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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381278620
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 25
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 24, 2005
Running Time: 3950 minutes
Sales Rank: 3930
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 03, 1961
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Description:
Trip into the living room of comedy writer Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) along with his lovely wife, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), wisecracking co-workers and nutty neighbors. Consistently ranked among the top TV comedies of all time and renowned for its top-notch cast and stellar writing, this groundbreaking series is now available in one special collectible box set, presented fully restored and uncut! All Episodes Digitally Remastered for Unsurpassed Video and Audio Quality!
Amazon.com essential video:
Before The Dick Van Dyke Show, suburbia was never portrayed on television as a haven of sophistication. We never followed Ozzie Nelson to work. And we never, ever fantasized what Ward and June Cleaver did behind closed doors. But Your Show of Shows veteran Carl Reiner's groundbreaking series broke the staid, sitcom mold. Just consider Mary Tyler Moore's Laura Petrie, the ravishing wife of Dick Van Dyke's comedy writer, Rob Petrie. 'I'm just a housewife,' she proclaims in the episode 'To Tell or Not to Tell,' just before breaking into an incendiary bossa nova in the Petrie living room. In 'The Return of Happy Spangler,' she is jokingly identified as Jackie Kennedy. But the comparison is apt. She's got style (those capri pants scandalized the show's sponsors!), she's got grace, and when Moore came into her own as a gifted comedienne, she took her stock character to dizzy new heights. The Dick Van Dyke Show boasted a peerless ensemble, gold-standard writing, and characters who became icons: Son Ritchie (played by Larry Matthews), man-hungry Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), old school 'human joke machine' Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam), and tyrannical boss Alan Brady (Reiner).
Incredibly, the show was nearly canceled after its first season. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard championed the series, and CBS moved the Petries to follow the top-rated Beverly Hillbillies. The rest is television history. Unlike the high-concept Hillbillies, the more sophisticated Dick Van Dyke Show's appeal was in its more grounded situations and three-dimensional characters, each of whom were given ample opportunities to shine. Rob's deft and daft juggling of his glamorous career and harried home life inspired some of the best episodes, but at the heart of this series' timeless appeal was the palpable chemistry between Rob and Laura, as witness their sudden embrace at the moving conclusion of 'The Square Triangle.' A pop culture benchmark, The Dick Van Dyke Show is must-own television. --Donald Liebenson
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I bought this because I loved watching these when I was a kid. Dick Van Dyke is a classic comedian. I like old shows that are hilarious without being crude. I really only have two complaints. (1) These DVDs are not close-captioned. I also own the "I Love Lucy" complete series set and they are close-captioned, but were released by Paramount so maybe that makes a difference. The "format" on the product page doesn't list close-captioned for either set, but the "I Love Lucy" set is close captioned and ... Read More
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Both the video and audio on these DVDs is perfect. Rewatching the most rewatchable sitcom ever produced for television is a complete pleasure. Obviously, the content is exemplary; the DVD set is excellent in every way!
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The Dick Van Dyke Show consistently ranks high in most critics list of the best sit-coms ever. It also ranks high in most lists of best television programming of any type.
Along with the Andy Griffith Show, it is probably one of the best 2 sit-coms of the entire decade of the 1960's - a decade which produced many memorable sitcoms.
It broke ground in many ways, and not just in the portraying a housewife who wears slacks when she is working around the house. It was one of ... Read More
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After re-watching a dozen episodes from The Dick Van Dyke Show, I changed my mind and decided that I should, after all, write an Amazon review for the series. Not because I think many people will see my review, which will undoubtedly be hidden beneath multiple pages of previously-posted reviews. Not because I think Amazon readers need any more recommendations to get this set after reading the scores of such recommendations already present. Not even because it would be fun to reminisce as I wrote the ... Read More
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Why would you buy this at $179, when each of the 5 seasons is only $29. My math isn't too good, but I think that adds up to only $145.
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