Ripcord TV Series: Complete Season 2 (Gift Box)

RIPCORD SEASON TWO - ANOTHER OBSCURE TV SERIES GETTING A RELEASE TO DVD
I remember well this series "RIPCORD" - a two season television show that starred Larry Pennell and Ken Curtis as "Ted McKeever" and "Jim Buckley" who operate an outfit called Ripcord Inc., a skydiving school, but also spend a lot of time rescuing people out of untoward circumstances, and other recovery efforts which occasionally included some crime-fighting. The series ran for a total of 76 episodes in black and white from 1961-1963 in a 30 minute time slot. Each episode aired approximately 25 minutes. The sport of freefall skydiving was in it's infancy at that time and this show really helped bring visibility and increased interest. I also remember the action figure doll (with parachute attached) that was sold that could be tossed into the air and 'usually' would float to the ground.

One successful aspect of this show was the fact that in spite of it's 30 minute time slot, the scriptwriters were really able to build some meaningful character development and some measure...

The Second Season of a Great Old TV Show
Buyers of the "Ripcord Complete Season 1" DVD set will also want to pick up Season 2 of the exciting 1961-63 television series that featured the thrilling aerial adventures of skydivers-for-hire Ted McKeever (played by Larry Pennell) and Jim Buckley (played by Ken Curtiss, who gained fame as "Festus" on "Gunsmoke").

The "Ripcord Complete Season 2" DVD set contains 38 episodes on five disks housed in two traditional DVD cases (three disks in one case, two in the other) which are packaged in a nice-but-superfluous cardboard box that features the same front-cover artwork as the individual cases. Unlike the first case of Season 1, in which all of the disks are mounted on a single spindle and from which they tend to fall off and rattle around inside, the Season 2 first case has individual hinged plastic "pages" to keep the disks separate. It's a much better packaging technique, with less likelihood of scratching the disks.

Each episode runs about 23 minutes or so, in...

Fantastic
Same as my review of season 1. The quality is great, just like watching the show on TV. It’s great to see the show that got me hooked on skydiving.

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