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post #91 of 101
1/31/06 at 9:53pm
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I thought by definition a DVD was "digitally remastered".

Indeed.

In fact, since these Beaver shows have never previously been placed onto a Digital medium, the wording should be "Digitally Mastered", and not "Digitally Remastered".

To "Remaster" something, it would have to have been "Mastered" the first time I presume.

In any event, if the Season-Two LITB set looks like the first-season batch, I'll be quite pleased. It'd be nice if some of the extra graininess could be cleared off of the S.2 prints, but I'm totally satisfied with the first-season DVDs (grain and all).

And remember -- "Wally's Haircomb" will be in the S.2 batch of eps., which features Wallace's nifty-looking "Jelly-roll" hairdo. It also features a nice angry tirade from June.

Season 2 has many great episodes....including the "Haircomb" ep. just mentioned, plus "The Shave", "Wally's New Suit", and "Happy Weekend".

I'll close now with these sincere sentiments, also featured during Season 2 -- "Usted tiene una cara como puerco".
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post #92 of 101
2/1/06 at 6:17am
"Beaver the Athlete" is one that jumps off the S2 list for me. (If its the episode I'm thinking of...when a little parental pressure from Ward forces Beave to try to be something he's not. I'm not sure though because I would have thought Beaver was a little older for that episode. Dave?)

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In any event, if the Season-Two LITB set looks like the first-season batch, I'll be quite pleased. It'd be nice if some of the extra graininess could be cleared off of the S.2 prints, but I'm totally satisfied with the first-season DVDs (grain and all).


I am in complete agreement, Dave. I was just curious about Dave Lambert's remarks. Was he not pleased with the look of S1? Or, was he just responding to some hyperbole from the Universal marketing dept. that S2 will look even better than S1 because of this "Digital Remastering"? Honestly, I'd be surprised if they put much work into restoration of this title. I am just THRILLED to have them in the (terrific) condition they're in.
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post #93 of 101
2/1/06 at 7:44am
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"Beaver the Athlete" is one that jumps off the S2 list for me. (If its the episode I'm thinking of...when a little parental pressure from Ward forces Beave to try to be something he's not. I'm not sure though because I would have thought Beaver was a little older for that episode. Dave?)

"Beaver The Athlete" is the "tumbling on the front lawn" episode. Beaver gets a dreaded "D" in Phys. Ed. class, which upsets Ward. Ward and Wally then teach Beav how to "tumble" correctly (on the front lawn).

But the class switches from Tumbling to Baseball .... with Beaver acting like a clown when up to bat. Judy Hensler swats a four-ply wallop (aka: "a 4-Bagger"; aka: "a Tater" ), embarrassing The Beav even further.

The Judy circuit swat elicits Larry Mondello's funny hunk o' banter -- "Boy, Beaver....she made you look like a rusty gate!"
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post #94 of 101
2/2/06 at 8:00pm
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I was just curious about Dave Lambert's remarks. Was he not pleased with the look of S1? Or, was he just responding to some hyperbole from the Universal marketing dept. that S2 will look even better than S1 because of this "Digital Remastering"?


I was probably in a hurry that morning and went into "copy and paste" mode, grabbing info from Uni's marketing copy and trying to make it sound coherant.

I am often in the position of trying to post news before I have to rush off to my full-time paying job. When I'm at the point of "I gotta finish this and get to work", I hate using someone else's words rather than making up my own, but at those times I have little choice.

So, don't read anything into it. My lovely wife got me the lunchbox edition for Christmas, and I'm still catching up on box sets that I got prior to that. Last weekend I smoked through every disc in the Smallville S4 set. I'm waaay behind!
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post #95 of 101
2/3/06 at 6:09am
T'anks for the clarification, Dave! And, even more so, thanks for the great news about Season 2!
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post #96 of 101
3/28/06 at 5:34am
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If you don't have Beaver Season 1, looks like now is a good time to pick it up -- 50% off at Amazon (as of this writing on 03/28/2006). Won't last forever, no doubt...so stock up on your Beavers (and Wards, to boot). ....

You sure ain't gettin' gypped by Wally and The Beav here.



If I had been June/Barbara in the above family photo, I think I might have been a tad wary about Wally standing behind me; because it looks as though perhaps June's lunch didn't sit too well with Wallace here; looks like he might be about to hurl on June's pretty 'do.
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post #97 of 101
3/28/06 at 6:38am
If you don't have Beaver Season 1, looks like now is a good time to pick it up -- 50% off at Amazon


That's about as low as I've seen this set priced. It took me a while to pick up this set and had I not recently picked it up at the same price at a Sam Goody liquidation sale, I would have purchased this set through Amazon. Just watched the episode "Vodoo Magic" last evening . . . very funny stuff with Eddie Haskell at his smarmiest. The humor is timeless. Good pre-order price for season 2 at Amazon, as well.
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post #98 of 101
4/24/06 at 7:39am

Re: "Leave It To Beaver: Season 1" -- A Personal Review

Yes Guys,

It is a beautiful set! I had one small freeze up on "Cleaning Up Beaver" in the same spot each time. But cleaning the disk and after running it through about 5x. It works fine now.

Jack
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post #99 of 101
10/4/07 at 6:07pm
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Re: "Leave It To Beaver: Season 1" -- A Personal Review

HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY TO....
"LEAVE IT TO BEAVER"!!


OCTOBER 4, 1957 - OCTOBER 4, 2007







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post #100 of 101
10/5/07 at 4:22am

Re: "Leave It To Beaver: Season 1" -- A Personal Review

Thanks for commemorating the anniversary, David. While Universal couldn't be bothered, at least TVLand understands "Leave It To Beaver's" place in television history . . . . .

http://www.tvland.com/marathon/beaver/
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post #101 of 101
10/5/07 at 5:14pm
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Re: "Leave It To Beaver: Season 1" -- A Personal Review

Good TVLand link, Bob. Thanks.

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