That Girl: Season 3

When I was growing up, I used to watch Marlo Thomas in That Girl, and loved the show because she was rather a modern day version of Lucy at the time. But what I really liked was nothing really got Ann Marie down, when she was determined, she got things done... even if they didn't quite work out the way she wanted it to.Of course, she always had problems with Don and her father when making the odd decisions (like when Ann's agent suggested she change her name to a more suitable stage name), but somehow Ann always came through.Sometimes Ann would get into fixes without even trying. For instance, in "Bad Day at Marvin Gardens," Ann's parents decide to go to the city to a baseball game and attend the theater with Ann and Don. Regrettably an unexpected rainstorm washes out the afternoon game, so the four decide on playing a game of Monopoly. When the competition ends up with just Don and Mr. Marie, the game heats up where Mr. Marie offers to buy Don's Marvin Gardens, but Don refuses. Realizing it's just a game, Don decides to graciously give the property to Lou Marie.Regrettably Lou views this as an absolute insult with him proclaiming: "Nobody gives Lou Marie Marvin Gardens!" As a result Don and Lou end up brooding over the entire matter up to when they go to the theater. Naturally Ann and her mom, Helen, attempt to qualm the dispute. But when Helen sides with Don, Lou angrily gets a separate room at their hotel.And you thought the Ricardos and the Mertzes had problems!But I do give kudos to Shout! Factory for keeping the original uncut versions of the episodes intact. Because when I watched them syndicated [even on Nick at Nite, C Channel (now Comedy Central), and TV Land], I never knew networks cut out scenes for time constraints. Here I get to see the episodes intact and jog my memory of how some of the episodes originally went vs. my addled brain (I was about four when I watched the reruns and some of the episodes on ABC).Personally I wish Shout! Factory could make a deal with Ms. Thomas and Rankin Bass to include the Saturday ABC Movie Special, "That Girl in Wonderland," where Ann works for a children's book publisher, and envisions herself as the classic stars of famous storybook characters.Especially since the First Season's hidden nugget had the original That Girl pilot [where Bessel played as Thomas' agent, and later inspired Episode #11 'What's in the Name?'], while the Second Season's gem had Marlo's never-aired pilot, "Two's Company." I think would be great if they used that with either this Season or an upcoming Season.Anyway, this series is definitely a must for anyone who fondly remembers That Girl, or is a fan of classic television. I definitely recommend That Girl for everyone's TV Land DVD collection.

Definitely likeable on heavy rotation in our house for mom. Likeable enough and interesting. Was on prime for free for a long time and we watched it a lot for free all of the series. Then they pulled it. Wasn't to happy with the price of the DVD as each season was fairly highly priced and we watched the series of shows so much for quite some time we were almost burned out on heavy rotation. But we enjoyed the series so much even though it was going to pass into light rotation I decided to purchase the DVDs anyways. There are a few bonus features on season 1 and maybe one other season. A nice addition on the DVDs not on the long previously free Prime versions of the show which used to be free to watch. And it probably was on Prime as a free show for a long time. The added two shows or show pilot commentary from on of the shows was one benefit. DVD price for each season was expensive for a TV series compared to some like the Flying Nun series of DVDs but it's probably worth it for That Girl fans. Enough interesting 60s clean nostalgia to be enjoyable for seniors and that makes it five stars for all the DVDS but for the price of the DVD's I hope the main actors or their heirs got some royalties from the high price of the product. Something like the Flying Nun is much more budget friendly as a series around the same time frame.

That Girl Season Three is a solid season. There's plenty of good episodes and some not so good ones. This DVD set does not have as many extras as the seasons one and two boxed sets. In one episode, Ann Marie plans on voting for the first time. In another episode, an African-American boy pretends that Ann is his mother. In another episode, a restaurant owner tries to earn Ann's love through free meals. There's still plenty of chemistry between Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell. Ted Bessell dreamed of directing a That Girl movie, but the project fell apart. Also, Bessell died in the mid-1990's. The production values on That Girl were high in the 1960's. The cast and crew used sets and locations. They used filmstock instead of video. Each episode had quality music. It was hard to find reruns of That Girl in the 1980's and 1990's. There were cable channels that had exclusive broadcast rights for episodes. I didn't watch That Girl reruns until I was 26 years of age! These days, Hollywood is driven by nostalgia and brand name recognition. They should produce a reboot of That Girl for TV or a That Girl feature film. By season four or five of That Girl, Marlo Thomas was losing interest in the show. She acted in the downbeat drama Jenny(1970). Thomas played Ann Marie in some animated That Girl TV special that aired on 1970's television. That Girl was a fun, romantic sitcom that gave us a vacation from our dull lives.

That Girl Season Three is a solid season. There's plenty of good episodes and some not so good ones. This DVD set does not have as many extras as the seasons one and two boxed sets. In one episode, Ann Marie plans on voting for the first time. In another episode, an African-American boy pretends that Ann is his mother. In another episode, a restaurant owner tries to earn Ann's love through free meals. There's still plenty of chemistry between Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell. Ted Bessell dreamed of directing a That Girl movie, but the project fell apart. Also, Bessell died in the mid-1990's. The production values on That Girl were high in the 1960's. The cast and crew used sets and locations. They used filmstock instead of video. Each episode had quality music. It was hard to find reruns of That Girl in the 1980's and 1990's. There were cable channels that had exclusive broadcast rights for episodes. I didn't watch That Girl reruns until I was 26 years of age! These days, Hollywood is driven by nostalgia and brand name recognition. They should produce a reboot of That Girl for TV or a That Girl feature film. By season four or five of That Girl, Marlo Thomas was losing interest in the show. She acted in the downbeat drama Jenny(1970). Thomas played Ann Marie in some animated That Girl TV special that aired on 1970's television. That Girl was a fun, romantic sitcom that gave us a vacation from our dull lives.Region 1

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