I Married Joan Collection 2

[seventies_sitcoms]

Has anybody bought the I Married Joan Collection 2 DVD from VCI yet?

[astro4004]

Yep, and it's even better than the first. Worth it for the hilarious hat shop scene in "Acrobats" alone.

[Dr. Jazz]

I saw the I Married Joan collections, both volumes at Best Buy the other day. Just $6.99 apiece - that's a steal for one of TV's greatest masterpieces. I wish they would release more volumes Joan rules!!

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jazz

I saw the I Married Joan collections, both volumes at Best Buy the other day. Just $6.99 apiece - that's a steal for one of TV's greatest masterpieces. I wish they would release more volumes Joan rules!!

Damn. Thats a good deal. I've been thinking of getting that one and Mr. Peepers. I never saw that show but I've heard a lot of great things about it.

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jazz

I saw the I Married Joan collections, both volumes at Best Buy the other day. Just $6.99 apiece - that's a steal for one of TV's greatest masterpieces. I wish they would release more volumes Joan rules!!

Hey Jazz, I know it's not Fame or The White Shadow, but between us liking some of the same shows and knowing some other shows I like, do you think I could get into this? I've never seen I Married Joan. I don't think I even heard of it before I hit SitcomsOnline.

[tv star collector]

Originally Posted by DallasCowboysFanatic

Damn. Thats a good deal. I've been thinking of getting that one and Mr. Peepers. I never saw that show but I've heard a lot of great things about it.

I should point out one big difference between I MARRIED JOAN and MR. PEEPERS. Joan Davis's series was filmed and rerun by NBC during the daytime
for a few years. (It replaced HOWDY DOODY, which was moved to Saturday
morning). Great show. MR. PEEPERS was also a great show. But, because it
was live, it was never rerun. The only existing episodes, therefore, are what
are called "kinescopes." A kinescope, basically, is a motion picture taken by
pointing a camera at the television screen. Consequently, don't expect the
picture to be as crisp and clear as a filmed or video-taped show. I found a
video tape of one episode of MR. PEEPERS, and it is watchable. If you have
seen the "lost" episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS, you know what to expect.
Those are also kinescopes.

[Dr. Jazz]

Originally Posted by DallasCowboysFanatic

Damn. Thats a good deal. I've been thinking of getting that one and Mr. Peepers. I never saw that show but I've heard a lot of great things about it.

Mr. Peepers is very funny and not like your average 50's sitcom. Wally Cox, Tony Randall & Jack Warden were all hilarious on that show

[Dr. Jazz]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

Hey Jazz, I know it's not Fame or The White Shadow, but between us liking some of the same shows and knowing some other shows I like, do you think I could get into this? I've never seen I Married Joan. I don't think I even heard of it before I hit SitcomsOnline.

Never heard of Joan before SO? If you like "I Love Lucy" then you would get a kick out of Joan. There are certain episodes that really stand out and Joan was even funnier than Lucy at times. Joan was like the alternative to Lucy, very similar (always in funny situations) yet funny in her own way. I watched IMJ on Nostalgia (now AmericanLife) years ago and now it airs weekdays at 10am on the local Pax/i station here. Joan is often referred to as a poor man's Lucy but I thought she was every bit as funny. It's a shame it only lasted 3 seasons. I personally think you would like I Married Joan since you like Lucy

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...because Joan Davis suddenly fell ill in early 1955, and couldn't complete a full 39 episode season (she filmed only 20 episodes in the final season). NBC [and General Electric, her sponsor] would have liked to have had her finish out the season, because of the growing competition from ABC's "DISNEYLAND", but had to pad out the remainder of that season with repeats before pulling the show off in April of '55.

[treky]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jazz

Mr. Peepers is very funny and not like your average 50's sitcom. Wally Cox, Tony Randall & Jack Warden were all hilarious on that show

yes, it is. Our local PBS station showed some episodes of sitcoms and game shows a couple years ago on New Years morning, from midnight to 6 a.m. and that was one of them.