"Oh, my lord!" It's the classic sitcom, Perfect Strangers, finally out on DVD.
Originally airing in 1986, Perfect Strangers starred Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous and Mark Linn-Baker as Larry Appleton; two very different cousins raised on opposite ends of the world. Balki: a sheepherder from the extremely small island of Mypos (a fictional Mediterranean island.) Larry: a small town boy from Madison,
Wis. looking to make it on his own in the Windy City.
The box set is rather dry when it comes to material beyond the 28 episodes of the first two seasons. The lone bonus feature within the set is a montage of a staple within the show - the "Dance of Joy." What this set really could have used is some deleted scenes, and some commentaries by cast and crew definitely would have been nice to have. With the original cast of the show being Louis Anderson and his actual cousin a "making of" featurette showing why these two wouldn't have worked giving the director and producers insights on how Linn-Baker and Pinchot did make the show work could have complimented the set nicely.
The episodes also do not appear to be in sequential order. There is an episode on
disc 4 - entitled "Tux for Two" - in which Larry is invited to a gallery event featuring the work of his idol - fictional photographer Roger Morgan. In the episode, Larry mentions that Morgan judged a contest in which he had won 10th place. However, in a later episode ("Up on a Roof") Larry attempts to enter the very same contest. The set isn't entirely to blame for this, as the episodes were initially aired out of order on ABC; however, this seems like something the producers of the show would want to change for this release - the fact that the order remains unchanged is simply another example of how rushed the set feels.
Is this set worth your $30? Only if you were a huge fan of the show and intend to continue through the entire series as the are released.
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