Although I will certainly buy this collection of Christmas episodes from The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction, it would probably have been easier and less confusing if MPI Home Video had just included them in their other, regular collections of the shows to begin with!! At least that way they would have been releasing the shows in their proper order and people wouldn't be thinking the collections are incomplete!! More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Buddy Ebsen - Donna Douglas Director(s): Richard Whorf - Robert M. Leeds - Guy Scarpitta - Ralph Levy - Joseph Depew DVD Release Date: Released the 25 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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All of the criticisms pointed out in previous postings are true: no, this set does not contain the complete first season; yes, they should have included the Christmas episode; yes, the sound and picture quality could be better; yes, they should have indexed the times of each episode individually instead of running them all together; yes, it would seem that a DVD set that has the apparent support of someone as important (not to mention as fabulously beautiful) as our beloved Linda Kaye Henning probably should not contain these flaws.
Nevertheless, this set is worth every penny for two reasons: 1. all the episodes are (at least as near as I can tell) COMPLETE and unedited, to include the "third" verse of the opening credits where they plug the "sponsor of the week", and, 2.... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Buddy Ebsen - Donna Douglas Director(s): Richard Whorf - Robert M. Leeds - Guy Scarpitta - Ralph Levy - Joseph Depew DVD Release Date: Released the 27 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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but stupid and mindless. Presley was never an actor, and proves it once again here. But the songs are even worse than his acting. There are no good ones. None. Not even the title song, whioch was never a major hit for him. The rest of the cast is the usual melange of unknowns or semi-knowns who either totally non-act, or overact with the extremely limited talent they have. Only Harry Morgan, who was likely the only really talented one in the bunch (OK, Strauss to a degree, too) seemed to be having a good time; it's almost as if he went into the movie with a "Hell, it's a paycheck" attitude. The ending goes beyond trite into fantasy. And what can you say about Donna Douglas? Well, she was slightly better here than as Ellie May Clampett. But that's like saying one shade of battleship gray... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Elvis Presley - Donna Douglas Director(s): Frederick De Cordova DVD Release Date: Released the 22 May 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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