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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
EAN: 0826663105742
Format: Box set, Black & White, NTSC
Label: Shout! Factory
Manufacturer: Shout! Factory
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Shout! Factory
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Running Time: 930 minutes
Sales Rank: 9019
Studio: Shout! Factory
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1962
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Product Description:
From Quinton McHale's first onscreen appearance on a pair of water skis 1960s audiences knew the hero of the title wasn't a typical navy officer. Set in World War II this military sitcom features a band of unlikely shipmen led by McHale (Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine MARTY) that were more at war with their staid superiors than with the Axis powers. In addition to moonshine makers and skirt chasers this motley crew features a con man and a Japanese deserter. Borgnine is supported by a stellar cast including comedic luminaries Tim Conway (THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW) Gavin McLeod (THE LOVE BOAT) and Joe Flynn (BATMAN). This collection presents the classic sitcom's second season in its entirety.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 826663105742 Manufacturer No: SF10574
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The ever-popular Ernest Borgnine, one of the all-time great 'regular guy' stars, anchored McHale's Navy, a cheerful, rambunctious '60s sitcom set in the South Pacific during World War II. By its second season, the show had perfected its formula (a formula already lifted wholesale from The Phil Silvers Show): Lt. Commander McHale (Borgnine) and the scrappy crew of his PT boat (including Tim Conway, later of The Carol Burnett Show, as bumbling Ensign Parker and Gavin MacLeod, later to helm The Love Boat, as seaman 'Happy' Haines) scheme, swindle, and romance their way through the war, avoiding the enemy whenever possible, and making life miserable for their petty, tyrannical commanding officer, Capt. Binghamton (Joe Flynn, later to appear in numerous Disney live-action movies like The Love Bug and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes). Though some episodes reflected real world issues of the 1960s (for example, Ensign Parker feels less of a man when a pretty nurse turns out to be better than him at pretty much everything), by and large the show existed in a bubble of slapstick and classic vaudeville schtick--and the show's fans wouldn't want it any other way. Despite the backdrop of WWII, McHale's Navy aimed young. McHale and his crew are basically a gang of rascally kids getting away with pranks and defying the adult authority figures around them. Though the guys routinely pursue nurses, their 'dates' amount to little more than stolen kisses and light petting--compared to the leering Hogan's Heroes, McHale's Navy is strangely prepubescent. Of course, this innocence is much of the show's charm, and makes the occasional Asian and Pacific Islander stereotypes a little easier to take (though it's worth noting that the Japanese characters on the show were always played by Japanese actors, something not common at the time). In addition to the original 36 episodes aired in 1963-64, McHale's Navy: Season Two features brief interviews with Borgnine and Conway (regrettably, Flynn died in 1974). The fairly bland Borgnine interview has at least one good anecdote, but the Conway interview is charming throughout. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - McHale's Navy
I have truly enjoyed season two of McHale's Navy. It is everything I had hoped for.
Rating: - Hilarious!
In the second season, the producers of this show figured out where success for the show was to be found--and it shows in the opening credits: Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn) and Ensign Parker (Tim Conway) are featured right after McHale. Even though McHale is supposedly the star character, it's really Parker who carries this show. Binghamton is only slightly less important. The interplay between these two makes for a very funny show. I've almost busted a gut several times watching these two idiots! ... Read More
Rating: - McHale's Navy - 2nd Season
I always enjoyed the original TV series (although it is in black and white) but that's authentic, at least. Joe Flynn is truly irreplacable (sp?) as Capt. Wallace Binghamton and Tim Conway is always hilarious. I laugh out loud each and every time I watch the characters of McHale's Navy! It's a hoot!
Rating: - funny
I bought this as a gift for my dad, but I remember it from when I was a kid and it was a riot. I remember hearing my dad laugh so loud at it.
Rating: - McHale's Navy - Season Two
MY HUSBAND GOT SEASON ONE OF MC HALE'S NAVY AND REALLY WANTED SEASON TWO.. AND HE WAS SO THRILLED THAT ON CHRISTMAS DAY THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE INTERESTING ON TV.. SO HE WATCHED ENDLESS HOURS MC HALE'S NAVY... THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
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