Product Description
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A comedic and wholesome view of romance around the country, LOVE
AMERICAN STYLE presents sitcom-style segments united by the
common theme of love. Sparks fly as the series' revolving cast of
characters deal with love in it's various forms, be it the
frustrations of young desire or the amusing aspects of married
life. The brainchild of producer extraordinaire Aaron Spelling
(CHARLIE'S ANGELS, BEVERLY HILLS 90210), the hour-long show ran
from 1969 to 1974 and often salvaged it's material from failed TV
pilots, some of which later spawned into full-fledged shows such
as HAPPY DAYS and WAIT TILL YOUR HER GETS HOME. Loaded with
guest stars, introduced at the start of each episode against a
backdrop of exploding fireworks, this collection presents the
second volume of the series' debut season. Special Features:
Multi-disc Set Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: (unspecified)
English Runtime: 622.7 minutes.
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Frustrated newlyweds and bickering marrieds, lecherous
executives and bodacious secretaries, uptight squares and
free-spirited hippies, suspicious wives and nervous husbands,
inexperienced teens and swinging seniors. Theyre all part and
parcel of Love, American Style, the era-defining anthology series
that offered a comedic look at the so-called "new morality."
Rebounding after studio-imposed DVD-interruptus, this three-disc
set contains the 12 episodes that complete Season One. Each
contains two or three playlets. Unlike The Love Boat, all are
played for laughs: A honeymooning groom accidentally locks
himself in an antique stores chastity belt; A bachelor pretends
to have a wife and children to seduce a coworker who only dates
married men; A harried man discovers his favorite restaurant has
gone topless just as his wife surprises him for lunch. One
intriguing story is "Love and the High School Flop-Out," whose
story about an awkward teen who has the house to himself while
his parents are out of town anticipates Risky Business, complete
with friends who suggest he rent out the house for an "orgy."
Love plays it completely straight. In one story, a newlywed
complains her husband seems to be losing interest in her,
prompting her mother to inquire if he is "strange." In another,
an interior decorator in love with a mobsters daughter is
dismissed by him as a "petunia" until he dispatches the thugs
henchmen ("The fact that I have taste and a certain flair for
color and design doesnt make me any less of a man," he argues).
And in another, two bickering male business partners visit a
marriage counselor to sort out their troubles. Of course, what
really makes this show such a star-spangled affair is each
episodes roster of character actors, TV Land cult faves, and
future stars. Burt Reynolds already has his smirk going as a
soldier whose wife has written a scandalous bestseller in "Love
and the Banned Book." An 18-year-old Kurt Russell portrays a high
school student poised to lose his virginity in "Love and the
First-Nighters." Love American Style is hip enough to reference
Alice B. Toklas, Bonnie & Clyde, Rosemarys Baby and Federico
Fellini, but its chauvinistic attitudes now make the once-naughty
show seem almost endearingly quaint. Still, to watch "Love and
the Nervous Executive," which pairs prissy Paul Lynde with
va-voom "Mighty Carson Arts Players" bombshell Carol Wayne, or
"Love and the Big Night" with Tony Randall and Julie "Catwoman"
Newmar, is to fall in Love all over again. --Donald Liebenson