Perry Mason (50th Anniversary Edition)
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Actor: Barbara Parkins, Lee Miller, Ray Collins, Raymond Burr, William HopperBrand: Paramount
Performer: Barbara Hale
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Perry Mason (50th Anniversary Edition)
DVD Review: Good Extras, but GET ON WITH SEASON RELEASES!
Summary: 3 Stars
I got my DVD set via UPS on Wednesday, April 9th, and started viewing it that evening. I hadn't seen the reviews on Amazon at first though. I agree that CBS/Viacom/Paramount should release Perry MUCH more frequently, and I'd rather see FULL season releases than this half-season nonsense. I bought this 50th Anniversary Special DVD set for the Bonus/Extra features, and to at least have SOME later season ep's on DVD. BTW, I have ALL 271 ep's on VHS taped off-air/cable, some ep's several times each, from back in the 1980s/90s, from WTBS-17, WGN-9, Hallmark, and local station, but frequently with 1980s/90s commercials/etc. not paused out, and also butchered-up ep's for more commercials. Thankfully CBS/Viacom/Paramount has been going back to original 35-mm prints, and keeping the 50-52 mins original length intact! Also, the extras/bonus features on this 50th Anniversary Special DVD eet are things you won't find anywhere else (although some private collectors have released some of this material privately on 16mm, VHS, DVD over the years). CBS/Viacom/Paramount's first two seasons seemed to have been reasonably good in keeping closing credits and the closing production logo/jingle intact. But for the ep's of this 50th Anniversary Special DVD, there are some ep's which have butchered up closing credits! And the closing CBS Production Logo/Jingle is MISSING its "season-specific" jingle music! Perry Seasons 3 (1959/60), 4 (1960/61), 5 (1861/62) all originally had a "generic" screen full of "CBS eye logos" like a "curtain", which was seen not only on Perry, but also on TZ, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, HGWT, and other CBS-owned shows of those years. Perry also hsd the statue-of-justice logo added (HGWT had the horse/knight chess-piece; TZ had a planet or asteroid, Rawhide had cattle, and Gunsmoke had a sketch of Matt facing an opponent on main street in Dodge). 1959/60 (and earlier) had ONE particular jingle music on all for these CBS-owned shows, 1960/61 had a DIFFERENT jingle-music for the closing logo for all of these CBS-owned shows, and 1961/62 had yet ANOTHER jingle-music on these CBS-owned shows' closing logos. Previous DVD releases of Perry, TZ and HGWT (and now with Gunsmoke and Rawhide) have retained the MUSIC jingle with these logos. But while the logos are retained in the Perry 50th Anniversary DVD, the music jingle has been muted out! And while on this subject, CBS/Via/Par has been inconsistant on the logos/jingles for old Desilu & Paramount shows such as Mission Impossible, Love American Style, and season 2 of Happy Days. Why can't they retain the ORIGINAL (Paramount) logo/jingle for the particular season that the show originally aired! (which was done properly with Bradys' first season vs. remainder of the series regarding the original Paramount logos/jingles). I hope that the proper original Desilu or Paramount logo/jingle that originally aired for that season will be retained for upcoming Mannix and future releases of Mission Impossible. And when 3rd/4th/5th seasons of Perry do come out on DVD, they will have the (correct) season-specific jingle-music on the closing production logo. And as for the slow release and/or half-season releases of classic CBS and Paramount/etc. shows... it isn't just Perry. Untouchables and Fugitive and others are all coming out in half-seasons and PAINFULLY slow! CBS/Via/Par is NOT presently coming out with "My Three Sons" on DVD though, but a couple of months ago, there was an inadvertant press release that the first half of the 1960/61 (first) season of M3S was coming to DVD in June. M3S ran TWELVE seasons, first on ABC (1960-65, the Bub/Mike years), and then on CBS (1965-72 the Uncle Charley/Ernie color years, and later with Katie, Polly, Dodie, Barbara, etc). That would mean TWENTY-FOUR DVD packages if they stick with half-season DVD releases for all 12 seasons! A day after the original press release on M3S on DVD, CBS/Via/Par withdrew the announcement. At least they came out with CBS-owned Wild Wild West in full season releases, and are coming out with full season releases of the 12-season CBS-owned H/50. But also to CBS/Via/Par... where is the second half of three seasons (Seasons 4,5,6) of CBS-owned HGWT (Have Gun)!? You wouldn't get away with tampering with Star Trek or TZ in the way you have with other CBS, Desilu, or Paramount shows!!!
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