The Donna Reed Show - A Very Merry Christmas (1 of 3)

[Smalltowngal29]

Isn't it so nice when people can watch a show like this without spewing political/social garbage? (sarcasm) I don't care if this show didn't represent everyone's lives during that time period. Today's TV shows certainly don't represent my life either. However, comparing yesterday's shows to today's, things have definitely gone downhill. You can call it reality if you want. But whose reality is it? Anyway, I like to watch the Donna Reed show for just what it was — a GREAT 50's/60's TV show.

[b7r7u7c7e]

Wow I never new the song in the beginning is the song movies and show copy when they are doing something corny and fake. lol I can see why people like the show but lets be honest the 50's were not like this. Mom baking Apple Pie while the husband comes homes throws his hat on the wall sits down by the fire and smoke his pipe...looking at his perfect wife putting the Apple pie out for young timmy to smell on his way from school. My grand parents even tell me what was on tv was bullshit.

[KeeKo432]

Doesn't anyone else hear that horrendous noise?! It doesn't happen during any other videos. I can't even watch this because of it.

[bboucharde]

@KeeKo432 Yes, you are right. It is some digital audio distortion.....Unacceptable. Maybe it can be deleted and then re-uploaded.

[myfriendangel1]

look what america was before the blacks srewed i all up , if you think i am wrong look at ghana africa, and compare america prior to rap music, and and all the crimes they commit , look how girls where more ladies then prior to the hippies and blacks , just the truth !!!!

[bboucharde]

@myfriendangel1 One of the most interesting studies one can do is to look at the most reliable indicator of social dysfunction, which is homicide. Plus, it is always reported, so the statistics in the USA are very accurate. The FBI and other agencies track this by ZIP code. Any intelligent person can look at homicides by ZIP code and get ethnic demographic data from the US Bureau of Census. The correlation between high homicide rates and "diverse" ZIP codes is nearly 100%---Sad, but true.

[bboucharde]

@myfriendangel1 Page 2: The typical liberal response to this ironclad relationship (correlation of high homicide rates with diverse ZIP codes) is to fall back on the "historical oppression" defense. One wonders how many decades that this tactic will be relied upon. Moreover, if that were true, we would expect Chinese and Japanese Americans to be committing disproportionate violent crime....but they do not. Instead, they go to college and then build families & companies....Hmmmm.

[b7r7u7c7e]

@myfriendangel1 OMG its so sad that we have out of touch small minded Americans like you. Do you really think blacks scewed up this country? There are places in the south that are still 95% that are messed up and backwards. Even in populated cities black barely make 15%! This was a tv show and my grand parent tell me all the time the 50's were not like it was displayed on tv. Women had to stay home, were treated like second class fools and got beat by there husbands who cheated on them. Wake up.

[truvianni]

why doesn't somebody tell this woman that certain people like postmen, delivery boys want money at Christmas time and then they can buy their own fruit cake

[truvianni]

Is she the one who was in "It's A Wonderful Life"?

[kwebster62]

@truvianni Same Donna Reed...12 years after IAWL.

[truvianni]

@kwebster62 thanks she did appear older so I was not sure

[Smalltowngal29]

I love this show and own it on DVD. I found it especially interesting that the show's premise was modeled after Donna Reed's real life family and children — so it was tailored to her. That's why she seemed so natural at it. Not every actress can honestly have that said about them.

[VASINGER]

Donna Reed looks a bit like Betty White.

[liveonthebackbeat]

why does the audio have the overlaying sound of voldemort's horcrux locket??

[tricianfredrmarried]

I just love this television era, unfortunately I don't remember this show its before my time #1966baby ~ But it seems like times were so innocent back then, the husband went off to work and made enough money to sustain the families life style, the kids were well behaved and went to school and got a good education, the mom stayed home and took care of the house....I wish those days could come back....!

[mrpapafunky7879]

does any1 like fruit cake? im 30 and have yet to bump into 1 person who did

[silverose1209]

@mrpapafunky7879 I dont hate it... My dad loved it. I am 31 btw.

[AdLaura]

@mrpapafunky7879 -- We like it, especially if it's been well-soaked with Cherry Brandy.

[caretaker245231]

Never TELL them it's fruitcake... spoils the surprise.. and you don't have to look at the expression on their faces ;)

[Scullymouse]

"(...) You can collapse tomorrow." *LoLoL* How darling is that?! :o) :o)

[crackersbulldog]

I love the old shows, they were funny, made u laugh, these new sitcombs are awful, no humor and all about sex. Bring back mamas family, Quincy and the Donna Reed show.

[UTAOUB]

How great to hear a REAL teleophone ring lL9401:18.

[k0d14k1]

Unwatchable due to the noise static.

[cabinmtngirl]

I agree. and it shows my age, Nick at Night was better with all the old TV from the 50's. With all the time and recording devices, you would think they could do more programing with more variety. Going back to the 50's when TV was getting it's start and still show the programs from the 60 up to 2009. It is getting so I do not know why I pay so much for the service anymore.

[bluenail03]

Shows like that were good - but I could never have lived in that time period. Everyone was so fake.

[violabug3]

does anyone get INSANE static?

[equilibrium0994]

can anyone recommend me some tv shows that are great like this one?

where the family was traditional & stuff, lmao im a teenager now and i still find myself excited at the thought of becoming a housewife later on (:

[simpleshoes]

@equilibrium0994 Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons, Father Knows Best, The Dick VanDyke Show, Hazel, Dennis the Menace, and of course The Waltons which isn't so old but has to be one of the most family oriented shows every made.

[lebbing64]

Donna Reed was one of the most beautiful actresses in hollywood.

The only oscar she got was for her role as a prostitute in From here to eternity, and deserved.

These tv-series were always feelgoods for my parents.

I don`t know why they have a tv-station with all the memorable tv-shows of her or many other 50 and 60`s shows.....they are really cheap now.

Love the vid.....thanks.

[prgwbtd]

i didn't know Buster Keaton was ever on this show.

[MPL029]

Carl Betz was HOT!!!

[jeprice08]

Buster should've gotten an applause the minute he walked through that door! He's that big of a legend!

[CashOnTheNail1955]

Wonder if Kaley [Bridget; 8 Simple Rules] aware she is following in the footsteps of Shelly call Karen who can call Cassie...

Nice 50s-innocence made-it into 2002... 8 Simple Rules; tragedy John Ritter died so-young.

Looking-foreward to episode with Shelly singing 'Johnny Angel' :)

[clydesplace]

The Donna Reed Show Season Two is now available on DVD. Season Three is due in October. Please purchase this series so it will continue to be released.

[CashOnTheNail1955]

Nice if made available over here in the UK

[HansieDZ]

Thank you so much for posting these old shows!

This was a time when tv was wholesome and you didn't have to censor who watched them. You were always guaranteed a clean,pg-rated episode.

Years ago TVLand offered a Donna Reed watch and I happily bought one.

Just looking at that Donna face gives me a smile.She epitomizes a carefree time....a welcome relief from the hassles of modern life.

[Joebycool]

Epitomises a carefree time... actually she epitomises a time when women were made to feel inferior, because of how easy everything looked in shows like this. Your 'modern life' lacks so many hassles that people of the early cold war era had to deal with daily, both personal and political. I'm an 18 year old guy, not an old feminist, but come on... it's so so so naive to believe that this epitomises anything oher than tv make believe that didn't exist any more than desperate housewives does today

[jakevanfan]

What happened to TV Land. They do not classic tv any more. All they do is repete the same old shows and this new reality crap. I miss the old TV land.

[Juliaflo]

@jakevanfan That holds true for Nick at Nite as well. If you think that these stations should just pack it in, raise your hand.

[1haha1230]

This was when tv was good. I remember as a kid in the 1st and 2nd grade watching the Donna Reed Show on Nick at Night. Thats when Nickelodeon was good too!

[kristenburchfield]

Oh I so agree. I loved all those black and white Tv shows. I was the only kid I new that wanted to wear big skirts and sweater sets. The funny thing is I am only 27. now LOL I loved all things from the 50's

[CashOnTheNail1955]

So-much sexier than Britney 'forgetting' to wear items of clothing too :)

[kristenburchfield]

Too true....

[tricianfredrmarried]

@kristenburchfield ~ I feel the same way, I'm 45 {1966 baby}; and I just wish I was born in the 50's seemed like things were so much better than they are now, I know this is just a t.v. show but when you look back at history during that era it seems as tho' things were just better for Americans {Now speaking as an African Amerian that may not be totally 100% true}; but if I could have been born then and not be AA I'm sure things would have been great, the lifestyle seemed so pure and innocent

[unclebobunclebob]

@1haha1230 Hell, I remember watching it when it was originally on. Don't try to make yourself seem so old.

[mrpapafunky7879]

@1haha1230 is this the time nik at nite had mr ed, car 54, the danny thomas show, the monkees, laugh in and my 3 sons? if so i was watching that line up every night as a kid and donna reed was one of my favorites. That was some good tv.

[mrpapafunky7879]

@1haha1230 im 32 btw

[james351970]

thank you soo much for posting...i luv this show....