Posts Tagged ‘variety show’
TV Review: Star Wars Holiday Special
This TV special will leave the viewer puzzled and filled with questions.
Read MoreOn 10/11, Time Life Unveils Ed Sullivan’s Rock & Roll Classics, A Loaded 10-disc Set
Packed with 128 live performances from Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and many more.
Read MoreDolly: The Ultimate Collection 6-DVD Set Giveaway
Includes some of the greatest star-studded episodes from her fan-favorite ’80s variety show, a special Christmas disc, and more
Read MoreRowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series DVD Review
Previously an exclusive from Time Life, the landmark variety show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series is now available at retail locations. The 37-disc set presents 140 unedited episodes that aired over six seasons from January 22, 1968 to March 12, 1973. As I mentioned in my review of The Complete First Season, “The…
Read MoreSaturday Night Live: The Early Years: The Best of Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set Review
Box set features a mostly strong curated selection of classic episodes featuring the original cast.
Read MoreDolly: The Ultimate Collection 19-Disc DVD Review: The Queen of Country Conquers TV
This set showcases that Dolly Parton’s musical talent, charisma, and spirit have remained a constant over the decades.
Read MoreThe Best of Cher Volume 1 & 2 DVD Review: Take It Home
You can turn back time and watch hours of Cher.
Read MoreI Got You Babe: The Best of Sonny & Cher, Volume 1 DVD Review
Fans of variety shows and of this television era should enjoy these episodes.
Read MoreThe Best of The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Edition 21-DVD Set Review
Fans should be quite pleased owning a quarter of the entire series.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Special DVD Review: A Few Too Many Guests
The Carol Burnett Show looks good at fifty.
Read MoreThe Jackie Gleason Show in Color DVD Review: Plenty of Good Stuff Here
It’s a wonderful walk down memory lane, but keep the walks short.
Read MoreRowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Still Funny? You Bet Your Bippy!
The humor of Laugh-In holds up, remaining just as wonderfully wacky as when it premiered.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: Carol’s Lost Christmas DVD Review
Carol and friends deliver some classic Christmas comedy and holiday hilarity that comes up a bit short.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: The Best of Harvey Korman DVD Review: Mother Marcus is Missing!
Ultimately, there is more material here without Korman than with him.
Read MoreBob Hope Salutes the Troops DVD Review: Thanks for the Military Memories
Six TV specials recorded while Hope and company were on the road entertaining U.S. servicemen and women.
Read MoreThe Red Skelton Hour in Color 3-DVD Set Review: An Entertaining, Old-fashioned Variety Show
Skelton ends every show hoping he and the gang have at least brought a moment of entertainment into the viewer’s life, which they do many times over.
Read MoreBob Hope: Hope for the Holidays DVD Review: Pop-culture Relics from a Bygone Era
This disc should be enjoyed by fans of Hope and the era as well as those curious about both.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: Classic Carol DVD Review: Arguably the Best Release to Date
Apparently they just keep finding these “lost” episodes, and in this case we’re glad they did.
Read MoreThanks for the Memories: The Bob Hope Specials DVD Review: A Marvelous Hollywood Scrapbook
I gotta tell ya, it’s a real treat that this set has been released.
Read MoreRKO Varieties Triple Feature DVD Review: The Very Definition of Below Paar
Don’t let these innocent looking obscurities from the Warner Archive Collection fool you: the jokes are so bad, they could cause blindness, hemorrhaging, or ‒ if you’re lucky ‒ death.
Read MoreCarol + 2: The Original Queens of Comedy DVD Review: A Look into a Kinder, Gentler Era
Iconic comediennes Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball star in the 1966 TV special, which gives viewers a glimpse of what to expect a year later on The Carol Burnett Show.
Read MoreThe Don Rickles TV Specials: Volume 1 DVD Review: Nothing Special
We love you, Don, but this was not the format to truly display your talent.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes DVD Review: This Is Good Stuff!
Though not actually “lost,” this set is well worth finding.
Read MoreThe Best of The Ed Sullivan Show 6-DVD Collector’s Set Review
A who’s-who (and “who’s that?”) of mid-20th Century entertainment.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: Together Again…Well, Sort of…
If you receive this DVD as a gift, it’s worth watching once and regifting.
Read MoreThe Best of The Danny Kaye Show DVD Review: If This Is the Best, I’d Hate to See the Worst
The one thing that worked throughout all of the episodes were the musical numbers.
Read MoreHere’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection DVD Review
Here’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection showcases one of the “buried gems” of early TV variety shows.
Read MoreThe Carol Burnett Show: Christmas with Carol DVD Review: Two Shows Underwhelming
A Christmas present better left unopened.
Read MoreThe Dean Martin Variety Show (Uncut) DVD Review: Cool Is Still Cool
The show is very appealing to even modern sensibilities.
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