Description
This series focused around a retired private detective, Barnaby Jones (Buddy Ebsen), who had passed his private investigation business to his son, Hal. When Hal was murdered while on a case, Barnaby came out of retirement to track down his son’s killer. Hal’s widow, Betty (Lee Meriwether), worked with Barnaby as his invaluable assistant on cases…. More >>
Barnaby Jones: The Complete First Season
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Shows might be great but come on, there are only 13 episodes in the 1st season so lower the price accordingly for I’m sure not paying this much.
Rating: 3 / 5
I have waited a very long time for this series to come out on Dvd. I do wonder however is this going to be the only season of the series to be released?
I certainly hope not!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this show in reruns. But to own it on dvd and restored is worth it to me. The price is not bad at all I have a few of these shows on 16mm film one film cost what this set cost
Take the shows they are not edited at all just cut out the ad’s. This set has something that in reruns is gone act I etc after the ad break. Also the next week 60 sec promo.
The colors are great unlike the films they are not red and are sharp and nice looking. Sound is also good.
No bonus stuff but so what to me I got the shows in order of air date and they look almost like new prints.
Best part it is a qm productions.
edit to add noticed one edit beep disc two ep4 The murdering class. word cut beeped out is the n word. Right at the end of act 1 when in the locker room. Do not think it was beep in the cbs run of the show.
The line goes like this.
“WE HAVE TO THROW A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE N IN A WOLD PILE”
Rating: 5 / 5
I have waited a long time for “Barnaby Jones” to be released on dvd and am thrilled to hear it will be released in HD with the full broadcast episodes.
I wanted to comment on the review where it was stated that first episode of “Barnaby Jones” was a two part episode where the first half half was on “Cannon”. That is not true, originally “Barnaby” was suppose to be a spin-off of “Cannon” but then the network changed its mind and they redid the first episode to just have William Conrad be a guest star on the first episode of “Barnaby Jones”. There is however a two part episode several seasons later called ‘Deadly Conspiracy’ that starts out on “Cannon” and then continues on “Barnaby Jones” so I am sure that is what the reviewer is thinking about. I just want to mention this in case people read his review and think they will be missing something if they haven’t seen the first part on “Cannon”, no need to worry the first part was not on Cannon.
I didn’t start watching “Barnaby Jones” until the 5th season when Mark Shera joined the show. After watching the 5th-8th seasons over and over and over I decided a few years ago it was time to see the first season to see how the show got started. Just the acting alone from Lee Meriwether and Buddy Ebsen in the pilot was enough to make me want to see all of the first season and I wasn’t disappointed. The storylines and guest stars are great. I am really looking forward to getting to see the episodes from the original broadcast instead of the versions from syndication.
Since I wrote my review I have received my set and I am just amazed at the great job they did remastering these episodes. They look so clear that I am seeing things I never saw before. The scenery in these episodes is stunning, you can tell they didn’t cut corners when it came to location shooting. Also Barnaby’s office never looked better.
I definitely recommend this set, it is certainly worth the price.
Rating: 5 / 5
This show is one of those hard ones to rate.. the star of the show makes the show but the guest stars often shake it.. often hammy (Shatner) and uneven (Lt. Mitchell.. I mean Gary Lockwood) to the point that the shows are just merely ‘good’. God bless him, Barnaby steals every scene and is in there throwing his folksy logic-filled right hooks but the truly ‘great’ shows (Columbo) are solid because nearly every show is laced with credible guest stars, sadly, that’s not this one.
Now, the video transfer is another story; eye-popping.. to the point that on my 42″ LCD widescreen I have to wonder if this show were on Blu Ray.. would it look any better? Seriously, that good. I can’t say much for the lousy looking photo shop cover-art.. but I guess it’s not important.
Can’t forget that theme song.. I can’t say the theme song ‘makes’ this show but wow, something about it, in its many iterations throughout it truly blends sound and time into a memorable show.. as if by force. If the Fringe made you cringe at its lame attempt at a cast give Barnaby a look — he may be old but he’s bold, and I like that.
Rating: 4 / 5