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  1. Neil Brock

    Which long running 50s sitcom would you most like to see get a complete release?

    December Bride Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show Burns and Allen Love That Bob Bachelor Father Private Secretary Jack Benny Program Life of Riley The Gale Storm Show (Oh Susannah) My Little Margie
  2. Neil Brock

    Article on why shows are MIA

    https://misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/9e2edfb5-b548-43b8-9285-3d1bc5e074f9.pdf
  3. Neil Brock

    Shows that look vastly better on TV and streaming than on DVD releases

    I'm recording 7th season Wagon Train and 6th season Wells Fargo from on demand. They look great. WT was put out by Timeless, cut and off old 1980s one inch transfers. Same with WF. They weren't cut but they only had tape on 22 of the 34 shows. What other series look far better now than on their...
  4. Neil Brock

    Remastering question

    Besides Wells Fargo, what other series that Timeless released were later remastered for broadcast?
  5. Neil Brock

    Question for the soap opera fans

    Does anyone know from what point Search for Tomorrow exists on tape? And where they might be held? I'm guessing Proctor and Gamble.
  6. Neil Brock

    Let's Hear it for the companies that transferred their libraries

    MGM (as in former UA), Turner (when they owned MGM), Worldvision (now part of CBS). All of them had the good sense and foresight to remaster their libraries to tape. Companies that didn't - CBS, Sony, Universal, Fox. That's why its easy for obscure shows to get licensed out or sold for airing...
  7. Neil Brock

    Popular Shows which never aired in the taping era

    Many of these aired as one offs on nostalgia festivals and the like but I'm talking about a legitimate full series run. Here are some of the ones I can think of: The Gale Storm Show (Oh Susannah) San Francisco Beat Dragnet (original) Amos and Andy Beulah Racket Squad These were all heavily...
  8. Neil Brock

    Network TV UK Releasing 5 series from 1950s and 60s

    Just announced today. Network is putting out 5 shows that were produced by the Danzinger brothers: The Vise, Mark Saber, Saber of London, The Cheaters and Richard The Lionheart. They are offering them as a bundle for those so inclined with a 20% pre order discount.
  9. Neil Brock

    Recommend me my next western to watch

    Finishing up The Quest now. Previously watched Have Gun, Will Travel, 1/2 hour Gunsmoke, How The West Was Won. Also, The Dakotas, which I loved. Looking for the next DVD set to start watching. I don't want gentle westerns. I'm looking for something with tons of mayhem and violence. Suggestions...
  10. Neil Brock

    Code 3 Complete Series

    This one slipped under the radar but MPI has released the complete Code 3 syndicated series from the 50s. I used to watch this show in the late 60s in New York on WPIX as part of a 2-hour block with M Squad, Racket Squad and Mike Hammer. Pretty cool show. The route to DVD has been a long one...
  11. Neil Brock

    Rare shows uncut on streaming services

    I pulled out my Roku and found several series streaming uncut which never came out on DVD. Tubi has the last 3 seasons of Family and on Crackle I found Occasional Wife, Camp Runamuck, Gloria and a few others. The tricky part is that when the closing credits come up, an annoying message appears...
  12. Neil Brock

    What do you do when you discover a disc issue?

    I've bought hundreds of TV show DVDs, which probably comes to, I don't know, few hundred thousand hours of shows. I watch what I want at my convenience. But these sellers have a window of time in which you can return a defective product. If I watch everything I bought 24 hours a day, 7 days a...
  13. Neil Brock

    Who to contact about defective Warner Archive discs?

    I looked up the WB Shop phone number but when I called it was disconnected. Now I bought these things a couple of years ago and first saw the problem when watching the shows. Unless I'm going to watch DVDs 24 hours a day, there's no way I'm going to discover defective discs in a timely fashion...
  14. Neil Brock

    Dial 999 is coming!

    I don't know if anyone else saw this but Network DVD in the UK is releasing this show at the end of April. I used to buy a lot of shows from them but really they stopped putting out older shows a few years ago. This is their first new, old series in quite some time. Hopefully they're gearing up...
  15. Neil Brock

    Route 66 Question

    Were the problems with the bad 16mm transfers in season one that Infinity released ever corrected in any subsequent release by Shout Factory?
  16. Neil Brock

    Warner detective and western shows question

    Do you miss the bumpers at all? When all of the series were remastered, they took them out. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, there was a little tag going into and out of every commercial. And now back to Hawaiian Eye, etc. I just remember when I was little being frightened of...
  17. Neil Brock

    Rare Pilots for Sale

    The company which put out My Little Margie season one has now released 5 volumes of unsold pilots. Here is the link: https://www.moviesunlimited.com/lost-tv-collection-1/644827447923?fbclid=IwAR0rb1tE7dmgW43vkTq_gKmm0R0wGcrE5CYkC6FCTU8MHLpjx9yikhJsEVA
  18. Neil Brock

    Pick a Night of TV Idea

    This came to me today. Take a bunch of pieces of paper. Then write down days of the week on one, years (or TV seasons) on another, and the 3 networks on the third. Then separate them and throw them into a hat and pick out one of each and that's what you watch that night. I would do the 60s and...
  19. Neil Brock

    Name your 5 favorite Quinn Martin shows

    1. The Fugitive 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. The Invaders 4. The New Breed 5. Most Wanted
  20. Neil Brock

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Say bye bye. The department has been dissolved. It remains to be seen as to what will happen as far as any future releases go, but I wouldn't hold my breath for any. Gunsmoke will likely still be finished but as far as anything else goes (Bonanza, Our Miss Brooks, Ben Casey, etc.), I hate to say...
  21. Neil Brock

    Shows are left in the Warner Archives (1950s-70s)

    Warner Brothers Presents / Conflict Colt 45 The Alaskans Temple Houston 77 Sunset Strip Hawaiian Eye Bourbon Street Beat Surfside 6 The Roaring 20's Room For One More Wendy and Me No Time for Sergeants Mr. Roberts The Thin Man Cain's Hundred The Islanders National Velvet The Asphalt Jungle Mr...
  22. Neil Brock

    The future of Warner Archives vintage TV releases

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  23. Neil Brock

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    We really are in the end game of TV DVD releases. They are just not selling anymore and the companies which do vintage releases are dwindling. Sony, Universal, MGM and Fox have long been out of that business. CBS seems to be committed to finishing Gunsmoke and maybe Bonanza but that seems to be...
  24. Neil Brock

    Orson Welles Great Mysteries

    Just announced: https://mailchi.mp/networkonair.com/pre-order-now-orson-welles-great-mysteries-volume-1?e=262b1e8d7d
  25. Neil Brock

    Recording Poll

    Now that we've seen when everyone starting collecting, let's see what machines were used!
  26. Neil Brock

    Collecting Poll

    This will be interesting.
  27. Neil Brock

    Mountie Free Mr. Novak thread

    Since we apparently have a new rule here at HTF regarding posting of pictures and frame grabs being determined by thread starters, I'm staring this thread for those who want to discuss the show without having to wade through a hundred different frame grabs, mountie drawings and who knows what...
  28. Neil Brock

    Warner Archive Westerns question

    I don't own any of the western titles as I was happy with my recordings from Encore combined with 16mm transfers. But while watching Mr. Novak I noticed all of the bumpers in and out of commercial were left intact and I know that when Warner finally went back and remastered their one-hour shows...
  29. Neil Brock

    Other CBS Shows VEI could release

    I'm thinking about shows which have existing usable tape elements, which means they wouldn't have to pay for film transfers: Paper Moon The Smith Family Funny Face Ben Casey (old Worldvision timesped versions, but still) One Step Beyond (see above) Breaking Point New Breed Serpico The...
  30. Neil Brock

    Rarest Westerns

    Criteria is: no broadcast airings anywhere in the videotaping era and very few, if any, episodes circulating on 16mm film. Steve Donovan, Western Marshall Wichita Town Man From Blackhawk Jefferson Drum Legend of Jesse James The Road West The Cowboys Dirty Sally Frontier Gunslinger Pony Express...
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