World Famous Comics: Larry Elikann Roger Flint Richard Bennett (II) After School Specials: 1976-1977 DVD Set
Larry Elikann Roger Flint Richard Bennett (II) After School Specials: 1976-1977 DVD Set
Starring: Carol Jones, Melendy Britt, Dennis Bowen, Tara Talboy, Alice Nunn Directed By: Larry Elikann;Roger Flint;Richard Bennett (II) Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: BCI / Sunset Home Visual Entertainment (SHE) Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 12, 2004 Running Time: 180 minutes Theatrical Release Date: October 06, 1976
Product Description: After School Specials - Francesca Baby / Beat the Turtle Drum Martin Tahse is the most prolific and successful producer of After School Specials. His 26 productions have won numerous awards and prizes including 18 Emmys three Blue Ribbons in the American Film Festival the Peabody Award and First Second and Third Prize in the Chicago Film Festival in the same year - an honor which has never since been matched. His original contributions remain important to today's young and adult audiences. "Francesca Baby" - Francesca (Carol Jones) and her younger sister Kate (Tara Talboy) live in constant embarrassment with their alcoholic mother (Melendy Britt). When their mother falls asleep in bed with a lighted cigarette endangering the lives of the girls the outcome between Francesca and her mother is both dramatic and revealingly true. "Beat the Turtle Drum" - For her birthday Joss (Katy Kurtzman) is given a horse for a week. She and her older sister Kate (Melissa Sue Anderson) go out with the horse and tie it up so they can climb and play in a tree. Kate is devastated when Joss accidentally falls and is killed. Desolate and fearing the might have been able to save her sister Kate goes on a search to come to grips with the tragedy. After School Specials - Pinballs The / Trouble River Martin Tahse is the most prolific and successful producer of After School Specials. His 26 productions have won numerous awards and prizes including 18 Emmys three Blue Ribbons in the American Film Festival the Peabody Award and First Second and Third Prize in the Chicago Film Festival in the same year - an honor which has never since been matched. His original contributions remain important to today's young and adult audiences. "The Pinballs" - Three kids each with both haunting and often humorous backgrounds form a friendship while in a foster home.
After School Specials I am 46 years old and use to watch the After School Specials when I was a child and still enjoy them today. The after School Specials are nice clean stories that all can watch. I recommend these stories for all age groups to enjoy.
Love thoughs ABC Afternoon specials I just recently bought the DVD from the 1976-77 season.It has been years since I had last seen these fine episodes.I especially liked the story Beat the turtle drum.I saw it when it was bran new and I never forgot how sad it was and still is. I'm so glad they released these out onto DVD
a great piece of 70s Americana! These old after school specials have aged very well...Children and teens watching them today would have no trouble identifying with the characters and their issues, especially if they had gone through some of the same things themselves (i.e. having an alcoholic parent, the death of a sibling, etc.). The picture quality on these shows are not bad at all. They may not be digitally remastered, but they are very, very watchable and I have seen MUCH worse! Brentwood Communications/BCI Eclipse (the company that released these shows) continues to amaze me with the stuff they put out; when it comes to quality at a low price, they do not disappoint. It's very rare to find "bargain bin" DVDs, ESPECIALLY of old 70s TV shows that are watchable; if anyone thinks the quality on these shows are bad, check out some of the bargain bin "Lucy Show" DVDs sometime...THAT is poor quality...audio dropouts, horrible color, artifacting, and dirt and grain. These shows have none of those problems. Do yourself a favor and pick these After School Specials up. You won't be disappointed!
Good fun with great menus and packaging I actually don't find the quality to be all that horrible. Looks like I would expect from 70's vidio TV. Colors are nowhere near as vivid as we now expect from HDTV but the shows themselves are fun and include some talent that has gone on to do some new favorites. Also the packaging and full motion animated menus are excellent.
Nicely done educational drama for the kids of the 70's Here is the sad truth about the video quality. It's not due to bad DVD mastering. These shows were filmed on film but then they were post produced and edited on videotape(Videotronics was the company). Videotape of the 1970's. You get the idea. The best broadcast quality videotape of yesteryear is no match for DVD quality of today (as fans of the classic Norman Lear videotaped sitcoms have found out).
Add to that the deterioration that the master tapes have experienced then it all adds up to that we are seeing it as good as it's ever going to get (unless someone digs up the original film and edit that together).
the packaging is truly inspired and remarkable and the quality concerns were unavoidable.
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