5/5 just great!!! I loved it.
  by Jose Luiz Silva Stos
it was worth waiting for the second season, but it took sooo long. Hope the others come sooner!!!!!

5/5 Brings Back the Memories
  by T. Turner (San Jose, CA)
I am enjoying watching these episodes again. It brings back the early 80s in a big way. My friends and I would set aside Thurs. night as our Fame night. And I tell you, it's as good as it was back then. The episodes still deal with teen issues in a way that can be related to. Yes, it looks 80s. But if you weren't around, it's a way to see what it was like. Leg warmers, dancing, singing, feathered hair, and neon are some of the details you might have missed or never experienced. Welcome back to the early 80s, and enjoy a Fame fix. It's a great way to relax in the evening.

4/5 Buy seasons 1 & 2 before you pay twice the price!
  by Susan Tunis (San Francisco, CA)
I was waffling about whether or not I wanted to purchase this DVD set. Well, I knew I wanted to buy the set, I just wasn't sure it was a priority for right now. Then I heard that Season 2 would soon be released on its own for the first time. It's the exact same set as is included in this two-season package--at exactly the same price as the double set. That helped me decide in a hurry. This specially priced two-season set probably won't be available much longer.

So, matters of price aside, what a blast from the past it's been to watch this beloved series that I haven't seen in decades. I was a teenybopper when the series originally aired in the early 80s, and I loved the show back then. Watching again with older, more sophisticated eyes is fascinating. I have to admit that the writing is a bit dreadful. A lot of the episodes have that feel of "Tonight: A very special episode of Blossom..." Serious issues are reduced to after school specials. But what hasn't changed is how phenomenally talented the kids on the show are. (The older actors aren't bad either.) The late Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy and Lee Curreri as Bruno especially stand out. Reading the credits, I see that Curreri actually composed many of the songs his character performed. Astonishing! Reading the credits is fun for another reason. A lot of the actors who had small roles on the show are still working today. Many have changed so much in the nearly 30 years since that they're all but unrecognizable.

The music and fashions, while dated, aren't as dated as I actually expected them to be. So, if an occasional Pat Benatar- or Jennifer Beals-wannabe shows up on the screen, I smile. What isn't dated at all is the sheer exuberance of the musical numbers in this series. The performances run the gamut from classical to jazz to rock--playing, singing, and dancing. Many of these triple- and quadruple-threat performers do it all, and do it exceptionally well.

This is a fairly bare-bones package, but as has been reported by others, the discs are NOT double-sided. The packaging is nice and compact, actually, taking up only about as much space as two DVD cases, but those two cases hold all nine discs safely and securely. The only extra included with the set is a 26-minute featurette, Fame Then and Now.

I'd highly recommend this set to anyone feeling just a bit nostalgic for the 80's, or to anyone (like me) who just can't get enough of the new show Glee. Fame is a lot more earnest and a lot less snarky, but it just goes to show you: talent never goes out of style.

5/5 DVD review of Season 1 & 2 of Fame
  by Lee W. Schweich Jr. (Harrisburg, Pa. USA)
Product arrived in a timely manner and was exactly as described. I always loved this show and settled down to enjoy several shows at a time until it was complete in a few short weeks. I can't wait until the rest of the shows come out on DVD. You can be sure I'll be purchasing them also.

4/5 Great series FINALLY available
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I just wished they had remastered these--this is a classic series that is so motivating and entertaining to teens and enjoyable to watch by adults. The actors do a first rate job. Presented in a family appropriate presentation, unlike the movie. These two seasons need to be A PART OF THE COMPLETE SERIES AND AVAILABLE TO US.