I Love Lucy - The Complete Seasons 7-9 (1951) Review

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The I Love Lucy Hour Shows is a series of hour-long specials that aired from 1957-1960 that continued the I Love Lucy saga. Housewife Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) lives in Westport Connecticut, with her bandleader husband, Ricky ( real-life husband Desi Arnaz,) and their son, Ricky Jr. (Keith Theibodeaux.) Always nearby are the couple's best friends Fred and Ethel Mertz (William Frawley and Vivian Vance.) Ricky's job as an entertainer requires him to travel a lot. As a result, he often takes Lucy, little Ricky, and the Mertzes with him to such far-off places as Japan and Mexico. Ricky's career also allows him to meet many famous celebrities, from Betty Grable to Ida Lupino. Of course, when Lucy meets up with these celebrities, chaos naturally ensues.


Synopsis: Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz. The first major show to be put on film rather than kinescope.


Product Details

* Directors: Ralph Levy
* Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC
* Language: English, Spanish
* Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
* Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
* Number of discs: 4
* Rating NR
* Studio: Paramount
* DVD Release Date: March 13, 2007
* Run Time: 662 minutes
* Average Customer Review: based on 57 reviews. (Write a review.)
* DVD Features:
o Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
o 13 digitally remastered episodes
o Desilu / Westinghouse Sponsor Presentation
o Uncut version of "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" (not seen since original broadcast)
o Deleted scenes
o Flubs
o Original cast commercials
o Color footage from the set from 1951
o Original series openings and closings