Barney Miller - The First Season
by Hal Linden, Danny Arnold, Allen Baron, Bruce Bilson (II), Bob Finkel
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Actor: Hal LindenDirector: Allen Baron, Bob Finkel, Bruce Bilson (II), Danny Arnold, Hal Linden
Brand: LINDEN,HAL
Primary Contributor: Hal Linden
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 314 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Barney Miller - The First Season
DVD Review: A Great Cop Show and One of TV's funniest!
Summary: 5 Stars
Barney Miller was one of the funniest and most intelligent shows to ever grace the TV airwaves. Indirectly it paved the way for a number of other shows like Law and Order and NYPD Blue. I have heard police officers say that it in many ways is the most accurate cop shows on TV.
The show is great to watch because as has been said many times it had both great writing and amazing acting. The humor is dry and sensible and requires you to pay attention to understand what is going on. The warts and all portrayal of the 12th precinct is amazing with all its filth and broken down equipment. It is even funnier now to see how some of the clothing and dialogue has not stood up to the test of time. Lastly, I think that dropping Barney's family from the show was a very good idea as the focus was and should have been in the squad room.
A great DVD and lots of fun to watch. Any fan of the show will appreciate and enjoy it!
DVD Review: Barney Miller seasons
Summary: 4 Stars
These are fine, laid back, light humor, well written comedies. I'm surprised we haven't seen them on DVD before now. Some of the segments are obviously dated, of course, related to some of the subject matter, but this cast worked beautifully together, and it's fun to see some of the characters we enjoyed years ago come back to life.DVD Review: Barney Miller season one
Summary: 5 Stars
This show to me was one of the best shows on tv. It is still funny after all these years.I put it in a class with All In The Family, Everbody Loves Raymond, The Jeffersons. Deals with lifes problems and with great writing. Shows deals with all parts of a the policemans life. Just one of the top 10 shows ever on tv that deal with lifes ups and downs and peoples choices through comedy.DVD Review: Funny and Realistic
Summary: 5 Stars
When asked at a mystery conference, "What is the most realistic 'cop show' on TV?" two policemen -- on separate occasions -- answered without hesitation, "Barney Miller." This show highlights the funny moments in an "ordinary" day at one precinct. Those of us who hated to see the series end are delighted to find it resurrected on DVD.
DVD Review: As good as I remember it
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to enjoy watching 'Barney Miller' when it was first aired in New Zealand some 30 (plus) years ago and am enjoying it all over again now. Great series. It is what I would call American humour at its best (along with 'WKRP in Cincinatti' and 'Taxi' to name 2 other 70's greats) - good writing, good actors, nice sense of humour. Very well done. It seems to me that 'Barney Miller" was part of a golden age for genuinely witty shows that stood out from most other sitcoms.
Description of Barney Miller - The First Season
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order over a group of inner-city detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Stars Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda and more! Two-disc set includes all 13 episodes from the first season.The brainchild of veteran writer-directors Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker, the comedy/drama Barney Miller (1975-1982) offered a very human look at the inner workings of a New York City police precinct; its wry and observant scripts, aided by a stellar cast, helped earn the series three Emmy Awards and a devoted fan base, which should be pleased by this two-disc set that compiles its entire first season. Viewers familiar with the series' later seasons will notice substantial differences in the cast and storyline; episodes divide Barney's (Hal Linden) time evenly between the 12th Precinct and his apartment, which he shares with wife Barbara Barrie and two children (all of whom would be phased out of the series). The first season squad was composed of Abe Vigoda's dyspeptic Fish, the overeager Wojciehowicz (Max Gail), dry-witted Yemana (Jack Soo, who passed away during the fifth season), and street-smart Chano (Gregory Sierra, who departed the series after the second season); Ron Glass's dapper Harris would not be listed in the opening credits until subsequent seasons.
Arnold, along with Chris Hayward (Get Smart) and other scribes, would pen the majority of the first season, which set the tone for the series by pitting the squad against a host of offbeat criminals, other cops, and regular citizens, several of whom would become semi-regulars; James Gregory's crusty Inspector Luger makes his debut in "Vigilante" (episode 9), while unscrupulous lawyer Arnold Ripner (Alex Henteloff) and Detective Wentworth (a pre-Alice Linda Lavin) have their first appearances in "The Experience" (episode 2) and "Ms. Cop" (episode 8), respectively.
Columbia/TriStar's two-disc set offers all 13 episodes of the first season, as well as short credit lists for some of the major players; the little-seen 1974 pilot, "The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller," might have made an interesting supplemental feature, but fans should be pleased to have this set regardless. --Paul Gaita
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