Overview: James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western, the Artemus designs a series of interesting gadgets for James that would make Inspector Gadget proud. A light hearted adventure series.

DVD Verdict: "The Wild Wild West" was a landmark series in the 1960s. Only two other series from the Sixties stands out in my mind and that is "Star Trek" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.". I find it fascinating the two best, TWWW and Star Trek, had main characters with the name James and middle initial T. Their cast, directing, writers, music, and the rest the ingredients made these series ahead of their time and unforgettable. Although there had been a couple other secret agent TV shows before TWWW like Danger Man aka Secret Agent Man and Avengers and several that followed it, it was unique in it's approach. Slightly techie for the old West but not overly unrealistic. Several of the devices shown were actually used around that historical period, just watch the history channel. They obviously did their research and tried to keep it somewhat plausible. Certainly not as politically correct or ridiculously implausible as the Will Smith movie, there is no comparison. Robert Conrad and Martin Ross were outstanding as the lead roles and the guest stars where a who's who of current stars for that time period. Many unknowns in it went on to gain stardom. Robert Conrad doing his own stunts made the show more impressive since even us kids could spot stunt doubles easy enough in most series. It was good to see those animated drawings duplicate the scene just before a commercial break, but no commercials. This set is a must have not only for those of us that watched it when it first aired, but for any fan of westerns or just good TV entertainment. The picture and sound quality are excellent. To top it off Robert Conrad gives an intro before each episode and there are a couple interviews with the production staff. The interview sound isn't very good since they are from old tapes, but they are still interesting to listen to for background on the series. I highly recommend this, especially to fans of the series. This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) and comes with the Special Features of:

Commentary by: Robert Conrad
28 episodes on 7 discs
Robert Conrad audio intros
Lost original opening
Ross Martin sketch
Network promos
Theme storing sessions
Photo gallery
Audio interviews with John Kneubuhl, Ethel Winant, Fred Freiberger (Producer), Tim Smyth (Special Effects) and Richard Markowitz (Music)
Original Pilot Opening and Bumpers
Pilot promo
Intro blooper
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin on "Every Day"
Everyready Commercial