Andy Griffith Show Complete series.

jacktripper1 · 02-09-2007, 03:13 PM

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6905

There's the link to the news item. Personally, if tHAT'S ALL THE special features it has, I might not pick it up. I really don't care for the pilot for Make room for Daddy, but I would like the TV movie. If they would release the movie by itself, I would definently buy it.

Bob Hug · 02-09-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jacktripper1

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6905

There's the link to the news item. Personally, if tHAT'S ALL THE special features it has, I might not pick it up. I really don't care for the pilot for Make room for Daddy, but I would like the TV movie. If they would release the movie by itself, I would definently buy it.

The pilot is a worthwhile extra; trouble is that's it's already been released as an extra, as part of Questar's season 5 release of "Make Room for Daddy." So it's already available on the market.

rapier · 02-09-2007, 03:50 PM

this is starting to get old. whats next a team MacGyver. i hating waiting but with the extras i might star to wait..

Pete Battista · 02-09-2007, 04:20 PM

I never got around to collecting the season sets... so looks like I will be waiting to see what the series set sells for.

David Von Pein · 02-09-2007, 05:24 PM

What's a little odd is that a "Complete Series" TAGS set has been available since December 12th (at Amazon for $225).

But I'm now assuming this is a mere bundling of all 8 seasons, without anything extra added in. (Possibly initiated by Amazon instead of Paramount? Although it does have a "Complete Series" banner on the front; Amazon wouldn't have done that by themselves...would they?....)

http://www.amazon.com/Andy-Griffith-.../dp/B000HWZ4IO

Anyway, I'd very much like to have the Pilot episode from Danny Thomas' series. A shame it wasn't included on the Season-One set (where it had-oughta be, as Andy Taylor might phrase it).

BTW, can any Season-Eight owners confirm for me this somewhat-odd packaging difference from the photo above? ---

My S.8 box, unlike all 7 other seasons, doesn't have the picture of Andy at the very TOP of the spine. Instead, the CBS DVD logo is atop Andy's pic. Plus: the above image shows a "Season 8" marking on the spine. My copy has "Final Season"....which wrecks the continuity of the other sets, which have a numerical number (as it should be, IMO).

Just curious to know if perhaps Paramount released 2 different boxes for Season 8?

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JohnOPR · 02-09-2007, 06:09 PM

I think it's unfair of Paramount to do this to its customers. I'm one of those people who really enjoyed "The Andy Griffith Show", purchasing all the season sets as they became available, hoping that the company might eventually release the pilot and "Return to Mayberry" on a single disc for all us die-hard fans of the series. Can we do anything to prompt Paramount to release these separately? Surely, the company understands that the current plan will not be well received by the majority of folks who wanted these sets quickly and have been diligent in buying them as they were released.

Gord Lacey · 02-09-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by David VP

What's a little odd is that a "Complete Series" TAGS set has been available since December 12th (at Amazon for $225).

Paramount, Warner Bros, and a couple of other studios package all the available sets together each time they release a new one. You could find similar packaging for seasons 1-3 the day season 3 was released, and 1-4 the day season 4 was released. We stopped reporting on them since it's nothing remarkable, just existing sets with a bit more plastic on it.

As for the artwork... chances are someone made a change to the season 8 set and the artist forgot to update the bundle art.

Gord

ChrisCook · 02-09-2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rapier

this is starting to get old. whats next a team MacGyver. i hating waiting but with the extras i might star to wait..

I hope we don't see one for "MacGyver", but you know that's probably what will end up with, one including both reunion movies if they follow "Andy Griffith". The two TV movies should be released separately.

jacktripper1 · 02-09-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gord Lacey

Paramount, Warner Bros, and a couple of other studios package all the available sets together each time they release a new one. You could find similar packaging for seasons 1-3 the day season 3 was released, and 1-4 the day season 4 was released. We stopped reporting on them since it's nothing remarkable, just existing sets with a bit more plastic on it.

As for the artwork... chances are someone made a change to the season 8 set and the artist forgot to update the bundle art.

Gord

COuld you perhaps talk to Paramount about a single disc containing Return to MAyberry movie on it? And whoever owns the right to the Brady Bunch, a disc with just the Christmas movie on it.