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post #121 of 707
5/9/07 at 4:15am

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

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More about Amazon.....

I'm glad to see Fuge S1/V1 doing quite well right now. It was added to the site only yesterday, and as of this moment it is ranked #102 among all DVD products. And the few (p)reviews on the site have several votes (including Michael's that he aimed at me ). So that indicates a decent-sized interest in this great TV series, I'd say. ....

Let me understand this correctly . . . . . a 40 year-old, black & white, hour long drama that's having just the first half of its first season released on DVD 3 MONTHS FROM NOW is ranked at #102 in DVD sales at Amazon? This is absolutely fantastic news and just goes to show you that good story telling and acting never go out of style. I hope that sales go through the roof on this one!
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post #122 of 707
5/9/07 at 4:38am
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Let me understand this correctly . . . . . a 40 year-old, black & white, hour long drama that's having just the first half of its first season released on DVD 3 MONTHS FROM NOW is ranked at #102 in DVD sales at Amazon?

That's just about the size of the situation as she exists at the current moment...yes sir. You understand correctly indeed.

It's dropped to #120 as of this exact moment on 05/09/07. But I expect it to rise to #78 by 6:55 PM PDT Thursday.
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post #123 of 707
5/9/07 at 4:58am

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

Sorry about that, David. Yes, the ranking for the show on Amazon is indeed impressive and it indicates to me that fans are well on top of things this early in the game considering the more than 3 months wait. I see that there are already 3 reviews, one of which indicated that it had reached #89 at one point. When one considers that the average person is more likely to purchase much closer to release date when the B&M stores announce their prices, this is all a very strong indication that the fan base is very much alive for "The Fugitive".
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post #124 of 707
5/9/07 at 6:06am

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How well did The Fugitive sell on VHS in the 1990s?
It couldn't have done too badly, with 1/3 of the series being released on tape.
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post #125 of 707
5/9/07 at 11:34am

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Sometimes it's really uncanny how you guys think just like I do. Yesterday I went to Amazon.com to officially place my order for THE FUGITIVE and I noticed the high sales ranking as well. I thought to myself, "I need to post these numbers on HTF so the folks know it's doing great and it's still three months away from release." And lo and behold, I see someone did just that! This bodes very well for the rest of the series, which I hope Paramount will fast-track.

Gary "as of 2:30 pm today it's up to #52 in the rankings" O.
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post #126 of 707
5/9/07 at 3:42pm

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

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Sometimes it's really uncanny how you guys think just like I do. Yesterday I went to Amazon.com to officially place my order for THE FUGITIVE and I noticed the high sales ranking as well.
Well, you don't, Gary, because I'm not ordering The Fugitive until the beginning of August and I always order from DeepDiscount.com....not from Amazon.
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post #127 of 707
5/9/07 at 9:17pm
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DeepDiscount's price (currently) is $29 for Fuge-1-1, while Amazon has it for $26.99.

Current Amazon rank = #57.
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post #128 of 707
5/10/07 at 2:06am

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DeepDiscount's price (currently) is $29 for Fuge-1-1, while Amazon has it for $26.99.

Current Amazon rank = #57.
Old habits, as DeepDiscount already has my profile and credit card info. Will Amazon keep it at $26.99 by August? And do they have free shipping as DD does? Those will be the deciding factors for me.
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post #129 of 707
5/10/07 at 2:30am
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Will Amazon keep it at $26.99 by August?

It doesn't matter. Because you're locked in to the lowest pre-order price when you pre-order any DVD from Amazon. And if the price should drop before the release date, you'll automatically get the lowest price, per their fairly-new Pre-Order Pricing Policy.....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...065385-6525668

And take note of Amazon's Post-Release Price Guarantee too. If the price drops within 30 days AFTER purchasing, you can get the difference refunded.


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And do they have free shipping as DD does?

Yep. On anything over $25.

Plus, you can manage/edit/cancel your orders online...unlike DD.

The best of all pre-order worlds, IMO.
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post #130 of 707
7/14/07 at 11:31am

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31 days - just one month, till the "running" starts.

Do you have your copy on order?

Harry
...counting the days, online...
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post #131 of 707
7/14/07 at 1:25pm

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31 days - just one month, till the "running" starts.

Do you have your copy on order?

Harry
...counting the days, online...

You better believe it, Harry! You guys have me ready for this one
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post #132 of 707
7/14/07 at 5:30pm

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

Hawaii Five-0's 2nd season to be revisted first at the end of July, and then The Fugitive is next in August.
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post #133 of 707
7/15/07 at 8:40pm

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I'm not going to pre-order this set but I am definately planning to buy it the week it is released, maybe from Wal-mart or Amazon.
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post #134 of 707
7/16/07 at 8:01am

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I wonder if The Fugitive is going to be handled like Streets of San Francisco. I notice that the complete 1st season of Streets is coming out the same day as Volume 2 of the first season.

I wish I had known they were planning this, I may have held out on buying Streets as two separate volumes. I may wait and see if they do this with The Fugitive, as well.
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post #135 of 707
7/16/07 at 8:10am

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I wonder if The Fugitive is going to be handled like Streets of San Francisco. I notice that the complete 1st season of Streets is coming out the same day as Volume 2 of the first season.

I wish I had known they were planning this, I may have held out on buying Streets as two separate volumes. I may wait and see if they do this with The Fugitive, as well.

appears that all they are doing at Amazon is wrapping the 2 DVD sets together. What's weird is that like the Perry Mason "Season 1," it costs more to buy the package deal than to order each set as a half season.
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post #136 of 707
7/20/07 at 3:08am

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Even though I'm 45 I have never watched an episode of THE FUGITIVE, However, last night I watched two from a VHS which a friend lent me, and I was hooked! The episodes were "Nightmare at Northoak" and "Escape Into Black". I now want to see the entire series! I'll be buying the new half-season DVD.
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post #137 of 707
7/20/07 at 4:28am

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Even though I'm 45 I have never watched an episode of THE FUGITIVE, However, last night I watched two from a VHS which a friend lent me, and I was hooked!

I have five VHS tapes of "The Fugitive" each with two episodes that were issued by Madacy (ugh!) sometime in the 1990s in SLP speed and a VHS of the two-part finale issued by Republic in SP speed. The Republic tape has held up reasonably well over the years, but the Madacy tapes are in serious need of an upgrade. It will be a real pleasure to be able to watch this in episode order . . . . . just wish that Paramount had gone the full season route with this rather than split seasons.
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post #138 of 707
7/20/07 at 8:34am

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Even though I'm 45 I have never watched an episode of THE FUGITIVE, However, last night I watched two from a VHS which a friend lent me, and I was hooked! The episodes were "Nightmare at Northoak" and "Escape Into Black". I now want to see the entire series! I'll be buying the new half-season DVD.

Those are two of the very best episodes with similar themes, which is why they're combined on that VHS issue. Most episodes are not *quite* that intense, but still each hour-long story is worthwhile in its own right. There are very few clunkers in this series, so you should be well-entertained if you stick with them. Most fans tend to think of the latter color episodes (fourth season) as being the weakest - it's really a matter of taste - some of the themes explored had been done before, and in truth, some of the color episodes do rank among the most exciting.

25 days!

Harry
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post #139 of 707
7/20/07 at 9:20am
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Some of the color episodes do rank among the most exciting.

With "The Evil Men Do" being a good example of an exciting Season-Four Fuge outing, IMO. (Maybe I'm partial to it because it aired on my 5th birthday.)

http://www.tv.com/the-fugitive-1963/...list;title;103
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post #140 of 707
7/20/07 at 11:42am

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Even though I'm 45 I have never watched an episode of THE FUGITIVE, However, last night I watched two from a VHS which a friend lent me, and I was hooked! The episodes were "Nightmare at Northoak" and "Escape Into Black". I now want to see the entire series! I'll be buying the new half-season DVD.

I don't think it's possible for anyone to watch the show and not become hooked. It truly is the best drama in television history, if not the best show period.
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post #141 of 707
7/20/07 at 12:18pm

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With "The Evil Men Do" being a good example of an exciting Season-Four Fuge outing, IMO. (Maybe I'm partial to it because it aired on my 5th birthday.)

http://www.tv.com/the-fugitive-1963/...list;title;103

I'm partial to that one too, since it officially takes place in my home state.

My fave fourth season episode though has to be "The Ivy Maze". That one really had me on the edge of my seat when ABC aired it originally!

But since this new DVD release is the first half of the first season, I'll have to say my faves from that era are the two-parter, "Never Wave Goodbye" and "Nightmare At Northoak".

Geez, I'm getting goosebumps just *thinking* about these episodes and how great they are. And I'm a bit envious of the first-time viewers, getting to experience these as *new* shows!

Harry
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post #142 of 707
7/20/07 at 5:28pm

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Geez, I'm getting goosebumps just *thinking* about these episodes and how great they are. And I'm a bit envious of the first-time viewers, getting to experience these as *new* shows!Harry

I'm one of them Harry But thanks to you, Bob H, Gary O, Mike_KS, and the "gang" at HTF I'm looking forward to this blind-buy. The only memories of this one are dim ones from Dad watching this show. He was a fanatic fan of this one in it's original airing days.
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post #143 of 707
7/20/07 at 5:28pm

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My interest in seeing this series for the first time is still burning. Let me ask you longtime fans of the show -- what was David Janssen's feeling about it? Did he enjoy doing it? Did he want "out"? I'd like to think he was fond of THE FUGITIVE and that he didn't have what I call "Fred Gwynne Syndrome" (as Gwynne really regretted doing THE MUNSTERS). Looking forward to your replies!
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post #144 of 707
7/20/07 at 5:52pm

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David Janssen genuinely enjoyed doing THE FUGITIVE. There are stories of him getting a bit weary in the fourth season, and was likely the reason that the show was ended at that point. Part of the problem was grueling work schedule. Due to the nature of the series, David Janssen pretty much had to be in virtually every scene of every show. There are exceptions of course, but it was pretty much all him.

He and Barry Morse became fast friends - but were instructed not to do any public appearances together as it wouldn't look good for the police lieutenant and his prey to be seen as friends during the run of the show.

I don't know if it's possible for us here to build up expectations too much - it is afterall a TV series, and it has its ups and downs - but I feel safe in stating that I've not witnessed a finer drama series in my fifty+ years on this planet.

Certainly there are some elements to the show that are "of their time." Today with the Internet, GPS tracking, cell phones, credit cards, privacy restrictions, it would be near impossible for a fugitive to live the way Dr. Kimble is portrayed in the series. He seems to be able to wander into a town and get a job as a dishwasher or bartender without any ID or references. That's just unthinkable today. So you have to sort of put yourself in the time frame of the series.

"...this is Richard Kimble, and this is how it is with him."

Harry
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post #145 of 707
7/20/07 at 10:35pm

Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!

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Originally Posted by Harry-N
I'm partial to that one too, since it officially takes place in my home state.

My fave fourth season episode though has to be "The Ivy Maze". That one really had me on the edge of my seat when ABC aired it originally!

But since this new DVD release is the first half of the first season, I'll have to say my faves from that era are the two-parter, "Never Wave Goodbye" and "Nightmare At Northoak".

Geez, I'm getting goosebumps just *thinking* about these episodes and how great they are. And I'm a bit envious of the first-time viewers, getting to experience these as *new* shows!

Harry

Agree with you 100%. Of the first set that'll be released, those are my favorites as well. And I also remember watching The Ivy Maze when it first aired on ABC and how exciting it was. I know some people don't like that episode but to me it was one of the best. BTW, does anyone know yet if Paramount is remastering the show or going with the timespeds like Image did with Combat?
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post #146 of 707
7/21/07 at 2:08am

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I don't think anyone (in the general public) yet knows what the video source is for THE FUGITIVE on DVD. Given that we're only getting 15 episodes and we have waited forever, I'm hoping for the best.

Harry
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post #147 of 707
7/21/07 at 8:57am
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I'm a bit envious of the first-time viewers, getting to experience these as *new* shows!
And complete with that incomparable Peter Rugolo music too. (They better not change any of the Rugolo music for this series, or I'm sending the one-armed man out to Paramount Studios to beat the heck out of somebody with his remaining limb.)*

* = And as we know by watching the outstanding Fugitive episode with Ed Begley Sr. ("Man In A Chariot"; first episode of Season 2), when a person loses a limb, he gains additional strength in his remaining limb.

Here's some fun Fuge stuff, for anyone who might care:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionb...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...e=ReviewDetail

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/fug.../?viscount=100

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post #148 of 707
7/21/07 at 11:59am

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Speaking of "Nightmare At Northoak", it's a great example of something we were discussing earlier in this thread, about the use of music cues from other shows in THE FUGITIVE. Early on, as Kimble is being treated by the town doctor and we meet the family with whom Kimble is staying during his recuperation, strains of Bernard Herrman's music from THE TWILIGHT ZONE's "Walking Distance" can be heard.

The irony here is in the casting: Frank Overton appeared in both "Nightmare at Northoak" and in "Walking Distance."

Harry
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post #149 of 707
7/21/07 at 12:57pm

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Originally Posted by Corey3rd
appears that all they are doing at Amazon is wrapping the 2 DVD sets together. What's weird is that like the Perry Mason "Season 1," it costs more to buy the package deal than to order each set as a half season.

DeepDiscount and other etailers are selling the entire season. DeepDiscount has the entire Season 1 available for $53, which is cheaper than buying both sets indivually from Amazon.
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post #150 of 707
7/21/07 at 6:56pm

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Originally Posted by Harry-N
I don't think anyone (in the general public) yet knows what the video source is for THE FUGITIVE on DVD.

The packaging claims the transfers come from the original negatives. I've watched the first seven episodes and think they look pretty darned good. Surprisingly few source flaws - some specks, thin lines and whatnot - but not much for a 44-year-old show. The sound is fine for old mono. No extras, unfortunately, but I think fans will be VERY pleased with the quality. My full review should go up next week!
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