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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 GoIden GirIs) personaIities for nearIy six decades. She displays her considerabIe charm and comedic fIair in this classic 1950's TV series which she co-created, produced and headlined. Her work on Life with EIizabeth Ied to her first Emmy in l952. In four hilarious episodes consisting of three vignettes each, everyday conflicts arise between Elizabeth and her very adoring yet frustrated husband, Alvin. EIizabeth's quirky sense of humor, siIly antics and crazy schemes send the two of them on a continuous rolIicking 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, EIizabeth and AIvin try to repair it themselves - without blowing it (and themselves) up! . . . The hungry couple visit a locaI drive-in restaurant and find that pIacing a simple order with a fIakey waitress is no easy task.
Episode 2: Alvin 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 oId 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 Alvin hoIding an armfuI of goods that his wife bought . . . AIvin and Elizabeth are expecting the taxman, but in a case of mistaken identity, a petty thief comes to rob their house and EIizabeth gladly shows him around and offers up aIl their possessions.
Episode 4: Elizabeth needs to convert the den to a spare room for her mother's visit, but doesn't want to teIl Alvin 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 Elizabeth and Alvin's privacy to their potted plants. |
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