Reviewed By Jason LockardClassic Comedy! It doesn't get any better than that! Joan Davis was known as the scatterbrained blonde in the 50s. Where Lucy was the Red-head. Many called I married Joan a rip-off of I love Lucy and while the premise was similar, Joan 's show had a charm all it's own.
The good folks at VCI Entertainment and MVD Visual have been releasing collections of this classic show for quite a while now. Each one bringing us more hijinx and fun with Joan Davis. The latest offering is I Married Joan Classic TV Collection #5. You can view the reviews of previous Volume One, Two, Three and Four. Let's take a look at what is included in this collection.
Our Rating System:
**** = Don’t Miss it!
*** = Worth a look.
** = An Ok way to spend an evening.
* = You haven’t missed anything.
1. Memory (Season 1 Episode 18) Joan's poor memory results in three spaghetti dinners during the same evening. ***
2. Culinary Nightmare (Season 2 Episode 6) Brad's last-minute decision to bring home some friends for dinner leads to chaos in the kitchen for Joan. ****
3. Dented Fender (Season 2 Episode 21) Joan thinks she did the damage to the car and tries to get it fixed while Brad believes he damaged it and makes arrangements to get it fixed. ***
4. Monkeyshines (Season 2 Episode 17) Brad must decided who gets custody of a well-to-do chimpanzee. While he's weighing the options, he brings the simian home with him. ***
5. Pop Retires (Season 2 Episode 24) Because of a mail mix up, Pop thinks that he's invited to retire and move in with his son. ***
6. Party Line (Season 3 Episode 2) Joan and her neighbor wage war over their shared telephone line. ***
7. The Wedding (Season 3 Episode 15) Joan volunteers her home for the site of a couple's wedding. ****
8. Money in the shotgun (Season 3 Episode 17) Joan sells a piece of his furniture for $600 and hides the cash in the barrel of his shotgun which Brad takes with him duck hunting. ***
9. Ladies Prison (Season 3 Episode 22) Brad is concerned about conditions in the women's prison. So Joan pretends to be a convict in a women's prison to observe conditions. ***
10. How to win Friends (Season 3 Episode 24) Joan thinks all her pals have abandoned her, so she takes a course on how to win friends. ***
The shows are presented in their original full screen format. While the episodes may have some slight damage in the picture, they look and sound pretty good to me. I dare someone to watch Joan and not chuckle at her antics.
All 10 episodes are found on one disc. Now you would think that that the quality would suffer greatly. But these episodes look pretty awesome, in my opinion. And let's face it 10 episode of a classic comedy show the whole family can enjoy that is priceless.
So if your a fan of Joan Davis or Classic sitcoms you can't go wrong with this whole series of collections. But defiantly pick up this newest release of I Married Joan Collection #5 at www.MVDShop.com today.
Audiences: Families
Moral Rating: Nothing Offensive
Length: 250 Minutes
Genre: Comedy, Sitcom
DVD Rating: A
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