Product Description

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 06/24/2003 Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10900 in DVD
• Brand: LAUGH-IN
• Released on: 2003-06-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 360 minutes

Customer Reviews

Just Say NO...
With the current trend of issuing television series in complete seasons, and maximizing the content included on a DVD, there is absolutely no reason for consumers to accept product that gives them less than their full value for their money. There is easily enough space on a DVD for over three hours of material. Minus the commercials, it is common to have four "hour" long episodes on a single DVD.

Why is it that "The Best of Laugh-In", a three DVD set, contains just a total of six episodes? This is VHS type packaging, and is comparable to how the original Star Trek TV program was offered on DVD years ago. We've come far beyond that. The price for this set is exorbitant as well. You could get the complete season of a series like MASH or All in the Family for less. The title of this set is also misleading. Rather than being a "best of" compilation, it is actually a collection of six complete episodes.

Laugh-In is a great program, one that broke new ground, and was highly innovative and influential. It is certainly worthy of much better treatment. Rhino usually provides value, in whatever they issue, however this time they have clearly "socked it" to the customer. Rhino needs to understand that this type of packing is not acceptable, and is really an insult to the consumer. Just say "no" to this set, any maybe they will get the message.

The Fickle Finger of Fate goes to Rhino
The contents of this package rates five stars, but what drags it down to three is that Rhino created a fancy package and short-changed the public on the amount of episodes they put in the package. I mean SIX episodes in a three-DVD set for [that amount]? Come on Rhino! You could easily have put 12 episodes in this set. After all, there were 144 episodes of Laugh-In. At 12 episodes a set, it would takes years to release them all on DVD. Now it's going to take twice as long.
Aside from all that, the episodes are great and the picture and sound are crisp and clear. The interviews aren't bad either.
So Rhino, enjoy your Fickle Finger of Fate. I'll be thinking twice before I shell out {good money]for six more episodes of Laugh-In.

When will they put this series out on DVD?
For six years, I watched Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In on Monday nights. I enjoyed it because it was funny, with catchphrases like "Sock it to me," "You bet your sweet bippy," and "Here comes da judge" performed by an ensemble cast of comedians including Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson. I haven't seen this show for several years, so I bought this DVD as soon as I saw it. This DVD has two episodes from each of the first three seasons and they're just as funny today as they were when they first came out. They even have the show in which Richard Nixon asked "Sock it to ME?" I'm hoping that Rhino puts every season out on DVD in box sets so that those of us who watched it can enjoy it again and those of us who never saw it can watch it and enjoy it. This DVD set has a delightful bonus - the three discs in the set has interviews with Gary Owens, Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson, respectively, where they discuss how they were hired for the show and discuss how they worked on the show. Creator and producer George Schlatter also explains the genesis of the show and says that there might be a Laugh-In 2004 and there is a pictoral recration of the joke wall with pictures of the regulars saying the lines they made famous. It's well worth the price and is a look back at a piece of television and comedic history. Buy it.