TV Comedy Classics

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***Lovers of classic TV and slapstick comedy are in for a treat! We've compiled some of the best episodes from the funniest television shows of yesteryear.The Dick Van Dyke ShowRob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a writer for the fictitious television comedy, The Alan Brady Show, is in the business of jokes. As Petrie works alongside fellow writers, Sally and Buddy, and pompous producer Melvin Cooley, the humor of the show overflows into their own lives. While trying to create a top-notch comedy, Petrie and his cohorts, as well as his wife, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), must deal with everyday problems both at work and at home.Life with ElizabethEmmy® Award Winner and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Betty White shines in this classic 1952 comedy sitcom. Elizabeth (White) and Alvin White (TV comedy legend Del Moore) are a newlywed couple who love to test each others boundaries. Every episode is chock-full of the couple's witty banter as they explore the sometimes not-so-typical side of married life!I Married JoanThe comic story of a sensible husband and wacky wife duo (Jim Backus and Joan Davis) and the mischief the misses inevitably gets herself into—which is often to the exasperation of her mister.The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowThe 1950's comedy hit The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show set the standard for today's sitcoms. Oscar® and Golden Globe® winner George Burns and six-time Emmy® nominee Gracie Allen star as a kooky couple who find that sometimes wedded bliss is more like matrimony madness. Add a wacky neighbor, Blanche Morton (Bea Benaderet of Petticoat Junction), and you've got a recipe for comedy gold.The Lucy ShowJoin Lucille Ball for two episodes from her second hit series, The Lucy Show. In this Emmy®-winning classic, the hilarious redhead returns as Lucy Carmichael, a recently widowed secretary that works for the First National Bank in Danfield, Connecticut, and later, sunny California. Flanked by bad-tempered bosses, Lucy's job provides the perfect setting for plenty of laugh-a-minute workplace antics!Love That BobA hit television series by all accounts, Love That Bob highlights the romantic misadventures of Bob Collins (Robert Cummings), a suave bachelor and photographer who can't seem to shake his model-chasing ways—much to the amusement of gal pal Schultzy (Ann B. Davis) and disapproval of widowed sister Margaret (Rosemary DeCamp). Bob does his best, but his eye for beautiful women always seems to get the best of him.Our Miss BrooksGet ready for wisecracking English teacher Connie Brooks (Eve Arden), who constantly butts heads with the school's pompous principal Osgood P. Conklin (Gale Gordon), and who is always winding up in one zany situation or another. A sharp and witty classic television series, Our Miss Brooks, is guaranteed fun for the whole family!