The Goldbergs Two-Disc Set DVD Review - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TJ · 04-14-2008, 05:00 PM

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Bloom! The Goldbergs are on DVD in a release from Timeless Media Group. The two disc release presents 10 episodes of the TV series that started in the very early days of television (1949) that was based upon a successful radio series that began decades earlier. The series stars Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg and Robert Harris as her husband, Jake, and is about a Jewish family trying to make it in New York while balancing traditional Jewish ideas and contemporary American society.

Read our review by Skees53 here:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/thegoldbergsdvdreview.html

Please post any questions or comments about this set.

catlover79 · 04-14-2008, 06:04 PM

Sounds great - I'll have to check it out one of these days. I have never seen this show before. Thanks for the review.

Mr. Television · 04-14-2008, 06:11 PM

If anyone gets this please tell us what you think of it and how it plays. I'll probably get it eventually. It's cheap enough and I figured it wasn't the best quality anyway but its the only way anyone will probably ever see this show.. I do have the 1950 theatrical movie Molly that I taped off AMC in the early 90's and I did enjoy that.

Jude The Obscure · 04-14-2008, 06:53 PM

I wish Netflix would have it for rent!

TJ · 04-16-2008, 01:29 AM

The review link has been updated. The video quality is pretty terrible according to the review. Amazon.com says it will ship in 3-6 weeks.

TV Knowledge Fan · 09-15-2008, 05:19 PM

...because kinescopes of live TV shows- those that managed to survive- weren't always preserved in good condition over the years. Once a live TV show was over, it was forgotten; if it was preserved on "kinescope film", it was usually thrown out by the network (or station) that saved it, after a period of time. This is why Gertrude Berg decided to take a chance by syndicating "THE GOLDBERGS" as a first-run filmed series in the fall of 1955; unfortunately, most viewers had become used to "all-american" families featured in "lighter" filmed sitcoms of the time, and didn't care for more drama than comedy in those shows, as Gertrude (and son Cherney) wrote for "THE GOLDBERGS". The title was also a hurdle- some stations said it was "too ethnic", and some viewers saw the show on local stations under the title "MOLLY". In any case, the series ended after 39 filmed episodes, and that was it. Of course, I don't know if the two-disc set features the filmed series, or the original "live" CBS shows from 1949-'51 yet....

Jude The Obscure · 09-15-2008, 07:58 PM

From what I've read, it is from the syndicated filmed episodes.

04-14-2008, 05:00 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	The Goldbergs Two-Disc Set DVD Review Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Bloom! The Goldbergs are on DVD in a release from Timeless Media Group. The two disc release presents 10 episodes of the TV series that started in the very early days of television (1949) that was based upon a successful radio series that began decades earlier. The series stars Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg and Robert Harris as her husband, Jake, and is about a Jewish family trying to make it in New York while balancing traditional Jewish ideas and contemporary American society. Read our review by Skees53 here: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/thegoldbergsdvdreview.html Please post any questions or comments about this set.
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04-14-2008, 06:04 PM	#2
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04-14-2008, 06:11 PM	#3
Mr. Television 22 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,127	If anyone gets this please tell us what you think of it and how it plays. I'll probably get it eventually. It's cheap enough and I figured it wasn't the best quality anyway but its the only way anyone will probably ever see this show.. I do have the 1950 theatrical movie Molly that I taped off AMC in the early 90's and I did enjoy that.
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09-15-2008, 05:19 PM	#6
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	The quality is probably terrible... ...because kinescopes of live TV shows- those that managed to survive- weren't always preserved in good condition over the years. Once a live TV show was over, it was forgotten; if it was preserved on "kinescope film", it was usually thrown out by the network (or station) that saved it, after a period of time. This is why Gertrude Berg decided to take a chance by syndicating "THE GOLDBERGS" as a first-run filmed series in the fall of 1955; unfortunately, most viewers had become used to "all-american" families featured in "lighter" filmed sitcoms of the time, and didn't care for more drama than comedy in those shows, as Gertrude (and son Cherney) wrote for "THE GOLDBERGS". The title was also a hurdle- some stations said it was "too ethnic", and some viewers saw the show on local stations under the title "MOLLY". In any case, the series ended after 39 filmed episodes, and that was it. Of course, I don't know if the two-disc set features the filmed series, or the original "live" CBS shows from 1949-'51 yet....

04-14-2008, 06:53 PM	#4
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,519	I wish Netflix would have it for rent!

04-16-2008, 01:29 AM	#5
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	The review link has been updated. The video quality is pretty terrible according to the review. Amazon.com says it will ship in 3-6 weeks.

09-15-2008, 07:58 PM	#7
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,519	From what I've read, it is from the syndicated filmed episodes.