I Spy - Little Boy Lost
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: Bill Cosby, Robert Culp
Directed By: Robert Culp, Earl Bellamy, Richard Benedict, Robert Butler, Hal Cooper
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381983524
Format: Color
Label: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-06-19
Running Time: 204
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1965-09-15
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Summary: Not the best
Comment: I loved I Spy. Wednesday nights when I was young was so to look forward to- that opening sequence and theme is still quite wonderful! And this paricular collection was enjoyable if only to see Scott and Kelly again, but this set of four seem more about the special guest stars than them, and so left me a bit wanting. It is like the basics of the show were assumed to be known and pretty much glossed over. I want the ones that are still "proving" Scott and Kelly... that was the good stuff!
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Summary: COS AND CULP...BEAT THAT
Comment: Besides being a wonderful travelogue, filled with comedic intrigue, and fabulous music, the "I Spy" series was a delight to watch for social climate reasons, as well as the surprise of what big star was going to appear in the episode. What a kick to see Don Rickles in one of the episodes, as well as Ronny Howard, mixed in with the "martini-smooth" Robert Culp, and the ever-hip Bill Cosby.
TONY HOROWITZ
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Summary: A Winner--Even With Rickles
Comment: OK, so Rickles has a limited appeal (at best)--so what! While it's pretty ponderous (I wish I wouldn't spit when I say that), "Night Train To Madrid" is interesting, if for no other reason than to see Don Rickles play a character, rather than himself. Rickles started out as an actor, and while he's no slouch, the episode does drag. It appears evident that Culp and Cosby weren't too thrilled about the script; they lack their customary energy, and the whole thing seems like a collective shrug of the shoulder.
Now then, onto the good stuff. "Little Boy Lost" is a swell episode, even though the bad guys are wearing suits in a Santa Monica amusement park (!), and you can spot 'em a mile away. Welllll, it's 1966 entertainment, folks, so deal with it and look beyond the small stuff. In this episode, Kelly is less a womanizer than he is an idealist (he argues the virtues of "The Federalist" over "Das Kapital," thereby blowing his carnal chances with a shapely blonde spy), but loses none of his appeal as a charmer in the face of danger ("Hi there! How're things on your side??"). All in all it's not bad, and the Chayefsky-esque ending is a scream.
"Casanova From Canarsie" is fluff, pure and simple, but it's pretty funny, and allows Culp to stretch out his comedic talents. Cosby maintains an air of mock dignity a la Oliver Hardy throughout, perfectly consistent with the character of Alexander Scott. On the whole, a nice offering.
Ah, but "Cops and Robbers"--the best is saved for last. This episode marks one of Bill Cosby's finest performances, and with an intelligient subtlety explores the depth of his friendship with Kelly. Clearly, by the end of 1966, Cosby had perfected the character of a man who is both cool and complex. True, Jim Brown and his henchman are casted as the stereotypical badman and his psychotic assistant, but I will presume that this was done to illustrate the stark contrasts between the villains and the controlled intelligience of Robinson and Scott. After all, there's alot of ground to cover 51 minutes, and the "I Spy" team pulls it off quite well. I'd give this disc 4 1/2 stars.
Oh, by the way, the video image is superb throughout this disc, although I did notice that the soundtrack seemed muted, particularly on "Cops and Robbers." Still, this is a superb disc, and well worth the pittance it costs to experience a fine television series at the peak of its powers.
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Summary: Episodes
Comment: This is not so much a review as to tell which episodes are on this DVD. Little Boy Lost (of course) with Ron Howard as a misunderstood boy who steals a piece of equiptment to get noticed by his too-busy Dad.
Casanova From Canarsie with Wally Cox as a government file clerk who becomes the target of a spy because of what he knows about the U.S. nuclear program.
Night Train to Madrid with Don Rickles as an obnoxious entertainer in a USO show.
Cops and Robbers (a boyhood friend of Scott's tries to use the relationship to get top-secret data).
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the best
Comment: I loved I Spy. Wednesday nights when I was young was so to look forward to- that opening sequence and theme is still quite wonderful! And this paricular collection was enjoyable if only to see Scott and Kelly again, but this set of four seem more about the special guest stars than them, and so left me a bit wanting. It is like the basics of the show were assumed to be known and pretty much glossed over. I want the ones that are still "proving" Scott and Kelly... that was the good stuff!
Customer Rating:
Summary: COS AND CULP...BEAT THAT
Comment: Besides being a wonderful travelogue, filled with comedic intrigue, and fabulous music, the "I Spy" series was a delight to watch for social climate reasons, as well as the surprise of what big star was going to appear in the episode. What a kick to see Don Rickles in one of the episodes, as well as Ronny Howard, mixed in with the "martini-smooth" Robert Culp, and the ever-hip Bill Cosby.
TONY HOROWITZ
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Winner--Even With Rickles
Comment: OK, so Rickles has a limited appeal (at best)--so what! While it's pretty ponderous (I wish I wouldn't spit when I say that), "Night Train To Madrid" is interesting, if for no other reason than to see Don Rickles play a character, rather than himself. Rickles started out as an actor, and while he's no slouch, the episode does drag. It appears evident that Culp and Cosby weren't too thrilled about the script; they lack their customary energy, and the whole thing seems like a collective shrug of the shoulder.
Now then, onto the good stuff. "Little Boy Lost" is a swell episode, even though the bad guys are wearing suits in a Santa Monica amusement park (!), and you can spot 'em a mile away. Welllll, it's 1966 entertainment, folks, so deal with it and look beyond the small stuff. In this episode, Kelly is less a womanizer than he is an idealist (he argues the virtues of "The Federalist" over "Das Kapital," thereby blowing his carnal chances with a shapely blonde spy), but loses none of his appeal as a charmer in the face of danger ("Hi there! How're things on your side??"). All in all it's not bad, and the Chayefsky-esque ending is a scream.
"Casanova From Canarsie" is fluff, pure and simple, but it's pretty funny, and allows Culp to stretch out his comedic talents. Cosby maintains an air of mock dignity a la Oliver Hardy throughout, perfectly consistent with the character of Alexander Scott. On the whole, a nice offering.
Ah, but "Cops and Robbers"--the best is saved for last. This episode marks one of Bill Cosby's finest performances, and with an intelligient subtlety explores the depth of his friendship with Kelly. Clearly, by the end of 1966, Cosby had perfected the character of a man who is both cool and complex. True, Jim Brown and his henchman are casted as the stereotypical badman and his psychotic assistant, but I will presume that this was done to illustrate the stark contrasts between the villains and the controlled intelligience of Robinson and Scott. After all, there's alot of ground to cover 51 minutes, and the "I Spy" team pulls it off quite well. I'd give this disc 4 1/2 stars.
Oh, by the way, the video image is superb throughout this disc, although I did notice that the soundtrack seemed muted, particularly on "Cops and Robbers." Still, this is a superb disc, and well worth the pittance it costs to experience a fine television series at the peak of its powers.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Episodes
Comment: This is not so much a review as to tell which episodes are on this DVD. Little Boy Lost (of course) with Ron Howard as a misunderstood boy who steals a piece of equiptment to get noticed by his too-busy Dad.
Casanova From Canarsie with Wally Cox as a government file clerk who becomes the target of a spy because of what he knows about the U.S. nuclear program.
Night Train to Madrid with Don Rickles as an obnoxious entertainer in a USO show.
Cops and Robbers (a boyhood friend of Scott's tries to use the relationship to get top-secret data).
Episodes: "Little Boy Lost" - A teen-aged boy, reacting to the cold indifference of his father, a busy scientist, becomes the object of a frantic search by friendly and enemy agents when he disappears with a piece of classified equipment. Co-Starring Ronnie Howard. "Casanova from Canarsie" - A meek ex-government file clerk with knowledge of the U.S. nuclear program goes on vacation in Spain and becomes the target of a modern Mata Hari. Co-Starring Wally Cox and Leticin Roman. "Night Train to Madrid" - A troupe of USO entertainers is headed by a self-centered comedian who becomes an enemy propaganda target. Co-Starring Don Rickles and Barbara McNair. "Cops and Robbers" - Tommy, an enemy agent who exploits his friendship with Alexander Scott, attempts to steal top-secret data. Co-Starring Jim Brown and Beah Richards.
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