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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At last one of the best comedies ever made is out on DVD.
In my childhood I already was a big fan of this comedy and now I can enjoy all episodes once again. I hope all seasons will be available soon.
Along with season 4 and 5 of "Green acres" and another 60's hit: "Dennis, the menace". This last 2 comedies were, unfortunately, not on Dutch television. But thanks to Sky Television I also could watch these great comedies.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
In my childhood I already was a big fan of this comedy and now I can enjoy all episodes once again. I hope all seasons will be available soon.
Along with season 4 and 5 of "Green acres" and another 60's hit: "Dennis, the menace". This last 2 comedies were, unfortunately, not on Dutch television. But thanks to Sky Television I also could watch these great comedies.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
A great old classic TV show finally in a complete season
21 Jun 2009
Format:DVD
How odd that we're suddenly getting such an avalanche of old TV shows in complete seasons - "One Step Beyond", "Bonanza", and now "Mr. Ed" all due out in coming months. These are old favorites that were always either in the public domain or in incomplete collections or both. Maybe people are tired of having half of every channel's schedule filled with either paid programming (Internet Millions! Homes for three hundred dollars! etc.) in which you know you're being lied to or reality TV (Bridezillas - young women dressed in flowing traditional garb and acting like rutting pigs) in which you hope you're being lied to. You'd hate to think humanity has come to this.
To fill the gap many of us have turned to old favorite TV shows on DVD from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Mr. Ed is one of those shows. Following a storyline similar to the "Francis the Talking Mule" series of films, the animal in question (the horse, Mr. Ed) will only speak to one person - his owner Wilbur, an architect who has an office in the barn where Mr. Ed lives. Mr. Ed doesn't limit himself just to giving advice to Wilbur. Mr. Ed has definite ideas of how he wants to run his own life. He might fancy himself an author or a potential star of the screen, or he might take off on a humane mission to buy his mother when he learns she is a plow horse. As a result, Wilbur is often left in a ridiculous position and not in the good graces of his wife, Carol or his neighbors.
The whole thing is good clean silly fun in the tradition of Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction. Believe it or not there are still many of us who enjoy such entertainment.
To fill the gap many of us have turned to old favorite TV shows on DVD from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Mr. Ed is one of those shows. Following a storyline similar to the "Francis the Talking Mule" series of films, the animal in question (the horse, Mr. Ed) will only speak to one person - his owner Wilbur, an architect who has an office in the barn where Mr. Ed lives. Mr. Ed doesn't limit himself just to giving advice to Wilbur. Mr. Ed has definite ideas of how he wants to run his own life. He might fancy himself an author or a potential star of the screen, or he might take off on a humane mission to buy his mother when he learns she is a plow horse. As a result, Wilbur is often left in a ridiculous position and not in the good graces of his wife, Carol or his neighbors.
The whole thing is good clean silly fun in the tradition of Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction. Believe it or not there are still many of us who enjoy such entertainment.
36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Unthinkable!!
29 Dec 2009
Format:DVD
So disappointed!! Complete??, my "horses butt!!"
Did they think we wouldn't notice??!!
We waited all these years through VHS and the best of on DVD's all the while wanting Complete Uncut Episodes Season by Season, and now this.
For me it's unthinkable heresy!!
8 episodes are only 22 minutes long!!! Which means that almost one third of the episodes in this season one set are cheating the viewer out of over 3 minutes of footage. Footage that ties scenes together, and without such makes one wonder what is missing... Funny moments, tender moments, great comedy, great acting, and they're missing.
Wonderful words laid down by talented writers, making one think, what did the great Larry Keating do in those missing minutes, how about Alan Young, Connie Hines, and Edna Skinner, not to forget Allan (Rocky) Lane??!! Incredible on screen chemistry left out because they couldn't take the time to find or put together a complete episode.
Don't give me extras, don't give me great audio and video quality, don't give me great packaging, but do give me "complete uncut original length" episodes!!
The edited episodes are...
"Busy Wife"
"Kiddy Park"
"Stable for Three"
"Ed the Lover"
"The Pageant Show"
"The Aunt"
"Little Boy"
"The Contest"
Season one episodes should run about 25:30 in length or longer including opening and closing credits and Filmways tag.
I'm giving this a two instead of a one because everything else is nicely done.
Quality is good, and audio commentary track during first episode with Alan Young and Connie Hines is wonderful. (Sad to hear she recently passed December 18)
I understand, and hopefully it's true, that Season Two has no such issues with cut versions of episodes!!.......
"the second season set of Mister Ed will be the complete version of each episode, as originally broadcast."
Did they think we wouldn't notice??!!
We waited all these years through VHS and the best of on DVD's all the while wanting Complete Uncut Episodes Season by Season, and now this.
For me it's unthinkable heresy!!
8 episodes are only 22 minutes long!!! Which means that almost one third of the episodes in this season one set are cheating the viewer out of over 3 minutes of footage. Footage that ties scenes together, and without such makes one wonder what is missing... Funny moments, tender moments, great comedy, great acting, and they're missing.
Wonderful words laid down by talented writers, making one think, what did the great Larry Keating do in those missing minutes, how about Alan Young, Connie Hines, and Edna Skinner, not to forget Allan (Rocky) Lane??!! Incredible on screen chemistry left out because they couldn't take the time to find or put together a complete episode.
Don't give me extras, don't give me great audio and video quality, don't give me great packaging, but do give me "complete uncut original length" episodes!!
The edited episodes are...
"Busy Wife"
"Kiddy Park"
"Stable for Three"
"Ed the Lover"
"The Pageant Show"
"The Aunt"
"Little Boy"
"The Contest"
Season one episodes should run about 25:30 in length or longer including opening and closing credits and Filmways tag.
I'm giving this a two instead of a one because everything else is nicely done.
Quality is good, and audio commentary track during first episode with Alan Young and Connie Hines is wonderful. (Sad to hear she recently passed December 18)
I understand, and hopefully it's true, that Season Two has no such issues with cut versions of episodes!!.......
"the second season set of Mister Ed will be the complete version of each episode, as originally broadcast."
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Mister Ed!!!!!!!!!!
20 Jun 2009
Format:DVD
Just about anyone that was alive and old enough to watch TV in the 1960's loved this show. If you have never seen Mister Ed it has humor on two levels both for kids and adults. Kids will love Mister Ed and adults will also. It is very funny and spoofs just about everything. Season 1 has 26 episodes and the previously released Best of Mister Ed Volume 1 only has four shows from Season 1 with the Best of Mister Ed Volume 2 having none indicating 22 of the 26 shows will be new to DVD.
The Season 1 shows on the previously released Best of Mister Ed Volume 1 DVD are:
1) The First Meeting,
2) Ed, the Songwriter,
3) Psychoanalyst Show, and
4) Wilbur Sells Ed
Season 1 ran from January to July 1961. The entire six year Mister Ed series was filmed in Black and White. The quality on the Best of Mister Ed DVD's was very high and is assumed that it will be on the Complete Season 1 DVD also. These shows are timeless, as good and funny today as they were when originally broadcast.
The Season 1 shows on the previously released Best of Mister Ed Volume 1 DVD are:
1) The First Meeting,
2) Ed, the Songwriter,
3) Psychoanalyst Show, and
4) Wilbur Sells Ed
Season 1 ran from January to July 1961. The entire six year Mister Ed series was filmed in Black and White. The quality on the Best of Mister Ed DVD's was very high and is assumed that it will be on the Complete Season 1 DVD also. These shows are timeless, as good and funny today as they were when originally broadcast.
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