Why is it that in an age when you can get a whole season of a television show on DVD for less than 30 dollars, you need to pay 45 dollars for six episodes of a show that quite frankly wasn't all that great to begin with? I bought this collection for my father (a former hippie) for his birthday despite the fact that it was a huge rip-off. He seems more-or-less pleased with the episodes included, but doesn't think it's worth what I payed (he saw the receipt).
I managed to get the Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus (a much funnier sketch comedy program from about the the same time period) for only twenty dollars. That collection is loaded with special feature and has at least twelve episodes. I highly reccomend that collection over this any day.
R&M provide laughs like they did the 1st time around
I got this for my dad for his birthday. He had expressed a desire a long time ago to find a collection of R&W shows of old. With this in mind I started searching, found the DVD set on Amazon and sent it to him for his 75th. He couldn't have been happier (and this is a man who is very hard to buy for!) My mom says he sits in front of the TV and laughs and laughs.
From beautiful, downtown Burbank....Rhino's Rip-Off!
I was only 2 years old when the first episode of Laugh-In aired so I was really too young to understand any of the political and sexual references, but years later, after learning more about the socio/political climate of the times, I came to appreciate the show's brand of subversive, almost anarchic comedy.
It's no news of course that Laugh-In came at a time when our nation was deeply divided over the Vietnam War, was losing its collective morale and was seriously in need of something silly and light. And it's true that the writers resurrected a lot of jokes that were old and moldy even then.
However, the way it was presented, in such a rapid-fire, almost chaotic manner, helped along by the very memorable characters and their catch phrases and combined with a healthy dose of social consciousness and defiance of the network censors was what really made the show shine.
I've been very anxious to see this slice of 60's nostalgia come out on DVD, especially the first 2 seasons, so I was excited to find this DVD set. However, when I finally rented a few of these disks, I was very disappointed at what I found. At only 2 episodes per disk this is a poor value even for a rental. I know Rhino can do better than this, as evidenced, for example, by their full season episodes of The Monkees.
Until the FULL seasons come out, you can bet your sweet bippy I'm going to give this set a miss.
I went all out and purchased, through television, the Rowan and Martin's laugh in, what a joke. First problem is that there is no order. And after awhile they stopped sending them. When i called they said they had not made anymore, and maybe some day they would. But so far, after a year, they never have. Then they put out the best of series. Which i admit, are not apart of the ones they had sent me in the beginning. But again, they leave you with so little and for so very much money!
Many libraries offer the Rowan and Martin's Laugh in Best of Sets and i suggest renting them out and watching them instead of purchasing them. I am really disgusted with the company and how they put these things out.
They should treat true fans a little better. I didn't watch too many of the... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 24 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The tribulations of Tommy and Dick Smothers and their popular late-'60s television show are detailed in Maureen Muldaur's interesting 92-minute documentary. Viewing the clips from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, one might find it hard to imagine that they were considered controversial at the time; indeed, the jabs at censorship, gun ownership, the Vietnam war, and more seem mild by today's raunchy standards. But controversial they were, especially to CBS, who aired (and eventually canceled) the Smothers' show. Turns out that Tommy, the "dumb" one, was in fact a gadfly who turned the program into a cause célèbre somewhat beyond its actual significance; and in the end, as one of the talking heads featured here points out, it was the Smothers' decreasing sense of fun that... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Maureen Muldaur DVD Release Date: Released the 28 January 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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For four years in the early 1970s, comedian Flip Wilson presided over one of the most popular variety shows on television. The show featured weekly guest stars as well as Wilson's own characters, the most noteworthy of whom were "Reverend Leroy," the genially bombastic pastor of the "Church of What's Happening Now," and "Geraldine Jones," a thoroughly sassy and proud African American woman played by Wilson in a miniskirt. Featuring highlights from five episodes of the program, this collection includes the show's very first appearance on September 17, 1970. Wilson cavorts shamelessly and hysterically as Geraldine during an interview with David Frost and in a skit that features TV legend Ed Sullivan, acting (well, sort of) as a lounge lizard in garish '70s garb (including purple pants and a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Bob Henry - Tim Kiley DVD Release Date: Released the 07 November 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Flip wilson was a Ground Breaking Brother.His Show paved a way for many shows that followed.great having Muhammad Ali on this episode.also Marty Feldman is on here. cool bonus footage as well. Flip was versatile&His show was always interesting in the writing&overall Creativity. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Flip Wilson Show - Flip Wilson DVD Release Date: Released the 27 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you don't get at least a half-dozen belly laughs from this compilation of outtakes from The Carol Burnett Show, you'd better check your pulse. Originally broadcast on CBS in 2001, this affectionate retrospective reunites the peerless cast of Burnett's variety show--Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Harvey Korman--to answer audience questions and reminisce. The cast recalls the many times they lost composure on camera, halting sketches due to all varieties of faux pas, from faulty props (or urinating horses) to mutual crack-ups. Culled from the show's mid-1970s heyday, the clips are infectiously hilarious, and the cast never missed an opportunity to inject a little raunchiness (later deleted) into their otherwise wholesome entertainment. Conway's the real conspirator here,... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 08 October 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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