The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Sixth Season
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Actor: Betty White, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted KnightBrand: TCFHE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 624 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-02-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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DVD Review: Season 6..So Soon? Why, It's The Work of Those Little FOX-ies. And This Is Not The "Oprah Effect".
Summary: 4 Stars
I was not expecting Season 6 so soon; being truly surprised when Amazon revised this product page to reveal cover artwork and a release date. I immediately browsed to Amazon with the intention of ordering it. I stopped short after I got a good look at the cover artwork and seven reviews. I thought to myself, "Seven reviews for a product that hasn't come out yet?" Each one is a Five Star review, no less." OK, I admit I was wrong. It was only six reviews; one was a plea to add the curtain calls at the end of The Last Show. I may not know show business but, as Mary Richards says, "I've been...nearby." Maybe someone got an advance copy of the DVD set. So, let's see what is available here.
In my review of the MTM Season 5 DVD, I compared the artwork for that set to something you might see on a street corner bootleg. This one is no better, with a pretty unflattering picture on the front. Has anyone noticed that Ms. Moore's head is a few centimeters off her neck? It hurts just to look at it. And don't try it at home, kids. I've already had to make an appointment with my chiropractor after trying to duplicate the pose. Why is she looking up, and to what? I have a few theories.
This could be an outtake from the episode, Mary Moves Out. In the scene right before this, Mary has just hung her letter "M" in her new apartment before declaring, "I don't like it" (Oh dear, I have actual MTM dialogue in my head. I have watched too much television!). Now outside the building, Jay Sandrich, the Director suggests she look up at the apartment as if to see if she likes it any better. The tight little smile you see was simply Ms. Moore's way to cover up the incredible pain she felt after hurting her neck and spine. This could also be an unused picture from a Season 6 photo shoot. Ms. Moore was instructed to look up and smile, perhaps to suggest she really did "make it after all". She made it all right, but only to the nearest emergency room. I have one more theory, this being my favorite. In an effort by FOX to subliminally suggest that Rhoda is not gone (to her own series), they Photoshopped Mary's head on to Valerie Harper's body. This puts up a big "red light" for me; the artwork, along with the suggestion that this set will be in the same kind of packaging as Season 5. In my opinion it does not look promising. I will wait for some real reviews before I buy this.
As for the reviews themselves, have any of the reviewers actually seen the Season 6 DVDs? There is no mention of picture quality or the presence of any extras. There was mention that this release could be the result of the MTM cast appearing on Oprah. I have seen first hand the results of the "Oprah Effect". This isn't it! When Oprah has an effect on something the response time is usually measured in days, not months. I speculate that for Ms. Winfrey, they probably rebuilt the entire MTM set, allowing her to star (as Rhoda) in a remake of the episode "Rhoda the Beautiful." Think about it while I take a moment to apologize to Ms. Winfrey. (Oprah, Rhoda the Beautiful was the first episode I thought of that would mirror your own life. It is certainly the episode that I most relate to. It has its poignancy, though. Don't you think so? And we'd have to wait for 2011 for you to appear in a remake of The Last Show.)
I'm not trying to put anyone down here. Those of us waiting for these releases have done so for the last three years. That's plenty of time to write reviews containing every known fact about the MTM Show. Some of us may even know the inside story of Hazel Frederick's life. After having seen the Season 5 set and the cover of Season 6, I believe that the MTM Show is in the hands of a company that doesn't give a rat's patootie about how its released. Unfortunately, this is the case for many past home video releases of the MTM Show. That's too bad.
On the right side of my computer screen there is a sidebar in which Amazon has suggestions for what makes a good review. In it there is a question asking what I want to know prior to purchasing this product. Amazon's Review Guidelines state that a review "should focus on specific features of a product". Thus far, every review here refers to the content and NOT the product. Before I purchase anything, I want to know about the product itself. I do not need to be pre-sold on the content. I think we all know how remarkable the content is. I've lost count of how many times I have seen every episode of MTM. It remains as funny and fresh as the first time I saw it. In many cases I can actually quote it. I've got Cloris Leachman's monologue from The Lars Affair playing in my head right now. "You know, just the other day I was reading this wonderful book called, The Life of The Bee. Perhaps you've read it." Perhaps FOX Home Video could "assume" the role of the "male bee" from that monologue.
Some might suggest I am being nit-picky and pedantic. I won't be surprised if I find a Peter Peanut costume left on my doorstep, along with a ticket to a circus parade. I might be 100% wrong. The releases of The MTM Show Seasons 6 and 7 may very well be something to look forward to. I tend to doubt it. Additionally, I hope that in the future Amazon will follow its own guidelines and wait, posting reviews of actual products.
UPDATE - February 18, 2010
It's released, and thankfully the episodes look and sound great. There are no extras here, which may be a good thing. There have been two reunion specials, an episode of Biography, the two documentaries featured with the Seasons 1 & 2 sets, a book and Oprah. There may not be any more we could learn about the MTM show. Some of this is available for viewing on You Tube, along with an ending many are clamoring for. Maybe we'll get extras galore when and if FOX releases the "Complete Series" box.
Thanks to a reviewer from another site, I learned that the flimsy case is now the little Fox-ies default packaging for it's DVD product. I guess its something we will have to get used to.
Perhaps the most important element here is the condition of the episodes and once again, they look and sound great. For both the long time fan and those seeing it for the first time, we are all in for a treat.
Description of The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Sixth Season
Join all of your favorites in the WJM-TV newsroom for the hilarious, heartfelt Season Six of the comedy classic that turned the world on with a smile! This time, love is all around, and while the ever-independent Mary falls head over heels and rekindles an old flame, the level-headed Murray pines away for a secret love of his own. And that?s just the beginning?from Lou?s outrageously unlikely date with Sue Ann to Ted and Georgette?s uproarious wedding, it?s time to share the love, the lunacy, and the laughter with all of the gang in this timeless, Emmy Award-winning classicBestsellers in DVD
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