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Telly Savalas starring as the no nonsense and street smart New York City Police Lieutenant Theo Kojak brings down the toughest criminals any way he can. Five stars all the way for this classic cop show from the 1970's. The video transfer is excellent and the audio is crisp. It's unfortunate that the original pilot movie which first introduced the "Kojak" character in the 1973 TV movie (The Marcus-Nelson Murders) is not included in the set. It's also too bad the studio didn't include any sort of commentary or interviews from any of the surviving actors of this great show. Overall "Kojak" season one is pure entertainment and a definite must have for Kojak fans. Telly Savalas in the role of Theo Kojak remains one of television's greatest detectives to ever hit the screen and season one of "Kojak" is a treat to finally have on DVD. Recent rumors from Universal Studios are that future seasons of Kojak are not in the works, suddenly my lollypop has gone sour!
22 Season One Episodes Include:
Season 1, Episode 1: Siege of Terror
Season 1, Episode 2: Web of Death
Season 1, Episode 3: One for the Morgue
Season 1, Episode 4: Knockover
Season 1, Episode 5: Girl in the River
Season 1, Episode 6: Requiem for a Cop
Season 1, Episode 7: The Corrupter
Season 1, Episode 8: Dark Sunday
Season 1, Episode 9: Conspiracy of Fear
Season 1, Episode 10: Cop in a Cage
Season 1, Episode 11: Marker to a Dead Bookie
Season 1, Episode 12: Last Rites for a Dead Priest
Season 1, Episode 13: Death Is Not a Passing Grade
Season 1, Episode 14: Die Before They Wake
Season 1, Episode 15: Deliver Us Some Evil
Season 1, Episode 16: Eighteen Hours of Fear
Season 1, Episode 17: Before the Devil Knows
Season 1, Episode 18: Dead on His Feet
Season 1, Episode 19: Down a Long and Lonely River
Season 1, Episode 20: Mojo
Season 1, Episode 21: Therapy in Dynamite
Season 1, Episode 22: The Only Way Out
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I did not really remember watching this show when I was a kid, but I recently bought the DVD set on a sale at Amazon. I could not believe how good this show was. I was under the mistaken impression that Kojak was a 100% macho tough guy cop who always saved the day by the use of brute force. Boy am I glad I was wrong. Telly Savalas did portray Kojak with a macho toughness but with intelligence, compassion, warmth and sense of humor. He also had a sartorial eloquence unmatched by his peers.
It is also interesting to note all the young guests on season one who went on to big careers later in life (James Woods, Harvey Keitel, John Ritter, etc) I do hope to see the remaining seasons (2-5) issued by Universal. This is top quality entertainment, and I'll take it any day over the garbage being passed off as entertainment on tv today. I doubt that I'm the only one who hates "reality" programming that seems to have taken over television of today.
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I have been ordering TV shows that I liked but have not seen in awhile. I am part of the growing trend of the population that watches less TV (less than 4 hours a week live TV), but spends a lot of time with radio and internet entertainment, so when I saw I could get season one of Kojak (used) for about 20.00 I was all over that. I was on the young side when Kojak aired but it was filmned in the streets of New York City where I grew up and I actually saw them using my favorite pizzaria after school for an episode so it was like rooting for your home team for me to be a fan of Kojak. I just watched episode one Siege Of Terror and I was not dissappointed, the show holds up VERY well. I counted over 100 bullets shot, 3 wounded or dead people, realistic street scenes, realistic (to me) action, the things you can appreciate in a police action show. Also, the ending was not all happy and was actually sad, thats what good TV drama is all about in my book. So yeah for the price I paid I'm going to get all of my money's worth watching Kojak's 22 season one episodes. The show was great and won many awards, I guess it was a bridge between the Hawaii Five O/ Mannix type show and the next period which I think started with Hill Street Blues. Kojak was street smart like a Hill Street but didn't have much continuity from episode to episode just as the shows Mannix/ Hawaii 5 -0 didn't. You could watch an episode of Kojak in mid season and it was fine, where as if you missed the first half season of Hill Street Blues you'd have missed a lot of character development. So I guess thats why it didn't last past 5 seasons, but in TV years thats a long time. Great show 5 stars. *******Now about this Universal DVD set. After watching episode one on disc one, I checked the episode guide online and found out it was NOT the first Kojak made. There was a pilot episode that aired the TV season earlier as a TV movie. That is NOT on this set. Maybe Universal didn't make it and thats the reason why it's not here, but it is pretty major letdown. I found it on region 2 and will probably get it as I am always curious to see a good shows roots and how it's introduced to the audiance. There are also no extra's that I spotted like interviews and that stuff, I know Telly is gone but maybe his brother who was also on the show (if he is still alive) could have given the fans some stories about Telly, I think that would have been great to listen to. Fans of Kojak are undoubtably fans of Telly so something in the way of a commentary would have been nice. Other TV DVD sets have those extra's and I know Universal is not known for extra's but I'm just mentioning this for those who don't know these things. 3 stars for the packaging, 5 stars for the show. I've seen whole run's of Mannix and Barnaby Jones (!) among others being sold on the internet, I'll be looking for the rest of Kojak (even if it is old VHS transfers) since Universal has decided not to release the other 4 seasons on DVD (are you listening Universal?).
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Good shows. Too bad there wasn't some behind the scenes info.
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Unfortunately no cop show has lived up to this one since it appeared on TV. Telly Savalas is tops!
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