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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361329048
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 132904
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Running Time: 567 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Veteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe solves cases in Los Angeles with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles.System Requirements:Running Time: 567 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097361329048 Manufacturer No: 132904
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It was a brilliant stroke of counter-programming to schedule Jake and the Fat Man opposite Moonlighting in its inaugural season. Never mind that by 1987, Moonlighting had lost its magic. Jake, an old school crime series, was perfect for older audiences who couldn't keep up with David and Maddie's rapid-fire banter or didn't have a clue about the show's inside jokes and pop culture references. "Hip" and "stylish" would not be words to describe Jake and the Fatman, but it is enormously entertaining thanks to its alchemic casting. William Conrad, the slovenly anti-Bruce Willis, is the blustery behemoth L.A. District Attorney J.L. McCabe. A lean Joe Penny, supplying the sex appeal, is fast-living investigator Jake. Sure, Jake might get annoyed with McCabe for interrupting his late-night trysts with unannounced visits and refrigerator raids, but they genuinely like and respect each other. McCabe's wall-shaking bark is worse than his bite. In the episode, "Laura," in which Jake is on the case of his former partner's killer, he tells McCabe not to worry. "I always worry," McCabe gruffly replies, before adding, "about you, kid." And we don't need a Christmas episode to show us that deep down McCabe isn't really a Scrooge. We see that in his devotion to his ever-present bulldog, Max ("I never leave home without him"). These first 11 episodes are light on traditional gunplay, car chases, or hot pursuits, but the stories are plenty compelling. Viewers witness a crime (a senatorial candidate's ambitious Yuppie-scum speechwriter murders the politician's mistress, a man preys on skid row bums to conceal a closer-to-home murder plot, a defense attorney frames his ex-wife for the murder of her lover) and then watch McCabe and Jake do the legwork. With his massive girth and stentorian voice, Conrad is in his element making a feast of the scenery, whether it be railing against a novice assistant D.A. ("Stop having opinions before you know what the facts are"), rattling a suspect, or staging outrageous stunts in the courtroom, like pulling a gun on a witness to expose his false testimony. These are the simple pleasures that, pound for pound, make Jake and the Fatman a show that really pulls its weight. --Donald Liebenson
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Many questions about this show because I wasn't a big fans of it. I thought it was basically a show for females. Good looking Joe Penny and always serious in a funny sort of a way William Conrad carried a very "vanilla" show. The show went for five years so I guess that might explain the dvd release, but why in volumes not seasons? One favorite episode off this volume, but can think of a few other shows that rank dvd release dates more! With that said, I hope shows get released in seasons oppose ... Read More
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William Conrad and Joe Penny; a great combination in a genuinely sometimes funny always interesting take on the justice system when the bad guys got what was coming to them and the victim had people looking out for them.
Can't wait for the rest of the series to come out on dvd.
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This is just plain arrogance by CBS/Paramount. They take a show that was only moderately popular in the late 80s and almost obscure right now and try to rip off the few loyal fans of the show by splitting up the seasons while charging almost full price. Why in the world they split up the first season when it only aired 22 episodes!!! This is absurd. It is nothing but greed by CBS/Paramount. They realize that this the only chance for fans of the show to see it again and really want to make them pay for ... Read More
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It is nice to see good old television again instead of all the profanity and garbage on TV today.
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I watched this series when it was on tv, I loved it then and I love it now, I could watch Joe Penny everyday. He was hot!!! And they always get their guy or girl.
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