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I love Cannon and Jake and the Fatman; however, I think it's a total rip off to release these series in volumns rather than the complete season. That's just a way to get more money and with the economic situation that we find ourselves in right now, it's a total disgrace. I'll just have to wait until these come down in price - and I'm sure that they will if people just REFUSE to pay this price.
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My complaint about CBS is releasing Cannon in volumes - as in, Season 2, Vol. 1. What is the point of that? Release the entire season! Better yet, why bother with releasing Season 1, Season 2, etc? For those of us who are going to buy Cannon, Mannix or whatever TV crime show from the day, we'll buy the whole entire series if they would only release a box set of it. That's my complaint.
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I am happy to say that for those of us who enjoy good old-fashioned one hour 1970's TV crime dramas, William Conrad does it again.Quinn-Martin productions specialized in a quintessential formula for cops and robbers shows-likeable cops and detectives, folksy stereotypes of people in trouble, and lots of nasty poorly dresssed thugs who have no problem killing anyone who gets in their way. The shows are nicely divided into Parts I-IV, and the plot develops at a measured pace. That usually means frequent auto chase scenes on the streets of LA and out to the desert.The cars are huge, and Cannon's is the biggest,a Lincoln coupe with a hood 8 feet long. The fat man moves quickly, in or out of his car, and by Part IV, always solves the crime, and saves the day.The "guest stars" for each episode are highlighted, but most of them apparently never went too far in Hollywood, because I rarely recall their names. The music is bright, brassy, and bold, and adds a nice touch to the show.For those of us who fondly remember the 1970's, when gas was 30 or 40 cents per gallon, when big sedans were still cool, and flashy sportcoats and slacks were everyday dress-Cannon takes you there.If you are too young to remember those days, here is your chance to go back in time 40 years.I look forward to future releases of Cannon, and eventually, its spinoff-Barnaby Jones, featuring Buddy Ebsen as the geriatric detective.I can't wait!
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William Conrad had been around for quite some time before he became best known for being private eye Frank Cannon in the Quinn Martin television series, "Cannon." He had been an actor, producer, and director for movies and television shows, and was best known for three programs that used his voice only - being the voice of Matt Dillon on the radio version of "Gunsmoke," the narrator of the classic cartoon series "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle," and the narrator of another Quinn Martin series, "The Fugitive."
When Martin looked for someone to play an overweight, but very capable private eye in Cannon, he could have picked a better actor than Conrad. Even though he was best known for his vocal talents, Conrad made Cannon a flesh and blood character - charming, humorous, compassionate, and on occasion, violent. For once, Conrad had a chance to show as much talent on camera as he had off camera. And with Martin's penchant for creating solid detective dramas, Cannon became a very popular series.
Conrad would have other notable gigs after Cannon, the emcee of CBS' Thanksgiving Day festivities, the DA in "Jake and the Fatman," and for too brief a time, "Nero Wolfe," but he will always be remembered at the portly detective who drove a Mark IV, had a car phone (very rare at the time), and who knew as much about cooking as he did the law.
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I wish folks would stop complaining about half season releases -- I LIKE THEM. Why? Because it is much easier to pay $25 for a half season and then follow up to buy the next mini-volume...than it is to plunk down $45 or $50 for the full set in one go.
Maybe the other reviewers are flush in the wallet, but not everyone has $50 to toss around on old TV shows. There are plenty of reasons to buy half-seasons: 1) you want to sample the show to see if it is as good as you remember, 2) there are specific episodes you want, but you are not a completist, 3) you want to see how good a remastering job (if any) was done before picking up a full set. All of these are good reasons.
Plus, it really doesn't cost that much more...sometimes you can get the mini-sets for $22 a pop, which is $44 a season. That's only $4-$6 more than the "economy" of gettting them all at once. Big deal. What crybabies.
How about KUDOS to the Cannon set folks for the packaging -- finally a multi-disk design that doesn't use overlays. Overlays damage disks (I end up buying replacement cases). The Cannon packaging (at least for season 1 vol 1) has a nice non-overlay design. Not as nice as individual mini-sleeves, but better than overlays.
A solid 5 stars for these half seasons.
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