Reviewed by Jason S. LockardMany say the queen of comedy was Lucille Ball and while I can't deny that, I will say the heir to the throne, or the runner up if you will would have to have been Joan Davis. She was an amazing slapstick comedian!
Shortly after I love Lucy debuted Joan Davis' show I Married Joan took the air. We all marveled at the sticky situations Lucy got herself into, but the antics of Joan was off the charts. Joan and her husband Judge Bradley Stevens, (played perfectly by the great Jim Backus) keep the masses laughing every Wednesday night at 8 for 3 hilarious seasons.
Now the good folks at VCI entertainment is bringing us this series on DVD! Let's take a look at the episodes included in the I Married Joan Collection 1.
Our Rating System:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend a half and hour.
*=You haven’t missed anything.
Prize Fighter (3/2/1955) After losing a bet on a boxing match, Joan sets up a fight between Wally and a pro boxer for the women's club charity. ****
Wall Safe (10/15/1954) Joan discovers a wall safe hidden behind a panel in the living room and visions of dollar signs appear before her eyes. ****
Joan's Haircut (7/7/1954) Joan and Brad accidentally get their hair cut in radically different styles right before their big college reunion. ***
Changing Houses (3/31/1954) The Stevens and the Hendersons agree to swap houses for a week after Joan and Mabel admire each other's wildly different interior decorating efforts. ***
Talent Scout (6/17/1953) Joan is tricked by a couple of con men pretending to be talent scouts and finds herself filming a movie scene where a jungle girl costume sharing screen time with a scene-stealing chimpanzee. ****
Bad Boy (1/7/1953) Joan and Judge Bradley try to reform a young juvenile delinquent whose father recently received a stiff prison sentence. ***
Honeymoon (6/24/1953) The judge counsels a couple about to married about the insignificance of a honeymoon by reminiscing about his own disastrous one. ***
Home Movies (12/8/1954) The day friends are coming over to watch home movies is the day Brad and Joan have a big fight, then have to pretend to be happy in front of Brad's boss. ***
New House (9/29/1954) Bard and Joan Stevens want to move to a new house, but other couple has their eyes on the same house. ***
Neighbors (6/10/1953) Three nights a week, the Stevens pass sleeplessly because of their neighbors wild parties. Joan manages to convince them to move out, but the new neighbors are even worse - they have dogs that bark all night every night. ***
Alienation (10/20/1954) Joan's efforts backfire when she tries to help a stranger buy a gift for his wife. ***
Sister Pat (11/4/1953) Joanie invites her younger sister, Beverly, to stay at her house while she goes to college. In revenge, Judge Stevens invites four cousins to join the merry throng, much to Beverly's delight and Joan's distress. ***
This 2 disc DVD set has all 12 episodes in very nice quality when you realize that these episodes range around 65 years old. There is some imperfections in the picture and in the audio in some episodes. But you have to take into account that these episodes where never supposed to survive! No TV executive ever thought there would be a market for home entertainment so they just never took care of the old tv shows! That is why we lost so many of them! We are lucky we have them at all!
This is a fun collection of good clean family friendly comedy that still holds up to this day.I guess when it all comes down to it! True funny is timeless, and Joan is timeless as well! The collection will keep you laughing for years to come!
So if your a fan classic TV comedies, this is an absolute must own. I can't recommend it enough! Head over to VCIEntertainment.com and pick up your copy today.
Moral Rating: nothing offensive
Audience: Families
Genre: comedy
Length: 5 hours
DVD Released: 2018
DVD Rating: A
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