Sitcoms, Hope Out On Video

Classic sitcoms and Bob Hope specials are among the diverse TV fare available on home video.

The collector’s editions of the popular sitcoms “Laverne & Shirley,” starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams, and the Emmy Award-winning police comedy “Barney Miller” are the latest offerings from the nostalgic re-tv Video Library.

The first volume for each series is $5, and each subsequent tape is $20. To order, call (800) 638-2922.

For “I Love Lucy” fans, there’s CBS Video’s “I Love Lucy: The Classics” ($10 each). Each volume contains two uncut and restored, all-time favorite “Lucy” episodes, including “L.A. at Last,” “Lucy’s Italian Movie” and “Lucy Does a Commercial.”

The latest Hope specials to hit the home video market are his very last NBC show, “Bob Hope’s Laughing With the Presidents,” which aired in 1996, and “Bob Hope’s Unrehearsed Antics With the Stars.” To order the videos ($20 each) call (800) 621-5559.