Wings - The Complete First and Second Seasons

by Paramount

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Director:James Burrows (II)
Release Date:2006-05-23
Label:Paramount
UPC:097360472547
Binding:DVD
Published By:Paramount
ASIN:B000ELIZZM
Category:DVD

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Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett (Steven Weber and Timothy Daly) attempt to run a Nantucket-based airline while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees. Series featured an outstanding supporting cast, including Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church (Sideways), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Amy Yasbeck. Solidly funny sitcom that ran for several years.
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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

Customer Reviews

Great Series - Reviewed on 2008-06-16
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Loved the series and the subplots it had in each episode. The epidode 'Plane 9 From Nantucket' was precious. I laughed my head off when they were in the plane and the passengers put on foil hats and had light bulbs in their mouths. Thanks to X-files for the inspiration.
Great - Reviewed on 2008-04-13
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This show is kinda like cheers, only it's based in a small airport. Enjoyable show.
Great DVD - Reviewed on 2008-04-11
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LOVED this DVD of Wings and will purchase them all. Quality was great and the show is great! Thanks Amazon!
Wings- The fifth season - Reviewed on 2008-03-11
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Very funny! The cast has a great sense of timing and they never miss a beat..I recommend to all who like to laugh!
Loved these dvd's - Reviewed on 2008-01-01
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I ordered the first two seasons of "Wings" on dvd for my husband's Christmas present. We watched all of the episodes in two days. We so enjoyed it. It is a funny show and the characters are so believable.
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