She filmed a series of television specials in England in the 1960s. Famous guest stars were on the show and although I have seen a couple of them with Ella, Peggy Lee and Rosemary Clooney as guests, the other shows are apparently lost in space.
Until......Wow.....I found an outfit called "Loving The Classics" which features all kind of lost TV show and movies and guess what? They have SEVEN EPISODES of Jo's hour long programs for purchase. Of course I jumped at the chance!
Oh-oh...first of all the dvd order took about a month to arrive. Enough time to process the credit card. Well, I got TWO sets of what was supposed to be the seven hour long specials. It didn't start out well when the dvd starting skipping. I tried it in another player...the same thing. The second set skipped at the same point so the masters must be screwed up. Well I got to see about 45 minutes of Jo and Peggy Lee and an old CBS show (not from the 60 minute specials). The rest of the material was taken from a VHS tape from several years back (see pic below)...definitely not the programs in their entirety or the promised shows.
Yikes! I did a search and found a whole bunch of disgruntled customers of "Loving the Classics." So far I have sent four emails with no response but that seems to be their modus apparandi. So don't fall for their promises folks. Their webpage is very enticing but the results are dismal. Loving the Classics preys on nostalgia fans and their desire to see material that apparently just isn't around anymore...whether we want to admit it or not....
Jo Stafford Show specials.........where are you?
Update: I filed a complaint with my credit card company and that same day got an email from the company to send the faulty dvds back (at my own expense of course!) and they would refund my money. Thank you Chase Credit Cards for your great customer service...
Loving The Classics lets you review their product. I sent the review of their Jo Stafford offering which is not what they promise and of course THEY have to approve it, which they didn't. It still isn't on their site so anyone ordering these DVDs will also be duped.
I noticed if you search for "Loving The Classics complaints", a whole bunch of videos come up on Youtube but all they show is a bunch of movie posters....is this to misdirect people from the truth?
