{"id":4029,"date":"2020-07-15T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:37:39","slug":"northen-exposure-back-on-dvd-with-all-originally-commissioned-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4029","title":{"rendered":"Northen Exposure&#8230; back on DVD with all originally commissioned music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JON &#8216;MOJO&#8217; MILLS remembers the life-changing \u201990s TV comedy drama<\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>NORTHERN EXPOSURE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1231231-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1231231-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1231231-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1231231-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1231231.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Northern<em> Exposure<\/em> came on TV when I was 19 years old. My loves back then were garage and psych, movies and literature, and this quirky US show landed on Channel Four at just the right time to further my education. Television at this time wasn\u2019t what it was today. And I guess for anyone under the age of 35, the show would be regarded as &#8220;retro&#8221;. These were the days when TV was shot in the 4:3 ratio, and get this, you only saw it on the box, weekly. Streaming box-sets and high-budget Netflix <em>ad nauseum<\/em>\u00a0 violent and cinematic shows were the future, and we didn\u2019t need it. Premiering on CBS in 1990, it was created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, the team behind <em>St Elsewhere<\/em>. Only eight episodes were originally commissioned, but half a season turned into six seasons. David Chase (<em>The Sopranos<\/em>) was executive producer of the show from \u201994-95.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Northern eXposure - Ed&#039;s Film\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p44kLnOl1YE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Northern Exposure<\/em> followed David Lynch\u2019s <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>\u00a0perfectly, eroding the darkness and bad vibes with quirky and surreal scenarios set in the character-based environs of a soap. Since, there has not been another show like it\u2026 although <em>The Detectorists<\/em> comes closest, dealing with the relationships between small-town folk and their eccentric behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>For me, what stands out most about watching <em>Northen Exposure<\/em> 30 years since it aired, is how different it was from what stands for entertainment in these dark times. The \u201990s was a positive time on the whole, and <em>Northern Exposure<\/em> exuded that. Unlike today\u2019s epics that focus on corruption (<em>Ozark<\/em> or <em>Succession<\/em>), extreme operatic violence (<em>Gangs Of London<\/em>) and, I\u2019m not complaining, lots of sex, <em>Northern Exposure<\/em> didn\u2019t centre around damaged people and society or sex and violence, it focused on people, art, love and community. This was mainstream comedy\/drama that went deeper, and at that a little bit hippy, and fried. If you haven\u2019t seen it, you are truly missing out.\u00a0Woody Allen and Fellini crop up, as does a man with allergies (or issues) that lives in a bubble, scared of the outside world, cow tossing, mysticism, fantasy and spirituality all rubbed shoulders with light-hearted moments and romance. Republicans get along with cosmic ex cons, and a grumpy New York doctor gets turned onto the ways of Native Americans. There&#8217;s far too much to go into, but it&#8217;s all still utterly amazing and life-affirming viewing. Something, that for the main part, has disappeared from our TVs today. I wonder why?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/three-doctors-3-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/three-doctors-3-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/three-doctors-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/three-doctors-3-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/three-doctors-3.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Northern Exposure<\/em> may still be my favourite TV show, and I see a lot of connections between it and <em>Shindig!\u00a0<\/em>No, it\u2019s not psychedelic in an obvious way, or too weird, and doesn\u2019t have any real connection to the past or music, it\u2019s set in the era it was made, but it\u2019s kooky, positive and those who love it, really love it. See the link?<\/p>\n<p>It also featured a lot of great music, now available on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time: Richard Berry\u2019s \u2018Louie Louie\u2019, Lee Dorsey\u2019s \u2018Ya Ya\u2019, Billy Stewart\u2019s \u2018Summertime\u2019, The Coasters\u2019 \u2018Little Egypt\u2019, Booker T &amp; The MGs\u2019 \u2018Mo\u2019 Onions\u2019, Dee Dee Sharp\u2019s \u2018Mashed Potato Time\u2019, The Beach Boys\u2019 \u2018Surfer Girl\u2019, Jimi Hendrix\u2019s \u2018Hey Joe\u2019, Clifford T. Ward\u2019s \u2018Where Would That Leave Me?\u2019, Mazzy Star\u2019s \u2018Fade Into You\u2019, Cheap Trick\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t Be Cruel\u2019, The Cowsills\u2019 \u2018The Rain, The Park &amp; Other Things\u2019, The Allman Brothers Band\u2019s \u2018Trouble No More\u2019 and The Ramones\u2019 \u2018Blitzkrieg Bop\u2019 all featured. That the previous DVDs had elevator music replacing all synchs was a tragedy and severely marred the viewing experience. Fabulous have licensed everything and you can now see and hear the show the way it was when broadcasted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-11-taxidermy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-11-taxidermy2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-11-taxidermy2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Joel Fleischman is a nebbishy Jewish doctor from New York City, and a fresh-faced medical school graduate. He&#8217;s also about to begin the four-year service contract he promised to the state of Alaska, who financed his education. But he just happened to forget reading some of the stipulations in his contract which has assigned him to the small post of Cicely, Alaska \u2013 a town of 215 people that welcomes its newest resident with open arms. As he contends with the daily lives and rituals of these all too normal and trusting folk, Joel just might realise that Cicely&#8217;s quieter ways are probably more civilised than the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. Made up of Cicely&#8217;s various residents, patients and friends of Fleischman include wealthy former astronaut Maurice Minnifield; feisty pilot Maggie O&#8217;Connell; mayor and saloon owner Holling Vincoeur; his sweet, naive waitress girlfriend Shelly Tambo (who&#8217;s young enough to be his daughter); intellectual ex-con and disc jockey Chris Stevens; Joel&#8217;s far wiser and very quiet receptionist Marilyn Whirlwind; kindly store owner Ruth-Anne Miller, and avid film buff Ed Chigliak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong>: Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum, Darren E. Burrows, John Corbett, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Peg Phillips, Paul Provenza (1994\u201395), Teri Polo (1994\u201395)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extras<\/strong>: Four and a half hours of bonus content including Deleted Scenes \/ Gag Reels \/ Promo Reels \/ Unexposed Footage<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4033 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture-1.png 252w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture-1-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4030 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-15-at-13.48.20-e1594817427779-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" 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