This is Tom Jones
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Movie Reviews of This is Tom Jones
Movie Review: dissapointed
Summary: 3 Stars
the item is misleading in that you do not receive complete seasons or complete episodes. you only get a few episodes from each year and they are edited to cut down on content. at the beginning of an episode there will be artists listed in the credits that have been edited out of the episode. also, these are not the original episodes as broadcast when the program aired on abc.Movie Review: Better than nothing, but leaves alot to be desired
Summary: 2 Stars
This DVD set is typical fare put out by Paul Brownstein productions, classic variety shows hacked up within an inch of their life. The excuse will be "Too expensive to get all the music rights" but the real reason is cheapness exhibited by this company on all it's releases (Time-Life is simply the distributor of the set, not the producer). R2 entertainment, who is responsible for the Tony Orlando And Dawn and Captain And Tennille sets would have been a much better choice to produce this set. Episodes are shockingly incomplete, totally missing all performances by the Hollies, Joey Heatherton, Claudine Longet, and several others. Picture quality is passable to good, but not "Pristine" as one reviewer put it. This show was shot on videotape, so do not expect the stunning video clarity that exists on all of the live-action shows from the ITC library that were shot on film, such as The Persuaders, UFO, and Space:1999. Audio dropouts exist here and there, most notably in the final 10 seconds of "Help Yourself". Other video anomalies, especially in the opening 5 minutes of the Glen Campbell/Janis Joplin eppy nearly marr the viewing experience. The episode with The Who in black and white is a dissapointment, especially when state of the art colorization is available (Al'a season 1 I Dream Of Jeannie, colorization is light years ahead of what it used to be) or they could have simply chosen another episode. This set seems quite heavy on musical guests from the soul genre and late 60's "Drug culture" rock such as Janis Joplin, The Who, Joe Cocker. Replacing the Black and White Who episode with perhaps a Dusty Springfield or Mama Cass episode might have broadened this sets' appeal and made it all in color. Some real highlights are Mary Hopkins' "Those Were The Days", and the Moody Blues "Ride My See-Saw", where for some unknown reason, only shows Justin Hayward's and John Lodge's faces for about 10 seconds, but the camera seems to spend half of the song focused in on the crotch of Graeme Edge and Justin Hayward's hands. The Janis Joplin performance is quite electric and stunning to watch, and great performances from Aretha Franklin as well. Lots of gems..... but unfortuantely marred by poor execution, so take what's good about it and hope they give us more next time, that's all we can do.Movie Review: Major Disappointment, all shows are incomplete
Summary: 2 Stars
I wanted to report to the community that I am EXTREMELY disappointed in the This Is Tom Jones DVD set. None of the shows are complete, most are less than half their original running time, one is about 38 minutes, most are about 25 minutes on average, and Tom gives a 1-2 minute introduction to each of the shows as well. The bonus features aren't very exciting either, but I didn't really care about that. It's really disgraceful, I am going to write to Time Life too. I plan to keep the set, mainly because the music clips that are on there are upgrades in quality from what I already had acquired in the collectors circles, and a few I didn't have at all, but I am just so terribly disappointed. If they put out a set like this, it should at least have a warning that the shows are incomplete. I remember fondly watching this show and the Johnny Cash Show with my father when they were first on the air, so they bring back a lot of memories for me, but this set is just a mess, here are the actual running times.
This Is Tom Jones DVD set
Disc 1
2/4/69 Premiere Show 38 minutes
4/18/69 (Show only survives Black & White - 24 minutes)
9/25/70 33 minutes
Bonus Material:
ABC Network promo for the series Premiere 1 minute
Mid-day KATU Portland, Oregon Interview 1969 6 minutes
Tom Tells his Burt Bacharach Story 5 minutes
Disc 2
11/27/69 21 minutes
12/4/69 26 minutes
2/19/70 25 minutes
Disc 3
4/25/69 22 minutes
10/9/70 30 minutes
Bonus Material:
Tom Jones interview, videotaped in Los Angeles February 11, 2007 35 minutes
Movie Review: Incomplete Shows
Summary: 2 Stars
I too share the thoughts of these reviews. I am disappointed that these are not the complete episodes. Although the content of what is here is very nice sonically and visually, I feel very short-changed by it all. Why is it that all these other shows like Friends, I Love Lucy and (even) the Munsters can release full seasons in boxed sets but, when it comes to variety shows from this era, we get cut up versions? I have been waiting 37 years for this too! Guthy Renker did the same thing with the Dean Martin Variety Shows but sold them as cut up, 50 minute DVDs at $19.99 a piece! I hope that Mr. Jones himself reads these and, hopefully, will decide to release them in their entirety, in order, and by season. I don't care the cost. I'd buy them if they were $100. I just want them!Movie Review: past its sell by date
Summary: 2 Stars
i'm very disapointed in this product,its totally dated,made no effort to up scale sound to dolby,in fact did absolutly nothing to inhance it,what a dissapointment,i'll never watch it again after first time.dont buy it.