Charles in Charge: The Complete First Season |  | Directors: Alan Rafkin, Bonnie Franklin, Lee Lochhead, Tony Singletary
Actors: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Julie Cobb, James Widdoes, April Lerman
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 18314
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 546 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: D29260D
UPC: 025192926020
EAN: 0025192926020
ASIN: B000CELOVI
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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Nothing screams the '80s like Charles in Charge, a featherweight but appealing vehicle for the budding dreamboat of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi, Scott Baio. The premise: college guy moves into a household with three young children to work his way through school by being a male nanny (a manny?). Hilarity, of the '80s variety, ensues, with lots of double entendres, big hair and really bad clothes decisions (ever notice how often Charles wore two era emblems together, like suspenders with a tie, or gold neck chain with tie (not to mention the popular maroon sweater vest). Still, Baio's boyish and earnest appeal surpassed his outfits, and managed to sustain the show through six seasons. The first season contains 22 episodes, highlighted by guest appearances by actors who'd become big later, including Meg Ryan and a truly baby-faced Matthew Perry. Bonus features include a featurette on "The Great '80s TV Flashback" (fun, though not quite up to the standards of, say, a VH1 special) and a bonus preview episode from season 2, when Charles moves in with a new family, the Powells. Baio was sweet as Charles, but really rocked decades later in Arrested Development as sleazy attorney Bob Loblaw. Say that three times, really fast. And now everybody, I'm not kidding: "Go! To! Bed!" --A.T. Hurley
Product Description
The adventures of Charles who becomes the live-in helper for the Pembroke family with three mischievous children.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 14-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVD
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 Better Than Thought - Love The Series & Season January 30, 2010
Jade (MI, USA)
I don't really remember seeing many episodes from this season as I was pretty young when it originally aired. So before buying this first season I didnt think I would like it much or as much as the other seasons. Because their is a different cast. However after watching the first season I was sad to see the original cast go and the series bringing in a mostly new cast. A bonus for fans of the first season cast only this set does include the first episode of the 2nd season that has the youngest kid and the mom. Sad thing about it the lady who played the mom in season 1 wouldnt come back to do the 1st episode of the 2nd season.
 Where it all started. April 12, 2009
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
Charles in Charge - The Complete First Season isn't perfect but it's not a big deal because this classic '80s show is pure joy. Scott Baio stars as Charles, a College student who takes a job as a live-in babysitter. The family in the first season is pretty lame, so glad they get rid of them after this season. I prefer The Powell family, better chemistry I guess. Willie Aames is hilarious as Charles best pal, Buddy. Great show, brings back a lot of bittersweet memories for me.
I love the 80's!! February 16, 2009
Daniela De Simone (Nutley, NJ United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love watching all the old episodes. If you were a child of the 80's and loved to watch Happy Days and Charles in Charge, then you will love these... Scott Baio is sooooo cute!! And I love the fact that the corkiness is so innocent and real. Total nostalgia.
Warm, family comedy January 25, 2009
Joanna Mechlinski (CT, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Scott Baio stars as the title character, a college freshman trying to juggle the costs of school by working as a live-in caregiver for the three adolescent Pembroke children in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Willie Aames provides comedy relief as his constant sidekick, goofy buddy, as well as Charles' beautiful on-again, off-again girlfriend Gwendolyn (Jennifer Runyon).
Memorable episodes include "War," where a very young Meg Ryan guest stars as a potential nanny shadowing Charles around the Pembroke home for the day; "A Date With Enid," where geeky older son Douglas falls head over heels for his sister's shy (and also geeky) classmate; and "Home for the Holidays," where Grandma Irene (guest star Rue McClellahan of "Golden Girls"), not accustomed to having anyone else to vie for the children's affection, clashes with Charles over who's really in charge.
As a bonus feature, the box set includes a sneak peek into Season 2, when the Pembrokes have moved away and been replaced by a new family, the Powells.
Viewers will enjoy this family-friendly show, full of light-hearted humor and coming-of-age lessons, just as relevant today as in the '80s.
Great 80's show March 23, 2008
Daniel K. Anderson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first season i feel was better than season 2 , charles seems to care more about the kids and the family to me in this season of charles in charge, and more like himself than he dose in season 2, all thought buddy i think better in the second season than the first,
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