Benson: Season 1

I haven't seen Benson since I was a kid. This season the show is trying to establish itself and some of its characters are swapped out in later episodes. Its hard not to like Benson, the Governor and of course Ms. Krauss the cook. Her interactions with Benson always make me laugh. Even the little girl Katie is quite good in some emotional scenes. I was surprised at how emotional I got when Benson had to fire the elderly pasty chef and the show is sprinkled with scenes like that, but mostly its just good fun from a simpler time.

Still amazingly funny with great themes that are still relevant in 2023.

After two seasons (and a Best Supporting Actor Emmy win) for his work as wisecracking butler Benson Dubois on the ABC comedy  Soap , actor Robert Guillaume was promptly spun-off into this brilliantly funny series during the 1979-1980 season. Long-running (7 seasons), Benson's producers (who would follow up with future hits  The Golden Girls  and  Empty Nest ) took what made Soap such an endearing watch and deftly adapted it to Benson. Sporting a great cast, sharp writing, laugh-out-loud humor, and remarkable heart, Benson - The Complete First Season is a 3-disc (single-sided) set featuring all 24 episodes mastered in high definition Full-Frame (1.33:1) video; Dolby Digital audio; Closed Captioning; plus the following Special Features: "Video Introduction by Robert Guillaume" welcoming viewers to the First Season (1:04); "Inside The Governor's Mansion" featurette with actors Robert Guillaume and James Noble, and producer Tony Thomas (looking every bit like his late great legendary dad, Danny Thomas) sharing their thoughts and behind-the-scenes info (29:26); "Favorites From The First Season" featurette which reveals their favorite episodes from the season (6:00); plus a Photo Gallery featuring a nice video montage of still photos from the show (1:30). The discs (each of which feature images of the cast and play flawlessly) are housed in slimcases (with episodes and plot descriptions listed on the back) inside a slim outer box.Guest stars include: Mark Goddard ("Lost in Space"), Roscoe Lee Browne (who would later join the cast of Soap as Benson's replacement, Saunders), Denise Nicholas ("In the Heat of the Night"), Richard Stahl ("It's A Living"), Joel Brooks ("My Sister Sam"), Michael Bell ("G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero"), Meeno Peluce ("Voyagers!"), David Huddleston ("The Wonder Years", "Santa Claus: The Movie"), Art Metrano ("Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment"), Kene Holliday ("Carter Country", "Matlock"), G.W. Bailey ("Police Academy").Props to Sony for packaging the show in a first-rate DVD season set which features decent picture and sound and cool extras. It's good to have a complete season of this classic show nicely preserved on DVD. Hopefully, the first of many to come.

Love this show Benson is so funny

It'd been years since I first saw Benson and I'd forgotten how funny the show was. I have SOAP, watched it, starting wondering about the show and had to order it. If you got one, you really need the other, and if you get season 1, you really do need season 2, they all go together in a way-crazy, zany fun. How could you not like that? Just forget about the world and what's going on and relax with a truly funny show. Some things seem right out of todays headlines even, and Benson was always a one of a kind. I suggest you give it a try-it'll surprise you how good television can be and was. Fire

Packaged well, good quality production

I give 5 stars for the series. I am so glad this series has come available to watch! This series is one of my favorites.The title/description discrepancy gets a 1 star. The title and the description of most of the episodes do not match. The title is correct for the episode but the description of the episode is not correct for the title.The pilot is the only episode so far that I have found to be correct. I do plan to buy the entire series eventually but right now I wanted to buy favorite episodes.The show is good through and through but be warned if you are going to attempt to pick episodes.

When this series ran on TV I watched it every week. Robert Guillaume was super in his part, and provided me with multitudes of laughs. Of course, all the other characters were superbly cast as well. The series was, and still is hilariously funny from start to finish with the actors playing their parts perfectly. One reason I enjoyed it so much is because the roles played were like the lives of so many people in every day life. They were doing their best in everyday life, sometimes successfully, many times messing up big time, but always with the cohesiveness of a really household or family. Under the rough exterior of some of the characters was the same basic need we all have - to be loved and understood.Now, FINALLY, this series is coming out on DVD's. At least now I will be able, eventually, to have the complete series - I hope!

Benson is a spin off of the groundbreaking comedy series Soap. It has the butler character of Benson (Robert Guillame) working for governer Gatling the cousin of Soap character Jessica. In the governers mansion are a host of funny characters like housekeeper Gretchin (Inga Svenson) and the adorable governers daugher Katie (Missy Gold). Benson ends up running the mansion and being a bit of a father figure for Katie. The series isn't as groundbreaking as the legendary soap and is more of a traditional sitcom but it is a truly funny comedy that does touch on some important issues as race and poverty. The first series is made up of 24 episodes on 3 discs and has a few extras like an interview with Robert Guillaume. This dvd is not available in region 2, only in region 1 but if you have a multi-region dvd player this is definatly worth a look.

quality item quick delivery

This item has NO SUBTITLES for the Hearing Impaired as described on the product details , only closed captions for USA DVD players .Though mastered in high definition,the picture is grainy ..but this season of "Benson" is really funny ,and I enjoyed watching it !

Benson is a brilliant TV series but why haven't they released the rest of the show like all seven on dvd,,? This show is one of the old greats from the 80s

Great