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This Season’s Perfect Entertainment Gifts-#HolidayGiftGuide #Giveaway

Okay, so if you are stuck thinking of gift ideas, you should check out Time Life. I mean, who wouldn’t love the complete series coming-of-age hit show–The Wonder Years?

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I was blown away by how awesome this complete series metal locker set is. It comes in a replica locker, inside you find locker magnets, a yearbook with lots of great photos and fun stuff about the cast and of course all the DVDs of the complete series.

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This would make any Wonder Years fan sing out a tune, better yet you can create a brand new one with this great set. Seriously, this is one great gift for individuals or for a family gift everyone can watch together.  This set is available at Costco but there are similar sets on the Time Life webiste if you do not have a Costco near you.

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The beloved, award-winning series is now on DVD for the first time ever! Available for a limited time with a hand-signed Wonder Years yearbook!

Premiering after the 1988 Super Bowl, The Wonder Years captured the hearts of audiences and critics alike with the trials and tribulations of young Kevin Arnold as he enters junior high. From his first kiss with Winnie Cooper to his friendship with Paul Pfeiffer and the ups and downs of the Arnold family, fans shared in laughter, love, loss, and above all, wonder.

Now you can own a piece of television history with a limited-editionWonder Years set hand-signed by Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, and other cast. There are only 500 available and each collection comes with a certificate of authenticity.

You’ll get the complete series housed in a collectible metal locker like those at Kennedy Junior High (Go Wildcats!) The locker includes…

  • All 115 episodes on 26 DVDs, including over 300 songs as they were featured in the original broadcast!
  • Over 23 hours of exclusive bonus features
  • Two notebooks with detailed episode information, photos, and production notes
  • Custom Wonder Years magnets to decorate your locker
  • A replica yearbook with behind-the-scenes photos and notes from the cast and crew. Plus, in this special Signature Edition, the yearbook cover will be hand-signed by Fred, Danica, and other cast members!

Exclusive bonus features include…

  • The first cast reunion in 16 years
  • Over 20 interviews with all 7 main cast members, the creators, narrator, guests stars, and many more!
  • Ten newly-produced featurettes
  • Never-before-seen outtakes of Kevin and Winnie’s first kiss!

 

You want more! How about a whole lot more? You can really rock out to The Midnight Special Collector’s Edition. This DVD set is jam-packed with late night’s original rock & roll show with loads of great extras!

 

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Bring home the ’70s greatest artists performing their biggest hits LIVE on The Midnight Special.

The Midnight Special was the first of its kind. The most popular artists of the day, from rock, pop and soul, shared the stage performing their hits LIVE on late-night television – and right in your living room.

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This collection contains almost ten hours of incredible performances, 130 songs, PLUS almost five hours of bonus features including brand-new interviews and exclusive featurettes highlighting the history and the legacy of this pioneering TV show. You also get a bonus disc featuring the best comedy from The Midnight Special including Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Billy Crystal and more.  You’ll also receive a 32-page booklet featuring photos and stories about The Midnight Special. Everything comes packaged in a beautiful collector’s box.

  • Tom Petty
  • Aerosmith
  • Alice Cooper
  • Bee Gees
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • The Doobie Brothers
  • Jim Croce
  • Helen Reddy
  • Earth, Wind and Fire
  • KC & the Sunshine Band
  • Heart
  • Neil Sedak

Classic TV is a great choice too and I don’t think you can go wrong with The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes.

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No one has seen the first five seasons of ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ since they were first aired – no re-runs, no web streaming, no DVDs, nothing, nowhere, zip…until now!” – Carol Burnett

For the first time on DVD, you can now own the best episodes from the groundbreaking years of Carol’s beloved variety show. You’ll see the first episode aired, the first performances of many of her famous characters, legendary guest stars, and show-stopping musical performances.

The Lost Episodes features 21 uncut episodes plus over 11 hours of bonus material on 10 DVDs. Exclusive bonus features include:

  • A Backstage Tour of Studio 33 where the show was filmed
  • Exclusive interviews with Alan Alda, Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and many more
  • Rare Carol TV Specials
  • Newly Produced Featurettes
  • Hilarious Bonus Sketches
  • Never-Before-Seen Bloopers and Outtakes

Plus, you’ll receive a collectible 40-page Guest Book with autographs from Carol’s guests, friends, and fans, production photos, and notes from Carol herself! All 21 episodes closed captioned!

 Finally for any Hee Haw Fans on your list there is The Hee Haw Collection of 11 Episodes on 8 DVDs!

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Television’s longest-running comedy-variety show brought us hilarious jokes from Kornfield Kounty along with country’s biggest stars, into America’s living rooms for over 20 years

Roy Clark and Buck Owens hosted the countrified ensemble show, pickin’ and grinnin’ and singin’ and spinnin’ with a talented cast of characters. Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Archie Campbell, and the rest of the Hee Haw gang traded knee-slappers and gut-busting one-liners in hilarious sketches including “Doc Campbell,” “PFFT! You Were Gone” and “Gordie’s General Store”—as well as the all-time favorites “Rindercella” and “Trigonometry.”

And because Hee Haw was a favorite stop for country’s greatest stars, the collection features over 100 classic performances by country stars at the peaks of their careers, like Johnny CashDolly PartonKenny Rogers, George Jones, Waylon JenningsHank Williams Jr. and so many more!

The complete set includes 2 Bonus DVDs. Hee Haw Laffs includes enduring sketches and countess comic moments from the early years, plus the series premiere with Loretta Lynn and Charley Pride as it aired in 1969. You’ll also enjoy exclusive bonus interviews with original cast members including Roy Clark and Lulu Roman!

We have added all these wonderful entertainment gift ideas to our 2015 Holiday Gift Guide! And now for a gift for you, we are bringing you the sponsored giveaway below where you can enter to win some great entertainment!

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Time Life is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!  One lucky blog reader will win a 3 DVD SET of The Hee Haw Collection!  Thank you Time Life for the review products and for sponsoring this fantastic giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US residents.

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The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes -Giveaway

I absolutely loved The Carol Burnett Show, the characters on that show were iconic. It was genuine, funny comedy the whole family could watch. Now, there is big news! Showcasing the birth of a legend, the long-lost episodes from the first five seasons of  The Carol Burnett Show are coming to DVD for the first time in two collectible configuration filled with extras!

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The ULTIMATE COLLECTION ($200) Features 22 Discs (45 Episodes), a Collectible Guest Book and Over 20 Hours of Extras Including a Backstage Tour of CBS Studio 33, Never-Before-Seen Bloopers and Outtakes, and Exclusive Interviews with Alan Alda, Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Burt Reynolds, Rare TV Specials and More. The Exclusive VIP EDITION ($400) is Personalized by Carol Herself and Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: THE LOST EPISODES features original broadcast episodes from Seasons 1-5 (1967-1972), hand-picked by Carol herself. And across 45 magical episodes – true treasures from the vault, not seen since their original airing more than forty years ago – consumers will see the very first steps of a TV icon, the magic of Carol’s cast coming together, and an incredible array of guest stars including Carol’s hero, Lucille Ball, along with Eddie Albert, Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Chita Rivera, Joan Rivers, Mel Torme, Nancy Wilson, Jonathan Winters and many, many more.

Certain to thrill fans of both the series and classic television alike, the award-winning TV DVD archivists at Time Life have also created over 20 hours of bonus programming that enhance an already spectacular set. Included are:

  • Seven featurettes, including: “On the Spot: Carol’s Q&A,” “Fabulous Firsts,” “The Making of a Mackie,” “The Golden Age of the Variety Show,” “Messages to Carol” “Expecting the Unexpected” and “The Song and Dance”
  • 20+ exclusive new interviews with stars of yesteryear and today, with Alan Alda, Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, Steve Carell, Vikki Carr, Carol Channing, Kristin Chenoweth, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Shirley Jones, Queen Latifah, Gloria Loring, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickles, Lesley Ann Warren and more!
  • A backstage tour of CBS Studio 33 where the show was originally taped
  • Never-Before-Seen Bloopers & Outtakes
  • Rare TV specials: Once Upon a Mattress starring Carol, Ken Berry and Bernadette Peters and Carol +2 featuring Lucille Ball and Zero Mostel

All housed in a deluxe collector’s box, the sets also feature a glossy 40-page collectible Guest Book, that contains autographs from guests, fans and friends, archival production photos and notes from Carol. Click HERE to order!

Following the exclusive online release of these two configurations, Time Life will also release several retail configurations in Q3 2015.

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW debuted on CBS in 1967 and ran for 11 years, receiving 25 Emmy Awards and eight Golden Globes, making it one of the most honored shows in television history. TIME Magazine named THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW one of the “100 Best Television Shows of all Time” and Carol Burnett has been honored with more People’s Choice Awards than any other actress.

 

The Carol Burnett Show helped define the golden age of television”
The New York Times

 

 

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Time Life is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!  One lucky blog reader will win  A  LOST EPISODES DVD  including 3 episodes and an hour of bonus features, interviews and outtakes!
Thank  you to Time Life  for the review product and for sponsoring this fantastic giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US residents.

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