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Easily one of the greatest television sitcoms ever
made, Wings never failed to please in its eight seasons
on the air. The newest DVD release for the series is the
sixth season. ***
The set features all of the episodes of the show's
sixth season, spanning four discs. Episodes included are
as follows: Whose Wife Is It Anyway, Twisted Sister, The
Shrink, The Spark and How To Get It, The Waxman Cometh,
Is That a Ten Foot Sandwich or are You Just Happy To Se
Me, All's Fare, Miss Jenkins, If It's Not One Thing It's
Your Mother, The Wrong Stuff, Insanity Claus, She's Back,
Have I Got A Couple For You, Fools Russian, Let's Call The
Whole Thing Off, Remembrance of Flings Past (two-parter),
Gone But Not Faygotten, Ex Lies and Videotape, Portrait
of the Con Artist as a Young Man, The Love Life and Times
of Joe and Helen, A House to Die For, Nuptials Off, Et Tu
Antonio, Boys Just Wanna Have Fun, and Here It Is The Big
Wedding. ***
The premise behind Wings is deceptively simple, but
it works so well. The show follows the lives of an airport
staff, their jobs, and the lives they live. Among the cast
of characters are two brothers who are polar opposites running
a small airline, a spoiled and arrogant rich guy in charge
of a larger one, a stereotypical immigrant taxi driver,
an often-clueless old woman who tends to numerous duties
in the facility, and an eccentric, oddball mechanic. ***
Wings is one of those few shows that managed to stay
fresh for its entire run. The sixth season featured two
major events with its cast - one good, one not so good.
The good aspect was Amy Yasbeck becoming a regular on the
show. The not-so-good occurrence was the departure of Thomas
Haden Church, who brilliantly portrayed the mechanic Lowell.
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Image And Sound:
Sadly, the DVD transfers of Wings have not been all
that great, and the sixth season doesn't manage to be an
exception to this. While the picture quality definitely
looks better than catching repeats on the air in syndication,
the ten-year-plus age of the film really shows. It's clear
Paramount hasn't given this show the treatment a number
of other series they released on DVD have gotten. The audio
is not of great quality, but there aren't any major issues
with it either. ---
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