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Tarfumes.com - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: Season 3
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List Price: $49.98
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Manufacturer: Time Life Entertainment
Starring: Smothers Brothers
Directed By: Bill Davis;Stan Harris
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0610583346398
Format: Box set
Label: Time Life Entertainment
Manufacturer: Time Life Entertainment
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Time Life Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-09-16
Running Time: 840
Studio: Time Life Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews:
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This 4 DVD set includes 11 star packed episodes from the third and final season of the hour-long variety show, uncensored, just as they were originally meant to be aired. The guest list reads like a '60s who's who, including comedy stars like George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Steve Martin, Jackie Mason, Jonathan Winters, David Steinberg and musical performances by The Doors, Ike & Tina Turner, Donovan, Harry Belafonte, Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Liberace, Joan Baez, the cast of Hair and more.
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Summary: SJSU & ATO Alumni make good!!!
Comment: Not only do I follow in the mightly footsteps of Tommy and Dicky as an ATO brother and SJSU alumni, but I grew up watching this show...without knowing all the strife going on behind the scenes (I was about 12 at the time). So I appreciated it then and now for how funny and well written the shows were (heck, look at the writers!), through the eyes of a 12 year old. This is an amazing release I had been wishing and hoping for...for years and years. I am so happy to finally see this and cannot wait for Seasons 1&2. If you appreciate great humor, wonderful and timeless musical performances, historical treasures, and the wonder of Tom and Dick Smothers, buy this box set immediately!!!
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Summary: Duh! Can we READ, people!? --
Comment:
The packaging reads: "The BEST of . . . ."
That obviously means "incomplete," DUH!
I'll wait for the complete.
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Summary: Smothers Brothers good but dated
Comment: I am thoroughly enjoying seeing the Smothers Brothers Shows with my family. However, we frequently have to stop the show to explain to our children (22,20, 13)why certain things are funny. We were there and all we have to do is look at the screen or the clothes and it's funny. People who werent' there miss a lot of the context. I had forgotten over the years just how incredibly talented Tom & Dick Smothers are.
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Summary: "better than nothing... but not very good" sums it up perfectly
Comment: Definitely worth reading the reviews on this one. "julia "bluebird1028"" & "feltonfan" are on the money here.
The material itself takes its place among the greatest variety-comedy shows ever produced. It's too bad the producers of this set didn't treat it as such.
It most certainly is NOT uncensored - the prior reviewers fleshed that out well. BUT - there are some very jarring and puzzling edits here. In several places a performer's line is actually removed (bleeped) - as in lips moving but no sound - which leads one to question what exactly was used as the source material. There are a few awful edits - David Frye's routine has a particularly rough cut.
This is quite unlike the other DVD revisits to old series. In those, all episodes of a season are presented in chronological order. Not even close here. For example, at the end of episode 1, the Smothers tell us the Beatles will be on the next show. Great! Except, that episode is nowhere to be seen (music rights?), as we skip from "#202" (season 3, episode 1) to "#212" (season 3, episode 10?). Greeeeattt...
Quality is strange - vertical green sync bars on the left margin sometimes. Other times arced lines at the corners, as though we were watching on a 1950's TV. While it is reasonable to expect quality issues with material this old, compared to other DVD sets of the same era (e.g. "That Girl") the quality here is quite below average.
For those of us that grew up looking forward to the weekly installment of this show, unfortunately this will be a watch once affair. I suspect most real fans will be thrilled to see the Brothers, their guests, and the vintage performances (the west coast company of "Hair" was particularly enjoyable) but quite disappointed with the final product.
2 stars here. Shame on Time-Life for pulling the old tapes (or whatever they pulled), bringing in the Smothers Brothers for new comments and producing a product for mass sale that is basically half done.
After watching this disk, it is sadly apparent that, ironically, after 30 years, the Smothers Brothers are still getting screwed by their production company.
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Summary: Politically incorrect humor at its best
Comment: Other reviewers have covered quite well details of the Smothers Brothers TV series as well as this DVD set of the third season, so I won't repeat them here. I will though heartily praise this ground breaking program and say how happy I am that its third season is now available on DVD. I'll also add to the requests for the release of the first two seasons. Caustic and unfettered programs mocking politics and various human foibles are common on television these days but they weren't before the Smother Brothers pioneered such programing. Tom and Dick Smothers didn't just invent a new format, they showed that it could be hilariously funny. If you enjoy politically incorrect humor, please get this set and see how well it can be done.
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