Best of the Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show
by Bob Henry
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Actor: Barbara Mandrell, Irlene Mandrell, Ken Grant, Louise Mandrell, Tony UrbanoDirector: Bob Henry
Brand: WEA HOME VIDEO
Writer: Al Gordon
Writer: Cort Casady
Writer: Ernest Chambers
Writer: George Tricker
Writer: Lisa Medway
Writer: Neil Rosen
Writer: Norman Martin
Writer: Peter Gallay
Writer: Sam Breenbaum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: M19316
Studio: Time Life Records
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- BARBARA MANDRELL AND THE MANDRELL SISTERS SHOW was a magnet for country's biggest names during its two-year run. This three-volume set features the best moments of the series hosted by Mandrell and her sisters Louise and Irlene. The sisters' chemistry and talent provided the backbone of the variety show, drawing legends like Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Rodgers. For
DVD Reviews of Best of the Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show
DVD Review: Very Disappointed About Inferior Product
Summary: 2 Stars
I have already read the disappointing reviews about the Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters DVD set. I was so glad to check it out for free from the local library.
It was bittersweet watching this show. I enjoyed very much watching a show I haven't seen in over twenty years, and the edits really hampered the production of this DVD set.
Time-Life should be very ashamed for releasing such a diced up product. I don't know if the Mandrells ( I love all three!) had any say in the making of this set, but I think many fans must have felt very cheated if they purchased this. I hate to see anyone profit from such a mess. In these days during a messy recession one must be very wise and choosy about what they buy their with their hard earned precious cash.
If the season sets were released unedited I would buy them right away and all would be gladly forgiven. I don't know if Time Life holds the permanent rights to the show or not. Maybe a company like Shout! or Rhino could released the show in it's original form.
Description of Best of the Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show
Beginning in 1980 over 40 million viewers tuned in each week as barbara louise & irlene sang danced & joked their way to tv stardom on this top 10-rated show. This features the bext musical & comedy moments from the show. Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Run time: 180 minutesBest of Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show is a two-disc set emphasizing performance highlights from six episodes of the NBC "country music-variety" show that hit the air in 1980. That?s the same year Barbara Mandrell won the Country Music Association?s Entertainer of the Year Award, and it?s a pleasure to look back on how well she took to being such a charismatic, warm, and fun host as well as a dynamic vocalist. Appearing with her are sisters Louise and Irlene, the former a good singer in her own right while Irlene is essentially a personality. Each of the truncated shows here begins with the trio bantering at the top of an episode, generally targeting poor Barbara for being the shortest, the oldest, or not much good at dancing. The first show here, from November of 1980, finds Dolly Parton singing "9 to 5" while also participating in a gospel medley with John Schneider and the Mandrells. (Each show in the series seems to have ended with a gospel medley as a signature piece, involving all the musical talent available on any given night.) This episode is also the only place that one really gets a sense of what the comedy was like on this series, in a passable bit in which one sees how only child Barbara?s happiness was destroyed by the announcement that her mother was pregnant with Louise. Another show from that same time period ushers in Kenny Rogers as a special guest, though his fine solo contributions and collaborations with the sisters isn?t nearly as interesting as Barbara and Louise?s Patsy Cline medley and tribute.
Things really pick up with a 1982 episode starring Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, who share a lot of enjoyable, old memories with Barbara and embark on a short tour of their musical legacy. Johnny sings a spare "I Walk the Line," and he joins his wife and the Mandrells on a final medley that includes "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." A 1981 appearance by Bob Hope is a treat, especially a duet with Barbara on "Buttons and Bows." (There?s also a reminiscence by Barbara about appearing in a skimpy outfit for one of Hope?s TV specials years before.) Another ?81 installment featuring Alabama and Glen Campbell proves okay, but the final show here stars Ray Charles in excellent form on "You Don?t Know Me" and a bluesy, understated "Old Time Religion." --Tom Keogh
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