Mr. Belvedere – Season Four (1987 – 88/Shout! Factory DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: C- Episodes: C-
Note: This DVD set is only available
exclusively from Shout! Factory at their on-line website store. You can find the link to that site below.
After
issuing the first three seasons in two DVD sets, Shout! Factory has decided to
make Mr. Belvedere – Season Four as
a website exclusive, a new trend for certain DVD releases. You can read about my thoughts on the series
at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8309/Mr.+Belvedere+%E2%80%93+Seasons
Well, the
show did not get any better a few years later and actually lost what little
energy it had as two of the children grew into being teens and seem a little
bored as the show has nowhere to go. Unless
you are a fan of the show form the start, then you might sense a sort of
awkwardness throughout and even wonder why this was a hit to begin with. That is a mystery we may never solve, but you
get all 20 half-hours form this season on 3 DVDs and that will keep fans and
the curious happy.
The 1.33
X 1 image was shot on analog NTSC videotape and throughout has a harsh digital
look on every show with aliasing errors pointing to what looks like
second-generation digital copies. Well,
the color could be worse. The Dolby
Digital 2.0 Mono shows its age, but is still better than the image, but this
sounds even weaker than the first set.
There are no extras, which also weakens this set. You mean no one has anything else to say
about the show? Maybe they could do a
featurette about going to Pittsburgh
or tape them visiting.
To order,
go to this link:
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/
- Nicholas Sheffo
