Relive those great moments we all had with 'Our Gang'
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For many people the only way they know Our Gang is from countless Little Rascal shows on television. So many will see new things here. From episodes never aired on tv to full 20 minute versions of the older ones. Some reviewers commented on missing pieces from a few of the shorts. I didn't notice them, but after reading the reviews I recalled seeing those missing pieces. The set is refered to as :The Complete Collection, well almost. I'm not going to count the silent shorts we don't get, but there is a fair chunk of the talkies missing that isn't mentioned in the product description. These are the Hal Roach talkies only. The MGM shorts are not included. Either way this is still a good collection. There are a few inaccuracies in the booklet. For example there is a section about the curse of the Rascals. In it they mention the death of Scotty (Scotty Beckett) but have Dickie Moore pictured, Dickie is very much alive and gave interviews for the set. They also mention the death of Mickey (Mickey Daniels) who was one of the original silent kids, but the picture is of a member of the Gang whose name escapes me at the moment (...and third in the American League.) Even with these errors and the lack of the other shorts it is still a good set.
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Truly an off the charts experience for old & new fans alike. I wished I had the opportunity to be there, but this concert film went above & beyond. Paul offers us a personalized, fireside chat between songs as he takes the audience to his side & shows them what it was like from his perspective. Ever so gracious, we meet his wife, the crew, his band, and the fans. An unforgettable experience: once we pressed "play" Sir McCartney had our rapt attention. A MUST SEE! A wonderful gift idea, too!
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Peopled and fueled by the people that make the  music behind many of your fave front persons, this highly skewed Christmas set is a hoot.  Recording together again in the first time in forever, this bunch of fun by some of the greatest names from 70's blues, rock and pop will blow you away because it's done outside the system with an attitude to match.  With a songbag that pulls from many outlaw quandrants (like the Marx Bros.), there's nothing here that adults won't find a great break from "Deck the Halls".  Let the good times roll.
-10/14/02
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these movies bring me back i used to see them in times square in nyc when i was a teenager back in 1978 wow what memories thanks for bringing them back
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Really enjoyed a trip back to the HollywoodLosVegassuperRatPackGlamourMovieStar days.  The craziness of Ava and friends provides us with some interesting moments to read about.  But think of the tremendous crashes after living like that for so long.  Sad to see there isn't a happy ending to Hollywood lives that give us so many great movie moments.
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I loved it and also the interview with real people at the end of video. The characters were so real.  The guy that play Danny Greene and the guy from Law and Order were fantastic.  If you like gangsters movies, you'll love this one!
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So much fun and so nostalgic for those of us who actually lived through the "real" events.
It's part intrigue/adventure, part comedy, part love story and a great read.
"Do yourself a favor!" (as Molly Meldrum always said in the 1980s!)
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When ever I remember The Partridge Family this is the season I remember. David's hair was at it's shaggyest (is that a word?) and the music was at it's peak. The songs from "Sound Magazine" and "Shopping Bag" were the best collections of songs from the seven LP'S released.

You couldn't go wrong. And they didn't.

The hampsters, Dora, Chris and Tracy running away to Reubens...I could go on.

I'm so happy this is about to be released on DVD.

C'mon Get Happy!!  :)
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Great recap and brought back lots of good memories. heres to hoping we get back to that time real soon.
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I lived some of the experiences in Chuck's book but still found it fascinating with the detail in which he recounts these and other events. Reading about the place I grew up in, rekindled a desire in me to reconnect with others of my generation and location. As of the date I write this, there are close to 700 collective souls who freely reminisce about the "good old days", when it was a simpler time to grow up without the worries of "the future". A time, sadly, that our children have missed out on but we maybe can reconstruct for our "grand kids". I highly suggest reading this book, whether or not you're from this area, or even this time for that matter because at the end you'll feel liked you lived it!
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What a wonderful experience to read a book about a story that has touched all our lives.  Charmian Carr shares touching personal insights with us and reminds us that memories are usually pretty nice things, especially when  they are compounded from love and good experience. This book shows that  time can stand still and we can revisit the great feelings that the film  brought to us 35 years ago
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Half Pants Full Pants is an assortment of childhood memories that will take you back to the TV series classic Malgudi Days. The story is set in Shimoga, a small town in Karnataka where the Author, Anand Suspi, hails from. The little snippets of memories stitched together make a tale of innocence and the shedding of it as we grow up.
Everything from the title of the book to cover design of coins will take you back to the 70s & the 80s. The flair with which he has penned the tales is at once heady and simplistic, again taking us back to the childhood days when everything was uncomplicated and simplistic yet marvelously exciting. The narrative is laced with the Authors native language, which makes the book believable and lovable.
The book reiterates and cements our belief (our generation growing up in the 70s and 80s) that we had the most magical childhood. Away from all the gadgets that hold kids captive between four walls, in these modern days, into the lap of nature, with friends, exploring around, building stories, making memories.
Reading the book took me back to my days when we did similar things if not the same. When we cycled around with friends, created our own little games up, when owning a TV was a luxury, having a phone was almost unheard of and once we hit our teens, we wanted to be as cool as our cousins in the city.
The last chapter emphatically brings out the message of Cool Vs Fool. How we outgrow our little towns, go to big cities and end up showing off a little bit, albeit with good intentions, only to be proven that our ways could be cool but definitely not wise. I hope that the book is read by many, its not just reliving childhood it also points out about how smart and worldly wise our parents really were.
The book is divided into two parts, Half Pants is about when the Author was a child and Full Pants is stories from his teens until his first job days. Interestingly the child part of the book is written in short chapters, short sentences, almost like he was reliving his days again. While Full Pants stories are more defined, bigger chapters, more flourish in writing and language.
It was a pleasure to read this piece of back to the 70s era. It has an aura of the Wonder Years with a very R.K. Narayanesque style.
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Great concert video! Brings back a lot of memories :o)
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I have the fondest memories of this movie from my youth.  Whenever I found I was repeating myself for whatever reason, it was hard not to have a fleeting thought of William Bendix as Bill "Two Call" Johnson.  So, finally, I had to see it again on DVD.

I enjoyed seeing the movie again, but not while I watched it.  One problem is that the memories planted when we are younger don't get reassessed from an adult perspective as we age. The histrionics and sight gags that seemed so appropriate to a 12 year old now seem way over-the-top and interfere.

While I was watching the movie, my thought was, "What did I ever see in this?"  But, a few days later, the memories of that happy 12 year old are blended with renewed memories of the details of the script and, once again, I get that warm glow thinking about it.
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Superbly produced trip down memory lane! Great memories relived!
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What a flashback to a wonderful time in music. Songs had meaning and were meant to last. Any song from Babyface transports us back to a time in our lives where we didn't think about anything but how we felt in that moment.
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this is a great movie, good principles taught.  We laughed and cried, it brought back memories of our own childhoodl