Info:
DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006 (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Color/1981-82
MSRP: $29.98
Number of Discs: 4
Number of Episodes: 26 (28 half hours counting 2-part
Jack Bares All and Best of Three’s Company)
Running Time: 650 minutes
Total Run Time of Special Features: approx. 105
minutes (counting commentary episode and Best of
Three’s Company episode - not counting those it would
be 8 minutes only)
Languages, Subtitles, Closed Captioning: English; No
Subtitles; Closed Captioned.
Special Features:
* Disc 1: Audio Commentary with Director Dave Powers
on "Jack Bares All" (approx. 49 minutes)
* Disc 4: Lucille Ball Presents The Best Of Three's
Company (approx. 48 minutes)
* Disc 4: Laughs Around the World: Episode in Polish
Featurette (approx. 8 minutes)
Introduction:
The trio is back and they are looking for a new
roommate! Cindy is off to college at UCLA and Jack and
Janet are looking for someone else to help play for
the rent. They find Nurse Terri Alden (Priscilla
Barnes). So pick up the sixth season of Three’s
Company on DVD for more fun and laughs, this time with
a new roommate and for $10 less than the previous four
sets!
The sixth season stars John Ritter as Jack Tripper,
Joyce DeWitt as Janet Wood, Priscilla Barnes as Terri
Alden, Richard Kline as Larry Dallas, with Jenilee
Harrison as Cindy Snow and Don Knotts as Mr. Furley!
Memorable Episodes / Notable Guest Stars:
This memorable sixth season had it all. Some stand-out
episodes include “Jack Bares All” where they meet
Terri Alden, “Professor Jack” where Terri thinks Jack
is giving lovemaking lessons instead of cooking
lessons to a much older lady, “Some of that Jazz” is
the one where Janet thinks she can make it as a dancer
but her dance teacher is a total letch, “Two Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest” has Terri bringing a psychiatrist
home and Jack & Janet think he is a mental patient,
“Boy Meets Dummy” is the one where Jack has to stay
away from Angelino’s daughter so he pretends a CPR
dummy is his wife, “Urban Plowboy” in which the gang
go out to Cindy’s aunt’s farm, “And Now Here’s Jack”
is the one where Jack is on a morning show cooking and
all goes wrong, “Up in the Air” is the one where Jack
goes crazy at a part on a remote island, and “Mate
for Each Other” is the one where a computer sets up
Jack & Janet for a date!
There were many familiar faces guest starring this
season as well. Gino Conforti & Jordan Charney join
the cast a recurring characters as Felipe and Mr.
Angelino, Michael Bell plays Janet’s dance teacher in
“Some of that Jazz,” Teresa Ganzel as Greedy Gretchen
in “Lies My Roommate Told Me,” special guest star
Jeffrey Tambor is a psychiatrist in “Two Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest,” Ruta Lee as the gold-digger in “The
Matchbreakers,” Terry Kiser as a mobster who is hard
to please in “A Friend in Need,” Karen Austin wants to
change Jack in “Jack’s 10,” and Barry Williams in the
hilarious episode “Up in the Air.” Brad Blaisdell has
a recurring role as Mike, the bartender at the Regal
Beagle.
Packaging:
The packaging is nicely packaged in Digibook format,
just like seasons two through five. So when you open
the case, you flip to the next disc like you would
with a book. The color scheme for this season is
yellow. Season two was purple, season three was red,
and season four was green, season five was light
pinkish, if you all remember. Like the previous three
sets, you have to remove the case from the box. The
box cover features a nice cast photo of Larry, Cindy,
Mr. Furley, Terri, Jack and Janet in a nice pose. The
back of the box has information on the series, set &
special features and a photo of Jack, Janet, Teri and
Mr. Furley on the couch watching TV. There is also a
photo of Janet from what looks to be season three,
which is so strange because there is a photo of Janet
already on the couch. The case cover has a nice photo
of Janet, Jack and a sexy Terri. When you open the
case, you will be greeted with a nice photo of Terri,
Jack and Janet on the couch and a nice
message/synopsis from George Sunga, a producer on the
show. Sunga’s message/synopsis continues on the back
of the case, as well. A photo of the Janet opening the
door for Larry and one of his many girlfriends is on
the back of the case as well.
The discs are in the case, of course, with disc one
containing episodes 1-6 and has a photo of Jack in a
blue background, disc two features episodes 7-13 and a
photo of Janet in a pink background. Disc three has
episodes 14-20 and a photo of Terri in a yellow
background. Finally, disc four has episodes 21-25 and
the extras, with a photo of Cindy on the disc with a
light purple background. When you remove disc four
from the case, you can see a nice loving photo of the
trio and Cindy in the apartment.
Menu Design and Navigation:
Now to the menu navigation--it is very similar in
style to the last four sets. The full season six theme
song is playing in the background. And rotating images
in little circles of Jack, Terri, Janet, Larry, Cindy
and Mr. Furley from season six are in the background.
The options on the menu screen are: “Play All,”
“Extras” (disc four ONLY), and “Episodes.” When you
select episodes, you will go to an episode index
screen where you can choose what episode you want.
When you choose an episode, you get a pretty decent
episode synopsis, about a paragraph or so in length,
and a screenshot from the episode. Then you hit play
and the episode plays in its full unedited form just
like how it aired on ABC. Each episode is about 25:05
minutes long, counting the opening and closing
credits. My one complaint about the Three’s Company
sets was that there were no chapters. They made a
little improvement for this season and season five,
though. They added a chapter break after the opening
credits, so you can skip over the theme anytime. But
still no chapter breaks where the commercials would
be. So, it is very hard to find a scene you want to
watch in particular. Hopefully they build on what they
did this season and add more chapter stops for the
final two seasons.
Video and Audio Quality:
The video and audio quality is very crisp and clear
for 1981-82. All the episodes are unedited and in the
25:05 minute range, as I previously stated. Like
seasons two through five, there are some tag scenes
from a few episodes that have probably never been seen
since its original run, unless you are from an outside
country. Every single episode has the full season six
theme song. The video is very watchable and the audio
is very clear, even though it is in mono. It is the
best mono on a DVD set probably out there. For some
reason the bumpers for the intermission of “Jack Bares
All” and “The Best of Three’s Company” are missing.
They are both intact on the ThreesCompany.com VHS
tapes, but not on this DVD. It’s not a big deal, but
still would have been nice to have. Here are the
bumpers:
Jack Bares All /
The Best of Three’s Company
Special Features:
Are you ready for some bonus material fun? The set
has audio commentary on disc one with director Dave
Powers on the one-hour episode “Jack Bares All.” He
is very interesting to listen to. He gives great
tidbits, insights and facts. He gives a great
analysis of the new opening credits that started in
season 6. The episode runs close to 49 minutes. Then
we have a sort of bonus feature on disc four with the
“Best of Three’s Company” episode by the great Lucille
Ball. This episode is always seen in syndication, so
it is not a real special feature, but is great to have
of course. The episode runs 48 minutes. But for some
reason the full end credits don’t seem to be there?
You can watch the full ending credits here.
The final extra is also on disc four and is a
featurette on the show’s popularity internationally.
“Laughs Around the World: Episode in Polish
Featurette” runs around 8 minutes and is introduced by
producer George Sunga. He mentions the show did very
well in international areas. They aired the show with
dubbed voices or they made their own version with
different actors, same scripts, such as in Poland in
the late ‘90s. The featurette shows bits of the U.S.
version of the season six episode “Paradise Lost”
intercut with the Polish version. It is very
interesting to see!
Final Comments:
While this set is not on par with the previous sets,
it is still very good. The set is well done and all
the episodes are unedited (which is all that really
counts) and in great quality. The extras were good but
the quality was down. All fans should buy this set and
continue to buy this series on DVD. Season 7 is slated
for July 25, 2006; with season 8 following in fall
2006. Come on Anchor Bay, bring on the spin-offs, too,
and us fans will love you even more! Season 6 is a
must buy as Three’s Company entered its final phase
with Terri.
Final Numbers (out of 5 stars - How our point system works)
Video Quality: 4.5/5
Audio Quality: 4.5/5
Special Features: 2/5
Menu Navigation/Design: 5/5
Overall: 4/5
-- Reviewed by pavanbadal on 02/25/06
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