Make Room For Daddy - The Complete Fifth Season (1953)

The complete 1957-58 season of one of television’s most beloved sitcoms, available for the first time on DVD in this exclusive collection authorized by the Danny Thomas family. Legendary entertainer Danny Thomas stars as nightclub performer Danny Williams, ranked in 2004 by TV Guide as among the top five TV dads of all time. Marjorie Lord joins the cast as Danny’s new wife, Kathy. Supplemental features include a must-own bonus episode, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith," the forerunner of "The Andy Griffith Show."

DANNY THOMAS

I LIKE THIS SEASON OF DANNY THOMAS BECAUSE OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW GOT STARTED FROM THIS SHOW. VERY GOOD July 3, 2008

Classic Comedy At It's Best

If you love classic tv like i do then you will love make room for daddy starring the late great actor Danny Thomas and if you are also a big fan of lost in space then check out that cute girl Angela Cartwright yelp that's her the one that played as Penny Robinson. Buy it and have a great laugh as Danny Thomas sings and tickle's your funnybone with the antics that he goes through just to make room for daddy.

Rondall February 10, 2008

Best Bargain Online! Great Quality Item!

Hey Folks! It seems like many people are finding BIG PROBLEMS with this DVD collecton. DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM! This DVD set is in NO WAY the disappointment that others here have described. They do not know what they are talking about.

Big deal that this collection comes from the syndicated version of the show. The fact is, this show ran in syndication as early as the 60's, long before the commercials were running longer than the show. When you watch these great episodes, occasionally a scene will fade sooner than the original airing to skip past a few seconds of music that came before a commercial break. But when the scene comes back, it is obvious that you are at the same spot in the story and have not missed ANY of the dialogue.

Throughout these episodes in this DVD set, the continuity is all there, all of the lines are there and NOTHING of any importance has been cut out... only a few seconds of music here and there which used to be the longer fades to commercials. For the veiwers convenience, for those who want to watch a Danny Thomas marathion, the theme song is heard only at the beginning of each cd and NOT before every episode.

The picture and sound quality are EXCELLENT and only VERY rarely does a scene miss a split second of sound or part of a word due to a splice in the source material.

DO NOT FEAR when ordering this fantastic collection. For those of you who used to watch this series as a child, tears will come to your eyes during the first episode as you rejoin this wonderful tv family after having been away from them so long... the joy, the tempers, the music, the clowning, the mischief. I had forgotten just how much I loved these characters as well as the actors and actresses who had protrayed them! And the writers are the best! These shows are genuinely funny, promote good morals and sound family values unlike the pure GARBAGE sit com's that air today in prime time, whose writers are as morally bankrupt as the trash they write.

Unless you are a purist fanatic who must hear the last stroke of a violin bow in filler music before the commercial breaks... and unless you desperately fear the picture fading to black once in a great while to end a scene which comes back right where it left off... YOU WILL LOVE this DVD collection! Six DVD's with 6 episodes each, plus great bonus material!

I bought this from a seller here at Amazon for $9.99 plus a few bucks for shipping. If that kind of bargain is not good enough for some cry babies here, that is THEIR problem. Just make sure that they do not keep YOU from enjoying this FANTASTIC DVD collection of this wonderful show!! July 4, 2007

love the show, when will more seasons be released?

After looking at other reviews, I didnt realize the episodes are edited. I feel kind of cheated! But then again I must've only seen them edited in syndication back in the '80's & early '90's. This was the most popular version & cast lineup & popular of the entire 11 season run & of the final 7 seasons when moved to CBS. (Why did Sherry Jackson have to quit after season 5 or why was Terry written out & why couldn't Miss Jackson come back for Terry's wedding in season 7 instead of unknown Penny Parker thus not being able to show flashback's when Terry was younger. Was Miss Parker's Terry older than Miss Jackson's or did Terry get courted & married at age 18?) It's great to see again after an abscence of 13-14 years after Nick at Nite discontinued showing after Mr. Thomas passed away spring '91. By the way Nick at Nite from what I remember only showed seasons 5-8. I had never seen an episode beyond that until summer '90 when an independent station where I was living at the time continued to season 9 (Angela Cartwright starts to look more & more like Brigita Von Trapp & Penny Robinson instead of 5yo Linda Williams & Rusty Hamer's Rusty Williams has gone through puberty & his voice has changed). I didnt know that the Williams moved into two more apartments or condos & the sets were different for seasons 8 & 9. But partway into season 9 Nick at Nite must've discovered someone else was broadcasting on free antenna tv & bought out all syndicated rights because that channel stopped showing. I had never seen the first version or ABC version until I bought the inexpensive samplers of the first 3 seasons. I always thought of oldest child Terry as a teen & figured from pictures of season 1 that she must've been a younger girl at one time & Rusty Hamer was predessor of Angela Cartwright as the youngest cutest one who gets all the attention. I can see why season 5 was the first to be available to the public because that's also the first season of the CBS years & cast lineup that most people of my generation who grew up watching reruns in the '70's & '80's are familiar with. I didnt know there was an earlier version until about '87 or '88 when I checked out a tv trivia book at a local library & that's when I wondered why is Linda older than Rusty & Rusty so young? Even if each is edited, when are the first four seasons, in a different apartment & set w/Terry & Rusty's birth mother, going to be released? How about also rereleasing season 5 unedited? I'll gladly pay another $50 & sell the edited set even though I'll probably only get $5 for it. Can season 6 at least be released sometime soon & the remaining Marjorie Lord seasons annually afterwards even if edited? You know I wonder if the first 3 seasons were never shown in syndication or on Nick at Nite or not available because the samplers include original footage of tobacco companies presenting & sponsoring in the first season opening credits?
But anyway, I suppose it's recommended if you love this show, even if it's only the first version, or it's your first time & dying to see, to purchase this set. It's better than nothing & it wouldn't suprise me Questar & Mr. Thomas' surviving family decide to soon remove from the market & consider this entire series out-of-print & secured in a vault permanently. By the way, if you love the cast besides "Sound of Music" & "Lost in Space" I also recommend the following: "Singin' in the Rain" (& I thought that was actually the way Miss Hagen talked until I saw a first version episode for the first time) "I'll See You in my Dreams" "The Jazz Singer" (original '40's version if not out of print, not the retarded '80 remake) " "Batman ('66-'68) season 1" and "Charlie's Angels season 4" (when these are released) One last thought: what about releasing two followup reunions? '67's pilot "Make More Room for Daddy" & the short-lived "Make Room for Grandaddy" ('70-'71 w/original CBS cast including Sherry Jackson) May 5, 2006

Danny Thomas is the Best

I have waited for years for the "Make room for Daddy" series to become available. Danny Thomas has always been my favorite and I am thrilled with the 5th season. My children and their families are now fans. I am waiting impatiently for the other seasons to become available. August 30, 2005

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