This video production, one of the earliest made in the Brent Walker series, is also one of the weakest. William Conrad, television's Cannon, is utterly out of his element as The Mikado. Clive Revill fails to capture Ko-Ko's human side. It is, overall, a dreary affair. The text is musically complete, but there are some unfortunate dialogue cuts. Elimination of the Mikado's reference to "boiling oil" leaves Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Pitti-Sing fearing for their lives for no apparent reason.