Boxed Sets And The Wild Wild West

There's an episode in the great popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond where Ray as a young boy was ovlivious to the fact his parents had split up beceause he was recovering from a broken arm and was entranced by episodes of The Wild Wild West TV show.  Since my father in law came to leave with us, I have to admit we have watched a lot of TV together including some recent favorites like Everybody Loves Raymod, The Big Bang Theory, The Kind of Queens, and Seifeld. We DVR most of these shows to avoid commercials because when you pushing 80, the last people you want to hear from is an insurance company or a pill manufacturer. And so my father in law and I have moved into Boxed Sets of classic TV shows (and movies).

And wouldn't you know it, our first boxed set was the for the complete four year run of The Wild Wild West. No - the production values aren't up to 21 century standards, the dialog is kind of hokey, and the plot lines well, at least they tried some things original.  But I have to stay after close to finishing 3 seasons of shows, both my father in law and I have enjoyed the show immensely and well worth the 70 bucks or so.

It was a common complaint that the DVDs would stick in the players and we certainly had that problem as well. Problem was solved when we bought a new blu-ray player (even though the series is in DVD format). No sticking whatsoever now. The nice outer package contains just a horrible inside collection of discs loosley bouncing off each other. Remove the discs and put them in sleeves in a more convient plastic storage box. The impressive box is a nice showpiece.

Enjoy The Wild Wild West.  Way better than that Mel Gibson / Wil Smith nonsense of a movie