{"id":27528,"date":"2018-02-16T00:17:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T05:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=27528"},"modified":"2018-02-15T23:33:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T04:33:08","slug":"tv-on-dvd-the-jackie-gleason-show-in-color-unreleased-episodes-dvd-carol-burnett-show-the-best-of-harvey-korman-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/16\/tv-on-dvd-the-jackie-gleason-show-in-color-unreleased-episodes-dvd-carol-burnett-show-the-best-of-harvey-korman-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"TV on DVD: The Jackie Gleason Show In Color: Unreleased Episodes (DVD)\/Carol Burnett Show: The Best of Harvey Korman (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Let me preface this review by stating that I am a hardcore \u201cThe Honeymooners\u201d fan.<\/p>\n

Growing up I lived with a mother and father who ate, slept and breathed Ralph and Ed Norton\u2019s antics, did nothing but quote the series over and over, and as a plus, my dad\u2019s threats to us as kids were always greeted with the preamble: \u201cRemember: the life you save, may be your own.\u201d Growing up, I learned to absolutely love every inch of \u201cThe Honeymooners\u201d (save for the lost episodes that stunk like a rotten lizard) and subsequent my purchase of the \u201cClassic 39\u201d on DVD, I made it a ritual of watching it every six months non-stop.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve held true to this tradition since. It\u2019s a bond I share with my parents that not even mild fans of the show really understand. Jackie Gleason\u2019s stint as a poor man trying to find that one lightning bolt to propel him in to wealth is a premise that\u2019s always reflected the stance of the impoverished and the working class. Gleason\u2019s blue collared Joe is still the quintessential model to this day.<\/p>\n

This edition of \u201cThe Jackie Gleason Show\u201d features color episodes of Gleason\u2019s variety series in \u201cSunny Miami Beach\u201d (!!!) where he entertains his celebrity pals and indulges the audience. Gleason knows what his fans want, and he offers them some gem from his repertoire that grants him some big applaud. One of his big fan services is his truncated staging of the \u201cSix Months to Live\u201d episode of \u201cThe Honeymooners,\u201d easily one of my all time favorites.<\/p>\n

He also has a good time with Edie Adams, Red Buttons, and Milton Berle, and also stages some fun musical numbers, along with some of his own classic showmanship. This edition of the DVD series isn\u2019t the best that the show has to offer by far, but it is fun seeing Gleason doing what he does and loves.<\/p>\n

Berle does a bang up job playing off of Gleason with the fat jokes and gas, while Adams is a one woman show taking her classic impersonations with some hearty laughs from the audience. A fine compliment to the Jackie Gleason show is the Best of Harvey Korman<\/strong>. One of the unsung heroes of the classic TV show, Korman was never quite as credited as Tim Conway or Burnett herself. Korman is a classic straight man, and someone whose comic delivery is filled with subtle comic ticks. As we saw with \u201cBlazing Saddles,\u201d Korman\u2019s comedic persona is different, but still as laugh out loud hysterical as Conway\u2019s, or Vicky Lawrence.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe Best of Harvey Korman\u201d features four episodes with Harvey Korman taking the spotlight or doing something that helps him steal a scene from Burnett or Conway; if you\u2019ve ever seen the show that\u2019s a Herculean feat. On the downside there are only<\/em><\/strong> four episodes in this collection which makes it feel like something of a backhanded compliment for Korman and fans of his.<\/p>\n

Korman had so many years on the Carol Burnett show, it\u2019s a shame we don\u2019t see much more of him and his skits and or moments singled out for the sake of a compilation on DVD. I think Korman has pulled off so much more than what the DVD kind of implies.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much more of Korman here either reacting to others or making people break character, rather than showing off what he was capable of. He is legendary for breaking character quite often and cracking up during some skits shared with cast mates, so I think in the long run this should have been a compilation or clip show a la the SNL DVD\u2019s with the best of Chris Farley and Phil Hartman.<\/p>\n

However there are some good classic segments including the Old Folks, and Korman slipping and falling inspiring a laugh from Burnett. I wish this was a better DVD, but if you fancy yourself the hardcore fan of the series, this should be a solid purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let me preface this review by stating that I am a hardcore \u201cThe Honeymooners\u201d fan. Growing up I lived with a mother and father who ate, slept and breathed Ralph and Ed Norton\u2019s antics, did nothing but quote the series over and over, and as a plus, my dad\u2019s threats to us as kids were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[176,219,522],"class_list":["post-27528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-carol-burnett","tag-comedy","tag-jackie-gleason"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27534,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27528\/revisions\/27534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}