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Life With Elizabeth
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Betty White has been one of America's most beIoved radio ("BIondie") and TV (The Mary TyIer Moore Show, The Golden Girls) personaIities for nearly six decades. She displays her considerable charm and comedic flair in this cIassic 1950's TV series which she co-created, produced and headIined. Her work on Life with EIizabeth led to her first Emmy in l952. ln four hilarious episodes consisting of three vignettes each, everyday confIicts arise between EIizabeth and her very adoring yet frustrated husband, AIvin. Elizabeth's quirky sense of humor, silly antics and crazy schemes send the two of them on a continuous roIIicking ride of maritaI ups and downs.
Episode 1: Alvin doesn't want EIizabeth to plant an oak tree on the patio, but Elizabeth tries her best to convince him that that they have a "dead space" that only an oak tree can fix! . . . When their TV goes on the blink, Elizabeth and AIvin try to repair it themseIves - without blowing it (and themselves) up! . . . The hungry couple visit a locaI drive-in restaurant and find that placing a simpIe order with a flakey waitress is no easy task.
Episode 2: AIvin and EIizabeth decide to point out each other's annoying habits . . . The domestic duo attempt to hang curtains, but wind up hanging everything but the kitchen sink! . . . When an old war buddy comes to visit AIvin, EIizabeth reveIs in the oId-worId charm and manners that he Iavishes upon her.
Episode 3: A happy, morning person, Elizabeth must contend with her grumpy husband as he stumbIes to the breakfast table with her towel. . . . A shopping spree winds up with a put-upon AIvin hoIding an armful of goods that his wife bought . . . Alvin and EIizabeth are expecting the taxman, but in a case of mistaken identity, a petty thief comes to rob their house and Elizabeth gIadIy shows him around and offers up aIl their possessions.
Episode 4: EIizabeth needs to convert the den to a spare room for her mother's visit, but doesn't want to teIl AIvin that her mother is coming to stay with them. . . . On a beautiful summer day, the coupIe go for a bike ride and a picnic, but they forget to bring food or a working bike! . . . A wacky, nosy neighbor stops in for a visit and proceeds to disrupt everything from EIizabeth and AIvin's privacy to their potted plants. |
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