The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season

Buy This Item The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $34.99  on 8-27-2008     The hijinx continues. [] Mildly disappointed in the video transfer, which is quite grainy in some episodes,especially considering what a superior job is done with the other 3 seasons- (started by watching TNOT fugitives). Some trivia. Check out how some scenes from this episode are actually stolen form TNOT Jack O'diamonds (Jim going into the mountains and pulling out his telescope) Must have cut the budget this season. Also funny how JTW's hair is parted on both sides sometimes in the same episode. All in all great fun. Reader Reviews The final season of the Wild Wild West. The reason was not due to ratings. In fact, the show which was shown on CBS on Friday evenings was consistently high in the Nielsens. In a reflection of the times, worried about war and questioning whether kids should have toy guns to play with the show fell to a very biased axe. The Fourth season features a few differences. In the first few episodes there is a distinct change in the background music that suggests the late sixties nightclub instead of the 1870 bar. The plots tend to revolve around eccentrics or eccentric countries trying to cause a national disaster or solve something at the expense of everyone else. The sets are incredibly more colorful than the previous season and the plot lines tend to pick up in mid performance of action, as opposed to the old days when some explosion would occur and we get to see the reasons unravel. There is also a significant change in the supporting actors. Although the series always featured a good amount of roles for minorities, there are more in this years twenty four episodes than in any prior series. Many reviewers mention the fact that Ross Martin had a heart attack that caused him to miss many episodes in this particular season, but I remember that the general replacements of a steady Agent Pike and a host of guest stars adequately filled in while Mr. Martin was recovering. Pat Paulson, a well known comedian who became a star of the moment after his "Laugh In" roles was brought in as a "special" government agent and is among the many who perhaps are now forgotten, yet there presence here brings a moment to remember. In the end, as with many television shows of the era, the series is left hanging and just like "Lost in Space" with the Robinson family, we are left to wonder what happened to our heroes. Oh well, but it was an exciting ride wasn't it!?

The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season Available from Amazon Price: $34.99 Updated on 8-27-2008.

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