CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment have detailed the 6-disc Blu-ray release of
I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1, which features the first 35 episodes of the classic 1950s television show.
I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, and comes to Blu-ray on May 6th, a month later than originally announced.
Official Synopsis: You've loved and laughed at Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel for years, but you've never seen
I Love Lucy like this on glorious high-definition. Coming to Blu-ray in a highly collectible set with special gloss packaging that includes every episode from the first season, each one beautifully restored in high definition, in original night-of-broadcast form with original sponsor openings and closings. The set also includes a number of as yet undetailed special features, many never before released on home video.
Technical specifications have yet to be revealed. Special features include:
- Audio Commentary (from the Criterion Collection laserdisc)
- Nine Production Featurettes:
- Before and After: The Restoration
- Fancy Editing
- Guest Cast Profiles & Bios
- Costume & Makeup Tests
- On-Set Color Home Movies
- Sponsor Talent
- Take A Bow
- Behind The Scenes (audio only)
- Slide Shows (audio & photos)
- The Very First Show (1990 Network Special)
- The Very First Show: Outtakes
- Series Bloopers/Flubs
- Clowning Around
- Interview: Meet Marc Daniels
- The Sunday Lucy Show (SD)
- 1951 Promo (SD)
- Lucy On The Radio ("My Favorite Husband" radio broadcasts, audio only)
- Photo Gallery
- Production Notes