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Okay, Pavan and I were talking, and we think we've figured out the logic of why Warner is doing this particular best-of release for Night Court. Go back to Post #10 in this thread: "Bring on the Markie Post years". We think that they want to collect a few Markie episodes together and bring them out on a "TV Favorites" release to satisfy those fans who mainly remember the MP years. Season 2 means Ellen Foley's "Billie Young" instead of "Christine Sullivan", and so maybe Warner wants to give fans a taste of Markie before bringing out the official Season 2 set. Most of the credit goes to Pavan for this theory, but it makes sense to me.
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Except that my wife would rather have Billie than Christine. She never much liked Markie Post.
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She must have been jealous of her--like many women probably were/are, lol. Like the great John Ritter said, "she's a nice girl in a bad girl's body." Check her out in the TV movie Tricks of the Trade for the perfect example, lol.
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| Like the great John Ritter said, "she's a nice girl in a bad girl's body." Check her out in the TV movie Tricks of the Trade for the perfect example, lol. |
Ritter was a wise, wise man...couldn't have said it better myself.
"Tricks of the Trade," was that the TV movie that featured Post saying "Tie me up."? I wouldn't mind seeing THAT on DVD! 
And as for the season set issue, the "best of" collection idea is stupid, I agree. Warner's needs to get Christine's first season (Season 3) out in a combo box with Season 2, release Season 2 with some decent extras or at least lease the title to Columbia House so those who want all the episodes can get them.
But "Best of" collections are half-measures with most episodic TV. The only shows with which they're practical are soap operas, late-night talk shows, non-linear productions running 20 seasons or more ("60 Minutes," for example), or older, more obscure titles with abbreviated (less than two seasons) runs.
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I liked Christine better than Billie, too, but there were some absolutely hilarious episodes in Season 2. Maybe I'm being naive, but can't the actual content of the show be a selling point?
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I need to get a Season 1 set; I haven't done it yet.
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So the best chance of their being further releases, given that S1 didn't sell well enough to justify them, is for the "Best of" sampler with Markie to do very well. That would be a reason to buy the upcoming release, instead of pouting about how it isn't another full season set or (like this was going to happen) two full seasons. If Warner Bros. sees potential for making a profit on seasons 3 and up they might consider taking a chance on a 'break-even' release of S2, something that would otherwise probably never happen. Fox changed its mind on NYPD Blue and Mary Tyler Moore when evidence from the marketplace convinced them that the shows still had an audience. The only chance Night Court has to continue is lots of people buying the upcoming release.
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S2 and S3 together would be 44 episodes. That would be impossible to put a big set like that out. Warner would lose money as they'd have to charge a lot for 44 episodes. If fans would just listen to what they are trying to say, we could get season sets in the future. Their warning has been stated, now it's up to the fans to fix this.
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I ain't buying. I've got plenty of movies and tv shows to watch, and if the rest of Night Court never gets a proper release, that'll be a shame, but I can live with it. It is always dangerous to assume what message you are sending when you buy something. If the best-of sells well, you'd like to think that will send the message that they should release more season sets, but frankly, it's just as likely that they'll get the message that fans don't want season sets (which sold poorly), they want best-ofs (which sold well), and so you'll just get more and more best-ofs.
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