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When Charlie's Angels made it's debut in 1976, I had just turned 10 years old. Me and my friends would watch every episode of Season One as if it were required by law! We convinced our parents to buy us the trading cards, the t-shirts, the magazines, the posters, the stickers that we placed on our school notebooks, and anything else the merchandising industry would churn out. Like it or not, the introduction of Charlie's Angels made an enormous impact on pop culture in the 1970's.
A couple of years ago, I noticed the Season One set at a local retailer and purchased it simply because the price was right. To be quite honest, the front cover of the box also hooked me. I really didn't remember any details of the show and just thought that I would set it aside for a rainy day. Finally, that rainy day came and I decided to start watching it while working out on my elliptical trainer in the evenings. The first few episodes were a bit dull, however, it did not take long for me to remember why I loved watching my Angels in the 1970's.
There are two very good reasons to buy this set. The first is that watching Charlie's Angels is just plain fun. The plots are not too heavy, there is plenty of action, the dialogue is light and campy, and anytime anyone is murdered or killed, YOU ARE NOT FORCED TO WITNESS A BLOOD-BATH! (Sorry "Law and Order" Fans.) Oh yes, I forgot to mention the SEX APPEAL didn't I? While the show is most certainly full of "eye-candy" it is nothing compared to what you see on television today.
The second reason to purchase this set is because Charlie's Angels takes you back to the highest form of glamour and glitz that existed in the 1970's. (The good, the bad, and the absurd.) The Angels are beautiful, the automobiles are enormous, the decor is hideous, the hair-styles are gigantic, and the clothing...WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE THEY THINKING? Then again, what were any of us thinking?
Charlie's Angels was a concept that could not fail and I am quite certain that if you purchase this set, you will agree with me.
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The minute the pilot starts you will have a smile on your face when you are re-introduced to these three gorgeous women. All the episodes have been digitally remastered and somehow the show looks fresh again. The monsoon of nostalgia will make you appreciate this very special moment in tv history. The dvd has adequate extras like the featurette Angels Forever.I would of like to have seen some current interviews with the stars as well as some behind the scenes clips. The restoration of the series on this dvd collection is great however the packaging is abysmmal and disappointing!If you consider what a cultural juggernaut Charlie's Angels was and the constant media coverage of the show I cannot believe this collection was put together so shabbily! The dvds come housed in see through plastic slimline dvd cases no images of the girls and the dvd cases (five in all) are held together at the spine with a sticker with the logo of the show which after a few times of use peels off.The packaging is cheezier than the polyester and Ford Pinto's on the show! Obviously it's the show that matters but when I see in stores much lesser shows get the royal treatment as far as packaging goes it just stings a little because I'll never have my Farrah poster again!Oh well! The show get's 5 stars the packaging gets half a star!
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Sony Pictures, selling Charlie's Angels to MPI Home Video would be a perfect idea for the fans, who have waited 6 years to collect all 5 Seasons of the series on DVD. Please do not say no to my suggestion. MPI Home Video will be willing to re-release the first 3 seasons, and release the 2 remaining seasons with no problems. Please sell Charlie's Angels to MPI Home Video!
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Great dvd of all the episodes and the pilot but i'd already taped all this when it came on tv land to promote the 2000 Charlie's Angels movie. There should have been some feature on here, behind the scenes, a documentary, a showcase of some of the famous clothes and where they are now (like if one's on display at Planet Hollywood somewhere) SOMETHING!!!! Even a slide of behind the scenes pictures would be great. Personally, i wanna see the ABC special that the original three introduced and talked about the show (the pictures from Time Magazine and People are the dresses they wore)
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Now this, is a groovy classic!
Charlie's Angels helped changed the face of Police Drama and it also helped inspire young and old women to become cops and detectives.
The series was Created by the late Ivan Goff and the late Ben Roberts who also Produced the CBS Sci-Fi Drama Series Logan's Run Starring Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies Urich and it was also Produced by Leonard Goldberg and the late Aaron Spelling and it is now in the hands of Columbia TriStar and SONY!
Kate Jackson (Spelling's The Rookies and Scarecrow & Mrs. King) and 2 young Texans Farrah Fawcett (Former Mrs. Lee Majors) and Jaclyn Smith (Former Mrs. Roger Davis) were THE Best!
My favorite Episodes includes The Pilot Movie, Angels in Chains, The Vegas Connection and my all time personal favorite BULLSEYE!
The 1st Season also featured many Guest Stars including Diana Muldaur (Star Trek Alumnus), Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive, Men in Black and Double Jeopardy) Bo Hopkins, Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I.), David Huddleston (Santa Claus: The Movie) Kim Basinger (Batman and Cool World), Logan Ramsey, the late John vanDreelan, Renee Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: DSN, Disney's The Little Mermaid), Sidney Clute (Cagney & Lacey), the late Robert Donner (Mork & Mindy) the late Richard Mulligan (SOAP & Empty Nest), Marla Pennington (Small Wonder), Robert Pine ("CHiPs"), Jenny O'Hara (As the World Turns), Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team) Laurette Spang (Battlestar Galactica) M*A*S*H Stars G.W. Bailey and David Ogden Stiers and it also featured Special Guest Stars like Neva Patterson, Dennis Cole (Jaclyn Smith's 2nd Husband), Rosemary Forsyth, Carla Borelli (Another World, Texas and Falcon Crest), Jan Shutan, and Ed Lauter (The Longest Yard) and it also featured Special Appearances by the likes of Fernando Lamas (Father of Falcon Crest and Renegade Star Lorenzo Lamas) Robert Lipton and the late Frank Gorshin (Batman's Original Riddler).
and BTW, Dirty Business was Directed by the late Bill Bixby (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) and To Trap an Angel and The Blue Angels were Directed by Kate's Co-Star from The Rookies Georg Stanford Brown.
God Bless Farrah, Kate and Jaclyn for their excellent performance, God Bless David Doyle, he is truly missed and God Bless abc, Leonard Goldberg and Columbia Pictures Television for a job well done.
and Thank You Aaron Spelling for bringing Charlie's Angels into our homes, you are truly missed.
and also, Kate Jackson went on to greater success w/Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
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