I could watch Mad Men forever, it is a fabulous well written show with great fashions and stories. This is as good as TV can get. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone is out on Blue Ray, but I have his later 'Night Gallery color series to get through first. This has the rare Joan Crawford episode with Joan playing an arrogant rich blind woman who pays an African American man for his eyes, so she can see. The Alain Delon box set is just wonderful. What a vision of a man. The Lucy Show was Lucy's early 60's series after 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour'. It was made just before the late 60's 'Here's Lucy' (which is also remastered to DVD) But 'The Lucy Show' is Lucy at her absolute best without her pushing her real children in front of the camera. These are real classics with her and best friend Vivian Vance as flat-mates sharing a house with their young children and getting up to no good..lots of slapstick and sight gags. Laugh out loud brilliance. I think this series was her best, because its centered mostly on Lucy herself, and she creates absolute havoc. This is the series that turns color after series 1, and features many great stars later, like Joan Crawford (in a later season). Lucy and Viv find Joan cleaning her own house and think she has hit hard times and try to find her a job. Great fun.
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