The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Glimpse of the Still Funny Past
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe , Ricky Kelman , Eloise Hardt , Eddie Ryder , and Hope Emerson
Director: Don Weis , and Abby Berlin
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0006419ZU
Release Date: 2004-11-23

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Glimpse of the Still Funny Past.......2005-08-11

Dennis O'Keefe was one of my favorite actors when I was a kid, so seeing this made me immediately buy it. O'Keefe was a man's man who could do classic noir like T-Men and Raw Deal, horror like The Leopard Man, and then be very funny in farces like Getting Gertie's Garter, Up in Mabel's Room, and Brewster's Millions (the 1945 version). In this show he's not the goofy young husband or irresponsible heir, but a widower with a 10- or 11-year-old son. For 1959, the show is both advanced, in dividing plots pretty evenly between home and workplace, and dated, since the situations available to comedy writers 45 years ago have been used a lot since then. O'Keefe plays Hal Towne, a New York columnist somewhat patterned after Walter Winchell or Earl Wilson - today it would be Liz Smith. There are 4 episodes on the disc, and they're all good with strong laughs in each one. I liked best the one where Hal tries to help a struggling actress by giving her mentions in his column, but neglects to tell her that he has decided to change her name from Gretchen Clayhipple. However, the episode with the elderly counterfeiters in Hal's apartment building runs a close second. The DVD shows Hope Emerson with O'Keefe, but the supporting cast also includes Eddie Ryder and Eloise Hardt, all three memorable from the shows of those days.
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
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    The Dennis O'Keefe Show
    Starring: Dennis O'Keefe; Hope Emerson
    Director: Abby Berlin; Don Weis
    Manufacturer: Passion Productions
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

    GeneralGeneral | Television | Genres | DVD | Video
    ASIN: B000K8EJR2
    Release Date: 2003-03-03

    Product Description

    4 classic TV episodes!

    DVD:

    1. The Girl Next Door (Unrated Version)
    2. The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
    3. The Man from Texas
    4. The Mel Brooks Collection (Blazing Saddles / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie / Robin Hood: Men in Tights / To Be or Not to Be / History of the World, Part 1 / The Twelve Chairs / High Anxiety)
    5. The Most Beautiful Wife
    6. The Outfitters
    7. The Richard Pryor Collection (Which Way is Up?/ Brewster`s Millions/ Car Wash/ Bustin` Loose)
    8. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
    9. The Villain Still Pursued Her
    10. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - HERE COME THE ABC'S

    DVD

    DVD