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Wings - The Complete First and Second Seasons |  | Directors: James Burrows, Noam Pitlik
Actors: Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church, David Schramm
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  160 reviews
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 642 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 0.7
MPN: 097360472547
UPC: 097360472547
EAN: 0097360472547
ASIN: B000ELIZZM
Theatrical Release Date: April 19, 1990
Release Date: May 23, 2006
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Follows the adventures of two brothers who run a local airport and their quirky employees.
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A popular and well-regarded comedy that ran for eight seasons in the '90s, Wings was created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, the team that worked together on Cheers and later created Frasier. Tim Daly and Steven Weber play two brothers, Joe and Brian Hackett, respectively, who parted ways many years ago when a woman left Joe to marry Brian. Joe, the straitlaced do-everything-right brother, is running Sandpiper Air, a small airline on the island of Nantucket that runs commuter flights to the New England coast, when he reluctantly offers a job to Brian, the carefree brother who's also a pilot. Others who work at the airport are Helen (Crystal Bernard), the former girl-next-door who now works the lunch counter and aspires to be a professional cello player; Lowell (Thomas Haden Church), the not-all-there mechanic; Roy (David Schramm), the owner of the rival airline AeroMass; and Fay, who handles Sandpiper's front desk. Over the short (six episodes) first season, Joe and Brian develop romantic triangles over both Helen and Brian's ex-wife, Carol (Kim Johston Ulrich), and Brian tries to set up Joe with the island tramp (Megan Mullaly). In the second season, the romantic entanglements continue, Joe develops a health problem that keeps him from flying, and we meet the last major member of the cast, Italian cab driver Antonio Scarpacci (Tony Shalhoub). Guest stars include Cheers' George Wendt and John Ratzenberger, Abraham Benrubi (ER) as Roy's son, and David Ogden Stiers as a conductor whom Helen tries to impress. While much of the regular cast faded from view after Wings, Shalhoub and Church garnered critical acclaim for their work on Monk and Sideways, respectively. --David Horiuchi
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 'Wings' Takes Comedy To New Heights March 17, 2006
Conner Macleod (USA)
140 out of 145 found this review helpful
'Wings' is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, if not the greatest. Very few shows offer as many constant laughs and endearing, heart warming stories with characters that became comedy legends. Who can forget Joe Hackett, the patriarch of the airport family, or his brother Brian, the casanova ladies' man who always had problems in the game of love. Then there's Helen Chappel, future wife of Joe and proprietor of the airport's snackbar, who was always pulling out hairs due to the crazy antics of her co-workers. Then there's Roy Biggins, the sleazy, slick yet somehow still lovable manager who's constantly scheming new ways to make a buck. Sort of like Roy's arch-nemesis, Fay Cochran is like everyone's grandmother: sweet, caring, funny with a bit of a mischevious side. Next is Lowell Mather, the bumbling, goofy but always well-intentioned plane mechanic who consistently brought golden comedy moments. A character that was introduced later on but who became an invaluable addition to the cast was Antonio Scarpacci, played by Tony Shalhoub who has gone on to further fame with his TV hit series entitled 'Monk'. Antonio's subtle, slightly neurotic portrayal of an insecure immigrant brought a great deal of humor as well as heart to the show, a character who nearly everyone could empathize with. Finally, a character who didn't enter 'Wings' until a few seasons later but added a tremendous amount to the show's comedy was Casey Davenport, actress Amy Yasbeck and widow of the late great John ritter. She played the on again off again girlfriend of Brian Hackett, and together they shared many hilarious episodes as they failed at dating.
Truly a classic sitcom, one that I personally love and never tire of, so I cannot wait to finally get my hands on this wonderful DVD collection after waiting all these years. Here is a brief rundown of all episodes from the first two excellent seasons:
Season 1
1. 'Legacy'- Joe and Brian Hackett reunite after a 6-year separation due to Brian stealing Joe's fiance' and end up making amends, which was their late father's dying wish.
2. 'Around the World In 80 Days'- Fay helps a pilot who's attempting a world-record flight around the globe. Helen auditons for the Cambridge Orchestra as a cellist.
3. 'Return To Nantucket: Part 1'- Brian travels to reunite with his ex-wife Carol, while Joe and Helen try to stop Brian from making a big mistake.
4. 'Return To Nantucket: Part 2'- Drama ensues as Brian wants to bring Carol back with him to Nantucket, despite Joe and Helen urging him not to.
5. 'There Once Was A Girl From Nantucket'- Brian sets Joe up on a blind date with a girl who has a bad reputation.
6. 'All For One and Two For Helen'- Brian, Joe and Helen want to go to Boston to see a Boston Celtics basketball game, but Joe's forced to cancel due to Fay and Roy arguing over the building of a new hangar.
Season 2
7. 'The Puppet Master'- Brian plays a prank on Helen by hiring a guy to pretend to be a pilot for the purpose of Helen falling in love with the pilot, which will break her rule of never dating pilots. Trouble ensues as Joe gets jealous.
8. 'The Story of Joe'- A writer from American Flyer Magazine stops by the Nantucket airport to do a story, which Joe is very enthused about, but his enthusiasm is quickly crushed when the writer is more interested in Brian's wild adventures than in Joe's airport.
9. 'A Little Nightmare Music'- The conductor of the Minneapolis Philharmonic Orchestra comes to Nantucket and Joe and Brian convince Helen to audition for the cello position.
10. 'Sports & Leisure'- Roy is invited to join the rest of the gang to a Trivial Pursuit party. Being teamed up with Lowell for the game, Roy gets frustrated by Lowell's participation.
11. 'A Standup Kind of Guy'- An old high school class mate of Joe asks him to be the best man at his wedding, but there is a problem, Joe does not remember who this class mate is!
12. 'It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift'- Joe and Brian compete with each other over who can buy Helen the best gift.
13. 'Hell Hath No Fury Like A Police Woman Scorned'- Joe gets arrested for Brian's unpaid parking tickets, so Brian tries to bail Joe out by wooing the police woman. Unfortunately for Brian, the police woman falls hard for him, and so he struggles with trying to break it off.
14. 'High Anxiety'- A doctor grounds Joe from flying due to his high blood pressure, and out of frustration he takes it out on his brother, which leads to Brian wanting to leave and join up with TWA airlines instead.
15. 'Friends or Lovers?'- Joe and Helen go out on a date while Brian spies on them with a faulty radio.
16. 'There's Always Room For Cello'- Roy has his boy RJ sign up with Helen for cello lessons.
17. 'A Terminal Christmas'- The airport crew goes over to Fay to celebrate Christmas, but find it hard to get into the holiday spirit with Fay all depressed over the loss of her late husband.
18. 'Airport '90'- Encouraged by Helen's support, Joe creates a flight school.
19. 'Love Is Like Pulling Teeth'- A dilemma forces Joe to choose between helping Helen out after her visit to the dentist or going to the big basketball game between Providence and Boston College.
20. 'The Tennis Bum'- Joe and Roy accidentally destroy Lowell's RC airplane model that he was going to enter into a contest. Meanwhile, Brian attemps to cheer up Fay by letting her beat him in a game of tennis. Unfortunately for Brian, word gets around of his loss and everyone gives him a hard time. Helen confronts Roy over sex discrimination in the hiring process.
21. 'My Brother's Back- And There's Going To Be Trouble'- Joe's back is injured which forces him to stay at the hospital, so Brian takes over management of the airport. Brian has lots of creative ideas on how to improve business but they are less than successful.
22. 'Plane 9 From Nantucket'- Joe and Brian see a UFO during a routine flight, and after reporting it to the FAA, UFO observers arrive at the airport to study the phenomenon. Helen accuses Fay of not paying her lunch bill, and they end up settling it with an arm-wrestling contest.
23. 'Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places'- Joe and Helen plan a special day together on Valentine's Day. Roy strikes gold with a blind date with the woman beating all his low expectations, which convinces him that there must be something wrong with her.
24. 'Love Means Never Having To Say Geronimo'- Brian is kicked out of the house as Joe and Helen wants some time alone. The next day Brian brings his own girlfriend back to the house, and after a few passionate days they decide to get married in an airplane. With Joe and Helen as the best man and bridesmaid, they get caught up in the excitement and decide to get married at the same time.
25. 'All In the Family'- Brian is dating a new woman, but the woman's son is not too happy about their relationship. At the same time, Helen and Joe fight over their right to privacy.
26. 'Mother Wore Stripes'- Brian and Joe get a surprise visit by their long-lost mother who left their family many years ago, which leads to many buried emotions rising to the surface.
27. 'Murder She Roast'- Joe and Brian's house is fumigated, so Brian has to stay with Fay after Joe refuses Brian from staying with him and Helen. While staying at Fay's, Brian suspects Fay of being a murderer after seeing her doppelganger on TV.
28. 'Due For Plane and Cello'- Helen auditions for the Maine State Symphony and is hired, which catches Joe off guard. They fight over her new job and it ends up with Helen leaving for NYC. Back at the airport, Fay and Roy argue over a seemingly lost passenger who does not speak English. Fay wants to help her but Roy wants the woman to leave.
The first two seasons do not have Antonio Scarpacci, unfortunately, but we can all look forward to him in the third season at which point he becomes a regular. This is such a wonderful show and I'm glad that all its fans finally get to enjoy it on DVD!
 Great Comedy Series...but HORRIBLE DVD transfer quality May 28, 2006
M. A Spitzer (Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA)
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
A great comedy series like WINGS deserves a better release than this.
The Video Quality is blurry, washed out and very fuzzy.
Unlike HOGANS HEROES and other CBS/Paramount TV series that have finally been released on DVD lately with EXCELLENT video quality... it appears they used some low quality prints or even VHS copies of old shows to make the DVD transfers here on WINGS.
I give the series 10 stars !!! but the poor DVD transfer lowers the rating to a 4 since they are hard to watch with this substandard release.
This Show Needs to be on DVD April 22, 2005
Vickie Simmons (Huntsville, AL -USA)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Wings is one of the best shows ever made. From the writers to the cast, Wings is so well done. I always watch or tape the reruns and would buy all the seasons as soon as they were released. So many other shows that are not at all as high quality as Wings are are being released. The more time that passes, the more I realize how much a of prized show Wings really is. So, please if anyone reading this has any influence, please help to get Wings released on DVD. There are many more people like me who feel this way. Thank you.
Where is WINGS?! April 14, 2005
C. S. Ross (Wichita, KS USA)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
C'Mon! One of the most popular TV Sitcoms of the 90's and it STILL isn't out on DVD. For Crying Out Loud people, "DOGG: THE BOUNTY HUNTER" is out on DVD but not Wings... it's a world gone mad!
I taped almost EVERY episode of Wings when it was playing on USA in the morning, and since then (a good 7-8 years) I still laugh out loud at them, as does my brother and father. When it comes out on DVD, we have to buy 3 of each season, because we all love the show so much.
The Studio needs to get rollin...
Hilarious! May 17, 2006
Britt Gillette (Chesapeake, VA USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, all producers of the critically acclaimed Cheers and writers for its hit spin-off Frasier, Wings shares many of the same attributes of the popular bar "where everybody knows your name". Just as each episode of Cheers mostly took place in the Beacon Street pub, each episode of Wings takes place in Nantucket airport. Cheers maintains a friendly rivalry with Gary's Old Towne Tavern, while Sandpiper Air has a friendly rivalry with Aeromass owner Roy Biggins. And just like Cheers, the strength of Wings is built upon great writing and eccentric, well-developed characters. From the moment you hear the memorable and soothing Schubert theme song, you'll want to be transported away to this quiet island of lovable and hilarious characters...
Wings centers around the lives of two brothers, Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian Hackett (Steven Weber), who run a fledgling airline on the northeast vacation island of Nantucket. The two are assisted by sarcastic stewardess Faye Cochran (Rebecca Schull) and oddball mechanic Lowell Mather (Thomas Haden Church). Responsible and dependable, Joe attempts to keep the struggling business afloat in the face of fierce competition from chief rival Aeromass and its seedy owner Roy Biggins (David Schramm). But compounding Joe's problems is the unreliability of his younger brother Brian who is more of a free spirit and spontaneous adventurer. The terminal lunch counter is owned by the Hackett's childhood friend Helen Chapel (Crystal Bernard), an aspiring cellist with a quick wit. Superbly written, Wings is at times nutty and absurd, but it's always funny and the characters will quickly earn a place in your heart. It's by far one of the best situation comedies of its era...
The Wings (Season 1) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Legacy" in which Joe Hackett, owner of a small single-plane airline known as Sandpiper Air receives a letter from his recently deceased father. The letter calls for him to open a package in the presence of his estranged brother Brian. After jumping through a number of hoops, the two brothers realize how important they are to one another, and Brian (a pilot himself) agrees to stay in Nantucket and help Joe run the airline... Other notable episodes from season one include "All For One and Two for Helen" in which Joe grows jealous of what he perceives to be a romantic relationship between Helen and Brian, and "A Terminal Christmas" in which the gang from the Nantucket airport unexpectedly drops into Fay's house for Christmas, only to find her grieving her dead husband and preparing to spread his ashes...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Wings (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Legacy) Air Date: 04-19-1990
Episode 2 (Around the World in Eighty Days) Air Date: 04-26-1990
Episode 3 (Return to Nantucket: Part 1) Air Date: 05-03-1990
Episode 4 (Return to Nantucket: Part 2) Air Date: 05-10-1990
Episode 5 (There Once was a Girl from Nantucket) Air Date: 05-17-1990
Episode 6 (All for One and Two for Helen) Air Date: 05-24-1990
Episode 7 (The Puppet Master) Air Date: 09-28-1990
Episode 8 (The Story of Joe) Air Date: 10-05-1990
Episode 9 (A Little Nightmare Music) Air Date: 10-12-1990
Episode 10 (Sports and Leisure) Air Date: 10-19-1990
Episode 11 (A Standup Kind of Guy) Air Date: 10-26-1990
Episode 12 (It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift) Air Date: 11-09-1990
Episode 13 (Hell Hath No Fury like a Policewoman Scorned) Air Date: 11-16-1990
Episode 14 (High Anxiety) Air Date: 11-23-1990
Episode 15 (Friends or Lovers?) Air Date: 12-07-1990
Episode 16 (There's Always Room for Cello) Air Date: 12-14-1990
Episode 17 (A Terminal Christmas) Air Date: 12-21-1990
Episode 18 (Airport `90) Air Date: 01-03-1991
Episode 19 (Love Is Like Pulling Teeth) Air Date: 01-10-1991
Episode 20 (The Tennis Bum) Air Date: 01-24-1991
Episode 21 (My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble) Air Date: 01-31-1991
Episode 22 (Plane Nine from Nantucket) Air Date: 02-07-1991
Episode 23 (Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places) Air Date: 02-14-1991
Episode 24 (Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo) Air Date: 02-21-1991
Episode 25 (All in the Family) Air Date: 03-07-1991
Episode 26 (Mother Wore Stripes) Air Date: 03-14-1991
Episode 27 (Murder She Roast) Air Date: 03-21-1991
Episode 28 (Duet for Plane and Cello) Air Date: 03-28-1991
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