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Based on Hank Ketcham's beloved comic strip of the same name, this television series from CBS) (1959-1963) follows the exploits of Dennis Mitchell (Jay North), a loveable but often heedless boy whose curiosity sparked the ire of his family, friends, and curmudgeonly neighbor Mr. Wilson (Joseph Kearns).
Picking up the slack from the departure of CHEERS from American television in 1993, smart sitcom FRASIER centers on pompous psychiatrist and former Cheers regular Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) as he packs up and starts anew as a radio talk show host in his hometown of Seattle. The series' brilliant ensemble cast includes his prim and proper brother, Niles (David Hyde Pierce); their retired cop father, Martin (John Mahoney); a live-in home care assistant, Daphne (Jane Leeves); a brassy radio producer, Roz (Teri Gilpin); and a charismatic Jack Russell terrier named Eddie, ensuring that Frasier's life is populated with at least as many colorful characters as he was surrounded by back east. Brimming with witty dialogue, sophisticated character development, and classic slapstick situations, FRASIER was a prime example of television comedy at its finest. This collection presents all 11 seasons of the hit show.
Michael J. Fox catapulted into superstardom--and created one of the most beloved television characters of all time--in the 1980s sitcom FAMILY TIES. Created by TV impresario Gary David Goldberg LOU GRANT THE BOB NEWHART SHOW the series offered a clever take on the generation gap through the family interactions of two former '60s hippies public-television producer Steven Keaton Michael Gross and his architect wife Elyse Meredith Baxter. Together they struggle to retain their leftist ideals while raising three radically divergent children in suburban Columbus Ohio: tomboy Jennifer Tina Yothers; ditzy mallrat Mallory Justine Bateman; and most notably Wall Street Journal-reading young Republican Alex P. Keaton Fox who served as the series' main comedic foil. A fun and warmhearted throwback to the greed-is-good decade FAMILY TIES is resurrected in this collection of the series' first four seasons.
The popular BBC sitcom WAITING FOR GOD originally ran for five series, between 1990 and 1994. The program takes place in the Bayview Retirement Village, an appalling rest home for the elderly characterized by horrendous food, obnoxious staff members who insist on treating the residents like helpless children, and an institutional crackdown on any attempts to show individuality. Conflicts perpetually arise from the refusal of two ornery residents, Tom (Graham Crowden) and Diana (Stephanie Cole) to accept the indignities handed to them or the conformity that Bayview administrators (especially the manager, Harvey) feebly attempt to enforce. This shared attitude between Diana and Tom naturally spells a tighter bond between them, and episodes depict their hilarious misadventures together. This package from the BBC features the entire series as it originally aired, including all the episodes and the 1992 and 1993 Christmas specials. As an added bonus, it also packs in cast biographies and FUNNY WOMEN, a featurette
I’ll never forget the day my father brought it home. I mean, I can understand mom’s distaste for such a pet, however domesticated it was, but who could have ever suspected such unbound horror from this cute little animal. Through its gaze my younger brother found the courage to declare his homo-sexuality to our family — whether he believed it to be true or not. At first this didn't seem to cause much concern, until my mother tried to "convert" him back by forcing her own sexual impulses on him. I, on the other hand, ended up a suicidal paraplegic dominatrix who tried to seduce my father before his twisted admiration for the rat changed him too, literally. Watching it just sit in it’s cage, minding it's own business, it was outlandish to suggest that this feeble little animal was the source behind the demise of my entire family, but it was. Unbeknownst to any of us, our new pet had powers beyond your wildest dreams.
When it hit the CBS airwaves in 1974, GOOD TIMES had some humble beginnings to overcome: it was spun-off from a topical TV heavyweight which was, in turn, a spin-off of a sitcom that cast an even larger shadow. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the show to emerge as its own entity. The series follows the trials and tribulations of Florida Evans (who was previously a maid on MAUDE after Maude broke off from her own ALL IN THE FAMILY relatives) and her close-knit household on the south side of Chicago. Florida (Esther Rolle) and her husband James (John Amos) are lower-middle class African-Americans living in a high rise housing project with their three children: Thelma (Ja'Net DuBois); Michael (Ralph Carter); and the wisecracking J.J. (Jimmy Walker), whose "Dy-No-Mite" would become a national catchphrase. While James may sometimes have trouble finding steady work, through it all, the family sticks together. Veering between comedy and drama in its refusal to shy away from social issues, GOOD TIMES is a landma
The classic sitcom that spawned endless imitators with its sexy singles-based humor, THREE'S COMPANY made a big mark on the comedy sitcom genre. Revolving around endless misunderstandings about sexuality and drugs, and playing off quite a few stereotypes, the show displayed John Ritter's knack for physical comedy, delivering laughs through the comedian's outlandish expressions, gestures, and mannerisms. When aspiring chef Jack Tripper (John Ritter) tells his landlord, Mr. Roper (Norman Fell), that he is gay in order to peacefully cohabit with a string of attractive female roommates, he must construct a web of lies (which proves almost impossible to unravel) in order to cover his tracks. The first season not to feature Suzanne Somers, season six revolves around regulars Jack, Janet (Joyce DeWitt), Cindy Snow (Jenilee Harrison), and new arrival Terri Alden (Priscilla Barnes). As Cindy is sent off to veterinary school, Terri takes her place as roommate to Jack and Janet. Terri's role on the series would continu
Widely hailed as the greatest British sitcom to ever grace the BBC network ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES moves on to charm American audiences with this collection of every episode from the show. Watch--and laugh--as hapless Cockney hucksters Derek "Del Boy" Trotter David Jason and his brother Rodney "Dave" Trotter Nicholas Lyndhurst struggle to invent the perfect scheme which will turn them into overnight millionaires. The only trouble is the brothers have been at this for years--and the results have always been less than successful!
Michael J. Fox catapulted into superstardom--and created one of the most beloved television characters of all time--in the 1980s sitcom FAMILY TIES. Created by TV impresario Gary David Goldberg (LOU GRANT, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW), the series offered a clever take on the generation gap through the family interactions of two former '60s hippies, public-television producer Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) and his architect wife, Elyse (Meredith Baxter). Together, they struggle to retain their leftist ideals while raising three radically divergent children in suburban Columbus, Ohio: tomboy Jennifer (Tina Yothers); ditzy mallrat Mallory (Justine Bateman); and, most notably, Wall Street Journal-reading young Republican Alex P. Keaton (Fox), who served as the series' main comedic foil. A fun and warmhearted throwback to the greed-is-good decade, FAMILY TIES is resurrected in this collection of the series' first four seasons.
The inspired British comedy series that became a cult classic, inspiring a U.S. sitcom, stars Ricky Gervais, Mackenzie Crook, and Martin Freeman. Filmed in deadpan documentary style, The Office offers sharp satire and hilarious dialogue as a staged expos� of life inside a British firm, from politically-incorrect office flirting to petty rivalries. Includes the full series (12 episodes) plus a special.
In The Loop (2009) Peter Capaldi, Harry Hadden-PatonDirector: Armando IanucciCo-stars: Samantha Harrington, Gina McKee, Zach Woods106 minutes, ColorDVD: Region 1In the Loop is a fast-paced, lancet-witted ensemble comedy from first-time film director Armando Iannucci, based on his satirical BBC sitcom The Thick of It. The film tracks the lies, misunderstandings, bad intel, and PR blunders within in a few corridors of British and American power that escalate into a full-blown (fictional) crisis in the Middle East over the course of a few days, during a few conversations and meetings. Though played for laughs, the movie demonstrates how the most incidental factors (leaked papers, hastily spoken sound bites) and players (aides, interns, and low-level government officials) can influence the course of history. The pitch-perfect cast does a great job with Iannucci's script, improvising just enough to maintain the pseudo-documentary feel of the TV show. Even when the action gets loose and rollicking, the tone is tightly controlled satire, and the humor emerges organically from the situations and relationships at hand. Peter Capaldi, reprising his TV role, is hilarious as a foul-mouthed, perpetually riled up director of communications for the British prime minister. Mimi Kennedy gives a droll but heartfelt performance as a pacifist U.S. diplomat who shares some touching and funny scenes with a relatively subdued James Gandolfini, playing a U.S. general with surprising views on war. And Tom Hollander quietly steals the show as the hapless British secretary of state for International Development whose careless remark in an interview sets off the events that catapult him into deeper waters than he has ever tread.
The sometimes touching and always funny 1990s sitcom WINGS starred Tim Daly and Steven Weber as Joe and Brian Hackett, two brothers trying to run a small airline on Nantucket while dealing with a lovable, eccentric group of employees and friends that included lunch-counter waitress Helen Chapel (Crystal Bernard), immigrant cab driver Antonio Scarpacci (Tony Shalhoub), oddball mechanic Lowell Mather (Thomas Haden Church), and Helen's uptight older sister, Casey (Amy Yasbeck). Created by the team behind CHEERS and FRASIER, WINGS shared those shows' taste for zany situational comedy that was also intelligent, emotional, and decidedly mature. This collection presents all eight seasons of the beloved show.
he SITCOM SENSATIONS collection revisits three of television's most beloved series: RETURN TO FANTASY ISLAND (1977) is a full-length movie version of the magical drama that featured a weekly roster of guests visiting the titular isle to pursue their most-cherished fantasies; RESCUE FROM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (1978) is a made-for-TV movie sequel that found Gilligan, Skipper, and the rest of the castaways finally being rescued 15 years after shipwrecking on a deserted island; and BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (1962) presents four original episodes of the quintessential fish-out-of-water sitcom.
This release contains each episode from the complete first and second seasons of THREE'S COMPANY, the classic sitcom that spawned endless imitators with its sexy singles-based humor. Playing off quite a few stereotypes and relying primarily on physical comedy and endless misunderstandings about sexuality and drugs, THREE'S COMPANY made its mark on the comedy sitcom genre. When aspiring chef Jack Tripper (John Ritter) tells landlord Mr. Roper (Normal Fell) that he is gay in order to peacefully cohabit with his two attractive female roommates, he must construct a web of lies (which proves almost impossible to unravel) in order to cover his tracks. Loveable airhead Chrissy (Suzanne Somers) and sexy Janet (Joyce DeWitt) add to the miscommunication and only make things worse with their antics. As a well-known physical comedian, Ritter, with his outlandish expressions, gestures, and mannerisms, delivers reliable laughs.
Despite a historically and morally questionable premise the 1960s sitcom HOGAN'S HEROES was wildly popular during its premiere run and continues to be one of the great classic not to mention utterly unique comedy series. Set in a Nazi prison camp during World War II the series follows a group of Allied POWs--Englishman Peter Newkirk a pre-FAMILY FEUD Richard Dawson Frenchman Louis LeBeau Robert Clary and Americans Andrew Carter Larry Hovis and James Kinchloe Ivan Dixon one of the first African-American actors to get equal billing--led by the irrepressible Colonel Robert Hogan Bob Crane in their hilarious attempts to sabotage the Nazi war effort. Though often mischaracterized as a tasteless gloss on the real-life horrors of Nazi Germany the series was set in a prisoner-of-war camp not a concentration camp HOGAN'S HEROES was intended as parody and certainly pulled no punches in its unflattering depiction of idiotic Nazi officers such as the pompous Colonel Klink Werner Klemperer bumbling Sergeant Schultz John Banner and irascible General Burkhalter Leon Askin--in fact Klemperer Banner and Askin were all Jewish and Clary was a Holocaust survivor. This collection presents the series in its entirety for a total of six seasons.
In addition to scoring one of the biggest surprise hits in television history, NBC generated a veritable pop culture phenomenon with its twentysomething sitcom smash FRIENDS. Set in New York City, the series chronicled the lives of six best friends as they navigated through the ups and downs of romance and career from the confines of their local coffee shop and some pretty fabulous Manhattan apartments. While the series originally rode to success on the coattails of its Thursday night predecessor SEINFELD, what differentiated FRIENDS from the rash of copycat sitcoms that followed--and made it a bona fide hit in its own right--was the unique chemistry of its fine ensemble cast: Courtney Cox as neurotic clean freak Monica; David Schwimmer as her endearingly hangdog brother Ross; Matt LeBlanc as none-too-bright actor-wannabe Joey Tribbiani; Matthew Perry as sarcastic computer programmer Chandler Bing; Lisa Kudrow as goofy new-age free spirit Phoebe Buffay; and, of course, Jennifer Aniston as reformed spoiled ric
By the fifth season of this popular animated sitcom, fans have become well-acquainted with the tics and idiosyncrasies of the lovable Hill family, and the level of hilarity they've come to expect is certainly maintained. Created by Mike Judge (BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD) and Greg Daniels (THE SIMPSONS, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE), the show features its titular "king" in the less-than-grand personage of Hank Hill (voiced by Judge), a propane salesman in Arlen Texas. He lives with his level-headed wife Peggy, and their awkward and overweight son Bobby. Peggy's sexy but clueless niece Luanne cohabitates with the family as well. Hank passes his free time with a motley crew of friends, and shaping Bobby into a more manly man. This season, Hank helps Bobby get a job as Buck Strickland's caddy, but disapproves when the two hit it off and Buck becomes a bad influence. Hank also takes Luanne under his wing, helping her to make an informed voting decision. Meanwhile, Peggy's sweet job at the high school turns into a living hell, when
This release serves up every episode from the inaugural season of the sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND, a show about three L.A. women (Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Wendie Malick) move to Ohio after their Paris-bound plane makes an emergency landing in Cleveland, where they meet the elderly caretaker (Betty White) of the house they decide to rent.
Picking up the slack from the departure of CHEERS from American television in 1993 smart sitcom FRASIER centers on pompous psychiatrist and former Cheers regular Frasier Crane Kelsey Grammer as he packs up and starts anew as a radio talk show host in his hometown of Seattle. The series' brilliant ensemble cast includes his prim and proper brother Niles David Hyde Pierce; their retired cop father Martin John Mahoney; a live-in home care assistant Daphne Jane Leeves; a brassy radio producer Roz Teri Gilpin; and a charismatic Jack Russell terrier named Eddie ensuring that Frasier's life is populated with at least as many colorful characters as he was surrounded by back east. Brimming with witty dialogue sophisticated character development and classic slapstick situations FRASIER was a prime example of television comedy at its finest. This collection presents all 11 seasons of the hit show.
The world's longest-running sitcom is back with more adventures from everyone's favorite geriatrics! Soon after Foggy leaves for Bridleton to inherit his uncle's business, Seymour Utterthwaite (Michael Aldridge) arrives on the scene in the wake of a self-propelled wheelbarrow, the first of many wacky inventions to leap from the mind of this retired headmaster. Clegg takes Compo and Seymour on a sentimental journey to re-create the times when his old school chums would walk gates and climb trees together. Also, Compo willingly agrees to '"road-test" Seymour's new concept of a gentleman's purse (especially as there will be real money provided in it), and Edie's days of carrying a heavy dustbin are numbered when Seymour decides to install a new waste disposal unit for her.
DUSTY'S TRAIL was producer Sherwood Schwartz's little-seen follow-up to his popular 1960s television sitcom GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. Bob Denver reprised that series' bumbling protagonist with the equally inept Dusty, an assistant stagecoach driver in the Wild Wild West whose incompetence results in his team being separated from the rest of the wagon train. Together with main driver Callahan (Forrest Tucker), wealthy aristocrats Mr. and Mrs. Brookhaven (Ivor Francis and Lynn Wood), sultry saloon dancer Lulu (Jeannine Riley), wholesome schoolmarm Betsy (Lori Saunders), and all-around everyman Andy (Bill Cort)--sound familiar?--Dusty must figure out a way to get the wagon back on trail to California. This collection offers 17 of the 26 episodes from the western comedy series' first and only season.
When ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES began in 1981, actors David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst can have had little idea of the show's longevity. In 2004 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES was voted Best British Sitcom of all time by British viewers, while Lyndhurst and Jason have become household names as Rodney and Derek "Del Boy" Trotter. The 10 special episodes included here all have extended runtimes and, of course, feature the exploits of the hapless Cockney hucksters. The brothers perpetually struggle to invent the perfect scheme that will turn them into overnight millionaires, but they've been at this for years--and although the results have always been less than successful, they're always riotously funny.
Michael J. Fox catapulted into superstardom--and created one of the most beloved television characters of all time--in the 1980s sitcom FAMILY TIES. Created by TV impresario Gary David Goldberg (LOU GRANT, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW), the series offered a clever take on the generation gap through the family interactions of two former '60s hippies, public-television producer Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) and his architect wife, Elyse (Meredith Baxter), struggling to retain their leftist ideals while raising three radically divergent children in suburban Columbus, Ohio: tomboy Jennifer (Tina Yothers); ditzy mallrat Mallory (Justine Bateman); and, most notably, Wall Street Journal-reading young Republican Alex P. Keaton (Fox), who served as the series' main comedic foil. A fun and warmhearted throwback to the greed-is-good decade, FAMILY TIES is resurrected in this collection of the series' second season.
Originating as a segment on the television comedy series LOVE AMERICAN STYLE HAPPY DAYS quickly earned its way into the pantheon of sitcom classics with the help of one of the most iconic characters in American pop culture. Centered on a suburban white-bread family in 1950s Milwaukee the series chronicled the wholesome adventures of teenager Richie Cunningham Ron Howard his bobby-soxer younger sister Joanie Erin Moran their exasperated parents Howard Tom Bosley and Marion Marion Ross and Richie's on-the-make high school buddies Potsie Anson Williams and Ralph Donny Most. But it was the finger-snapping charm of the Cunninghams' upstairs tenant greaser Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli Henry Winkler that vaulted the series into the annals of television history--and ensured Fonzie's leather jacket a permanent spot in the Smithsonian collection. This collection presents every episode from the nostalgic show's first through fourth seasons.
The classic sitcom that spawned endless imitators with its sexy singles-based humor, THREE'S COMPANY made a big mark on the comedy sitcom genre. Revolving around endless misunderstandings about sexuality and drugs, and playing off quite a few stereotypes, the show displayed John Ritter's knack for physical comedy, delivering laughs through the comedian's outlandish expressions, gestures, and mannerisms. When aspiring chef Jack Tripper (John Ritter) tells landlord Mr. Roper (Normal Fell) that he is gay in order to peacefully cohabit with his two attractive female roommates, he must construct a web of lies (which proves almost impossible to unravel) in order to cover his tracks. Loveable airhead Chrissy (Suzanne Somers) and sexy Janet (Joyce DeWitt) add to the miscommunication and only make things worse with their antics. Though Chrissy was many fans' favorite character, her appearance throughout the fifth season was sporadic. Some have reported this was due to Suzanne Somers's demand for a higher per-episode
Sitcom regulars Thomas Cavanagh (ED) and Sarah Chalke (SCRUBS) leap to the big screen in writer/director Evan Oppenheimer's indie romantic comedy ALCHEMY. Cavanagh stars as kooky science professor Malcolm Downey, who hopes to earn tenure with his latest invention: a computer that can register human emotions. In order to test the contraption, Malcolm devises a contest to see whether a real woman could actually fall in love with the computer. It isn't long before Malcolm finds himself falling for his beautiful test subject, Samantha (Chalke), triggering an unusual love triangle between man, woman...and machine.
In the sitcom tradition of imperfect suburban family men such as Ray Barone and Archie Bunker, brutish funnyman Jim Belushi (K-9, CURLY SUE) is Jim. Jim is a loving husband and father whose laziness regularly causes him to cut corners to disastrous effect, and whose stubborn machismo all-too-often puts him at odds with his sassy yet rational wife Cheryl (Courtney Thorne-Smith, ALLY MCBEAL). Not helping matters much are Cheryl's seemingly ever-present brother Andy (Larry Joe Campbell), a guy's guy who usually takes Jim's side, and sister Dana (Kimberly Williams-Paisley), who never misses an opportunity to gang up on the titular papa. Through their very bickering, however, it becomes clear that Jim and Cheryl, a regular yin and yang of a couple, never doubt their love for one another for even a moment. Belushi puts a lot of himself into gruff patriarch Jim, a devoted fan of all Chicago-based sport teams who finds artistic release as an avid bluesman. This collection includes all 22 episodes of the long-running
THREE'S COMPANY the sitcom that spawned endless imitators with its sexy singles-based humor left a huge mark on the comedy-sitcom genre. Revolving around endless misunderstandings about sexuality and drugs and playing off quite a few stereotypes the show displayed John Ritter's knack for physical comedy delivering laughs through the comedian's outlandish expressions gestures and mannerisms. When aspiring chef Jack Tripper Ritter tells his landlord Mr. Roper Norman Fell that he is gay in order to peacefully cohabit with a string of attractive female roommates he must construct a web of lies which proves almost impossible to unravel in order to cover his tracks. The seventh season begins with the opening of Jack's bistro and moves on through endless embarrassing dates family entanglements and more. THREE'S COMPANY: SEASON SEVEN contains all 22 episodes from the season starring Jack Janet Joyce DeWitt Terri Alden Priscilla Barnes and Mr. Furley Don Knotts.
C.P.O. Sharkey (1976 - 1978)Complete Series on DVD-R: Region ALL, 6 discsStarring: Don Rickles, Harrison PageThe perfect sitcom outlet for the acid-tongued talents of comic Don Rickles, who plays Chief Petty Officer Sharkey, based at a naval recruitment center in California. Since all the men under his command seem to be from different racial and cultural backgrounds (black, Polish, Hispanic, etc.), Sharkey has plenty of ammunition for his insults and putdowns. He's actually very fond of his men though, and usually must protect them from mealy-mouthed boss Lt. Whipple and gruff base commander Capt. Buckner.
The man whose sitcom made duct tape into a popular panacea-for everything-is back in four specials designed to tickle the manly funnybone. Red Green (Steve Smith) starts off with We Can't Help It-We're Men, works his way to Duct Tape Virtuoso Deluxe, then heads back toward where it all went horribly wrong 25 years ago in Red Green's Hindsight is 20-20. Finally, cast members gather for a goofy post-series look back in We're All in This Together.
THAT GIRL was a '60s sitcom that starred Marlo Thomas as a young woman who moved to New York City with a head full of acting ambitions. Unfortunately Thomas's character, Ann Marie, has to make do with some interminable temp work while she tries to make it big in the acting world, but this doesn't prevent her from indulging in the big city life. Among the supporting cast are Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp, who play Ann Marie's parents, and Ted Bessell, who plays her boyfriend Donald Hollinger. The show made its mark as one of the first TV productions to center on a single, carefree woman, and also became known for its much-parodied theme song and opening credit sequence. A selection of episodes from the first season of THAT GIRL, which originally aired on ABC in 1966, are featured on this collection.
Popular during the 1980s, this sitcom stars Scott Baio (HAPPY DAYS) as Charles, an unlikely yet loveable nanny. In the first season, the 19-year-old college student gets a gig taking care of three kids whose parents have busy working schedules. Invited to live in their home, Charles juggles his child-rearing responsibilities with attempts to have a normal college life. Between romances, hanging out with his best friend Buddy Lembeck (Willie Aames), and keeping three pre-teens in check, Charles has his hands full. The first season of CHARLES IN CHARGE was unique because it was the only season to star the Pembroke family. The show got cancelled after its debut season, but in an unusual move, was brought back to television a few years later. When the show returned, it featured an entirely different family, the Powells. This release includes 22 episodes, including the series pilot. Just a few of the stars who appear as guests are Christina Applegate, Matthew Perry, and Meg Ryan. CHARLES IN CHARGE- THE COMPLETE FI
Martin Freeman, who memorably starred in the U.K. version of THE OFFICE, returns to the sitcom format for this first series of THE ROBINSONS. Freeman plays Ed Robinson, a hapless man fired from his job by a boss with whom he happened to be conducting an affair at the time. As Ed tries to figure out what to do with his life, his family members demonstrate the oddball patterns of behavior that keep the show bubbling. His sister, Victoria (Abigail Cruttenden), shrieks in horror every time she has sex with a man who reminds her of her father; his brother, George (Hugh Bonneville), tries to control everything around him; and the parents of the family have a long, deep-seated hatred of each other. It all adds up to gentle and amusing fare, with Freeman once again proving his comedic chops. This release includes the entire first series of the show.
The sometimes touching and always funny 1990s sitcom WINGS starred Timothy Daly and Steven Weber as Joe and Brian Hackett, two brothers trying to run a small airline on Nantucket while dealing with a lovable, eccentric group of employees and friends that included lunch-counter waitress Helen Chapel (Crystal Bernard) and oddball mechanic Lowell Mather (Thomas Hayden Church). Created by the team behind CHEERS and FRASIER, WINGS shared those shows' penchant for zany situational comedy that was also intelligent, emotional, and decidedly mature. This collection presents the beloved series' first and second seasons, which include guest appearances by George Wendt, Megan Mullaly, David Ogden Stiers, and Maury Povich.
This popular sitcom from the 1950s stars the ever youthful Bob Cummings as a photographer playboy who is forever trying and failing to hit it off with one of his gorgeous models. His sister, Margaret (Rosemary DeCamp), attempts to marry him off, while his nephew (Dwayne Hickman) tries his own luck with the ladies; meanwhile, Bob's secretary, Schultzy (Ann B. Davis, THE BRADY BUNCH), worships him from afar. Volume 2 includes the episodes "Bob Gets Harvey a Raise" and "Bob Saves Harvey."
The classic British sitcom ARE YOU BEING SERVED? has become a favorite import among American audiences. This collection of five episodes features a variety of hilarious situations from the Grace Brothers department store. Episodes included are "The Hold-Up," "Gambling Fever," "The Night Club," "Friends and Neighbors," "The Pop Star."
LIFE WITH ELIZABETH Life with Elizabeth is a comical and charming domestic sitcom starring Betty White, who later went on to play the dim-witted but lovable Rose Nylund in the 1985 1992 NBC hit series Golden Girls, and Del Moore, who guest-starred in numerous highly-rated shows, as well as co-starred on The Jerry Lewis Show. White and Moore played main characters Elizabeth and Alvin White--a newlywed couple getting used to married life: testing boundaries and occasionally getting on one another's nerves! Consisting of three delightful vignettes, each episode is chock-full of the couple's crafty repartee and humorous banter as they engage in, sometimes typical, and sometimes not-so-typical, married life. Notably, not only was Betty White awarded an Emmy® for her role in the series as Elizabeth, she also produced the show! Featuring 16 episodes! LOVE THAT BOB A hit television series by all accounts, Love That Bob, highlights the romantic misadventures of Bob Collins (Robert Cummings), a suave bachelor and photographer who can't seem to shake his model-chasing ways--much to the amusement of gal pal Schultzy (Ann B. Davis) and disapproval of widowed sister Margaret (Rosemary DeCamp). Try as she might, Margaret can't seem to get her womanizing brother to settle down and become a proper role model for her college-aged son Chuck (Dwayne Hickman). Bob does his best, but his eye for beautiful women always gets the better of him. Despite his good intentions, he just can't seem to satisfy his sweet tooth for gorgeous models! Tune in for guaranteed laughs and the comic exploits of a smooth-talking photographer who just might be a bachelor for life! FEATURING 16 EPISODES Bob's Forgotten Fiancée; Bob Goes Bird Watching; Grandpa's Old Buddy; Bob Becomes a Stage Uncle; Bob Butters Beck; Grandpa Attends a Convention; Bob and Schultzy Reunite; The Sheik; Grandpa's Christmas Visit; Bob in Orbit; Grandpa Moves West; Bob and the Dumb Blonde; Bob Helps Anna Maria; Wolf Sitter; Bob Plays Margaret's Game; Bob Digs Rock 'N Roll
This set contains every episode from the first four seasons of the Emmy-award winning CBS sitcom THE BIG BANG THEORY a show that has won multiple acting awards for Jim Parsons.
Most know them only as the apparitions who materialize to work their elusive magic on cryptic error messages and computer meltdowns before vanishing just as suddenly as they appeared. But in this British sitcom, the long-suffering workers known as the IT Department finally get their due. Fans of THE OFFICE will likely enjoy this bubbling workplace satire, which focuses on hot-tempered techno-toiler Roy (Chris ODowd), hapless nerd Moss (Richard Ayoade), and their pretty, computer-illiterate manager, Jen (Katherine Parkinson). From a dilapidated den in the basement of a London skyscraper, the team fights a daily battle against impaired office equipment, malfunctioning employees, and each other. This collection presents the second season of the series.
THAT GIRL was a '60s sitcom that starred Marlo Thomas as a young woman who moved to New York City with a head full of acting ambitions. Unfortunately Thomas's character Ann Marie has to make do with some interminable temp work while she tries to make it big in the acting world but this doesn't prevent her from indulging in the big city life. Among the supporting cast are Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp who play Ann Marie's parents and Ted Bessell who plays her boyfriend Donald Hollinger. The show made its mark as one of the first TV productions to center on a single carefree woman and also became known for its much-parodied theme song and opening credit sequence. A selection of episodes from the first season of THAT GIRL which originally aired on ABC in 1966 are featured on this collection.