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I Dream of Jeannie - The Complete First Season (Color)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Dreaming of Genies 5 out of 5 stars.
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I dream of Jeannie season one is a must for any collector. I currently have the first three seasons and when I can I plan on getting the others. Its a great show for the entire family filled with humor and prat falls. Barbara Eden is beautiful and very funny. Larry Hagman plays a great straight man to her antics. Bill Daily's character adds more humor as he is always trying to steal, trick or just borrow Jeannie from her master.
Great DVD! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I just love this beautiful series from the 60`s.
Many years since I first had the pleasure to laugh through these episodes.
Now on dvd I can see them as many times I want.
My son and daughter (10 and 6) also love the humor in this golden beauty.
Larry Hagman and Barbra Eden is just fantastic among the others which made this
series so popular.
LOVE IT
I dream of Jeannie fan 5 out of 5 stars.
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If u realy a fan of this series back nday its a must buy
Excellent buy! 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you were a big of the "I Dream of Jeannie" show then you will love this dvd set. This set is from the first season and it's loaded with funny episodes. I must admit that I was a little worried that the colorized version wouldn't be that great but I was pleasantly surprised. The colors were perfect. If you didn't know that the original was in black and white, you would think it was actually done in color. This dvd set is great fun for the whole family which is so rare these days. I highly recommend it.
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/14/2006 Run time: 780 minutes
Inside the Actors Studio: Johnny Depp
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Inside the Actors Studio with Johnny Depp 5 out of 5 stars.
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Johnny Depp is amazing when he is in character for a movie; he is equally amazing when he is being himself. I found the interview totally interesting and informative. Johnny's honest and down to earth responses were refreshing and at times quite amusing. This is a great addition to my Johnny Depp dvd collection, which up till now were his movies, now I have Johnny Depp himself in my collection as well. I highly recommend this dvd to all his fans or to anyone who is interested in the art of acting.
Editorial Review:
Johnny Depp is one of the most versatile and intriguing actors working today. Launching his career as a teenage heartthrob, then moving into eccentric roles in films like Edward Scissorhands and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, he has alternated between independent films like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and mainstream blockbusters like Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, leading to the inescapable conclusion that his future is as bright and varied as his vivid, unbridled imagination. In this unforgettable 2002 interview, Depp gives the students of the Actors Studio a rare glimpse inside the method that brought inspiring characters, like the charismatic Don Juan DeMarco, gonzo journalist Raoul Duke, and eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood, to life.
In Living Color - Seasons 1-5
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Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Brilliant Production!! Ahead of it's Time!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Over the years I had forgotten just how extremely talented these actors were. The "Fly Girls" are very attractive as well as very talented. I can't remember when I laughed so hard!! Great comedy!!!
Great collection! 4 out of 5 stars.
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I really enjoyed the show when I was younger and ordered it out of nostalgia.
For the era, the comedy was new and very edgy. Some great young talent was introduced such as Jim Carrey (billed as James Carrey), Jamie Foxx, almost the entire Wayons family, and David Alan Grier.
The down side is that, while the attitudes towards some of the subject matter is pretty over-the-top (depending on one's point of view) and clearly are sarcastic, there is the constant referral to "The Man" as being the sterotyped rich white person who oppressed the minorities on the show. For very impressionable youths of the time, that message got a weekly dose of reinforcement. Having grown up as a poor white kid, "The Man" put everyone down, and not just confined to minorities.
Enjoy it for the visual gags and skits as a whole.
I Spy - Season 2
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Fun Series 4 out of 5 stars.
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The 82 hour-long episodes (all in color) of the spy adventure series "I Spy" ran from 1965-1968 on NBC. All 28 episodes from season two are on this DVD, there was no significant changes to the style or background from season one. The same can be said for the 26 episodes of Season Three-probably a miscalculation as things had gotten a bit repetitive by that time and the series could have benefited from a bit of a shake-up.
It was a top-notch spy series with a fair amount of same "tongue-in-cheek" self-parody found in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and the popular James Bond movie franchise. But don't expect the same level of gadgetry and gimmicks; "I Spy" is much more about the witty banter between its pair of spies, Kelly Robertson (Robert Culp) and Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby). Their cover as they travel the world on assorted missions is tennis, Kelly is a tennis pro and Scotty is his trainer. They work for an unnamed U.S. espionage agency.
The intelligent and witty tone of the show obviously appealed to its fans as reflected by its three year broadcast run and subsequent syndication. Much of the credit for this goes to Sheldon Leonard who incorporated the more subtle comedy elements he had experimented with when producing "Make Room for Daddy", "The Andy Griffith Show", and "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
Cosby was hardly an unknown at the time of the series premiere. He was a wildly popular stand-up comic who had appeared many times on television variety shows and sold millions of record albums featuring his semi-autobiographical comedy routines. But his Alexander Scott character is generally a pretty serious guy (he does occasionally sneak in some of his comedy routines) and Cosby's portrayal is quite believable. Prior to this no comedian (and certainly no black comedian) had stared in an action show.
Culp is not so much the dashing James Bond style hero as a contemporary version of the less macho Bret Maverick type. He is not above pleading ignorance or confusion in a crisis. Fortunately the chemistry was excellent between the two stars.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
Editorial Review:
Robert Culp and Bill Cosby star as international espionage agents Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott on highly dangerous missions in this ever-popular, award-winning series. Culp poses as a world-class playboy/tennis player, and Cosby goes undercover as his trainer. Together they travel the world, trading quips and fighting high-level crime with cool bravado and extraordinary savoir-faire. Combining humor with action/intrigue, "I Spy" was the first adventure TV series to be shot in exotic international locales, establishing a new standard for television dramas.
I Spy - Season 3
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
I SPY Season Three 3 out of 5 stars.
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They could have used better film prints on this and listed the air dates also. Better prints are out there. And did not received the outer cardboard sleeve on this.
There should have been more... 5 out of 5 stars.
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...seasons than just three. Cosby and Culp were the perfect off beat pair in this series. Highly recommended
"HEFNER BEATS THE BAD GUYS" 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you're looking for "hippity bippity cool school" good-guy versus bad-guy, this is your cup of tea. Culp is Hefner on the girly-prowl, while Cosby is defining Black hipness and awareness, all while saving the world from the bad-guys. The music is fantastic, as are the location shots. Basically, it encapsulates the U.S. view of the Cold War with a beat.
Get it. Dig it.
TONY HOROWITZ
Editorial Review:
Robert Culp and Bill Cosby star as international espionage agents Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott on highly dangerous missions in this ever-popular, award-winning series. Culp poses as a world-class playboy/tennis player, and Cosby goes undercover as his trainer. Together they travel the world, trading quips and fighting high-level crime with cool bravado and extraordinary savoir-faire. Combining humor with action/intrigue, "I Spy" was the first adventure TV series to be shot in exotic international locales, establishing a new standard for television dramas.
In Living Color - Season 1
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
HEY MON, ME HOME!!!!!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is more like it!! Although this was only the begining, it was still a proper season for In Living Color Series. Like what was said in one of the reviews for season 4 (Keenan slowly coming out in an expensive suit, no hair, talking serious to the audience and you don't see him anymore for the series), this is the opposite. Keenan was always fired up with starting the show and introducing all the fine fly girls (each of 13 episodes) and in this season, they kept the music video parody sketches and the fly girls' dance music to original songs (3Rd Base and Kid N Play). For the begining, there were no Funky Finger Productions, no Frenchie, no Prison Cable Network, no Fire Marshall Bill, no Principle Macalfee, no Handi Man, no Head Detective, and only one Benita Butrell & Homey The Clown. The show still grew alone with the following sketches that had me screaming like a "White lady in church" when I first saw them in 1990 (and still screaming today):
1. Hey Mon Airlines
2. Cookin' With Salt N Pepa
3. Young Don King Sketch
4. Whitney Houston Rhythmless Nation
5. Benita Butrell (although one sketch)
6. The only Homey The Clown sketch on that season
7. Men On Film, Books, and Art (Hated It!!! The unheard of Zorro Snap in Z formation!!! - LOL - a total scream)
8. Lil' Miss Trouble
9. I Love Laquita
10. The Equity Card Commercial (Kiss My Butt Bitch!! Approve My Credit!! - I was dying on the floor)
11. Milli Vanilli sketch (DON"T FORGET OUR NUMBA!!!" - LMAO on the floor)
12. All Homeboy Shopping Network Sketches (MO MONEY, MO MONEY!)
13. Lil' Magic
14. MC Hammer sketch (too funny!!)
15. Oprah sketch
16. Tracy Chapman sketch (I WRITE A FAST SONG!! LOOK OUT DA WINDOW AND SEE WHATS GOIN ON!!!!)
17. Calhon Tubbs (WROTE A SONG BOUT IT, LIKE TO HEAR IT, HEAR IT GO!! - He'll be better next season. I like him better messing up events like funerals, elections, and kids' birthday parties. AAAAHAAAAAAAAA...Thank You berry much!!)
18. Anton the Wino
19. Definitly Little Richard's Play House (Keenan was very good playing Little Richard, but I think Jaime Fox was better in season 4's sketch Dirty Dick)
All the cast members (including Kim Coles - a shame she had a fight with the producers and was kicked off the show) should be proud of themselves for this season because it would show that the next two seasons would get better!! These are still a laugh today. They don't edit anything here I dont' think, besides that Bolt 45 sketch that someone in previous review spotted (I don't really remember that one too well). Oh Well. Get this season, and avoid buying seasons 3 and 4 because they do heavy editing on these dvds that is not worth your money because In Living Color comes on BET and they do not cut out any sketches or replace actual songs with generic hip hop music or techno crap. If you just tape them (seasons 3 and 4), you will save a total of about 70 something dollars (a whole lot of more saved plus you get more stuff!
Editorial Review:
Two snaps up for In living Color on DVD! This is the first season of the comedy that crossed every line with their raunchy, crude humor and introduced a new generation of talent including Jim Carrey, The Wayans and many more. See classic sketches Men on Film and Homey the Clown on this 3-disc set that is loaded with behind the scenes extras.
Robin Williams: Inside Actors Studio
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Fascinating interview; Robin is always interesting and fun! 4 out of 5 stars.
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One part of the interview which stands out for me, is when Robin took a scarf from a female audience member, and used it as a prop to make many hilarious examples of his amazingly quick improvisational talent. Known for his lightning fast wit, he still surprised my family with how many different examples he could come up with, for how the scarf could be used to make so many jokes. Robin's talent *was* the interview, not answering many questions; although he did answer as many as he could before he had to give in to the lure of having an audience ready & willing to enjoy his humor!
James Lipton knew going in that he was going to have a challenge keeping Robin answering questions, lol! But Robin did show the process of how he used & utilized his talent, and it was a highly entertaining and interesting interview which I will never forget.
Editorial Review:
Now, the most requested episode of Inside the Actors Studio ever, the featuring Robin Williams, makes its DVD debut, its running time doubled with deleted scenes showing Williams at his most outrageous and insightful.
Bonus Features:
* All-new intro by James Lipton.
* 10 never-before-seen scenes.
Inspector Lynley - Set 1
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
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Love, life and murder. Just a few of Inspector Lynley’s mysteries.The Inspector Lynley Mysteries feature the most celebrated British detective duo in years: Inspector Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sergeant Barbara Havers (Sharon Small). Over the course of more than 10 intriguing Elizabeth George novels, beginning with A Great Deliverance, Lynley and Havers have won millions of loyal fans. It’s no mystery why.
Decidedly uppercrust detective Lynley and his partner Havers endure a marriage made at police headquarters. Lynley is suave, sophisticated, and the eighth Earl of Asherton. Havers is rumpled, resentful, and working class—with an inborn dislike of the highborn. Despite their differences, the sleuths evolve into a potent team, employing their cunning, intuition, and street smarts to unravel some of the most heinous—and suspenseful—crimes.
Well-Schooled In Murder When a student from prestigious Bredgar Hall is found dead under bizarre circumstances, Lynley receives a call from an old school chum asking for help. The Inspector and Havers soon discover hints of impropriety among both masters and students and race to crack the case before more students come into harm’s way.
Payment in Blood A playwright is murdered in her sleep on the eve of her new play’s debut, forcing Lynley and Havers to select from an entire cast of suspects. The mysterious drama is further complicated by Lynley’s deepening feelings for a woman involved with the play’s director, who is himself a prime suspect.
For The Sake Of Elena The fog lifts over the green hills of Cambridge, revealing the lifeless body of a prominent professor’s daughter, a young woman admired for being fun-loving, popular, daring—and deaf. The mystery is far from academic as Lynley and Havers discover fatal twists that sealed the fate of one dysfunctional family.
Missing Joseph A rural vicar is the victim of hemlock poisoning. Lynley and Havers discover that everyone from the local herbalist and her troubled teenage daughter to the local constable has a motive. The duo combs the countryside sifting for clues, and finally uncovers the secrets behind the murder.
Special DVD features include: virtual tour of the Mystery! studio; Q&A with Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small; selected cast filmographies; selected cast list; biography for Diana Rigg, host of Mystery!; bibliography for Elizabeth George; selected cast list; link to the Mystery! Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.
On fourDVD9 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.
The Incredible Hulk - The Complete Fifth Season
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
THE SEASON THAT CUT THIS SHOW SHORT 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm so excited that The Incredible Hulk's short-lived 1981-82 Season is finally coming out on DVD this Fall in mid October and it's about time too, especially since I've been dying to see my favorite episodes from The Incredible Hulks short-lived 5th Season complete and uncut like they were shown originally on CBS back in the Fall of 1981 before CBS had cancelled The Incredible Hulk all of the sudden in November of 1981, due to budget cuts, except Universal makes each DVD commercial-free, unlike how all the episodes get shown on the Sci-Fi Channel, since Sci-Fi edites too many scenes and adds too many commercials in between like I have previously explained in my other review on The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season and I can hardly wait to add the Hulk's 5th Season to my Incredible Hulk DVD collection from the first 4 seasons.
Additionally, Universal should've also had the front cover of The Incredible Hulk-Season Five DVD say "The Final Season", just like they did with KNIGHT RIDER-SEASON 4 and THE A-TEAM-SEASON 5 to inform people that those were the last seasons for those shows and that no more DVD's for those shows were going to be in the works from now on, since KNIGHT RIDER only had 4 seasons and THE A-TEAM only had 5 seasons, which is also why it would've been practical if they would've also put "The Final Season" in front of the cover of THE INCREDIBLE HULK's 5th Season, since THE INCREDIBLE HULK only had 5 seasons and will no longer have any more seasons of THE INCREDIBLE HULK in the works after this one, since THE INCREDIBLE HULK's short-lived 1981-1982 Season was the last season of this show throughout it's whole 4-year run on CBS.
So now that Universal is finally about to release THE INCREDIBLE HULK's final season on DVD this Fall, I'm just eagerly awaiting for Universal to release THE ROCKFORD FILES Sixth Season on DVD, since that was Rockford's final season throughout THE ROCKFORD FILES whole 6-year run on NBC.
In addition, The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season would've been better if they would've had Jack McGee(Jack Colvin) in more 5th Season episodes, but for some reason, McGee was no where to be found nor even mentioned in this season with the exception of the "Triangle" episode, despite the fact that McGee was always mentioned in the 1981-82 Season introduction credits as the investigative reporter from "The National Register" pursuing the Hulk for a murder he didn't commit along with the fact that David Banner(Bill Bixby) was still on the run and would move onto a different place at the end of each episode like he always did in the first 4 seasons, especially after David's second hulk-out.
Rumor also has it that creator(Ken Johnson) was blamed for this show cancelling on short notice, due to the fact that Johnson and CBS could never come up with an agreeable budget for this show and that Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno(The Hulk) found it quite difficult to work with Ken Johnson, which therefore lead Ken Johnson to compromise with CBS to only make half a season for the Hulk's Fifth Season.
Something else that baffles me is The Incredible Hulk episode guide indicated that CBS had unceremoniously announced in July of 1981 that they were cancelling this show with no plans for a 5th Season in the works, but "The Phenom" episode was the Season Premiere to The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season on Friday October 2nd, 1981, which was shown a week later on CBS after showing a repeat from the Hulk's Fourth Season the previous week, which was "The First" episode.
Unfortunately, the 1981-82 Season was cut short after only 5 episodes, since CBS had ended up cancelling The Incredible Hulk after only 7 weeks during it's 5th Season run on CBS in the mid Fall of 1981, but for some reason CBS had decided to bring back this show on the air temporarily in the Spring of 1982 to finish off The Incredible Hulk's short-lived Fifth Season with 2 more episodes back in May of 1982, despite the fact that CBS still didn't have a series finale episode for this show.
Unfortunately, CBS still didn't have a series finale episode for this show, which therefore indicated that at the end of The Incredible Hulk's very last episode "A Minor Problem" that David still obviously hadn't succeeded at finding a cure to his horrific ordeal with the Hulk yet with no McGee in the episode on top of that.
Somehow I have a feeling it would've been more practical if Universal had just added The Incredible Hulk's 5th Season to it's 4th Season DVD, since the 1981-1982 Season of this show was cut short with only 7 episodes along with the fact that The Incredible Hulk's Fourth Season was it's last full-season throughout it's whole 4-year run on CBS even though The Incredible Hulk's Fourth Season had 18 episodes in it, unlike the Second and Third Seasons, which had 22 episodes.
In other words, Universal probably should've combined THE INCREDIBLE HULK's 5th Season on it's 4th Season DVD the way Universal had combined both seasons of BUCK ROGERS on the BUCK ROGERS:IN THE 25TH CENTURY DVD that was released back in November of 2004, since BUCK ROGERS 2nd Season wasn't a full-season, unlike BUCK ROGERS 1st Season along with the fact that the Second Season of BUCK ROGERS got a very late start, since Buck's 2nd Season was unsuccessful and didn't finally get started till January of 1981, but NBC eventually ended up cancelling BUCK ROGERS by September of 1981, due to an immense decline in ratings.
Therefore, if Universal had combined The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season episodes to The Incredible Hulk's Fourth Season DVD, it would've had a total of 25 episodes on it instead of 18 episodes, but I have a feeling that Universal's reason for not combining The Incredible Hulk's 5th Season on it's 4th Season DVD was perhaps due to Universal wanting to get more money out of their customers due to all the budget cuts we've had from the recession going on right now, due to George Bush, Jr's presidency.
Fortunately, The Incredible Hulk wasn't cancelled because of low ratings, but was cancelled unfortunately due to the fact that the special effects on this show got too expensive, due to budget cuts from the weak economy we had going on in the early 1980's, due to Ronald Reagan's presidency.
In other words; CBS probably wouldn't have ended up cancelling The Incredible Hulk as soon as it did if it weren't for the stinkin recession we had going on back in 1981-1982 when Ronald Regan was president.
Therefore, The Incredible Hulk probably wouldn't have cancelled all of the sudden when it had if it weren't for Reagan and all the financial mess he caused us back then.
Something else I noticed about this season was that the Hulk wore the same exact kind of blue jeans in every single episode of the Fifth Season, which the Hulk wore in just about every episode in the Fourth Season, which I suspect was to help the producers of the show economize, due to cost cutting issues from the bad economy we had back in the early 1980's, due to Reagan's presidency.
Therefore, it was almost as if the 5th Season of The Incredible Hulk was somewhat of an extension of the Hulk's 4th Season, since the introduction to The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season was identical to the introduction to The Incredible Hulk's Fourth Season along with the fact that the Hulk wore the same exact blue jeans in all the 5th Season episodes, except The Incredible Hulk's 5th Season wasn't as significant nor as sophisticated as The Incredible Hulk's 4th Season was, along with the fact that Jack McGee hadn't been shown in any 5th Season episodes with the exception of the "Triangle" episode, which was one of the last episodes of The Incredible Hulk, since "Triangle" was the 3rd to the last episode of this show throughout The Incredible Hulk's whole 4-year run on CBS.
Therefore, I kind of started wondering what had happened to Jack McGee in the 1981-82 Season along with the fact that McGee(Jack Colvin) was always being mentioned in the credits during the introduction to The Incredible Hulk's Fifth Season as the investigative reporter who has continuosly kept pursuing the Hulk convinced that the Hulk was a murderer while David(Bill Bixby) had continued searching for a cure to his horrendous infliction with the Hulk, but McGee was still no closer to capturing the Hulk or discovering that David Banner was the Hulk in the "Triangle" episode than he was in the first 4 seasons of The Incredible Hulk either, which clearly indicated that McGee ended up failing once again and that McGee had been unsuccessful with tracking the Hulk throughout The Incredible Hulk's whole 1978-82 run on CBS.
In addition to that, I found it quite odd how McGee was never able to make the connection and discovery that David Banner was still alive and that David Banner was the so-called "John Doe" who was the Hulk along with the fact that McGee came so close plenty of times to being directly face to face with David Banner on top of that before managing to keep slipping through McGee's fingers again and again leading McGee to another dead end.
In addition to why the 5th Season wasn't quite as good or as solid as the 4th Season was because the 1981-82 Season of The Incredible Hulk didn't have any episodes showing clips from previous episodes or from previous seasons either, unlike the first 4 seasons of The Incredible Hulk had.
Additionally, the short-lived Fifth Season didn't have any 2-parted episodes either, unlike the 4th Season and most of the other previous seasons either, which somewhat made this 1981-82 Season less interesting and perhaps made the 5th Season the weakest and least successful season of them all throughout The Incredible Hulk's whole 1978-82 run on CBS, especially since this show was cancelled all of the sudden in it's Fifth and final season without sufficient warning on top of that.
Therefore, I partly blame Reagan for The Incredible Hulk cancelling all of the sudden back in the mid Fall of 1981, because of all the financial mess and budget cuts that Reagan caused back then.
This 1981-82 Season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when we had the recession back in 1981-1982 during Reagan's presidency and when THE INCREDIBLE HULK was on CBS's Friday night-line up at 8PM followed by THE DUKES OF HAZZARD at 9PM and then top off by DALLAS at 10PM back in the early Fall of 1981, which of course was before THE INCREDIBLE HULK was unfortunately cancelled all of the sudden in November of 1981, which therefore resulted in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD taking over the 8PM time-slot on CBS's Friday night line-up eventually.
This season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when CBS's motto was "Reach For The Stars" and when CBS had temporarily brought THE INCREDIBLE HULK back on the air for 2 weeks in the Spring of 1982 on Wednesdays during the same time-slot as THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO at the time on ABC, since THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO was on at 8PM followed by THE FALL GUY at 9PM and topped off by DYNASTY at 10PM as part of ABC's Wednesday night line-up, which reminds me that CBS's motto back then was "Reach For The Stars", since that was CBS's motto from the Fall of 1981 thru the Summer of 1982.
It was also interesting seeing
-Bill Boyett in the "Veteran" episode after his Los Angeles Police Sgt. MacDonald days on ADAM-12
-Anne Lockhart in "The Phenom" episodes after previously guest starring in the "Captive Night" episode
-Paul Koslo in the "Veteran" episode after previously seeing him guest star in the "Long Run Home" episode
-Robert Donner in "The Phenom" episode after previously coming out in the "Sideshow" episode
-Charles Napier in the "Triangle" episode after previously guest starring in "The Slam" episode
-Dick O'Neill in "The Phenom" episode after previously guest starring in the "Fast Lane" episode
-Mickey Jones in the "Triangle" episode after previously guest starring in the "Long Run Home" and "Ricky" episodes
-Sandra Kerns in the "Two Godmothers" episode after previously coming out in the "Jake" episode
This Incredible Hulk-Season Five DVD also has some interesting bonus features like hilarious outakes from the first 4 seasons of The Incredible Hulk and also had a bonus feature with creator(Ken Johnson) and producers Jill Sherman-Donner, Karen Harris, and Bob Steinhauer describing their experience on working with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno and how it was like for them running and producing the show throughout it's whole 1978-82 run on CBS.
The bonus feature also explains to us how it was like for Ken Johnson and all the producers when CBS had decided to cancel the show all of the sudden on short notice without Universal or any of the producers knowing The Incredible Hulk was going to be cancelled in the Fall of 1981, even though the ratings were still good, which was why everybody including Ken Johnson were so baffled when CBS had uncermoniously announced in the Summer of 1981 that they were cancelling The Incredible Hulk, even right after completing a succesful 4th Season, but according to Ken Johnson, part of what led CBS to cancel this show all of the sudden was due to the Hulk running out of steam, despite the strong ratings of this hit TV show back in the early 1980's.
So now that Universal has finally released THE INCREDIBLE HULK-Season 5 out on DVD and has all 5 seasons of the Hulk out on DVD, I can now hardly wait till Universal releases THE ROCKFORD FILES-SEASON 6 out on DVD so I can add Rockford's Sixth Season to my collection of Rockford DVD's, especially since THE ROCKFORD FILES short-lived 1979-80 Season was the final season of THE ROCKFORD FILES, just like the Hulk's short-lived 1981-82 Season was the last and final season of THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
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The Incredible Hulk - The Complete First Season
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The Beginnings Of Comic Book To Television Greatness History 5 out of 5 stars.
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Back in the late 70's I was just a child already fixated on the power of episodic fantasy television. Even at this early age, shows like Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Battlestar Galactica were mandatory viewing. But each of them paled in comparison to probably one of the finest comic book to television adaptations ever, The Incredible Hulk. Overseen by Kenneth Johnson of Six Million/Bionic Woman fame, this weekly show took some of the best aspects from the comic book, and added a few of it's own, to create one of the most well-written and acted shows of it's genre ever. Starring Bill Bixby as the forever-tormented David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the beast of rage trapped inside him, this series about a doctor who searches for a cure to the gamma radiation he inflicted on himself to tap into his inner strengths, but turns him instead into a six and a half foot green monster whenever he gets angry, was so well done, both kids and their parents gathered around their TV sets to enjoy it week after week. Miles ahead in writing than most Sci-Fi series of it's day, this is one show that truly has stood the test of time.
The Complete First Season pretty much sums up Hulk's first ever single-season release. You get all 12 episodes (two of which are two-hour ones being the Pilot and the first airing), plus a bonus episode from Season Two. While most fans have grown up with the reruns or seen them recently on the Sci-Fi Channel, the picture quality is much better here. Granted, print damage of specs and a few lines still exist, it's color spectrum and black levels are spot-on, making this viewing seem almost made recently. Audio hasn't changed with a decent 2.0 mono though. As for the shows themselves, Hulk started out with a bang, but does suffer a tad from "first season jitters". Basically following "The Fugitive" handbook, Hulk basically
keeps the same pattern, with 2 "Hulk-Outs" per episode. But it's the acting that keeps you in. Not hokey or corny like other 70's shows, but with feeling and drama. Sure, the transformations today look terribly dated, but considering what they had to work with, it should be forgiven. The only other extra is a commentary that was previously released from a single disc version of the pilot, but with all 12 shows you won't feel cheated by a lack of them. A great look into a classic Sci-Fi/Action series humble beginnings.
With all the recent Marvel films that have come out over the past ten years, this television chapter should be revisted by all. Minus the hairstyles and clothing, it truly doesn't look aged that much. And I would take an actual actor sprayed green over fakey cartoonish CGI anyday. A worthy addition to your Fantasy/Sci-Fi DVD collection.
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Editorial Review:
"...Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Mild-mannered research scientist David Banner (Emmy nominee Bill Bixby) finds he must offer this heroic warning after exposure to gamma radiation transforms him into the terrifying and enraged Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). Bursting from comic book pages into this 4-disc DVD set, the Complete First Season of The Incredible Hulk boasts all ten heart-pounding episodes, plus a preview episode from Season Two. Must-see bonus materials include the two original feature-length films, an introduction from The Hulk himself (Ferrigno), and in-depth commentary from producer Kenneth Johnson. Intense. Immense. Incredible!