Setting your expectations... Great fun, but not Great Art
Wonderful to see these old shows again.
To set some expectations...
Not a boxed set. The individually shrink-wrapped season packs are banded into one giant bundle and shrink-wrapped overall. (A lot of work to get it all unwrapped.)
Doesn't appear to include the bonus material that is part of the 4-disc "50th Anniversary Edition" sampler package. (The Anniversary Edition is inexpensive - and well worth buying for the test scenes alone. The contrast between William Hopper and Raymond Burr, each testing as Perry Mason is very interesting. Burr had already completely worked out the subtle character of Perry Mason. Burr as Hamilton Burger just didn't have the edge. No tests of Barbara Hale or William Tallman.)
The order of the episodes on the discs is apparently the order in which the episodes were filmed, which does not always match the order of first broadcast given in the IMDB and in the Wikipedia episode list. This explains why sometimes the...
This is Not a Boxed Set! (But BUY IT - I'm changing my 1-star original review to a 5-star review)
FROM 1-STAR TO 5-STARS - UPDATED REVIEW
NOTE: In this review I use UPPERCASE for heading titles or for emphasis - please do not think I am including uppercase for the purpose of "shouting" as the use of uppercase within emails or web pages is usually interpreted as being rude or offensive. That is not my intent.
Why the change from a 1-star review to a 5-star review? A number of things...
1) On "Cyber Monday" the price for the "Complete Season Bundle" dropped from $398.93 down to $203.99. This is the lowest price I have seen, although in a comment on my first review, Kermsroomy said that on November 7th, 2013 "It was $198.49 on a six hour lightning deal earlier today."
2) D. Moore, in another comment on my first review was helpful. He indicated that although the entire bundle is shrink-wrapped the individuals season are still sealed in individually shrink-wrapped DVD cases. If you read my original review below, you will see (as I required...
Classic
Classic black and white TV with perfect picture quality and excellent sound, better than when it originally was on air.
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