This Is Your Life - The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1

Product Description THIS IS YOUR LIFE showcased extraordinary lives - and television brought them into America?s living rooms. Creator and host Ralph Edwards honored uncommon people, sometimes famous, sometimes known only to a few. The stories were always filled with laughter, tears and tender memories as the guest was surprised by people from their past. Now, available for the first time ever on any home video format, 18 of the best loved original episodes are available in this digitally remastered 3-DVD "Ultimate Collection." THIS IS YOUR LIFE is one of television's most enduring classics and a must for every DVD collection. ? Over 8 hours of classic TV at its finest ? Closed Captioning (CC) ? 30-page Collectors Booklet ? Rare behind-the-scenes photos ? Never-before-seen memorabilia ? Show introductions by creator and host Ralph Edwards FEATURED HONOREES: Disc 1: COMEDY LEGENDS Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy - World-famous comedy team Lou Costello - Consummate clown with a poignant past SIRENS OF THE SILVER SCREEN Bette Davis - "The First Lady of the American Screen" Jayne Mansfield - Voluptuous film star of the ?50s COUNTRY MUSIC GREATS Roy Rogers - Singing "King of the Cowboys" Johnny Cash - Country music?s "Man in Black" Disc 2: TV COMEDY SUPERSTARS Milton Berle - "Mr. Television" Betty White - Loveable Golden Girl WORLD WAR II SURVIVORS Rear Admiral Samuel G. Fuqua - Pearl Harbor hero Hanna Bloch Kohner - Holocaust survivor MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS Bobby Darin - Rock and roll idol Dick Clark - Star-maker and producer Disc 3: 1970's MUSIC ICONS Carpenters - Richard & Karen, the decade?s top duo Shirley Jones - Academy Award-winning actress and The Partridge Family?s singing mom OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS Jesse Owens - Inspirational track star Duke Kahanamoku - Swimmer, "Father of Surfing" MASTERS OF HORROR Boris Karloff - Immortalized Frankenstein?s monster Vincent Price - Hollywood?s "Master of the Macabre" Amazon.com In this era of television warts-and-all biographies, true Hollywood stories, and Punk'd, one fears that This Is Your Life is about due for an unfortunate extreme makeover. But as this wonderful three-disc set demonstrates, it would be sacrilege to tamper with the testimonial tone of this venerable series. This 18-show compilation spans the years 1953 (Roy Rogers) to 1987 (Betty White). Here are represented a diverse gallery of 20th-c