Who doesn't love Perry Mason? I've read a lot of his books, and thoroughly enjoyed them. I was naturally skeptical when it came to seeing s TV series of his name, but was in for a pleasant surprise when I began to watch my favorite stories unfold on screen. For the actors, Burr is extremely lovable as are Hopper and Collins. Though my favorite is Talman who has a very easy and realistic style to him. The stories are not distorted by any means, neither is there any attempt to glamorize or sensationalized them. This very simplistic approach is what makes this serial amazing. I need not describe the genius of the plots for they are known to all. A rare gem of an adaptation of a much loved series.

I recently stumbled upon re-runs of this T.V. classic. After re- acquainting myself with this classic gem, I am very happy these episodes are available again. When I was a much younger man, I watched this show in my darkened living room, eating a ham sandwich, trying to anticipate who was the real killer before Perry revealed the truth at the conclusion of each episode. I wasn't very successful in that exercise. Now, the reason for my contribution here: when I first saw these shows, I was in my very early teens, and my passion was baseball, not girls, and, as a result, I was in no position to comment on the attractiveness of the actresses on PM. Now, just thinking about playing baseball makes my shoulder scream in protest, and I very much appreciate beautiful women. I am amazed at the sheer numbers of truly gorgeous women that appeared on this show---to mention only one, a young and drop-dead gorgeous Barbara Eden. The producers and casting staff are to be commended. I, for one, appreciate their decisions.

I love, love, love Perry Mason. And out of all the great things about the show: the writing, the acting, the directing, the scripts... for me, the greatest thing about the show was watching the guilty party jump up out of their seat in the back of the courtroom and confess to the crime right before Perry Mason was about to point them out at the end of the show. LOL Perry Mason would start listing facts and occurrences and circumstances which led to only one possible person being the perpetrator, and his LASER-like insights and astute deductions would make that guilty party's resolve just crumble. ... As Perry Mason himself would tell anyone who doesn't think Perry Mason is one of the best dramas of all time: "Your opinion is irrelevant, incompetent, immaterial, and inadmissable in a court of law." And the judge would say, "Objection overruled."

In reality, if the D.A. & Chief Detective in this series would have lost as many cases as they did...they wouldn't have a job. All you have to do is look at how many episodes the DA was in and how many Lt. Tragg were in a if you can add...they pretty much have the worst track record for solving and prosecuting crimes.I think for me that's the first thing I see when I watch this series. A not real bright D.A. and a Detective who doesn't trust anything Perry Mason says or does and he loses every single time. You'd think they'd give ole Perry a break but nope, they're just as leery and un-trusting as always.For the time, this show was what TV really needed. It has a crime, an investigation and a conclusion...and normally the ending was with the admitted suspect decrying how wrong he was and admits remorse. This was typical 50's fare. Admit your sins...repent so the viewers won't go out and do wrong (basically set an example).Don't get me wrong, my quibbles with this show are minor but to me, if you wanna see a great show about a lawyer you should try Matlock. It has comedy and drama when it's needed. This show probably deserves it's rating but to me it was a typical 50's drama. Problem is, all those 50's dramas seemed the same to me.