DVD today.

Lucy has a couple of major headaches in these two episodes
The common denominator for the two episodes on Volume 9 of the "I Love Lucy" collection is that they involve the zany redhead's head. In "The Mustache" (Episode #23, March 17, 1952), Lucy wants Ricky to get rid of his new mustache so she puts on a pair of false whiskers. Of course, the problem is that they will not come off. Then in "Lucy and the Loving Cup" (Episode #165, January 7, 1957), well, obviously Lucy is going to get a loving cup stuck on her head. But she manages to get lost in the New York subway system while doing it. These are not classic episodes, but you will notice that "average" Lucy is way better than 9/10s of what is out there in sitcom land today. ... Read more

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Hilarious episodes!
In the washing machine episode, Lucy and Ricky give away their washing machine to the Mertzes because they buy a new one. But then they claim that they're the reason for all of the mistakes it is causing. When some guy wants to buy the machine, they now start to argue on keeping it for their own. In the similar The Courtroom episode, Lucy and Ricky buy the Mertzes a large tv for their anniversary gift. When Ricky pitches in to try to help its technical problems, he busts the screen. In anger, Fred kicks the Ricardos' tv and sends them both to court. But of course, both of these arguments result in friendship again.

The Ricardos and the Mertzes battle it out on "I Love Lucy"
Lucy & Ricky take on Fred & Ethel in a couple of episodes from the 2nd season of "I Love Lucy." In "Never Do Business With Friends" (Episode #66, June 29, 1953), Lucy finally talks Ricky into buying her a new washer and dryer, which is fine. Fred wants to buy the old set for Ethel, which is a disaster waiting to happen. Ricky is finally convinced to make the deal and, sure enough, the machine breaks down. Then in "The Courtroom" (#42, November 10, 1952), the Mertzes are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Ricky & Lucy give them a television set, but when Ricky fiddles with it, the gift blows up. Fred then kicks in the picture tube of the Ricardos' set, the two couples sue each other, and end up in court. Veteran character actor Moroni Olsen gets to the play the poor judge who has to deal with the bickering couples. Neither of these are classic episodes of the celebrated situation comedy, but worth watching just to see the friends turn on each other with such comic results.

Can't get enough of Lucy
Every episode of "I Love Lucy" is a riot. Lucille Ball's amazing presence on the screen is enough to keep everyone at home watching until the very end. I stay up late just to watch Lucy shows on TV. Definitely the best American comedy.

CLASSIC FUN WITH THE MERTZES AND THE RICARDOS!
"Never do Business with Friends" is good advice as most of us know, so this episode works well because the audience can relate to the situation. Scenes where the clothes fly out of the washer(in the little-seen Mertz kitchen) and Lucy and Ethel doing tug-of-war with the washer on the back porch are very funny. Probably for the first time in the series, we hear that Ethel is from Albuquerque (in actuality,Vivian Vance's hometown was Cherryvale,Kansas, where she was born Vivian Roberta Jones on July 26,1909). Elizabeth Patterson does her stint as Mrs. Mathilda Trumbull. "The Courtroom" is a slightly lesser effort where the funniest scenes are on the witness stand. When Ethel shows her legs to the judge, Fred says heatedly "What are you trying to do Ethel? - lose the case for us?" Lucy's make-up in this episode is very heavy but she looks younger than 41- notice how white her teeth are when she growls outrageously; a dental cosmetic makeover was obviously used. ... Read more

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Burgess Meredith, Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson
This is a rather odd pairing of Twlight Zone episodes to put together. First we have a rather comic little episode and then a rather serious one, but both episodes feature fine performances. "Mr. Dingle, the Strong" offer Burgess Meredith in another episode, this time as Luther Dingle, a timid salesman who is temporarily given super strength by Martians (not sure if this is plural--they have two heads but only one body) conducting an experiment. For a while the worm turns, but then the experiment is over. Of course, there are some Venusians who decide to boost Dingle's intelligence. Written by Rod Serling this episode has Don Rickles as Bettor. For my money the better episode is "Two," written and directed by Montgomery Pittman, which offers Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as a pair of soldiers who are apparently the sole survivors of the two sides involved in World War III. Montgomery is excellent, as you would expect, but Bronson turns in a surprisingly solid performance as well.

"Mr. Dingle the Strong" the better of the two.
A decent volume of the Twilight Zone Collection. I wasn't too crazy about the second episode, "Two", but I loved the first one, "Mr. Dingle the Strong". This is a humorous story of a meek, constantly beat-on vaccuum cleaner salesman named Luther Dingle (played by the great Burgess Meredith) who happens to be the lucky test subject of a two-headed alien who, without Dingle knowing what's happening, gives him super-human strength. The humor in this episode lies in how Meredith shows off his new power. Don Rickles guest stars in this episode as a rough man named Bragg. This is the one worth watching. Enjoy!

TWO
In the second half of this tape, TWO, stars Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as two survivors of a long war, who at last find love and companionship in the Twilight Zone, courtesy of Rod Serling. ... 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.

A must for any die-hard Lucy fan
"Lucy Tells the Truth"- I loved this episode. Lucy bets that she can tell the truth for 24-hour straight- sound easy? Not for Lucy. In this episode, watch her divulge her true haircolor, age, and weight- as well as what she REALLY thinks of Ethel, Ricky, Fred- and her other friends. Lucy, like always, gets into a mess and has to scheme her way out.

"The Kleptomaniac"- This is my favorite 'I Love Lucy' episode. Lucy has disobeyed Ricky once again- promising to help with the bazaar after Ricky has forbidden her to do so. When Ricky starts to notice something strange (money and other people's furniture hidden in the apartment), he thinks that Lucy has become a kleptomaniac. When he confronts her, Lucy realizes she must either act like a kleptomanic or admit that she has disobeyed. The rest of the epsode- Lucy (and Ethel) as crooks, is hilarious.

LUCY'S HILARIOUS MOMENTS OF TRUTH!
Among Lucy afficionados, this is a favourite episode; it works because it is a subject most anyone can relate: the habit of fibbing. After claiming she starred in a stage version of "Oklahoma" (Ricky: "You know you were never in "Oklahoma" Lucy: "I was too. I spent two weeks in Tulsa once!") Ricky and the Mertzes bet Lucy $100 she can't tell the truth for 24 hours. Not only does she tell the truth, but she tells everyone EXACTLY what she thinks of them! The bridge game at Carolyn Appleby's is classic: (Lucy:"And let ME keep score this time, Carolyn - YOU CHEAT! - YES,..CHEAT! - I would have said something if I hadn't been your bridge partner!!") Eventually Lucy gets knives "thrown" at her when she claims she speaks Italian. Notice in the scene where Ricky Ethel and Fred are discussing her audition - there's an echo chamber effect due to a faulty recording problem via the mikes (this is an extreme rarity in this painstakingly made series). "The Kleptomaniac" is also a very funny episode. Joseph Kearns of "Dennis the Menace" fame is the doctor Ricky brings home because he believes Lucy to be a thief. The second half comes off better than the first with Lucy and Ethel playing crooks -they're terrific- and when Lucy pretends to be hypnotized, she's great as usual.

HILARIOUSLY FUNNY!
"LUCY TELLS THE TRUTH IS ONE OF MY VERY FAVOURITE EPISODES OF "I LOVE LUCY". LUCY WAS ALWAYS FIBBING,AND THERE ARE ELEMENTS IN THIS EPISODE (HOWEVER EXAGERRATED)WHICH ARE SO TRUE TO LIFE. THE BRIDGE GAME AT CAROLINE APPLEBY'S APARTMENT IS PURE GOLD! ... Read more

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Looking Into the Soul
THE LONELY is one of Rod Serling's classics from the series. Jack Warden convincingly plays a convict sentenced to forty years alone on a distant asteroid. A periodic supply ship commanded by John Dehner one day leaves him a companion, a robot played flawlessly by Jean Marsh. Bernard Herrmann's poignant score evokes the enigmatic inner feeling of Jack Warden's love for his companion. And subsequently Herrmann's score captures the human quality of this female robot as she reciprocates that love. The combination of scripting, acting and scoring realistically captures our perceptions of loneliness, love, loss and reality. PROBE 7 - OVER AND OUT leisurely written by Rod Serling for the fifth Season examines the relationship of two beings, Richard Basehart and Antoinette Bower, the sole survivors of their respective annihilated planets. Basehart and the much underrated and forgotten Bower give good performances.

Love is certainly something strange in the Twilight Zone
Love between the only man and only woman around is the common denominator in this pair of episodes from "The Twilight Zone." In "The Lonely" Jack Warden plays Corry, a convicted murderer sentenced to fifty years on an asteroid in this story by Rod Serling. Captain Allenby (John Dehner) of the supply ship that stops by leaves him a present: an android named Alicia (Jean Marsh). But when Corry is pardoned, he is told he must leave the "woman" he loves behind. The idea of being in love while stranded out in space is also found in Serling's "Probe 7, Over & Out." Colonel Cook (Richard Basehart) learns that a nuclear war has destroyed his planet. Exploring the new world on which he is stranded, he discovers a footprint that leads him to Norda (Antoinette Bower), the sole survivor of her own planet, which went out of orbit. Together they will start over. And you will never guess what their first names happen to be. These are pretty much average Zone episodes, which is certainly nothing to sneeze at, boys and girls. ... Read more

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Cliff Robertson and Inger Stevens visit The Twilight Zone
Sometimes regular people find it hard to put up with things that should not be alive but are, which is pretty much the common denominator to the two episodes of "The Twilight Zone" submitted her for your approval. "The Dummy" features Cliff Robertson as ventriloquist Jerry Etherson, who is convinced his knotty-pine partner "Willie" is not only alive but pretty much evil incarnate. Rod Serling wrote this script, based on an unpublished story by Lee Polk, which features one of the most memorable and chilling final shots in the history of the Zone. The other episode on this tape is "The Lateness of the Hour," where we find Dr. Loren (John Hoyt) enjoying being served by his perfect robots. However, his daughter Jana (Inger Stevens), cannot stand this idyllic life. Unfortunately, the twist for this one is pretty predictable even though Serling does put a nice flip on the twist at the end. This was the first Zone episode to be taped rather than filmed, and Serling made the limitations of this format part of the story in terms of Jana's feelings of confinement. However, the taped episodes of the Zone just never looked right to me.

Scary, twisty gems from Rod Serling.
"The Dummy" is about a ventriloquist who honestly believes that his dummy is alive (though he drinks a lot) and soon gets taken over in way reminiscent of DEAD OF NIGHT (1945). "The Lateness of the Hour" is a bizarre yet original tale of robots as an elderly gentlemen's personal assistants. The first episode is chilling, the second is strange, both are memorable (especially "The Lateness of the Hour," though, since it has the surrealistic visual style also found in "Long Distance Call").

Fair and Worthwile
Two good episodes on this one. One about a talented man who claims his Dummy he performs with is alive, and one about a girl who is afraid that the robot servants in her family's house are being loved more than she is. Pretty good. Definitely will be enjoyed by TZ fans and collectors. ... Read more