CHIPS: SEASON 4 DVD REVIEW

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is excited to announce for the first time ever on DVD, CHiPs: The Complete Fourth Season including all 21 one-hour episodes of season 4!  The 5-disc collection retails for $29.98 SRP. 

Here is the synopsis of this release:

Ponch and Jon are back in the fourth season of the six season series of fighting crime on the highway! Back are Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox as Francis “Ponch” Poncherello and Jon Baker respectively.  The success of the series has inspired and all new theatrical film starring Dax Shepard (Parenthood) as Jon Baker and Michael Pena as Frank Poncherello!  This season the highway adventures continue with Ponch and Jon making sure that the highways of California stays safe!  Infused with the same light-hearted subplots of the past, CHiPs: The Complete Fourth Season brings you entertaining action-drama at its finest!

“Chips” has its Fourth Season premiere on DVD on March 15^th!  Two more seasons to go!  Eric Estrada and Larry Wilcox are still on the show although the pairing of the two were starting to wear off being that the two did not get along off camera making it somewhat strained to work together.   This season consists of 21 episodes over 5 DVDs.  The quality, although not restored is crystal clear for prints of their age!  Guest stars in the fourth season were Sonny Bono (Sonny & Cher), Robert Ginty (Baa Baa Black Sheep), Michael Ansara (Star Trek), Milton Berle (Texaco Star Theater), Tina Louise (Gilligan’s Island), Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street Films), Andrew Duggan (In Like Flint), John Davey (Shazam!), Richard Roundtree (Shaft), Cindy Morgan (Caddyshack, Tron), Barbi Benton (Playboy Magazine), Danny Bonaduce (Partridge Family), Diana Douglas (Beverly Hillbillies), Dwight Schultz (A-Team), Michael Cole (The Mod Squad), and Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains)!   There are no extras on this set.  Please visit www.wbshop.com for more information! 

 

VIDEO

The video quality is great!  The series was done on film and no restoration has been done, yet the quality is great considering the age of the prints!   Each episode runs approx 50 mins.

 

Audio

 

Was originally recorded in Mono.  It is also Mono on this set.

Disc 1-  1.   “Go-Cart Terror”-with Sonny Bono

              2.   “Sick Leave”

              3.   “To Your Health”-with Robert Ginty

              4.   “The Poachers”-with Michael Ansara

Disc 2-  5.   “The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party Pt 1”-with Milton Berle

              6.   “The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party Pt 2”-with Tina Louise

              7.   “Satan’s Angels”

              8.   “Wheels of Justice”

              9.   “Crash Course”

Disc 3-  10.   “Forty Tons of Trouble”-with Robert Englund

             11.    “11-99: Officer Needs Help”-with John Davey

             12.    “Home Fires Burning”

             13.    “Sharks”-with Richard Roundtree

 

Disc 4-  14.    “Ponch’s Angels Pt 1”-with Cindy Morgan

             15.    “Ponch’s Angels Pt 2”-with Barbi Benton

             16.    “Karate”-with Danny Bonaduce

             17.    “New Guy in Town”-with Christopher Connelly

 Disc 5- 18.   “The Hawk and the Hunter”-with Diana Douglas and Dwight Schultz

              19.   “Vigilante”-with Michael Cole

              20.   “Dead Man’s Riddle”-with Joanna Kerns

              21.   “A Simple Operation”

 

Extras

Disc 1:  None

Disc 2:  None

Disc 3:  None

Disc 4:  None

Disc 5:  None

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. SEASON 2 DVD REVIEW

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.-One of the best action adventure TV shows in television history is available on DVD with the Complete Season 2 digitally remastered from Warner Home Video!  The Complete Season Two like Season One is on 10 DVDs with no extras!  The second season is now in full Color!  The episodes are well paced and still action oriented before the problematic Third season yet to come!  Robert Vaughn stars as the intrepid Napoleon Solo and David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin as they were in the first season.   U.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement!  The Second Season episode “The Moonglow Affair” stars Mary Ann Mobley as a female U.N.C.L.E. agent April Dancer which spun off as “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” with Stephanie Powers as the new April Dancer.  The second season consisted of 30 full Color episodes and had a vast amount of guest stars such as Rip Torn (Men In Black, Easy Rider), Roger C Carmel (Star Trek, The Mothers-In-Law), Judy Carne (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In), Vincent Price (Horror Legend), Vic Tayback (Alice), Jill Ireland (Shane, Mrs. Charles Bronson), Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote), John Hoyt (Star Trek, Gimmie A Break), Warren Stevens (Forbidden Planet), Jeanne Cooper (Young & The Restless), Juliet Mills (Please Don’t Eat The Daises), George Sanders (The Saint Movies, Batman), Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Victor Buono (Batman), Bernard Fox (Bewitched), James Doohan (Star Trek), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island, Star Trek), Leon Askin (Hogan’s Heroes), Martin Landau (Mission: Impossible, Space: 1999), Whit Bissell (The Time Machine, Time Tunnel), Eve Arden (Mothers In Law), Sharon Farrell (Hawaii Five-O), Victoria Vetri (When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth) to name a few! Keep going with your collection and get it today!  Highly Recommended! Street Date for this set is February 2, 2016!

VIDEO

The video quality is excellent!  Each episode has been digitally remastered.   

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono.  It is also Mono on this set.

Disc 1-   “The Alexander the Greater Affair” Part 1-with Rip Torn

               “The Alexander the Greater Affair” Part 2-with Dorothy Provine

               “The Ultimate Computer Affair”-with Roger C Carmel & Judy Carne

Disc 2-   “The Foxes and the Hounds Affair”-with Vincent Price

  “The Discotheque Affair”-with Eric Braeden & Ray Danton

  “The Re-Collectors Affair”-with Theodore Marcuse & Vic Taybak

Disc 3-   “The Arabian Affair”-with Michael Ansara & Phyllis Newman

   “The Tigers are Coming Affair”-with Jill Ireland

   “The Deadly Toys Affair”-with Angela Lansbury & John Hoyt

Disc 4-   “The Cherry Blossom Affair”-with France Nuyen & Woodrow Palfrey

    “The Virtue Affair”-with Ronald Long

    “The Children’s Day Affair”-with Warren Stevens & Jeanne Cooper

Disc 5-     “The Adriatic Express Affair”-with Juliet Mills

                 “The Yukon Affair”-with George Sanders

                 “The Very Important Zombie Affair”-with Claude Akins

Disc 6-   “The Dippy Blonde Affair”-with Joyce Jameson

  “The Deadly Goddess Affair”-with Victor Buono & Michael Strong

  “The Birds and the Bees Affair”-with John McGiver

Disc 7-   “The Waverly Ring Affair”

 “The Bridge of Lions Affair” Part 1 -with Maurice Evans & Bernard Fox

              “The Bridge of Lions Affair” Part 2 -with James Doohan

Disc 8- “The Foreign Legion Affair”-with Howard Da Silva & Michael Pate

 “The Moonglow Affair”-with Mary Ann Mobley & Kevin McCarthy

 “The Nowhere Affair”-with Lou Jacobi & J Pat O’Malley

Disc 9- “The King of Diamonds Affair”-with Ricardo Montalbano & Nancy Kovack

              “The Project Deephole Affair”-with Jack Weston & Leon Askin

              “The Round Table Affair”-with Bruce Gordon

Disc 10- “The Batcave Affair”-with Martin Landau & Whitt Bissell

               “The Minus X Affair”-with Eve Arden & Sharon Farrell

               “The Indian Affairs Affair”-with Victoria Vetri

Extras

Disc 1- None

Disc 2- None

Disc 3- None

Disc 4-  None

Disc 5-  None

Disc 6- None

Disc 7-    None

Disc 8-    None

Disc 9-  None

Disc 10- None