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intereact!Director: Ralph Levy
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $39.98
Release Date: 2004-08-31
Theatrical Release Date: 1951-10-15
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 799 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 5
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Season 2 of I Love Lucy includes two of the most famous half-hours in television history. "Job Switching," originally broadcast mid-September of 1952, is the crazy, battle-of-the-sexes episode in which husbands Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and Fred Mertz (William Frawley) trade roles with wives Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Ethel (Vivian Vance), culminating in the men making a shambles of domestic chores while Lucy and Ethel take disastrous work at a chocolate factory. That's right: This is the show where the ladies have a Chaplinesque experience with a too-fast factory conveyor belt, forcing them to hide candies in their mouths, in their hats, and down their blouses lest a tough forewoman fire them for incompetence. A half-century later, the scene is still so fresh and funny it would grace any current sitcom. "Lucy Goes to the Hospital," which received an amazing 71.7 rating on January 19, 1953, is the historic episode featuring the birth of Little Ricky and a load of wonderful slapstick. Other television series (The Dick Van Dyke Show) and movies (Nine Months) have tried to top Lucy's time-to-go-to-the-hospital shenanigans, but there's nothing like the sight of Ricky and Fred falling all over themselves or Ricky showing up at the maternity ward (direct from a voodoo-themed show at the Tropicana) in witch doctor makeup. The other 31 episodes included in I Love Lucy: The Compete Second Season have choice moments, too. "Lucy Becomes a Sculptress" finds the ever-ambitious redhead falling for empty flattery at an art-supply store and commencing an ill-advised career working in clay. Ricky agrees to bless this new endeavor if an art critic says she has talent, but Lucy tries to increase her chances by posing as a bust of herself--resulting in mayhem, of course. The usual running themes in I Love Lucy--Lucy's misguided desire to be a part of Ricky's musical career, and her penchant for disguising herself to investigate something--are all over The Complete Second Season. "Ricky Loses His Voice" is a delightful piece in which Ricky's laryngitis inspires Lucy, the Mertzes, and an aging chorus line to put on a Tropicana spectacle, and "Ricky Has Labor Pains" finds Lucy and Ethel going undercover as male reporters to find out what happens at a stag party. Lots to enjoy here, and the special features include bloopers, information about the guest cast, and snippets from Ball's radio show. --Tom Keogh2) Description
I LOVE LUCY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON continues to follow the wild and wacky comical adventures of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo and their infamous neighbors Fred and Ethel as they embark on even more madness in season two.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5
1) funny, Lucy is great!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is all good stuff. Very funny. Plan to enjoy hours of laughing!2) I Love Lucy, 2nd year [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Fun and funny and I can watch them with my nine year old daughter (or my 79 year old dad) and nobody has to be embarassed about any of the content. All generations seem to enjoy. It's also interesting to see the male-female expectations and the ways of dealting with an immigrant in the 1950s. While many of the stereotypical expectatios are present, it seems that Desi and Lucille are making fun of them, not that they've bought into them.3) classic comedy [Rating: 5 out of 5]
These are still funny every time I watch them !!! Bought this as a gift for my Dad for Christmas. Its great when you are buying for someone who has everything.4) Great, original, classic comedy [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Believe it or not, this is the Xmas 2007 gift "hint" of a couple sisters, age 19 and 21. They love it.5) The Second Time Around [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a fantastic season of "I Love Lucy", featuring the television-history-making pregnancy arc and a number of other hilarious episodes. I also own Season 1 (I'm buying them in order!) and the two sets are very similar. The best thing is that the radio shows from "My Favorite Husband" (at least the ones that inspired episodes of "I Love Lucy") are still included.As a matter of fact, they're a little TOO similar. In the first season set, there are some scenes included that played during the second season. When Lucille Ball got pregnant in real life during the second season, they re-ran some episodes from the first season so that she could have a maternity leave, and each rerun was introduced by a short scripted clip from the cast. (It's a shame they don't do that for reruns these days!!) These same clips are included in this package, and I feel that they could have used the space for some original material instead.The only other complaints I have about this fantastic set are minor. For one thing, in the first season package, when you selected the "play all" option, a bit would play that consisted of colorized clips from different episodes playing while Ricky sang the "I Love Lucy" theme song. It would have been nice to have something like that play on this set, but with different clips. Alas, no dice. Also, there are no English subtitles, which I find baffling. After all, aren't most of the people who love this show bound to be old enough that their hearing is starting to go?However, the second season is just as funny as the first. In fact, funnier. There were a few boring episodes in the first season that I've only watched once, but there are very few like that presented here. The cast really found its groove and they only got better from here. I can't wait to continue my collection with season three!