Mad About You 3rd Season (DVD)
APPROX. 570 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1994 - MPA RATING: NR
" It's too bad the video quality is so VHS poor, because this is a great, underrated sitcom.
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10) "The City"-Paul and Jamie try to double-date with Ira and his new girlfriend, but they're convinced she's a pathological liar. She thinks the same about them.
11) "Our Fifteen Minutes"-Paul sets up a camera in the apartment to film a fifteen-minute reality movie about a day in their lives, with comic results.
12) "How to Fall in Love"-A dating video Paul makes causes him and Jamie to experiment by trying out lines they used on each other on other people, with, unfortunately, Jamie attracting another man.
13-14) "Mad About You" Pts. 1-2-A flashback episode shows us how Paul and Jamie planned their wedding.
15) "Just Our Dog"-Murray becomes a star when he appears in a commercial.
16) "The Alan Brady Show"-Paul's idol turns out to be an ill-tempered and arrogant man.
17) "Mad Without You"-Jamie's off to visit her dad in Connecticut and Paul plays bachelor. Then he mistakenly donates their bed to a thrift store, and has to try to get it back.
18) "Purseona"-Paul gets ready for a filming trip to the Yukon, but Lisa has left with Jamie's purse and his passport and trip money.
19) "Two Tickets to Paradise"-Paul and Jamie pretend to have children in order to take a paid vacation to the Caribbean, but it's a tough act to continue among real parents onboard.
20) "Money Changes Everything"-Ira is on a roll until his ex-wife arrives and offers to loan him money for his business.
21) "Cake Fear"-Paul flashes back to his worst birthdays, as another of his milestones threatens to blow up in everyone's faces.
22) "My Boyfriend's Back"-Jamie's new client has teamed her and Fran with her ex-boyfriend and artist Alan, and it leads to creative differences . . . and more sparks.
23-24) "Up in Smoke" Pts. 1-2-Paul and Jamie start having doubts about their marriage, and it doesn't help that the newsstand where they met has burned down. Is it a sign?
Video:
"Mad About You" is a rare intelligent sitcom that finds its humor in human nature. It really deserves a better fate than the fuzzy, VHS-quality shows that we get on this single-sided three-disc set. If you've been watching DVDs remastered in High Definition, these episodes are going to strike you as being positively AWFUL. Presented in color (1.33:1) aspect ratio, they episodes seem slightly out of focus. My guess is that the fuzziness and graininess (which, in some cases is so noticeable that there's a porosity or speckled look) is the result of the original less-than-perfect master and no apparent restoration work. It's too bad the video quality is so VHS poor, because this is a great, underrated sitcom.
Audio:
The soundtrack is Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, but with all dialogue (except for the theme song and segue clips) it might as well be Mono. As with the video, it takes a while to get used to, but when you do it's not problematic. Until you get used to it, the sound feels as if it's slightly muffled or scratchy, and faraway sounding in some scenes.
Extras:
For extras, you have to turn to "The Ultimate Collection." There are none included here.
Bottom Line:
Fans of "Mad About You" have to feel relieved. After the combined first and second seasons were released, a long time went by before Sony released "The Ultimate Collection," which culled the stars favorite episodes. Did that mean they didn't sell enough copies to warrant further production of complete-season sets? Apparently not, and that's great for sitcom lovers everywhere. "Mad About You" is one of those underrated shows that deserves the wider audience that DVDs attract.
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