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• Come Fly with Me (1989)
• Michael Jordan's Playground (1993)
• Air Time (1993)
• Above and Beyond (1996)
• His Airness (1999)

But what really makes this DVD set stand out is what is on discs 2 & 3 for this re-release version. You get 5 complete NBA games showcasing MJ at his best. His 63-point effort against the Boston Celtics in 1986. His 69-point game against the Cleveland Cavaliers (who else?) in 1990. The 55-points in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against Phoenix in 1993. The 38-point "flu" game against Utah in the 1997 NBA Finals and finally Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, his last game as a Chicago Bull. These are complete games, not highlight reels, the only cuts are the commercials.

I've finished watching the Celtics game where he dropped in 63 in Double OT (only to lose) and am about halfway through the Cavs game and I'm loving every minute of it. Confession time, I have every Chicago Bull NBA Final game on VHS tape. 1991 versus the Lakers, 1992 versus the Trailblazers, 1993 versus the Suns. I have the ECF games versus the Knicks in 1994. I'm missing Jordon's comeback game in 1995 (but I specificallly bought the group Live's album Throwing Copper for the "Lightning Crashes" track, it was the theme music NBC played during the game intro), but I'm still hunting. I've got the great 1996 season cap against the Sonics and the 1997 and 1998 battles against the Jazz. Scattered through there I have various other playoff games as well. The 4 game sweep against the Shaq and the Magic, the battles against the Knicks and some against the Heat. As you can see, it is something of a sickness..as my wife reminds me everytime I scream when she suggests we throw out some of those old tapes. Humph! What does she know?

Anyway, if you're a fan of Number 23, I suggest you run, don't walk mind you, run, and get this DVD set.