The Marx Brothers: TV Collection

What I saw of this set is wonderful. Shout! Factory does great releases. However: This set arrived without the very important 38 page full color "Criterion Quality" book included. A refund was given & I will return it & purchase a hopefully complete version of this asap.Make sure to get the complete set with book when ordering this.

...but only IF you're a hardcore Marx Bros fan. This is the TV years, well after their glory years. It's like watching Paul McCarthy now. You appreciate him as an artist, but...yeah. Harpo and Groucho come off a little bit better than Chico does in these TV spots, but it still feels like the Bros are retreading some of their great bits for a nostalgic public. It's nice to see as a fan, don't get me wrong, but if you're coming into this thinking you're getting movie-quality Marx Bros comedy...sorry.The best parts about this collection is the home-videos and documentaryish aspects to home life of the real men. The children and friends of the Marx Bros provide some footage and insight on who these guys really were. For that alone, it's worth the money.This is a great value as well. The first disc alone is over 4 hours of content... all worth watching. When they say over 10 hours, they aren't lying. Literally everything the Marx Bros appeared in during that time-period is here, even if it's a strange company advertisement for a magazine (only to be seen by employees.) Aside from the Marx Bros themselves, this is a weird look back into how early television was, which for someone who didn't grow up with it, was interesting. It's like a time capsule in some way.If you're a casual Marx Bros fan, I don't know if you'd like it on your own. But with everything I mentioned above, there are levels of enjoyment to these discs. You can enjoy it as a television historian, or as a semi-documentary, or just enjoy watching the brothers preform once more. Hardcore fans need this in their collection though. So buy it. You'll thank me later.

TV documented the declining years of the Marx Bros., usually individually. This is a fine collection of Guest appearances, unsold TV Pilots, TV commercials and Interviews from the 50's and 60's.

What's more to say? There's virtually nothing here that you couldn't find one at a time elsewhere on the internet -- but I doubt the quality would be as decent and as easy to play as dropping in the dvd. Will make a great addition to the yearly Marx Marathon in our home.Worth 2 thumbs up! "Honk!" Make that 3 thumbs up!

Wow, this has sooooo much stuff in it,I may never see all of it.This is a true labor of love put together by the children of the Marx Bros.Lots of stuff you've never seen before,even if your a lifelong fan.3 DVD's packed full of really great,really touching and some really weird clips.I really enjoyed a color,vaudeville performance with Groucho & Jackie Gleeson, GREAT! Lot's of rare Harpo stuff and of coarse Chico.It's well mixed with all three on all 3 discs.RARE RARE RARE,BUT....... you gotta really love and be a fan of The Marx Bros. to truly enjoy this! Well put together packaging,with a booklet to boot.All I can say is,I got my moneys worth just in 15 mins of the 1st disc.A great addition to those who collect Marx Bros.moviesand loved Groucho on TV.Home movies,photos of all five Marx.Bros.I am so happy I got this!

This collection is for Marx Brothers fans who are into trivia and finding previously hidden gems. There are great (and some color!) commercials with Harpo and several previously unavailable clips. Things like Shamus Culhane's SHOWDOWN AT ULCER GULCH (1956)--an advertising film that literally turned the industry on it's head. Culhane was a former Disney animator who formed his own production company--and was married to Chico's daughter. Culhane was able to get cameos from some real stars--Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Chico and Groucho!! The color on this film is faded (early Eastmancolor) but still it's historically very important. And it's funny, and a real treat to see this groundbreaking filmmaking that even has a fully animated Hazel (the cartoon maid from the Saturday Evening Post.). So it's a great treasure trove of hidden gems.

As far as I can tell, all of the full episodes in this set are available to stream online for free, but none of the bonus additional clips from other shows are streaming anywhere I’ve looked. I bought this set just so I could watch one clip (Chico pretending to be Harpo on a game show) and it was worth the price for that clip alone.

Shout has done it again. Packed with so much, and so many clips, I sat there for over 3 hours for just Disc one to watch everything. I love old comedy teams, and the Marx Brothers on the top of my list. This was like manna from heaven. Looking forward to what they do other sets upcoming. If you love the brothers, get this. It fills in so much. ^_^

Marx Brothers: TV Collection is a fantastic treasure trove of TV & some rare performances & appearances.And God created Harpo, a Human Angel put here on earth.

Present to my collector son. He is very happy with it.

Nice collection of forgotten items