I Love Lucy: Final 7th & 8th & 9th Seasons [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

This great classic brought back memories of my childhood I have every single episode and lots of added info too.

best US comedy ever

After six successful seasons of I LOVE LUCY, Desi wanted to slow down and try other things. But, since I LOVE LUCY was such a huge hit, CBS wanted to keep it going. So they reached a compromise. They would do three or four hour long episodes of the show for the next few years instead of the weekly half hour shows. The resulting show has had many names over the years, but not matter what you call it, it is funny.The set up is exactly the same. In fact, it feels like we never left. The Ricardos and the Mertzes are living in Connecticut. But Ricky's band's appearances lets them travel the world. And they also meet up with all kinds of famous people. That's right; every one of these thirteen episodes features a famous guest star or two. And you just know that when Lucy gets around a celebrity, chaos ensues.There are several highlights to the set. "The Celebrity Next Door" is hysterical as Lucy tries to get new neighbor Tallulah Bankhead to help with the PTA benefit. Later on, she goes the same route with Milton Berle and tries to help him finish his book. When Paul Douglas starts a new morning show, Lucy lands a job as his "Girl Friday." But does she really want a job? And a USO show in San Diego leads to all kinds of border crossing problems that end with Lucy fighting a bull.About the only show here I don't like is "Lucy Goes to Alaska." A long section is made up of a sketch that she does with comic Red Skelton. It was funny for a while, but goes on too long. And the rest of the plot just isn't that funny.But that's the only low point. The rest of the shows are wonderfully funny. Any Lucy fan will laugh the entire way through them.And this set is great as well. The thirteen hour long shows are preserved on four discs. And they look and sound great. The special features are nothing new for the TV show, and that's not a bad thing. We get information on the guest cast, and since I've never heard of some of these stars, that's great. Additionally, we get the flubs, deleted scenes, and original opening and closing that were standard on the other sets. For something different, we get the 40 minute sponsor presentation that Desilu studio did for new sponsor Westinghouse and some color home movies of the set from 1951.There are some real gems in this set. And I'm thrilled to have it to complete my I LOVE LUCY set.

Excellent.

Can't believe it's been 8 years since I purchased this DVD. Time flies.After watching it for yet another time was checking Amazon and realized I'd never commented on it. So, thought I'd give it a shot.First, the quality of the DVD is top notch. The picture is clear. Each episode is complete, as aired, from 1957-1960. It contains a lot of extras, such as details about the series, cast information, series history, behind the scenes stories and pictures. Each episode is broken down into parts with insights. Extras include intros and even commercials Arnaz and Ball did for the sponsors. Great work. Shows what you can do when you take the time and do it right. The total opposite of the My Three Sons DVD offerings.For many people out there seasons 7-9 aren't really 7-9 of 'I Love Lucy'. In reality the series ran as independent specials. In 1957-1958 it was sponsored by Ford Motor Company and featured 5 unique episodes spread out over the broadcast season. Each would run for 1 hour. Season #1 has been rated the best, by far, of the 3. Most agree the best episode of the series was #2, featuring Tallulah Bankhead. The other 4 were up and down. #3 marked the first tv work by Fred MacMurray, who turned up in his own series , 'My Three Sons' in 1960 (which was produced at Desilu Studios). So, the next season, #2, running in 1958-1959 again had 5 original episodes of 60 minutes each. However, in this and the final season, the specials were part of the 'Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse' and aired spread out like #1. Season #2 was highly rated but the quality of the episodes open to debate. Season #3 (1959-1960) featured only 3 episodes, none of which were very good as those in the past, but are enjoyed by true fans of the series. Moved to an new night, and spread out from September to April, its ratings dropped which helped bring down the entire series of the Playhouse. And, it was the end of the 'I Love Lucy' franchise.Never before, or maybe since, had a series demise been so traumatic. Ball and Arnaz were buried in irate fan mail, begging them to return. Ball said letters like that came in the thousands each week for months. She said that she was still getting them in the 1970s. When her 3rd series went off the air in 1974 she said letters poured in begging her to remarry Desi and go back on the air with 'I Love Lucy'. Arnaz said people called him Ricky for decades. Such a great series, even one that went downhill in quality towards the end, was still very popular. Arnaz believed that the viewers had grown close to the characters, as if they were old friends or family. And, for years, he was seen as the guy who ended it.Makes you wonder, especially as you watch the last episode of 'Comedy Hour', what could have been. All the cast, sans 'Little Ricky' are now gone. But, maybe there are still fans out there holding out for one last return of the series, this time with 'Little Ricky' as its star. What a concept that would be. A return of a series off the air (new episodes, of course) since the year JFK was elected, 58 years ago, would be something to see. Could it be done?. Hell, why not?In the meantime, we have this final 13 episodes of the series all in one place to watch. And maybe think of some new scripts for its return.

50er-Jahre Humor ... das Beste für graue Herbst- und dunkle Wintertage ... hellt das Gemüt auf und strapaziert die Lachmuskeln.

Wonderful, classic I Love Lucy plots. Most were excellent. Budgeting for scenery and filming was alot less than I Love Lucy - very low budget. But some of them - Like Make Room for Daddy were hysterical. Lots of big named stars play with them. Glad to have found it on Amazon. The lost years. Highly recommend it.

UPDATE: March-22-07(The "I Love lucy Movie" not to be included in the set! from what I have read Paramount is going to be bringing us a seperate set with the "I Love Lucy" movie and a lost scenes/shows set with bonuses. Look for this set in the near future, this is probably another way for Paramount to make money.) Also in the show "The Celebrity Next Door" this episode is cut because it does no explain how Talula is allergic to strawberries, when originally aired Talula said that she got hives whenever she ate strawberries but on this set it does not explain that. All of the other episodes are perfect and funnier than I remembered them!Update: May-14-2007A DVD set was just released called "Lucy's Really Lost Moments' and it will include many lost I Love Lucy scenes and tons of other bonuses including Desi and Lucy appearing on a game show and much more. It is available online through Amazon and other websites and you may be able to purchase it in some video stores also! The average price this set costs online is $10 to $13 and is a GREAT value, I just reserved my copy and can't wait to watch it!!!I am so exited about "I Love Lucy" season 7-9 coming to dvd and I just can't wait to get it at my door. This set was originally aired on television as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and the name of this set has been changed to "I Love Lucy," as that is what it is and should have been called in the first place. The only difference in this set than in Season 1-6 of "I Love Lucy" is that these shows were one hour long episodes instead of half hour episodes, and it continues where Season 6 left off in Connecticut when the gang moved to the country.These seasons have not aired on cable television as much as the other "I Love Lucy" shows, and it is such a disappointment because there are GREAT shows on here. Why do they not air much??? This dvd box set includes 13 classic episodes at each being an hour long and so you get over 13 hours of fun with this set, not mentioning the many bonuses. There will even be some scenes from "I love Lucy" to be set in color and deleted scenes and flubs and fun commercials as well. You will also receive the "I Love Lucy" movie!! It is 3 shows with a continuing story line and has never been shown before, EVER. They were suppose to air it back in the 1950's but it was cancelled due to the Release of "The Long Long Trailer" and it has been lost and forgotten for over 50 years and now we all can own this. They figured that since "The Long Long Trailer was being aired that there was no need for this movie and decided not to air it.One of my favorite shows on this set is "Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana," in this episode there will be a flash back of how Lucy first met Ricky on her cruise to Havana. This episode was first originally aired as 75 minutes long but 15 minutes had to be cut out and Paramount is including the 75 minute long episode with this set, which hasn't been seen since It's original broadcast. Desi Arnaz did not want anything cut on this episode and he talked CBS in to keeping the added minutes. It took the full 75 minutes to make the episode perfect and Desi wanted everything, he would not settle for edited content. When this show was first originally aired back in the 50's it was the full 75 minutes with commercials but every since than it has appeared on cable edited. Desi Arnaz would be very proud to know that the full content is being released!Here is the episode List:1.) Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana2.) The Celebrity Next Door3.) Lucy Hunts Uranium4.) Lucy Wins A Racehorse5.) Lucy Goes To Sun Valley6.) Lucy Goes To Mexico7.) Lucy Makes Room For Danny8.) Lucy Goes To Alaska9.) Lucy Wants A Career10.) Lucy's Summer Vacation11.) Milton Berle Hides Out At The Ricardos12.) The Ricardos Go To Japan13.) Lucy Meets The Moustache