Classic sitcoms from the 1950s obviously look a lot different than modern TV comedies. For starters, they were mostly in black and white. Also, they seemingly took place in an alternate reality where toilets and queen-sized beds don’t exist.
But a lot of old-timey TV shows now look terrific thanks to high definition home video transfers. On Blu-ray, Leave It to Beaver looks so crisp and clear, it almost feels as if you could reach out and touch the characters (and then ask them why in god’s name they nicknamed a kid “Beaver”).
Comedy fans were understandably excited when Paramount Home Entertainment announced that the entirety of I Love Lucy would be released on Blu-ray, in a box set containing a whopping 33 discs. Yes, finally, we’ll be able to see every single pore and bead of sweat on Lucy’s face as she shoves assembly-line chocolates into her mouth.