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'Step by Step (Television Favorites Compilation)'
(Patrick Duffy, Suzanne Somers, et al / DVD / NR / (1991) 2006 / Warner Bros.)

Overview: Frank Lambert is a construction worker and a single father of 3 kids: J.T., Alicia "Al" and Brendan. Carol Foster, a beautician, also has 3 children: Dana, Karen and Mark. After Frank and Carol run into each other on vacation and spontaneously get married, they and their children (who appeared to have known and hated each other) have to learn to live together and love each other. It's not easy, but they are trying to do this step by step.

DVD Verdict: Two appealing stars, winesome kids, and a can't miss time slot in the middle of ABC's hit Friday lineup was more important than plot in the early success of this standard issue family sitcom. Frank (Patrick Duffy of Dallas) was a freewheeling, divorced contractor who had impetuosly married widowed beautician Carol (Suzanne Somers of Three's Company) when they met during seperate vacations in Jamaica. They flew home to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where they both lived, told their kids-his three and her three - and all of the problems of a merged family began. She orderly, he was chaotic. The kids eyed each suspiciously. Hers were teenager Dana (the oldest), as compulsively neat as her mom, middle sis Karen, a budding fashion plate and young worrier Mark. Franks were teenager J.T. (short for John Thomas), a cool customer, preteen Al, into insects and animals, and carefree Brendan. Working with Carol in her beauty shop next door were her mother Ivy and sister Penny. Cody was Frank's spaced-out 19-year-old nephew, who nutty schemes and obsessions kept everyone in an uproar but who was really smarter than he seemed. "The Brady Bunch for the 90's" as it was hailed by critics upon it's debut, was pretty much a straight forward "fun around the house" comedy, that ABC thrived on in the late 80's and early 90's. The series was Developed and Produced by the same team (Michael Warren, William Bickley, Robert L. Boyett, and Thomas L. Miller) responsible for many of ABC's hits (including all of T.G.I.F at one point) in that same era. I'm sure a lot of people have been waiting for a long time for this to finally come to DVD and now that it is, will they want the entire series ... I think so! This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) and comes with the specially chosen six episodes: Pilot (season 1), Rules of the House (season 1), J.T.'s World (season 2), Christmas Story (season 3), I'll Be Home for Christmas (season 4), Your Cheatin' Heart (season 7).

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