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Published on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 1:26am |
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JUSTICE LEAGUE!! SEINFELD!! NEWSRADIO!! EARL!! Herc's SUPERMAN-Citing DVD Vault!!
The fourth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show  , the last co-starring Valerie Harper as Rhoda, was nominated for 10 Emmys (including one for “outstanding comedy series”) and won five, including those for “actress of the year” and “best lead actress in a comedy series” (Mary Tyler Moore), “best supporting actress in a comedy" (Cloris Leachman) and “writer of the year” and “best writing in a comedy” (Treva Silverman).
Horny TV-homemaker Sue Ann Nivens was introduced in the season opener and Liberty Williams played Rhoda’s all-but-married sister Debbie Morgenstern. Lou splits with his wife, Ted meets Walter Cronkite and the father who abandoned him as a baby, Mary dates a younger man and an anchorman for a better newscast, Rhoda dates Lou, Ted quits WJM to pursue a political career, Mary and Rhoda produce a show starring Ted and Sue Ann, Mary and Rhoda have a fight, an expose on singles bars is prepared, and Lou suspends Mary for writing a joke obituary. 610 minutes for just $19.49!!
The fourth season of NewsRadio was the last to star the late Phil Hartman. A pre-“Gilmore Girls” Lauren Graham appears in four episodes as Andrea, an unstable efficiency expert. Matthew Brock is fired and stays fired a good portion of the season. Lisa Miller becomes Dave Nelson’s boss. Catherine Duke quits. Bill McNeal gives up cigarettes and steals Mark Russell's "singing satirist" act. Jimmy James - whose book is translated into Japanese, then back into English - tries to circumnavigate the Earth in a balloon. Matthew takes Lisa out on a date. “Mr. Show” vets David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Brian Posehn turn up as three-quarters of Dave’s old a capella singing group. The season ends with a bizarre parody of “Titanic.”
Of all the many many Super-titles on sale today, the one to which I’m most looking forward is Justice League: The Complete Second Season. Because I never saw it most of it. I caught the first season, deemed it kid-stuff, and bailed before season two premiered. When I revisited the franchise for the Thanagarian-centric second-season finale, I found Green Lantern John Stewart dating Hawkgirl Shayera Hol and myself liking the series a whole lot better.
While I was gone, the League apparently had to contend with such classic DC villains as Amazo, Dr. Destiny, Vandal Savage, Despero, the Justice Lords, Darkseid, Kalibak, Deadshot, Lobo, Eclipso, Gorilla Grodd, Giganta, Clayface, Sinestro, Shade, Parasite, the Joker, the Royal Flush Gang and the Ultra-Humanite.
Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry
The big pricing news remains Fox Home Entertainment, which is having a big 50%-Off sci-fi sale - which has in turn precipitated, among other things, some of the lowest season-set prices for “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “The X-Files” on record:
TV-on-DVD Calendar
Selected season-sets of Herc’s All-Time Favorite TV Shows on DVD! Behold the comparative value:
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