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(More customer reviews)Buyer Beware: These are NOT different episodes from those that Guy Williams' fans already have on VHS tapes. Each of the VHS tapes (released years ago) had a title for each tape (which contained about 6 episodes each). Those titles do NOT appear on these dvds. However, they are the exact same episodes.
What you get are "new" colorized copies and better picture quality (although the VHS tapes were fine quality).
I'm not knocking these dvds. I just want to pass along this warning. I may not have jumped at the Christmas gift of a "deal" on all 6 dvds had I known that I was not getting any new episodes.
All of that said, Guy Williams is masterful in every way in this series. His allegedly deaf valet steals the show many times. Sgt. Garcia is the Sgt. Schultz (Hogan's Heroes) of this series. It all works, in every episode.
For you fans who followed Guy Williams from here into the additionally immortal Lost In Space TV series, there is another treat in here. Jonathan Harris (Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost In Space) appears in the Mountain Man set of episodes, as a dastardly, conniving sneak. I guess someone saw how well he did it, and signed him up as the permanent "Special Guest Star" on Lost In Space.
Guy Williams died of a brain aneurism, in 1989 in Argentina. Though born in the Bronx, he had reportedly felt burned by Hollywood. After relocating to Argentina, he did some work with a traveling circus as Zorro. In Hollywood, he had also starred as Sinbad and as the sword-wielding Miles Hendon in a Disney version of The Prince and the Pauper.
Guy Williams was the first of the Lost In Space actors to die, followed only recently by Jonathan Harris. Sadly, their first public reunion was after 1989.
Guy Williams, born Armando Joseph Catalano, may have been one of the most untapped strong-male (a true 6'3") lead actors that Hollywood neglected, to their loss and ours.
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Journey back to the days when California was still under Spanish rule and El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles was a growing community surrounded by sprawling ranchos. The struggle for power to control Alta California's vast wealth often led to rampant injustice. On DVD for the first time ever - fans of all ages can experience classic episodes from Walt Disney's legendary TV series (1957-1959). This Zorro volume chronicles eight swashbuckling adventures starring Guy Williams (TV's Lost in Space) as the masked avenger Don Diego de le Vega. Riding astride his stunning black stallion Tornado to defend the poor and oppressed, his alter ego, El Zorro ("The Fox"), expertly wields bullwhip, sword, and cunning to right every wrong as perhaps the first caped crusader - one who inspired legions more. Contains 8 Episodes from Season 1: Episode 1 - Presenting Se?or Zorro ? Episode 2 - Zorro's Secret Passage ? Episode 3 - Zorro Rides to the Mission ? Episode 4 - The Ghost of the Mission ? Episode 5 - Zorro's Romance ? Episode 6 - Zorro Saves a Friend ? Episode 7 - Monastario Sets a Trap ? Episode 8 - Zorro's Ride into Terror
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