Just Shoot Me! the Complete series
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
As always Shout Factory comes though with a great set. All 7 seasons are here on 19 discs. The set also has audio commentary on a few episodes, a feature interview and a magazine cover gallery. The same that seem to be on the older Sony releases. The discs are split into four clear cases with episode information on the reverse side. Package artwork is nice and colorful, The discs are colorful too, but plain in design with just the logo and disc number. Discs are split up as Seasons 1 and 2 Seasons 3 and 4 Seasons 5 and 6 Season 7. Menus are play all or select an episode. The set features English Closed Captions. When trying to get to them I had select an episode and then go in and pick the captions after the episode.
Overall as usual a nice release from Shout Factory.- TheDailyDriver
Steven Levitan is a genius. I first became awarre of his writing and producing on “Frasier”, particularly season two’s Breaking The Ice. He created “Just Shoot Me” and it was magic. The ensemble acting is second to none, the writing is fantastic, and (perhaps inspired by “Frasier” and its black cards) the cover of the current issue of BLUSH magazine inserted between scenes with the camera focused on an article that’s a pun or bit of irony for the scene ahead. The episodes are fresh, including one in season two that parallels “King Lear”, another that is designed in the style of Annie Hall called “My Dinner With Woody”, and countless legendary guests. The titles are wonderfully short and the only actor not classically trained is David Spade, who is so comfortable on camera that he keeps pace with everyone.
Shout Factory is a gift to the preservation of TV, bring this as well as countless other hard to negotiate series. (“Newhart” took ten years to produce a second season; it was SHOUT who negotiated the rights). I own many many from the SHOUT collection. I give this five stars because of the quality of the episodes but I should mention the quality of disc manufacturing. For example, the last four episodes on disc two of season 5 will not play. Neither under “play all” or from the episodes menu. Not after lens cleaning, disc cleaning (first view) not after strong cursing, which usually works. It happend again in Season six in the middle of an episode guesting Dave Foley as a blind man. I have to wonder if this set was perhaps returned defective, “repaired” then re-sold. Still, most of the episodes work fine, so I shall not bother with it. But check all your discs right away.
When this series was on I saw the first two seasons on Network and then my life got very busy and complicated and I missed the rest. In fact, I was surprised the series ran for seven seasons because I simply never caught it. Everything gets better with each season and we see the characters grow. (We actually meet Jack’s wife Allie.) The series is cutting edge for network TV and well worth iif discs are defective I warned you here.
– David Seaman
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni, David Spade
Directors: Various
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Full Screen
Language: English
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 19
Rated: NR Not Rated
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Release Date: September 5, 2017
Run Time: 3270 minutes
ASIN: B071YTT7WK
