I Love Lucy (Complete Second Season) (1952)

Product Summary Publisher: Paramount Format: DVD UPC: 00097368796942 Buy.com Sku: 40246614 Item#: VPXCSF Buy.com Sales Rank: 23507 Category Keywords: 1950s  Classic  Classic Television  Friends  Latinos  Marriage  Mishaps  Recommended  Series  Sitcoms  Slapstick  Slapstick Comedy  Television Shows  Television/TV Series  Vintage  Rating: NR     Features: DVD, B&W, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Mono, Outtakes, Featurettes, Deleted Footage, Lost Scenes, Spanish Subtitled   Television's favorite redhead is back on DVD. With memorable characters and sidesplitting laughs, I Love Lucy: The Complete Second Season spells fun for the entire family. This classic comedy box set is loaded with bonus materials including deleted footage, lost scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes. This is the DVD I Love Lucy fans have been waiting for!   Editor's Note I LOVE LUCY debuted on CBS in 1951 and quickly set a new standard for situation comedy with its well-crafted plotlines, live tapings, multiple camera angles, and one of the finest ensemble casts in television history. Centered around the domestic life of zany redhead Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her Cuban-born husband Ricky (Lucy's real-life spouse Desi Arnaz), the series also broke cultural ground by featuring an interracial marriage and a female lead that was less than the perfect housewife. Indeed, it was Lucy's neverending quest to muscle in on her husband's show business career--often with the help of meddlesome next-door neighbors Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance)--that provided the show its main comedic thrust and continues to lend it a timelessly classic appeal. This collection presents all 31 episodes from the ratings-busting second season, including the absolutely hilarious chocolate-factory classic "Job Switching" and the groundbreaking shows revolving around Lucy's pregnancy, which set records for the highest ratings of 1953.   Features 5-Disc Set Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Deleted Footage Interactive Menus Lost Scenes Remastered For Optimal Picture And Sound Quality Scene Selection Subtitles: English 5 Complete Episodes Of Lucy's Radio Show: "My Favorite Husband" Script Excerpts Guest Cast Information Five Complete Episodes of Lucy's Radio Show: My Favorite Husband Hilarious Outtakes Original Openings   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Paramount Release Date: 5/20/2008 Running Time: 799 minutes Original Release Date: 1952 Catalog ID: 879694 UPC: 00097368796942 Number of Discs: 5 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed Available Subtitles: Spanish Video: B&W Aspect Ratio Standard  1.33:1 [4:3]   Cast & Crew Desi Arnaz Lucille Ball Vivian Vance William Frawley    Product Image

I bought this set for my wife and have been very pleased with the picture and sound quality of the restoration. The menus are laid out in a very user-friendly way and the original openings are a little bonus. I've never been a big Lucy fan, but watching these old shows is quite entertaining. We've only watched part of the first disk so far, but I can highly recommend this DVD set.
 
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