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Product Description: James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western the Artemus designs a series of interesting gadgets for James that would make Inspector Gadget proud. A light hearted adventure series.System Requirements:Running Time; 1216 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368532144 Manufacturer No: 853214Amazon.com: At one uncharacteristically poignant point during Wild Wild West's final season, secret service agent James West raises a glass to toast "absent friends." That would be Artemis Gordon, West's resourceful sidekick and a master of disguise and the odd "diversion." Ross Martin, who portrayed Gordon, had suffered a heart attack and was missing in action for several episodes, so missed that it took several actors to fill his shoes: Charles Aidman as Jeremy Pike, William Scharlett (who early in the season portrays a villain in the episode, "The Night of the Gruesome Games") as Frank Harper, Pat Paulson, the hangdog mock-Presidential candidate on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, as the seemingly milquetoast Bosley Cranston in "The Night of the Camera," and Alan "The Skipper" Hale, Jr. as chemist Ned Brown in "The Night of the Sabatini Death," (which also features Jim Backus and contains a cute Gilligan’s Island in-joke at episode’s end). With or without Martin, this was a wild, wild season that offers genre-bending kicks in episodes that evoke James Bondian espionage, Jules Verne fantasy, bizarre Avengers-style villainy, and even The Phantom of the Opera. James and company are up against some entertainingly over-the-top megalomaniacs bent on world domination. Of course, the sun couldn’t set on the West without one last encounter with the series’ most popular villain, the "dictatorial, vain, short-tempered, and occasionally unreasonable" Dr. Loveless (Michael Dunn), who re-emerges yet again to pass judgment over those he professes to have wronged him in "The Night of Marguerite’s Revenge." Two of TV’s comedy icons, Harvey Koran and a pre-Mary Tyler Moore Show Ted Knight, play it straight as formidable foes in "The Night of the Big Blackmail" and "The Night of the Kraken," respectively. "The Night of the Winged Terror," the series’ only two-parter, is an effective creep show featuring a hypnotizing bulging-brained adversary. Conrad, as one character compliments him, is "better than ever," whether dispatching goons (he performed all his own stunts) or romancing the ladies ("He said something about showing the big dipper to the daughter of the Lithuanian ambassador," Artemis explains West’s absence in "Big Blackmail"). While there are signs that the series was poised to jump the shark, it is too bad it ended before further encounters with Professor Montague, who is introduced in "The Night of the Janis" as the Q-like creator of such nifty gadgets as a harmonica gun. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews:
- Memories renewed: Have been waiting for these TV programs I grew up with to finally be released on DVD. They have been remastered and are a delight to watch after so many years have past. Westerns at its best!
- The Wild Wild West - Season Four: I was very happy to see more of this old series. I would have liked to have seen more information about the episodes themselves, such as the title of each episode, air date, and guest stars. My family has bought several of past seasons; the Wild Wild West is a FUN series that adults can enjoy but it is also appropriate of younger viewers!
- Fourth and Final Season for "The Wild,Wild West"[1965-1969]: I am very pleased with the video/audio transfers of all the episodes[minus one],and,of course,there are no bonus features or extras of any kind on this DVD set.On the plus side,on DVD disc #1,you do get a quick sampling of some Paramount movie titles,at least they give you that as some type of a bonus/extra.This is a memorable last,final,season for the 1965 to 1969 T.V.series,what with Ross Martin missing because of his heart attack for several episodes,the only 2-part story,differant agent helpers filling in for Artemus Gordon[Ross Martin,who returns after his recovery],James West[Robert Conrad],going it alone in one episode,all in all,a very interesting,unique,differant,4th season,one can only wonder where the show may have gone from here had it lasted a few more seasons/years,too bad the two reunion movies,"The Wild,Wild West Revisited"[1979],and "More Wild,Wild West"[1980],are not included in this set,those were the last two times Robert Conrad & Ross Martin worked together.
- Old memories: James and Arty are still at their jobs of catching he bad guys. A couple of new gadgets or inventions from Arty, but otherwise pretty much the same old, same old. Still enjoy the series though as it brings back memories of growing up.
- Loved it! Loved it!: We have all 4 seasons of the Wild Wild West and really enjoy the episodes.
I always wondered what happened to Artie?!!
Great TV for anyone wanting to revisit shows from their childhood!
The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season
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