TV Favorites Megapack 100 Episodes

TV Favorites Megapack 100 Episodes - Set Of Nine-DVD

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Disc 1 - Side A: Four Star Playhouse (1954-1955) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Four Star Playhouse had four rotating actors: Dick Powell, David Niven Charles Boyer, and Ida Lupino. Dick Powell played a character named Willie Dante, who ran Dante's Nightclub. This character was shown in several episodes.

Side B: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953-1966) Ā (6) 30 minutes episodes The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, starring Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson, is television's longest running situation comedy. The house viewers see is an exact replica of the house the Nelsons owned in real life.

Disc 2 -Side A: One Step Beyond (1959) Ā (3) 30 minute episodes Produced at the same time as the more well known Twilight Zone, this series fed the nation's growing interest in paranormal suspense in a different way. Flash Gordon (1953-1954) Ā (3) 30 minute episodes Based on Alex Raymond's legendary sci-fi comic strip hero, these vintage television episodes present the journeys of space hero Flash Gordon (Steve Holland).

Side B: Mr. And Mrs. North (1952) Ā (7) 30 minute episodes Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry (Richard Denning) is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife (Barbara Britton) investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.

Disc 3 - Side A: Bonanza (1959-1972) Ā (3) one-hour episodes Ben Cartwright's thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; none of the mothers are still alive. Join Ben (Lorne Greene), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon) as they rewrite the book on western genre.

Side B: The Lone Ranger (1949-1956) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes The lone surviving Texas Ranger (Clayton Moore) was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto (Jay Silverheels). The two ride their horses (Silver and Scout) throughout the West Ā doing good while living off a silver mine which supplies them with income and bullets.

Disc 4 - Side A: Burns and Allen Show (1950-1955) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes The Burns and Allen Show developed a format that gave birth to the television sit-com as we know it today.

Side B: Life With Elizabeth (1952-1955) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes A direct outgrowth of some of White's daytime sketches, Life With Elizabeth told the story of married couple Elizabeth and Alvin (played by Del Moore). Each episode consisted of three vignettes, with three different plots. Leisurely paced, Elizabeth's stories had a ring of I Love Lucy about them.

Disc 5 - Side A: Crime Stories (Various Episodes) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Highway Patrol - Starring Broderick Crawford Dangerous Assignment Ā Starring Brian Donlevy Mr. And Mrs. North Ā Starring Richard Denning, Barbara Britton Public Defender Ā Starring Reed Hadley Richard Diamond Ā Starring David Janssen Boston Blackie Ā Starring Kent Taylor: Meet Boston Blackie

Side B: Dragnet (1951-1959) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes "The story you are about to see is true"ø"Just the facts, ma'am"ø"We were working the day watch" Ā were phrases from this series that became so popular as to inspire much parody. Dragnet featured the inimitable Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his trusty sidekick Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander).

Disc 6 - Side A: Dangerous Assignment (1949-1953) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Brian Donlevy played Steve Mitchell, an international operative who had two jobs: get in and get out of danger.

Side B: Racket Squad (1951-1953) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes One of television's first classic crime shows, Racket Squad, starred Reed Hadley as captain John Braddock, tireless investigator for San Francisco's Racket Squad, who tracked down a wide variety of flimflammers and con artists.

Disc 7 - Side A: You Bet Your Life (1950-1961) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes You Bet Your Life was taken from Groucho's radio series of the same name.

Side B: Red Skelton Show (1952-1970) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes This long-running weekly show spotlighted America' legendary comedian and beloved TV clown, Red Skelton. Each show featured a series of hilarious comedy skits, gags and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers. An illustrious roster of the writers for the show included the inimitable Johnny Carson.

Disc 8 - Side A: The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Widower Sheriff Andy (Andy Griffith) and his son Opie (Ron Howard), live with Andy's Aunt Bea in Mayberry, N.C. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin, Deputy Barney (Don Knotts).

Side B: The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Meet the Clampett clan: There's Jed (Buddy Ebsen), a kind and sensible man turned millionaire; Granny (Irene Ryan), old and senile, paranoid and always certain she knows how to deal with a situation; Elly May (Donna Douglas), incredibly beautiful but awfully na‚ve; and Jethro Bodine (Max Baer Jr.), Jed's stupid nephew. He's as strong as he is dumb. Mr. Drysdale (Raymond Bailey) is a greedy banker who will do anything to keep the Clampett money in his bank. Now they've struck oil, gotten millions of dollars, moved into a giant mansion, but still continue to live like hillbillies.

Disc 9 - Side A: Trouble With Father (1950-1952) Ā (6) 30 minute episodes Originally called Life With the Erwins, this show first aired October 21, 1950. Once syndicated it became Trouble With Father. Stu Erwin played himself Ā the folksy, good natured bumbling principal of Hamilton High School. Most of the story revolves around the Erwin household, in which June Collyer plays his wife June, and Sheila James (who nine years later was Zelda Conroy, the girl in love with Dobie Gillis) plays their young daughter Jackie.