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I don't think I can improve on what's been said, already,....so I'm just going to add my few cents worth, and try to get to bed by 3 a.m. We ordered the set, a couple of months ago,....and then spent the next two weeks or so, glued to the DVD player,..like a book you can't put down. The show was refreshing, and not 'at all!' old-fashioned/out-of-date for just plain GOOD viewing. The story lines were fun. We Did get tickled at how often folks were-a-runnin' places in it, but that was just part of the charm. Robert Brown's leather shirts all had an obvious zipper under the left arm to the waist, which was a facinating bit of modernism, as did the ladies with their back-zippered gowns (where buttons should have been, down fronts and the gowns two-piece outfits of bodice and seperate skirts) But these are just minor observations, revealing our historical re-inactor 'roots'I can't watch a lot of the older shows, because time and technology has jaded me to the simplicity of them, so that they seem better suited to the mentality of an 8 or 10 year old.But my husband and I are both in our 50s and we didn't feel, at ALL that way, about this series.One word best describes it,..: 'Fun'Clancy, the boat captain, is SO Perfectly cast !!!!!Bobby Sherman (who I'd first known as a singer) is a delightful youngest brother. David Soul did good in Starsky and Hutch, but in this series seems to take a back-seat to the personalities of his older and younger brothers. Lottie couldn't have been played as well, by Anyone else.My husband got a kick out of 'Biddy' Bo Sevson (sp) was the first big blond crush I ever had. I'm glad to find out he's still around, as are several of the younger actors of the series.(I'm just wondering where he's been, in the meantime,.....I mean I remember seeing him in assorted things back then, but then he just seemed to drop out)The place always seems to be 'wet',...but then again,...I've heard that's normal for Seattle.We got such a kick out of the series, that we decided we wanted to go up and see some of the country. We're leaving in Oct. (and taking raingear)We've put more of the same on our 'wish list' here, for when-ever someone gets around to getting more seasons on DVD. We can't wait,.....in the meantime, I just (last night) ordered the first two seasons of 'Northern Exposure' (Though I'm afeared my guy will next be itching to go adventuring up in Alaska, next,......)But I'd like to see the Colorado Rockies, first ala my favorite movie of all time 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'It's almost 3 a.m./pumpkin time