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Whistle Stopper - Father Knows Best: Season One
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List Price: $34.99
Our Price: $20.29
Your Save: $ 14.70 ( 42% )
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Manufacturer: Shout! Factory
Starring: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin
Directed By: William D. Russell, James Neilson, Peter Tewksbury
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
EAN: 0826663107685
Format: Box set
Label: Shout! Factory
Manufacturer: Shout! Factory
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Shout! Factory
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-01
Running Time: 660
Studio: Shout! Factory
Theatrical Release Date: 1954-10-03
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: NOT NEARLY AS BAD A SOME HAVE REVIEWED!
Comment: OK, I know we all like pristine picture and sound on every DVD released, but I'm glad to have this show in any form at this point. This "oldie but goodie's" release was so long over due, it's was getting to the point where I thought I'd never see it!
I watched some of the first disc and I can tell you this, the episodes look better than they looked on TV in many years! The sound....well it's not all that great, but this show is quite old and it's not all 'that bad'. As for edited episodes, I can't remember the episodes that well to remember, but I haven't noticed anything missing so far. Although the fade out breaks seemed slightly rushed.
The set has some cool extra stuff too, so if you want to wait forever for a release that probably won't see the light of day...fine, but for those of us who want to enjoy the show now...buy it! It looks better than any of the Ozzie & Harriet series releases. Jim, Margret, Princess, Bud and Kitten haven't looked this good in years!
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Summary: Father Knows Best Season One
Comment: I would have liked to know that this DVD was not made from the original tapes, but from the TVLand or Nick at Night chopped up airings of the show. Sometimes the scene is cut in mid-sentence (apparently where they had placed a commercial.) It's a great show and I love it, but this DVD set is very poor quality
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Summary: Father Knows Best but not this time
Comment: I have been waiting for years for Father Knows Best to come out in DVD so I was excited to finally see it released. The show is great but as others have mentioned the product itself is poorly edited. The episodes are not complete!!!!!! Very disappointing.
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Summary: Very clean & peaceful & funny --- just what we need sometimes.
Comment: Love the shows! I have always enjoyed watching Robert Young & this is just clean fun~
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Summary: Father May Know Best, but Shout Factory Should Know Better
Comment: Unfortunately, "Father Knows Best--the First Season" is a compilation of episodes from the serie's first season, and edited like you've often seen them in syndication. A significant source of the pleasure in owning such classic series is that you expect to see them unedited, as they were originally broadcast. The editing of these episodes is obvious to even a casual observer, with dialogue and scenes simply fading out. To add insult to injury, even the closing credits are edited. As the credits are displayed, instead of the show's theme playing through the end, the credits just stop--abruptly. "Father Knows Best" deserves better treatment, and so do the customers.
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Editorial Reviews:
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It's telling that this family favorite began on radio as Father Knows Best? When the show came to CBS in 1954, the question mark disappeared. Contrary to popular opinion, however, Springfield, Ohio, insurance agent Jim Anderson (Emmy winner Robert Young) doesn't have all the answers. He and his wife, Margaret (fellow Emmy winner Jane Wyatt), come close, though. Were the show in production now, Anderson wouldn't smoke, but Father Knows Best reflects the standards of its time--separate beds and all. The sweet-natured pilot sets the tone when 14-year-old Bud (Billy Gray) frets about the school dance until Jim arranges for his 17-year-old sister, Betty (Elinor Donahue), to show him some steps. Other storylines revolve around community service and feeling needed, while "Thanksgiving Day" offers a glimpse of Jim's imperfect side when he dismisses a poem written by nine-year-old Kathy (Laurin Chapin), who overhears him; he realizes he was holding Kitten to impossible standards. As Chapin notes in the bonus interview (in which Donahue also features), the primary themes were cooperation and forgiveness. Naysayers can knock Father Knows Best for being square, but it espouses timeless values. And who's to say the lingo wasn't hip for the 1950s? Colorful examples include "goobers," "criminy," "creepers," "knot-head," and "simply utterly." On the downside, these 26 episodes appear in unrestored, syndicated condition. Fortunately, the show doesn't look too bad for its age and abundant extras compensate, like special 1959 savings bond episode 24 Hours in Tyrantland and Young's home movies and behind-the-scenes footage, both with low-key narration by grandson Bill Proffitt. After Young put Father Knows Best to rest, he segued to 1960's Window on Main Street (this set includes the pilot) before scoring another hit with Marcus Welby, M.D.. Donahue followed suit with The Andy Griffith Show and Wyatt with Star Trek. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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