The Best of Andy Williams Christmas Shows (2001)

The Andy Williams Christmas Show ran for eight years during the era of holiday variety specials. Now, one collection features Andy's favorite moments from his televised Christmas celebrations. It's a showcase packed with dazzling production numbers, a special appearance by the Osmond Brothers and by Andy's own harmonizing clan, the Williams Brothers. All this plus some tender onstage moments shared between Andy, his family and friends as they perform these and many other timeless holiday favorites: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Happy Holidays, You Meet the Nicest People at Christmas, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, Ave Maria, Mary's Little Boy Child, Silver Bells, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Jingle Bells, The Christmas Song, Holy Night and more!

Great Christmas/Variety Show in the '60s-'70s tradition

Remember when the Holiday Season on TV ment the variety specials with Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Andy Williams? I miss them. All you see now are those sappy holiday romance stories or the animated kiddy features. This DVD is great and includes musical numbers with Andy and the Williams brothers. And the Osmonds are a scream. Donny can't be more than 5 years old in the earliest scenes. If you own White Christmas and watch it every year, this holiday DVD is for you. February 9, 2008

A little disjointed . . .

I didn't like this DVD as well as the other Andy Williams special I purchased this year. This one is a colelction of excerpts from various shows instead of being a cohesive show in and of itself. That made it a little disjointed and harder for my kids to watch than if an entire show had been chosen. Still the adults did enjoy the stroll down memory lane! January 28, 2008

The Best

What a shame that this DVD is out-of-print. It's an absolute gem containing the finest Andy Williams Show moments.

Outstanding sets, songs, music and guests. Lots of rare footage of the Osmond Brothers appearances, Bob Hope, Andy's kids and brothers.

You don't find a lot of Christmas DVDs that you want to watch more than once. This is an exception. Can't say enough good things about it. January 8, 2008

Quality Entertainment

The Andy Williams Shows clearly showcase great talent and worthwhile entertainment. The Christmas shows in particular are a family tradition in my home. These shows need to be remastered and shown more often. They just don't make em like this anymore December 18, 2007

It's All About Andy

The reason I wanted to buy this DVD was because I really miss the old fashioned Christmas Specials. It seemed they used to go to alot of trouble with the sets, had great guests, and they all just seemed so happy and Christmasy!

Yes, the Osmond Brothers are featured, and they were great to watch, as they are such an incredibly talented family, but there were no other guests except for people that I assumed were part of Andy's family, but who weren't introduced, and so I'm not sure. It really would have been nice to know who they were and how they were related. It would also have been nice to see some other guests, as that is always such a big part of Christmas Specials. I guess I was expecting that.

This is The Andy Show. Lots and lots of close ups of Andy, posing and singing goofy-eyed into the camera. The sets are a hoot, as are the funny styles of the day, which was expected and fun to see, but what wasn't expected was how much Andy comes across as quite full of himself (he really does!), and I don't remember thinking that about him before. We didn't finish watching the whole DVD.

Would I watch it again next Christmas? Well, it will have been a year by then, and I will have forgotten most of the negatives, so yes, maybe on a slow TV night if my husband is out. I don't think he'd watch it again.

Knowing what I know now, would I buy this DVD again? Yes I would, if only to see the Osmond Brothers, but I also would have tried harder to get the Bing Crosby DVD, which says it features other guests on it.



January 17, 2007

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