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The Mod Squad - The Second Season, Vol. 1
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Don't trust Paramount/CBS! 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.
This set hasn't hit the streets yet but some people are giving it five-star reviews. Whenever you see something being released by CBS/Paramount, a red flag should immediately be raised because you don't know what you're getting.
The company has destroyed recent DVD releases of "The Fugitive" and "The Odd Couple" by removing all the original music from the episodes.
Who knows how the upcoming release of "The Mod Squad" will be altered? Wait before you buy. DO NOT pre-order anything from this company until you are sure you'll be getting what you expect.
As for me and others, we've banned buying any products from CBS/Paramount until the situation regarding "The Fugitive" is rectified.
Landmark Crime Drama Began The Spelling Empire 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 8 people found this review helpful.
The Mod Squad is a seminal television show for several reasons. One is that it was so clearly a product of its times - from the clothes, hairdos, to its rebellious, revolutionary, hippie sensibilities.
The second reason is that The Mod Squad was the beginning of the legendary producing legacy of Aaron Spelling, and his many years of providing viewer-friendly programs to both ABC and Fox. Although he had worked as an actor and writer, and had already produced Johnny Ringo and Burke's Law, The Mod Squad began an incredible and unprecedented almost forty year run of producing television shows that captured fans with either high-octane action sequences, or opulent comedies or soap-operatic dramas. The partial list includes The Rookies, SWAT, Charlie's Angels, Starsky and Hutch, Vegas, Hotel, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, and Charmed.
But still at the heart of this show was the rapport and relationship between the three street kids who were rounded up and rehabilitated into undercover cops - rich kid Pete Cochran (Michael Cole), runaway Julie Barnes (Peggy Lipton), and taciturn revolutionary Lincoln Hayes (Clarence Williams III. Pete, Julie, and Linc had immediate street cred with the mostly young felons they ran across, and even though it could be testy or frosty, their relationship with their mentor and rehabilitator, Captain Adam Greer (played by Tige Andrews)was solid, and they grew to have much mutual love and respect and affection.
The shows could stretch credulity almost to the breaking point, but the shows dealt with relevant issues, were very entertaining, and well written and well acted.
It is a great treat to watch these episodes again, and we can look forward to the release of the other episodes with great anticipation.
Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/25/2008
The Mod Squad - Season 1, Volume 1
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 36
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Mod Squad Fanatic! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
I'm so glad that they are now releasing The Mod Squad on DVD! This show was groundbreaking for television with young relatively unknown actors/actresses playing the lead roles, addressing issues of the 60's and 70's head on, and an opportunity for law enforcement to be seen in a different, positive light.
The Mod Squad is my favorite show of all time, and I watched the whole DVD set in one weekend reliving my childhood! It is an awesome DVD set, and I enjoyed the interviews and extra features that it offers. I've already bought Season 1 Volume 2, and I'm anxiously awaiting the release of Season 2.
If you grew up with The Mod Squad, this is a must purchase; if you didn't watch it then, you should buy this and watch it now; and you should definitely introduce your kids to Pete, Linc, Julie, and Captain Greer! It is a good, clean, show the whole family can enjoy together!
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 12/18/2007 Run time: 693 minutes Rating: Nr
The Mod Squad - Season 1, Volume 2
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Total reviews: 10
Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Mod Squad-A trip back in time to the fabulous sixties! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.
We are enjoying reliving the era of our teen years with these Mod Squad shows. They are great. It's fun to take a trip back in time and remember the styles, the way we talked, and the sense of wanting to stand up for what we believed in and make a difference. We highly recommend it for our generation, the baby boomers, and for the younger people who are interested in getting a small taste of what it was like for their parents. What else can we say except groovy and solid!
Great to Relive the Memories!!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I never thought I'd purchase a half season DVD but being able to watch the Mod Squad in the comfort of my own home at any time is just great!! I can't wait until the remaining seasons are released.
Mod Squad Remembered 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I was very young when this show was first on and watched it with older kids at home, so my memories of individual episodes are unclear. I really liked the show and the characters and have thoroughly enjoyed watching Season 1 volume 1 and 2. Anyone who was a teen (or pre-teen) in the late sixties might enjoy this DVD. The fashions are interesting and the pre-feminist way Julie is treated makes us women glad for the changes.
Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/11/2008 Run time: 671 minutes Rating: Nr
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Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Very, VERY Far Out, Man!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Time to rejoice, the original counter-culture Classic TV Police Series phenomenon that remains an iconic favorite, replete with one of the best and most memorable TV musical themes ever composed, will at along last be released on DVD in season boxed sets. Can you dig it?
Season 1 Set 1 will include the first 13 episodes and is expected to include interviews with the cast.
Premiering Sept. 24, 1968, during the height of the Viet Nam War and Civil Rights Movement, Mod Squad lasted for five action packed seasons with episodes that dealt as much with social issues as it did crime in the streets.
Set in Los Angeles, the premiss was simple enough: Three young people in trouble with the law are given the opportunity of avoiding jail sentences by infiltrating the counter-culture as undercover cops and exposing criminal who prey on youth. The idea is for them to bridge the generation gap between the youth and the "fuzz."
The three "delinquents" were Pete Cochran, portrayed by Michael Cole, who was arrested for car theft; Julie Barnes, portrayed by Peggy Lipton, who ran away from her prostitute mother in San Francisco; and Lincoln Hayes, portrayed by Clarence Williams III, who was arrested during the Watts riots. Tough talking Capt. Adam Greer, portrayed by Tige Andrews, was in charge of the special squad and eventually became a father-figure to them. (Lipton, who later played Norma the waitress in another cult classic - Twin Peaks - was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Julie, and won a Golden Globe in 1970 for her portrayal of the character.)
In the series, Cochran drove an old green "woody" side-paneled stationwagon that became a lasting symbol of the show, along with cooooool bell-bottomed pants! Sadly, the wheels were destroyed in the second season when the car was set ablaze by an arsonist.
The stellar series spawned a block-buster movie in the 1990's that was horrible by comparison, failing in all respects to capture the chemistry and remarkably innocent sincerity of the original.
Included in this set are the first 13 of the 26 episodes that comprised the first season: Teeth of the Barracuda: Bad Man on Campus; What a Pretty Bus; When Smitty Comes Marching Home; You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer; A Time to Love, A Time to Cry; Find Tara Chapman; The Price of Terror; A Quiet Weekend in the Country; Love; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starlet; and The Guru.
Episodes expected in the Season 1 Volume 2 DVD set are: The Sunday Drivers; Hello Mother, My Name is Julie; Flight Five Doesn't Answer; Shell Game; Fear is the Bucking Horse; A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light; The Uptight Town; A Reign of Guns; A Run for the Money; Child of Sorrow, Child of Light; Keep the Faith, Baby; Captain Greer, Call Surgery; Peace Now - Arly Blau; and A Seat by the Window.
Created by the legendary TV mogul Aaron Spelling, he produced it along with Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard. Harve Bennett replaced Spelling in later seasons.
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