DVD Review: The Lucille Ball Specials: Lucy Gets Lucky/Three for Two: Lucille Ball, Dean Martin, Jackie Gleason, na: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: The Lucille Ball Specials: Lucy Gets Lucky/Three for Two: Lucille Ball, Dean Martin, Jackie Gleason, na: Movies & TV

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Product Description
A Double Feature Starring Lucille Ball with Dean Martin and Jackie Gleason

Following the long-running success of her Here s Lucy series, the inimitable Lucille Ball returned to television with a series of special programs, pairing her with other legendary performers.

LUCY GETS LUCKY finds the wacky redhead pulling out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high stakes hi-jinks follow.

THREE FOR TWO presents Lucy with the Great One, Jackie Gleason - combining their comedic talents for the first time - in a trio of comedy-dramas centered on the various aspects of marriage.

Bonus features include: LET S TALK TO LUCY, long-lost radio interviews with Dean Martin, bloopers, featurette with guest actor Gino Conforti, and rare Lucy footage.

THE FIRST OF THE LUCILLE BALL SPECIALS!,

By Tante Maren “Maren” (Ohio, United States) -
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This is the first Double DVD of The Lucille Ball Specials. I contacted MPI Home Video to find out if they are putting more of The Lucille Ball Specials on dvd, besides this one, and they said YES! Lucille Ball had 11 television specials between 1964 and 1980. I will briefly list them, for those who want to know, but MPI did not say which of the specials they are putting out on future dvd’s, but I am hoping all of them! The specials are: 1.Mr.& Mrs.(w/Bob Hope)1964, 2.Lucy in London (w/Anthony Newley)1966, 3.Carol+2 (w/Carol Burnett) 1967, 4.Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (w/Art Carney) 1974, 5. Dean Martin’s Celebrity Roast-Lucille Ball (w/dozens of stars) 1975, 6. Lucy Gets Lucky (w/Dean Martin) 1975, 7. Three for Two (w/Jackie Gleason) 1975, 8. What now Catherine Curtis? (w/Art Carney) 1976, 9. Lucy Calls the President (w/Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon) 1977, 10. Lucy Comes to Nashville (w/Barbara Mandrell) 1978 and 11. Lucy moves to NBC (w/ Bob Hope, Johnny Carson and many others) 1980.
This dvd features two of Lucy’s television specials. The first being LUCY GETS LUCKY, which premiered on March 1, 1975. This special was filmed on location at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Lucy plays Lucy Collins, a huge fan of Dean Martin, who is determined to see Dean in person, even though his concert is completely sold out. When Lucy finds out Dean is doing a private performance at the MGM just for the employees, she naturally gets herself hired there and the trouble begins. The fun starts, when Dean has to save the hotel and Las Vegas from disaster! This special is one hour long and also guest stars her husband Gary Morton, Jackie Coogan along with many others.
The second television special of Lucy’s on this dvd set is THREE FOR TWO, which premiered on December 3, 1975. This special is a comedy/drama which features Lucy and Jackie Gleason playing three different couples in 3 different crisis stories. The first story is about Herb and Sally, who go off to Rome on a vacation to reignite their love life. While in Rome, they discover things they never knew about each other, after 24 years of marriage. The second story is about Fred and Rita, who try to decide if they should tell about both their infidelities. The last story is about Mike and Pauline, who are in a Christmas family crisis, when they realize their children are growing up and no longer want them to dominate everything in their personal lives. This special is also one hour long, and according to MPI, they will include the following BONUS FEATURES:
Let’s Talk To Lucy-2 Long lost radio interviews with Dean Martin from 1964 and 1965 (Lucy and Dean have great conversations including talking about their young sons being together in the “Dino, Desi and Billy” band)
Bloopers
Featurette with guest actor Gino Conforti (he played Antonio in LUCY GETS LUCKY)
Rare Lucy Footage (includes Lucy’s appearance when she was a guest on Art Linkletter’s House Party in 1965!)
MPI also assured me that the film quality will be perfect, as they are making the dvd’s from the original films, just as they did on the earlier released this year, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie. They did a gorgeous, pristine job on this dvd, so I am very excited about this new series of The Lucille Ball Specials! These Lucille Ball Specials are so very rare, as I haven’t seen any of them since they premiered on television, way back in the sixties and seventies! I can’t wait for the future releases, and I hope MPI has the rights to do all of them! They were all owned by CBS, except for the last special, when Lucy literally broke her CBS contract and went to NBC. The Lucy In London was actually filmed on locaton in London, and I remember The Dave Clark 5 singing, along with all the mod stuff from 1966, so I hope the wait is short for the releases of all these great Lucille Ball Specials, so I can stop remembering and actually see them again!

Thank you MPI,

By SigmaPi126 (Delaware) -

I am anxious to see The Lucille Ball Specials. I have read great things about each and every one. MPI has done a great job with releases in the past, so I expect nothing but a great quality product with this. I encourage all comedy fans to buy this release. You will definitely enjoy it and we want to ensure the rest of Lucy’s specials get an official release!
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