StarVista Entertainment/Time Life is making holiday shopping easy
02 November
This Fall, StarVista Entertainment/Time Life is making holiday shopping as easy as can be with three of the season's hottest new sets! We were lucky to be able to review:
WINNER
"Best Vintage TV Series on Disc"
Home Media Magazine Awards (2013)
"One of the crown jewels of the musical-variety shows"
-- The Los Angeles Times
"A top-notch effort and a real treat for fans of the show... will keep you entertained for hours and hours. Highly Recommended"
-- DVD Talk
THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, one of television's landmark variety shows, debuted on CBS in 1967 and ran for 11 years, receiving 25 Emmy® Awards and five Golden Globes, making it one of the most honored shows in television history. And, TIME Magazine named THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW one of the "100 Best Television Shows of all Time". Now, thanks to StarVista Entertainment, THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION delivers to comedy lovers and TV DVD aficionados an unprecedented collection - simply the most definitive, extras laden version of the program ever released.
Housed in a collectible box, THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION ($249.95) contains 50 classic episodes hand-picked by Carol herself and more than twenty hours of new bonus features. Along with a 18-page memory book, bonuses include three episodes from The Garry Moore Show where Carol got her start, including the "Supergirl" episode, where Carol did her Tarzan yell for the first time; rare sketches from the first five seasons of show, not seen anywhere in over 40 years with guest appearances by Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers, Bernadette Peters, Sammy Davis Jr., Dick Van Dyke, Shirley MacLaine, Rock Hudson, Vincent Price, Phil Silvers, Joel Grey, The Smothers Brothers, Stiller & Meara, Tony Randall and many others; and a raucous 3-part Cast Reunion with Carol, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner. Exclusive featurettes also include "I Want to Push That Button..."-The History of The Carol Burnett Show"; "Leading Lady--Carol as a Television Pioneer"; and, "Breaking Up Is Hard...Not to Do -- The Ensemble Chemistry and Famous "break-ups" on The Carol Burnett Show", a 90-minute, rarely-seen emotional and revealing interview with Harvey Korman and Conway at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, and over 20 interviews with guests (including Betty White, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis), writers and current performers influenced by Carol (Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch and Amy Poehler).
THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
SRP: $249.95
Format: DVD (22 Discs)
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