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post #31 of 56
4/23/07 at 12:33pm

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/210/thread.aspx

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We're actually not planning on releasing the remainder of Punky Brewster via single discs. We're releasing the previous box sets as singles, for those that didn't want the initial box sets.

this was posted by B Ward who is Producer/Manager, DVD & Home Video at Shout Factory and the go to guy there.
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post #32 of 56
4/23/07 at 1:01pm
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Well,I guess that means we wont be seeing season 4 this summer.
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post #33 of 56
4/23/07 at 3:00pm

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Whom do they think are going to buy the single disc releases? The majority of people who want this show have probably already bought seasons 1-3, and if they were waiting, they would spend less money buying the season sets ($9.99 each for 4 discs a season versus an MSRP of $34.95, which can be had online for as low as $20.95).

The fans want season 4. We do not want single-disc reissues of stuff we already have.

Between this and the recent revelation that the Ozzie and Harriet DVD set is made up of the same syndicated tapes the Disney Channel aired in the 1980s, I'm really starting to lose patience with Shout! Factory.
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post #34 of 56
4/23/07 at 9:32pm

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Who are they marketing the single-disc releases to? The same people who buy "best ofs" of shows like The Simpsons, Married ... With Children, The Brady Bunch, The Andy Griffith Show, etc., instead of the season sets. People who just want a few episodes of the show for nostalgia purposes, or whatever, instead of complete seasons.

Does that include most of the people on HTF or similar forums? No. Does that include the average Best Buy or Wal-Mart shopper who sees a $5-10 single disc of Punky near a $30 season set and buys the former? Certainly. That is who Shout! is expecting to buy the new releases.

Am I happy to see them going this route instead of completing the seasons? No, but I can understand them doing it, from a financial standpoint? Absolutely - get the sales of the casual viewers/impulse buyers who don't want to plunk down $30 for a season-one set.
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post #35 of 56
6/13/07 at 12:50am

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but Shout responded:

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The first season is being broken out into volumes, for those parents and fans that have no desire to purchase season sets.

There are no immediate plans for the fourth season's release, but it's constantly on our radar and we've never stopped discussing it. That's a good sign. The truth is, when we released the first two seasons, we were SLAMMED with emails and phonecalls requesting that we secure the rights to the final two seasons. Once we did, and released Season 3, we were stunned by how few sets it actually sold. This, in no way, has anything to do with our not releasing Season 4, but we're not moving it to the top of our list, as a result either.

I do believe you'll see Punky Brewster: Season 4 released sooner than later.

Brian

Well considering having to go thru Universal (the original licensing deal was made before GE bought Universal), no advertising, no difference in cover photo between seasons despite Punky's S3 hairstyle change, minimal extras on S3, and Heaven knows where they got the masters (season 1 had picture glitches, season 2 had distorted sound, and season 3 seemed to have overdone DVNR rendering wide shots rather soft and removing detail), there is a glimmer of hope.

Just be glad Fox doesn't own it. Fox apparently is apathetic to the existence of any pre-1990 TV programming that doesn't have Alan Alda in it.
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post #36 of 56
6/13/07 at 4:57am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Thanks for updating us Matt,Im hoping we will see it by end of year. I just hope, they dont use the new best ofs sales , as an excuse to not release season 4.I know I certainly wont be buying them since I have the whole 3 seasons.Seriously , when they decide to release season 4, they better get 1 of the cast members for an interview.If they dont I bet this will sell even less than season3 .Lets not forget , many consider this the worst season of the show.Ill get it for completions sake, and that I hardly remember anything in this season.
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post #37 of 56
6/13/07 at 11:25am

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If it does sell poorly, what are they going to do, not release the non-existent season 5? Repossess our copies of it? If they want it to break even, try buying TV ad space on children's TV networks like Nickelodeon and Noggin, or anything nostalgia-oriented like TV Land. People can't buy what they don't know exists. The people who make TV show DVDs are going to have to start taking more chances with these things. It's been less than five years since we started seeing shows get DVD released (and I never expected Punky to be one of them), and they've already become ossified in their thinking.

IMO I thought season 4 was about on par with season 3 in terms of quality, but I'm glad the show ended before it could see a long protracted decline like other series.
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post #38 of 56
6/15/07 at 1:02am

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

I'm not sure I buy the whole "sales of Season 3 have nothing to do with why we haven't released Season 4" talk from Shout! If sales had met their expectations, we'd probably be getting Season 4 released on DVD next month instead of the lame single-disc volumes. Also, since Shout! has been releasing one Punky DVD set each year for the past 3 years, I'm worried that these single-disc volumes may be the only Punky DVDs they release this year... (I hope they prove me wrong) Well, at least the post from Shout! has a somewhat optimistic tone, and I'm now expecting Season 4 to be released eventually...

I agree that Season 4 is on par with Season 3 quality-wise.
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post #39 of 56
7/12/07 at 9:25am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Well, it seems those best of punky volume 1 -6 were cancelled on amazon.com, it says no longer available.I cant say im suprised, because the majority of punky fans have the 3 seasons released.Now they need to release season 4 already !!!!!!!!
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post #40 of 56
7/12/07 at 9:37am

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If they could release season 4, there would probably be some holdouts for the first 3 seasons finally getting all seasons in one swoop for the assurance of two complete series. Perhaps they could collect them all in a collectible Punky Brewster Bust.
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post #41 of 56
8/5/07 at 2:00pm
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Tv shows on dvd now has a rumoured release date of febuary 2008 , hope its true !
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post #42 of 56
8/5/07 at 10:43pm

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They've just made a very jaded TV-on-DVD collector happy.
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post #43 of 56
8/6/07 at 4:31am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Off topic, but how cool would it be if silver spoons season 2, gets released the same day?
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post #44 of 56
8/6/07 at 4:36am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Also slightly off topic, today is Soleils birthday, she is 31 ! Happy Birthday to Punky.
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post #45 of 56
9/24/07 at 1:40pm
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Ive just returned from visiting shouts message boards ! I have news on season 4 cover art, the color scheme for the boxset will be yellow ! Anyway, I suggested they do a mix of yellow and black , like the way they did a combo of purple and green on season 3.
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post #46 of 56
11/11/07 at 6:33pm

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Season four is now confirmed for 2/26/08, according to TSoD. Extras are seven more "It's Punky Brewster" cartoons and a trivia quiz.

Cover art is at the link.
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post #47 of 56
11/12/07 at 5:09am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Good to hear its finally official!With the 7 cartoons included , does this mean we now have the full run of the cartoon series ?
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post #48 of 56
1/26/08 at 1:25am

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It's a month until the release and I have no new news, except that iTunes now has an extended version of the theme song. Do a search for "Gary Portnoy" and you'll find the song, as well as extended versions of the themes to Cheers and Mr. Belvedere. It's not on CD, and it is definitely worth a download.
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post #49 of 56
2/7/08 at 8:18am

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Review is up already:

Sitcoms Online - Punky Brewster - Season Four DVD Review
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post #50 of 56
2/7/08 at 8:42am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

The review makes it sound like the transfer for season four is the same as season 3, plus the audio will be alot like season 2 rechanneled audio.Oh well, at least the collection will now be complete.
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post #51 of 56
3/2/08 at 2:58pm

Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

I've noticed some really bad video quality in the flashbacks in the show's final episode... though, that could have to do with whatever source they used when they originally made the episode in 1987.

I've also noticed a little bit of jumping on the Punky S4 set... has anyone else?
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post #52 of 56
3/2/08 at 4:59pm

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Haven't picked it up yet, but since video loses generations copying from the master of the episodes being looked back at to the master of the finale, it makes sense.
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post #53 of 56
3/26/08 at 10:33am
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Re: Punky brewster season 4 question

Ive finally purchased season 4.Ive watched the first 2 episodes, and the picture quality and audio seem to be on par with season 3. The big suprise on ths set is the dvd menu, has a diffrent picture of punky!!! It seems to be from season four,in fact it would actually make a nice dvd cover, instead of the same old picture.Anyone else get the set yet ?????
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post #54 of 56
9/30/10 at 2:00pm
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I thought everyone would find this interesting, even if we do own all 4 seasons on dvd. I was browsing mill creeks website earlier, they have another best of punky dvd coming. But hold on, thats not the interesting part !  On the backcover, and I quote " Punky Brewster which ran for 5 succesful seasons on NBC". What ???  I want that lost 5th season now !  How can they make such a weird  mistake like that ? The show ran for 2 seasons on NBC, then another 2 in syndication. Where did they get that 5 seasons from ?

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post #55 of 56
10/2/10 at 10:59am

I have no idea how they are releasing it but maybe they are treating the cartoon as if it were a season?

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post #56 of 56
10/2/10 at 11:57am
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Tory, I never thought about it that way. It could be that.

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