You're keeping me busy! lol. Fresh Prince has now proudly earned its spot in this list, and after so many years. This release and others gives up hope for the many, many stalled series in our collections. I'll add Soul Train when they provide us with specs and release dates.
I am interested in older material as well ... specifically programs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Now this will be interesting to see. Out of the news posted this week so far the Season 3 DVD news for Tales from the Darkside has been the only one which I've been interested in.
Don't get me wrong. I buy a few shows from the 70's and 80's too. I just have never categorized shows from those decades as real "Classics". I like what some here suggested early on - "Modern Classics" for shows that aired in the 70's and 80's. And now that we've moved into a new decade I guess I'd consider shows that started in the early nineties as qualifying for "Modern Classics." I can go along with that. But it's all just personal classification anyhow. To each his own. I just have to remind myself of that when I read anything about a "Classic" show coming soon to dvd. It may be my definition, and then again it may not be. So I have to temper my expectations accordingly.
It is hard for me to apply your definition of classic television when it comes to the 70s. That is the decade that brought us The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, The Carol Burnett Show, and Happy Days. I believe all of those programs are universally accepted and regarded as classics. Anyways, I find it difficult to view them as modern classics ... their first runs happened before I was born. And by the time I was old enough to be exposed to them, they were at least 20-25 years old. So when I think of the term "modern classics", I think of Friends, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Married with Childen, Seinfeld, ect.
You want something from that era? Sure thing, catch you tomorrow! As for the studios mentioned..."none of the above". /img/vbsmilies/htf/laugh.gif
Just wondering David, how often do you get "sneak surprises" from your industry sources?
More than half of the time, actually. Possibly "much more".
I can't disagree with you, Mike. At this point with us moving into a new decade now I probably should consider the 70's as "Classic" and not "Modern Classic." As we've both said, it really is an individual preference and I don't believe there's any universally recognized line on such things. But yeah, now that we are into the 2010's, I can agree with you.
I'm probably going to break the OP list up by decades tomorrow, primarily because the list is starting to get longer (which is a very good thing). I can see people scanning down that list and older people saying "How is Johnny Bravo considered a classic?" and younger people going "What the heck is Father Knows Best?" I do not want the thread to turn into a snob-fest with people sniffing their noses at shows they don't like, cause that's not only rude, it's unfair.
I really hope you do follow through and divide it up. It's a great idea for a thread, but at this point it really does need to be divided up by decades. It may take a few minutes to redesign it, but in the long run it will help everyone more.
That would be great if the list was categorized by decade. I think it would be much easier on the fan who is looking for a specific show.
