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Old 04-07-2004, 04:56 PM   #1 of 29
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Where are the 1950s shows?


And I don't mean on crappy PD bootlegs. Other than I Love Lucy, has any 50s show been released? Where are these classics:

Bilco
Our Miss Brooks
Donna Reed
Leave it to Beaver
Father Knows Best
Love that Bob
People's Choice
December Bride
Dragnet
The Untouchables
Burns and Allen
Jack Benny Show


etc, etc, etc. Is there no audience for these shows? Are the people who like them too old to work a DVD player? I didn't grow up in the 50s but I saw all of these in reruns in the 60s. No offense to modern TV (it sucks IMO) but how much of this Buffy, Angel, Alias, Roswell crap can people watch. I tried these things and they're awful. A mediocre 50s show is better written than 98% of current shows.
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Old 04-07-2004, 06:00 PM   #2 of 29
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Warner's Adventures of Superman is supposed to be coming this year.
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Old 04-07-2004, 07:10 PM   #3 of 29
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Let me add my all time favorite show: "Perry Mason" to your list. I know Columbia House has these, but they're charging their normal exhorbitant prices for these.

I would also like to see a decent release of the British "Sherlock Holmes" series (the one with Ronald Howard). I have some of the PD versions, and they're barely watchable.

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Old 04-07-2004, 09:59 PM   #4 of 29
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I've really been chomping at the bit, anxious to jump onto this tv-shows-on-dvd bandwagon with everyone else. However, my interests are almost exclusively in 50s/60s programs, and so far not much has catered to this ... other than a few warhorses that are too engrained in my memory banks to create much excitement.

No, I'm not some old-timer (unless being born in 1966 now qualifies). But, I've always loved the old shows first and foremost. I'm just about through with my most recent purchases, but I haven't quite spotted anything at the stores to follow up with. I'm eyeing that "You Bet Your Life" set with Groucho Marx, and I'm certainly looking forward to next month's "Have Gun, Will Travel" set. Also plan to get "My Favorite Martian" whenever it comes out. Other than that, I don't see very much.

As far as 50s series I'd grab in a heartbeat, it would probably be shorter to make a list of series I 'wouldn't' get. But, for the heck of it, here would be a few I'd jump at (wildly improbable though they may be):

Highway Patrol
I Married Joan
M Squad
Topper
Boston Blackie
Gunsmoke (half-hours)
Our Miss Brooks
The Real McCoys
Medic
Whirlybirds
December Bride
Waterfront
Decoy
Burns and Allen
I Led Three Lives
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Old 04-08-2004, 01:14 AM   #5 of 29
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Sea Hunt
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Old 04-08-2004, 01:42 AM   #6 of 29
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Real McCoys and Make Room for Daddy are supposedly coming as are Loretta Young and Sky King. I'll believe it when I see it. And I can't believe it but I've heard Mr. Peepers as well. That would be awesome.
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Old 04-08-2004, 02:38 AM   #7 of 29
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Sky King! Now there's some nostalgia for me. Every Sat. My sister watched Fury, and I wouldn't miss Sky King.
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Old 04-08-2004, 02:12 PM   #8 of 29
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The Life and Times of Dobie Gillis would be nice.
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Old 04-08-2004, 03:40 PM   #9 of 29
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would love some sgt bilko!
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Old 04-08-2004, 03:47 PM   #10 of 29
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Honeymooners Classic 39 are on DVD...
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Old 04-08-2004, 03:50 PM   #11 of 29
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Here's a link to some excellent boxsets of 50s shows:

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/search.cfm

I own all four sets and the transfers are excellent. There are no "bugs" either. Many of the shows mentioned in this thread are included somewhere on these sets: "Dragnet, Sea Hunt, Sherlock Holmes,Sky King..."
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