Saturday, September 28, 2013

Simon & Simon: Season Three



Bring on the rest Amazon!
Like the rest of the reviewers, I grew up on Simon and Simon. Loved watching it. The characters of Rick and AJ were terrific and loved the supporting cast Mom Simon, Downtown Brown, Myron Fowler and Janet Fowler. Would have loved to have a dog like Marlow. Even now when I hear the theme music it brings a smile to my face cause I know good television is fixing to hit the screen from my dvd player. So Amazon how bout you joining the rest of us and get seasons 4 - 9 released? I'll buy em! I would rather spend 35.00-40.00 dollars on good television entertainment than watch the majority of tv. shows today.

This is where it gets going!
Season 3 of Simon & Simon is where the show really hit it's stride. 1983 was a great year and this show captures the time perfectly. For fans of the 80s, don't forget you get the added bonus of a Whiz Kids crossover episode (starring Matthew Laborteaux etc).

All that and the assurance that Shout Factory will do yet another stellar job on great dvd quality and artwork! Perfect summer viewing and perfect nostalgia.

The Simon Brothers and Downtown Brown...Unbeatable!
There is something nearly magical about being 'on top of your game', and "Simon & Simon: Season Three" was truly at it's peak. Not only were stars Jameson Parker (as sweet-tempered, preppy A.J.) and Gerald McRaney (as gonzo Vietnam vet, Rick), superb, and Mary Carver, as their long-suffering but loving mom, Cecilia, given real opportunities to shine (and let's not forget Marlowe, Rick's scene-stealing big ol' mutt), but the arrival of Tim Reid, as funny, street-savvy Det. 'Downtown' Brown, provided the missing element the show needed; a likable authority figure to tell the boys their clients are guilty and their theories, crazy, then join in the adventures to catch the real villains ('deputizing' them, regularly!). While he doesn't arrive until the seventh episode, the chemistry is spontaneous, and by the end of the first appearance, he's 'family'!

For those who followed the series faithfully, some slight but noticeable 'tweaking' is evident; Rick's 'Nam backstory is beefed...

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