A Smart and Stylish Series
Great show! Not as camp as Batman or as self-mocking as The Avengers, Honey West comes across as stylish and likable.

I was unaware of Honey West when it first aired in 1965, so it was brand new to me when I saw it recently. It's obviously influenced by The Avengers, which had been on for a few years in Britain and was enormously popular there but wouldn't be on American TV until 1966. Honey West (Anne Francis) is a detective who owns her own agency, which she inherited from her father. Her partner in crime detection is Sam Bolt (John Ericson), but the name on the door of the office is Honey West - she's the boss. This is progressive stuff for the era of Rob and Laura Petrie.

Honey and Sam, a former marine, are equals when it comes to proficiency in martial arts and use of firearms - no mean feat when you observe that even when dressed in her ready-for-action black catsuit, Honey is usually wearing stilettos. What a sense of balance.

I thoroughly enjoyed these shows, although a thirty-episode season proved to be a bit much for the writers. On the last disc, there were several clunkers that featured ridiculous villains such as a guy in an ape suit, a guy in a robot suit, a guy in a bear suit, gypsies, and a guy in a Robin Hood suit. Fortunately the final few episodes were more believable.

For the most part, these were average TV detective stories, but a little more action-packed because they were only a half hour long. No long explanations or tedious subplots, just right into the story and away we go. Honey and Sam have more than a professional relationship, but we don't know how serious they are. Honey lives with her Aunt Meg (Irene Hervey), who seems to less a chaperone than a kooky roommate who is always just coming back from the racetrack or is just off to the casino. She helps out on a few cases, which is more than you can say for Bruce the Ocelot, who's little more than an accessory to go with Honey's feline-themed wardrobe.

It's fun watching Honey and Sam chasing down criminals with the help of their oh-so-sophisticated gadgets, such as Honey's car phone, mini cameras, and listening devices. And you get to see some actors before they became famous, notably Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch) at age eight or nine, and Bobby Sherman as a brash, but untalented singer. Extras are several dozen vintage commercials: cigarettes, makeup, perfume, margarine, etc. The shows and commercials are all in black-and-white, although a couple of Honey West promos for a local Dallas station are in color.

Gift for Dad
Purchased this product for my dad for his birthday. He was thrilled. He loved this show when it was on tv, and also loves Anne Francis. The price was right and the quality excellent. I'm as happy with this purchase as my dad was to receive it. Now that's happy.

Honey West
This is an excellent set. The quality of the video is fantastic. Of course, the fact that this series was one of my favorite childhood TV shows helps. It's a great blast from the past that I am sure all you "children of the 70's" will apreciate and it makes for great family night viewing as well.

Anne Francis was the 1st Diva Agent...
that I watched on TV as a child. I never forgot about those cool karate chops that she did when she fought off the bad guys. I was so excited when I found out that I could actually get to see her in action again on DVD after all these years.

She was the quintessential prelude to all the later super women who always got their man...and put him out of commission. I would like to think that she could have been Nikita's grandmother, played by Peta Wilson on LaFemme Nikita. I loved that show and it all started with my infatuation with Anne Francis as this intelligent detective who could catch the bad guys and still look and act like a lady. As a little girl watching her, it made me dream that I could be super one day.

These DVDs brought me back, even though I didn't remember all the espisodes, because I was so young when the show aired on television, but I never could forget, Honey West!

Very enjoyable, excellent show
I have wavered on ordering this show for a long time but since I love Burke's Law, I thought I'd try it out. It's not as spooky as a Burke's law mystery can be but it's funny, unique, and has great cases for Honey West to solve. Anne Francis is a terrific actress, I love her "cat" and I love her spunk! I can't say what is missing to remove a star but I know my 5 stars are shows I have to pace myself on or I'll watch them all in one night, and Honey West is not as addicting as that. But on the other hand, it goes in the 6-disc player everynight to watch as I go to sleep, so it certainly is good enough to watch almost everynight until it's finished.