CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Lawbolisted Powerful

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

etodd-4 Barney Miller has been unfairly undervalued. The Comedy series is unique, gritty, and has a wonderful dry humor. This is one of the best sitcoms there is! I totally enjoy the quirky characters that enter the scene of the 12th Precinct.The cast is fabulous:Barney Miller - intelligent, thoughtful and incredulous toward the weird happenings that occur in the squad room.Harris - conceited, proud, and almost insubordinate at times when certain aspects of being a detective clashes with his world view.Yemana - A quiet but humorous detective with a gambling addiction and a person who can make you a wicked cup of coffee. Wojo - A somewhat dimwitted detective with a heart of cold if you look inside of him deep enough.Dietrich - Let's call him an intellectual smarty pants.Levitt - Mr. Kiss Butt.This group of detectives create a perfect elixir for a perfect TV series.

tonedeaf06 Barney Miller is one of my favorite TV sitcoms and always will be. Acting & writing were top-notch and there always seemed to be a feeling that the cast really enjoyed working together. There does seem to be one common trait associated with successful sit-coms, from "Andy Griffith," to "All In The Family," to "Barney Miller" to "Cheers." It usually takes a season or two to hash out the delineation of the characters in a show. A period of time is needed to discard what doesn't work or fit until the actors find the characters "niche" or "comfort zone." Barney Miller was a much better series after Fish & Chano left, mainly because those 2 characters seemed to be the main focus in the first couple of seasons. On their departure, the other characters seemed to crystallize and the ensemble became more cohesive. You "knew" how these guys would, or could react in certain situations. I thought the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" was better after Rhoda & Phyllis left. The "Andy Griffith Show" became better when Griffith(to his great credit) began playing it "straighter" when he recognized Don Knotts brilliance. "Cheers" was better after Shelly Long departed, etc.I guess my ultimate point here is that I wonder how many possibly great shows were axed to early, before reaching that "comfort zone" area of character development? Luckily, "Barney Miller" was not.

DKosty123 This is the most impressive of the sitcoms ever done about law enforcement. It is understated, intellectual, comical, & entertaining while dealing with the beat of a group of New York City Dectectives. The show draws its characters well, & defines & redefines them throughout the show.This show was a slow starter in the ratings, partly because of it's subtle humor, & partly because early on it would get distracted away from the police station with Barney's wife (played by Barbara Barrie). After the first couple of seasons, the show started concentrating more on it's knitting, the police station, & graduated into a more sophisticated comedy.The recent death of the late Ron Carey reminded me of just how well he played Officier Carl Levitt. His character always behaved like all the Detectives looked down on him, an underling. Carey played that attitude brilliantly.Hal Linden was always a consummate Captain Miller, always being put on the spot by his team & shooting from the hip at times. Steve Landesburg (Dietrich)was the most intellectual of the detectives always taking a simple conversation & making it complex. James Gregory as Inspector Luger was alway bugging Barney with stories of the old days he'd have to listen to from a superior. In some ways this was the veteran movie actors best role. Max Gail as Wojo was always being played as stupid but often got the last word in. Abe Vigoda was perfect as Fish, so good they spun him off from here to his own series. Jack Soo was brilliant as Yemana but sadly death cut his role short in this series, similar to Coach on CHEERS. Ron Glass as Detective Harris was very good as another mainstay on the show. This show had a diverse cast, even Linda Lavin who would go on to play ALICE got a good start on this show. The writers were brilliant in that they constantly kept developing the characters to the point that when the last show came along, they ended the show with a script where everybody finally got what they wanted in promotions for years, and ended with Barney closing the door on the squad room for the last time.As this show hits the DVD's, I bet it gets a slow start but once young folks get exposed to it, the sales will pick up speed. The shows are that good.

daleo I have been a fan since 1975. I to am amazed at the apathy from the mfrs. of this DVD. I would like to see this series continued as I to have season one and have been waiting for season two's re-lease far to long. Come on studio heads. Get off your wallet and give us devoted fans of Barney Miller some hope. You got off Mary Tyler Moore and now it has done very well. You folks as a rule do a poor job of letting the public in general know about a future re-lease of these series. Put adds in places that your average Joe might be alerted to the fact that his favorite show of all time was about to be re-leased. So many of my friends were Andy Griffith fans but were unaware that the first three seasons had been re-leased. Your average Joe does not pursue this info like I do. I go to tvshowsondvd.com all the time for up to date news on Series that are about to be re-leased. Thanks for listening.