Having been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about 3 months ago, I was looking for a resource book that would explain what diabetes was about and how I could control it as I felt my doctor was not providing me with sufficient information. Based on the high reviews this book received from Amazon.ca, I purchased this book hoping it would provide me with the same level of satisfaction that it apparently gave many other readers.

If you have Type 2 Diabetes, this book SHOULD BE your first read on this topic, it is extremely well written and unlike other books I scanned through at the local book store, the book is not written from the viewpoint of a professional telling you what to do, but rather from the focal point of someone that also has Type 2 Diabetes. This book is not a DO THIS and DON"T DO THAT book written in a condescending tone, but rather informs you of things you need to know about the disease and how to overcome even situations that you will face as a diabetic. My personal favourite is a discussion on the 'diabetes police', those who don't live with the disease but apparently know more about your body then you do.

At the time I am writing this review, I am only half way through the book, but I am learning so much from what I have read thus far that I feel compelled to inform others about how amazing this book is.

If you have Type 2 Diabetes, this book should be your first read!!!

Despite the name, this DVD collection is not really the Ultimate Johnny Carson collection. For those of you old enough to remember, this collection was first released on VHS videocassette way back in the mid-1990's. However, something happened during the transition from VHS to DVD as there are some scenes that have been edited out of the DVD version.

I find it ironic that on the box of the DVD collection, it mentions Madonna as being one of the guests, yet her clip never made it to the DVD version. However, she is in the VHS version. It fact, it appears that about 5 mins or so have been cut from each of the main shows (Best of the 60's & 70's; Best of the 70's & 80's; and Best of the 80's & 90's), to make room for some additional backstage footage. Or, what the footage that was cut out because Johnny no longer felt those scenes were some of his greatest moments? Or, maybe the scenes were cut because of the very lengthy intro each of the disc's have (just push the menu button on your DVD player's remote control to get to the main menu).

For those of you lucky enough to have the VHS version don't throw out your VHS tapes just yet, as you actually will be missing out on some of the funniest scenes. Because of this, I did not give the overall collection a perfect 5 stars. Instead, I 'discounted' stars as a result of the editing.

I found the bonus prime-time special "Johnny Goes Home" rather boring actually, and actually took away from the funny 'show' moments seen in each of the three main shows listed above. Also, when viewing some of the back-stage footage, my DVD player froze on me twice, to the point that I actually had to turn it off and re-boot the DVD player. Maybe this was just my collection, I am not sure if others also have had this problem.

Despite these some of the shortcomings mentioned above, this is a good collection of Carson's work and unfortunately will probably only be the only collection every offered. But, most of the scenes are with Johnny and his guests, which really don't show Johnny shining at his best, and that of course would be when he was performing the monologue. Instead of the 'Johnny Goes Home' special, I wish the producers of this DVD collection instead put together some of Johnny's best monologue jokes over the years - because it was the monologue where Johnny really did shine.

For those too young to really remember Johnny Carson, or believe that the current Leno/Letterman late night war is where it is at, really missed out on a good thing and an amazing entertainer. To paraphrase Letterman on his tribute show to Carson, it was actually very upsetting to the audience to tune into the Tonight Show and find out that there was actually a guest host on instead of Johnny. After I heard that statement from Letterman, I do remember that when I used to watch the show and sometimes would just turn off the TV set in disappointment because Carson himself - the real deal- was not hosting that night.

I truly feel that Letterman's kind and truthful words just show what a late night monarch Carson was and how he will be so sadly missed in a world of late-night pretenders.

If you are a huge GI Joe fan (like myself), then this book is a must-have! The book outlines everything you ever wanted to know about the world of GI Joe cartoons & comics (including the first few comics currently written by Devil's Due Publishing). The author goes into great detail about analyzing each cartoon episode, outlining storylines including mistakes within the storylines and animation.

If you never read the original Marvel comic series, the author does an excellent job of summarizing the entire comic book line from beginning to end.

This book is an excellent book and is absolutely bargain priced.

As a big G.I.Joe fan, I couldn't wait to see this new cartoon. However, the computer animation is not that good (Destro's face look like more moulded jello then a steel mask) and the storyline is out of this world (very unrealistic). In fact, it appears that Hasbro has taken GI Joe back into the unrealistic world that killed the original GI Joe back in the mid-80's: meaning introducing crazy storylines mixed with out of this world characters.

If you are a huge fan of the old 80's Sunbow series and are a big believer (like me) that the GI Joe movie killed the original 80's series, then you will find this new computer animated movie to be a waste of money (like I did).

If you are new to GI Joe, I would recommend you pass on this movie and get the two original mini-series available on DVD as those two original mini-series are true to what made GI Joe so popular back in the 80's.

As a huge fan of the GI Joe cartoon series, it was great pleasure to add this DVD set to my collection. However, there is a problem with episode #5 of Arise, Serpentor, Arise, in that is seems that the European version of the final episode made the cut instead of the North American version. All of a sudden, GI Joe is referred to as Action Force and Sgt. Slaughter is referred to as Sgt. Slammer. And the battle cry of 'Yo Joe' is replaced with 'Full Action'. It is quite annoying because the actors who originally voiced the characters are NOT the ones who do the voices overs for the European version, so it is very odd hearing two people voice over every character in the final epsiode.

All of the other episodes seem to be of their original North American quality.

Just keep in mind that when you purchase this set (versus either of the two season 1 sets), that you are getting less episodes (3 discs versus the standard 4 discs in season 1 sets).

As a huge fan of the show when I was a child, this book sparked great interest when I found it on the amazon site, and ordered it right away. The material in the book is quite good and is a good read for any Knight Rider fan, however the black and white newsprint style pictures are horrible. In fact, the pictures reminded so much of old 1970's newspapers, but I don't think these are the kinds of memories the book hopes to bring back to loyal followers.

I rated this book rather low, not because of the content of the book, but because of the horrible quality of pictures in the book. I know that I didn't buy a picture book here, but I feel that the book would have been better off without the pics at all.