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The Best of Charlie's Angels, Season 1

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I've seen most of the 1st 2 seasons and some of 3 and 4.
I saw seance for the 1st time the other week and thought it was really well done and a great performance by Jaclyn Smith.

When these shows first came out, I was eleven years old. I really didn't get a chance to see much of this first season when it ran in 1976, but I knew all about the three women who were the Angels thanks to tons of magazine coverage. The show was a phenomenom. Everybody had the Farrah poster!

Jump to today. This set is a very nice, complete view of season 1 (the only season Farrah was on the show). It includes the pilot and 22 episodes. Some are good and hold up with time. A couple are clinkers. But, the sound and video reproduction are good and it is easy to see why everyone was so spellbound by the show - Kate, Farrah and Jackelyn were stunning.

These women will always be known to have fueled the feminist movement in showing women in dangerous situations and winning. Men still love this show because of the MUCHO sex-appeal(especially Fawcett and Smith;Jackson is not bad either!). Not as racy as the new version with Lucy Lui and Cameron Diaz(others too!) but Fawcett in one episode might change your mind in that category(she plays a prostitute;the v-neck outfit from Heaven;WOW!!). If you watched it and liked it in the 70's, this will bring back good memories.

I plan to get the rest of the episodes when I can afford them after buying this inexpensive preview disc. The attractiveness of the actresses and the shooting style still hold up after all these years. They should show the entire series syndicated in foreign countries especially developing ones. The stories are nice, the actresses are so likable and the clothes are not too terrible at all. I wish the commercial break music had been omitted however,