Greg Garrison Presents The Best of Dean Martin Variety Show -Volume 8

I agree with most of the criticisms of these compilations; but at the same time they are a rare opportunity to see some virtually-lost gems from television. This volume has a terrific Marty Feldman performance worth the price of the entire volume, let alone all the other terrific personalities who appear here such as Jack Benny, William Holden, Paul Lynde and so on. Mr. Garrison even if a bit over-present gives some interesting insights into the show and especially its' star. Some volumes may be better than others but still a valuable record of a special era in television history which should be on anyones short list who was a viewer in those years.

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This is a review of the complete 'Best of Dean Martin...' sets. I'm not critiquing any specific volume, so I apologize in advance that this review is found on every one. However, since my review is for all buyers and not just those of a certain volume, this seems necessary.'The Dean Martin Show'(1965-74) was a favorite of mine as a child &, outside of the vaudeville slapstick, it still holds up pretty well. As for the packaging, however, Martin's longtime assistant, Greg Garrison, has edited this whole thing together with no consideration to content or style: on e. volume, excerpts from all nine seasons are poorly tossed together, with the jump from time periods being extremely jarring & the style of the show completely lost. Included are reminiscences from guest stars of the show, but these are poorly edited into the format, looking more like cheap quality early 80s videos. A friend of mine, who also likes 60s TV, was just horrified when he saw this mishmash.So, basically, if you're someone who just wants to see the show and has no concerns on how you view it, these'll possibly be fine. Contrarily, if you have fond memories of the show and its style, which Martin worked hard on, you'd probably do better waiting for a better package. A season by season release, as most TV offers now, is long overdue.The real culprit here is Guthy-Renker, who has the rights to the show. It's an extremely dated company that does this very same thing to all programs to which they received the rights, such as 'The Carol Burnett Show' & 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'. I believe 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' has had this same problem, but handled by a different mishandler.

My mom loved watching and listening to this DVD

Sketch comedy, 1960s style. A lot of laughs (including a long piece with Peter Sellers) but the DVD is rather short at 55 minutes. Many great performances.

So happy with my dvd they don't make them like that anymore I've just got the full 29 DVDs of Dean Martin he had a great gift

Mother asked for it and loves it make sure you have a tv and DVD that can play USA dvd

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