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| The Doris Day Show - Season 1 | 
 enlarge | Directors: Bob Sweeney, Bruce Bilson, Coby Ruskin, Earl Bellamy, Gary Nelson
Actors: Doris Day, John Dehner, Jackie Joseph, Philip Brown, Todd Starke
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
Buy New: $21.54
You Save: $18.44 (46%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 20463
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 780
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 7670
ISBN: 0788606344
UPC: 030306767093
EAN: 9780788606342
ASIN: B0007US8CA
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1968
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Doris Day was still a big movie star when she switched gears and hit the sitcom trail in 1968. The Doris Day Show traded on her bright-bulb cheerfulness and effortless audience rapport for its appeal, and in its second and third seasons became a top-20 hit. Day herself was not happy with the premise of the first season, however: a widow and her two young sons move to the country to live with her father. The irony was, the job Day's character was leaving behind--writer for a New York women's magazine--was much more in the vein of her successful movie parts. (One episode has her traveling back to NYC to help on a story, and frankly she looks much happier there.) Instead, the TV series lays on the rural corn, with much humor stemming from the grizzled father (Denver Pyle) and Gomer Pyle-like handyman (James Hampton). Doris's single status occasionally makes for a storyline, but this was the beginning of the great era of TV widows and widowers, and her loyalty remained with her boys. As a performer, Day retained the spunk and the naturalistic, conversational style she developed in movies, and it must be said that for a woman in her mid-40s she had the figure of a 19-year-old. The series would switch locations (her character landed a job in San Francisco in season 2, which is previewed in the DVD extras) and change casts periodically. Perhaps the "jump the shark" episode for season 1 involves a tiger that gets loose on the ranch, one of those laborious contrivances that sank many a late-sixties sitcom before All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show came along to save the day. The DVD set includes some quirky video messages from Doris Day promoting the show in 1968, two entertaining 1950s Day appearances on What's My Line?, and interviews with then-child-actor Philip Brown and James Hampton, who would become a regular in the Burt Reynolds stock company. All 28 first-season episodes are here, probably for Day completists only. --Robert Horton
Description
The Doris Day Show stars legendary actress-singer Doris Day as Doris Martin, an attractive widow with two sons who live together with her father (played by veteran character actor Denver Pyle) on a ranch outside San Francisco. This half-hour situation comedy ran for five years on CBS-TV (1968-1973). It was the #1 rated program in its time slot and was regularly listed among the top ten. As a journalist at a cosmopolitan magazine, Doris' assignments take her on exciting adventures around the globe. Making new friends, finding romance and lots of laughs are always right around the corner. Series regulars include such beloved stars as McLean Stevenson, Rose Marie, Bernie Kopell, John Dehner and Kaye Ballard. Bonus materials include: Doris Day's TV Debut on "What's My Line?" (1954) Interviews with series actors Philip Brown (Billy Martin) and James Hampton The Doris Day Show Season Two Preview A Word From Doris Day Photo Gallery Doris Day Movie Trailors
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 The Doris Day Show - Season 1 April 24, 2008
You know that I like Doris Day too much if this movie as not like the best of her , but it's enough to looke to Doris Day ,she is only one .
 Soooo Dated April 10, 2008
I really dont remember a single episode of this when it aired though I remember the show itself. I can see why I didnt - its as corny as hell. I also see why Doris hated it. To her credit she gives it her all with all the ease of a pro. The casting and acting was pretty good. Pity about the storylines. I doubt this would do much on cable either. Its way too dated. They just dont make them this corny and this dull anymore. Havent seen seasons 2 - 5 so I cant comment on them.
Collector's Must December 2, 2007
Could not resist buying all the volumes of The Doris Day Show ... takes one back to a time when we cared more about each other ... and we didn't say such things as ... "that which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" ... what a crock! It only numbs you more! Perhaps this is why we buy these old shows and movies ... because there are no Doris Days to guide us anymore, except on these wonderful DVDs.
The Doris Day Show - Season 1 July 13, 2007
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! They just don't make em anymore like they use to. Highly recommend.
Wonderful Doris down on the farm April 7, 2007
Cute, warm & funny. Not the funniest sitcom ever, but who cares. Doris Day is something we'll never see again. A true original. She rocks!
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