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McHale's Navy - Season Two | 
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Actor: Mchale's Navy
Studio: Shout! Factory
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 6954
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 930
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: MCMDSF10574D
UPC: 826663105742
EAN: 0826663105742
ASIN: B000S6LTH4
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1962
Release Date: September 11, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 09/11/2007
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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
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 More Great Laughs from McHale December 23, 2008
Great to see these in DVD format. I have carried these around with me on travels and nothing beats unwinding after a hard day, with a few laughs from LTCOMDR McHale and his crew of 'water rats'; as they get involved in more madcap escapades that involve raising the ire of Captain Binghamtom and his servile aid Lieutenant Carpenter.
This set also contains separate interviews with Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, as they recount their time with the McHale's Navy series.
If you enjoyed Season One, you've got to get Season Two!
McHale's Navy April 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have truly enjoyed season two of McHale's Navy. It is everything I had hoped for.
Hilarious! February 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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! The others of McHale's group are now assigned a pecking order, with Gruber, who probaby could have carried the show by himself, becoming the lead navy-man. Happy (Gavin MacLeod) is mercifully relegated to low man on the totem pole (doesn't he leave the show in a year or two?). This is good, clean family fun and it's a riot. Get it and enjoy.
BTW, I have had no problems with the production value. Sound and picture have been great. Can hardly wait for season three.
McHale's Navy - 2nd Season January 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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!
funny December 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
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