Product Details

• Actors: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow, Leila Kenzle
• Directors: David Steinberg
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Run Time: 540 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000TD4N9W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,148 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mad About You: The Complete Fourth Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In the fourth season of Mad About You, which originally aired on NBC during 1995-1996, Paul (Paul Reiser) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) Buchman deal with issues that could potentially break up their marriage. As they start planning a family, they are faced with infertility. When both decide to shake up their careers, one of them loses their job. And then there is the possibility of infidelity, when both Jamie and Paul are tempted outside of marriage. In a testament to the writers' sharp scripts and adroit acting by the leads, Mad About You manages to find humor during some bleak scenarios. Like many couples who find themselves unable to get pregnant, the Buchmans at first are incredulous that they can't easily finagle a pregnancy. There's a not completely original, but still funny, episode revolving around Paul having to produce a specimen on demand, which isn't helped any by his behemoth of a nurse (played by Everybody Loves Raymond's Brad Garrett). At one point, Paul asks his cousin Ira (the delightful John Pankow) if he realizes that the Buchman dynasty could end if neither of them has children: "If we don't produce an heir, it's all over." Looking at his cousin, Ira quips, "If you and me are it… then it deserves to be over."

Some critics have harped that listening to the Buchmans bicker has grown old by now. But the beauty of the show has always been in the way the two argue. Quick-tongued and witty, they wield their words like razor-sharp knives, reminding viewers of the song "You Always Hurt the One You Love." But it's their quiet truisms than can break your heart. When Jamie tells her husband, "It's not working," viewers are left holding their breath and urging the couple on to make it work. And in the three-part season finale, Paul and Jamie have some major issues to work out. Other story arcs include Paul's sister Debbie coming out as a lesbian. Their mother is shocked but takes some solace in the fact that Debbie's lover is a doctor. Ira begins gambling again and handles it better than Paul. And Jamie's neurotic and self-centered sister finally gets engaged. Guest stars include Yoko Ono, Arte Johnson, and Hank Azaria, who appears as a semi-regular as the Buchmans' dog walker. All 24 episodes are included on the four-disc set. --Jae-Ha Kim

Product Description

Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 06/29/2010

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am waiting, as well..., January 22, 2008

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Murraybuch (NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad About You: The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)

... with infinite patience. At this point, I don't ask for any extras, no fancy booklets, nothing! Just press the discs and sell them with the cheapest packaging you can imagine... I (and apparently several others) will buy it right away. The series had a loyal following, so much so that it kept the show going for seven seasons. Well, we are still here! If not for anything else, a quick IMDB glance points to the striking fact that this show earned 63 awards nominations and 36 wins, including multiple American Comedy Awards, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild awards, several Emmy's, Golden Globes, and the list goes on. So, for the sake of ART, itself, please release it. In case inescapable reasons prevent that, I would hope Sony could simply offer an explanation to the fans. Take it as a matter of politeness towards your customers (yes, we are the folks at home watching your shows and helping you make money). It is fine, we can take a solid justification, we are not exactly Cavemen (pun intended). That way, at least, we will not feel like fools waiting for nothingness. And for the record, season four ranks very high in my list of favorites, not just for its formidable ending, but also for the intelligent and subtle way the seeds for that ending were planted throughout the entire season, offering much more context and meaning to the final episodes (evidently, this is in no way captured by the collection dvd set). What else can I say? I encourage more people to use this public space and signal their interest in this excellent show. Thank you for reading.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting..., December 22, 2007

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citymonk (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad About You: The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)

Here we wait for season 4 of one of TV's great sitcoms, while "That 70's Show" is already up to season 7! Sad.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting, waiting, waiting..., January 5, 2008

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Andi Saitenhieb "Andi Saitenhieb" (Friedberg (Hessen)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad About You: The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)

Every rubbish ever seen on TV seems to be (re-)published on DVD these days, but one of the greatest productions ever, decorated with price after price, awaited by a whole fan community, is delayed for years and years and years... what's going on here? I guess we'll never know. But me and my wife keep waiting (and buying every MAY-season that will be published).