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For example this is what I mean.

Brady Bunch, and Mash, and Friends for example also.

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Did any of you guys pick this up this week?

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I wanted to badly, but I'm broke.

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I received my set last friday. The DVDs for each season looks to be the same ones that were in the original sets. I haven't had a whole lot of time to watch any of them so I may be wrong but I checked out the "The Darlings are Coming" from Season 3 and it was still the edited episode and season 4 looked to be the corrected DVDs you could get per the Paramount exchange program.

The bonus disc was in the season 1 digipack and there was a 3rd bonus feature that I had not seen mentioned in any news about the complete set. The episode "Opie Joins the Marines" from Season 2 of Gomer Pyle USMC. Surprise! Surprise!

Each season is in a digipack that folds out so you can see all the discs but the only thing holding them in place is a slit in the cardboard that holds the bottom half of the discs in place. A couple of the discs had gotten loose during shipping but they weren't scratched up. All in all I am happy with the set and Return to Mayberry is finally on DVD. Hopefully Warner will do
something with Mayberry RFD one of these days.

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Hopefully, a separate disc of "Return to Mayberry" will be forthcoming, for all us folks who purchased the Andy Griffith sets as they were being released individually, season by season. Were it not for all of us, that final complete set with the extras would likely have never been a reality.

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for anyone interested, this set would come to around $120 with free shipping from DDD with the 20% off sale going on now (thru 6/17).

you could add my name to the list for Mayberry RFD as well. But wasn't this title brought up in the recent tv chat with the answer "not being looked into"?

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Happy Birthday to Andy Griffith (erm, Taylor).

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If you waited until now to purchase any of the Andy Griffith Show season sets, this is a decent deal only because the price has been reduced compared to the individual season sets. For those who already have one or more seasons, the new extras in this new all-season set are no big whoop and in my opinion is not worth purchasing.

Unfortunately, the pilot episode included in this set is a syndicated version which is edited by about 2 and a half minutes. This is the same version already available on the Make Room For Daddy - The Complete Fifth Season DVD set. The full length pilot had been released on VHS, but has been out-of-print for a few years now. Why couldn't Paramount include the full length version? We know it exists.

The two edited episodes in Season 3 remain edited. "The Darlings Are Coming" is the heavily cut syndicated version that, among other things, omits the Darling family's toe-tapping rendition of "Salty Dog". The "Barney Mends A Broken Heart" episode is still missing its epilogue where Nurse Peggy is tending to Andy's blackened eye while Barney accidentally let's it slip that he and Andy had been out with other women the previous night. Source material does exist that would restore these episodes to their full length glory.

The episodes on discs 1 and 2 of Season 4 that were missing the laugh tracks have been corrected, but this was done way before this new box set was ever announced. If you have these discs without the laugh tracks, I believe Paramount is still replacing them with the corrected ones.

A surprise was that the "Opie Joins The Marines" episode of Gomer Pyle, USMC has been included. However, this will be released anyway when Season 2 of that series rolls around in a few months.

The TV movie, "Return To Mayberry" finally makes it's way to DVD as a bonus feature in this set. It is uncut and presented just as originally broadcast in 1986. Hopefully it will be released as a separate disc for those who already have some or all of this series.

Without even going into the shoddy packaging issues, this new box set is a disappointment compared to the prevously released season sets. For whatever reason, Paramount chose not to fix most of their prior errors and then gave us sub-standard extras. The new lower price would be the only reason to buy this set if you don't already have any of the individually released seasons. If you do already have them, stick with 'em.

Feel free to send me a private message if you're interested in getting hold of the material that's lacking in this series.

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No bother at all. Here is a quick pic I made of the with the seasons out of
the box. I opened up season 1 so you can see how the discs are packaged.
I also pulled out the bonus disc out so you can see it. All of the DVDs of the
seasons are the same as what was released previously. Also you can see the
artwork for the back of the box. Sorry it took so long to post this.

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I can't believe they are using paper sleeves to hold these in place. Sad.

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Yeah, I like the look of the sleeves too. The only problem is there's a good chance (especially with so many discs) that some will be messed up when they are put into the packagaing. I know I can take them out and put them back in without scuffing/scratching them but when the set is being manufactured is another story.

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I think what has been mentioned here and at tvshowsondvd.com concerning complete series sets is that these are great money makers for the studios because most of the cost to produce them has already been spent on the individual season sets. This is why they cost less than the individual season
sets. Therefore it is no surprise that the complete series set uses the same masters as the season sets except where previously corrected. This is also why complete series sets do not come out first. The cost to remaster the shows would have to be factored into the price of the set. Get Smart and the upcoming Land of the Giants are exceptions to this .
With the exception of added content, does anyone know of a complete series set which corrected problems found on the individual season sets not previously corrected ?

For anyone interested in the complete series set, it's currently on sale as the Amazon "Gold Box Deal of the Day" today June 25th here for $77.99 .

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Thanks for sharing that info, Jeff.

 

Definitely a great deal for anyone that doesn't have this series.  That works out to less than $10 per season, and you get the reunion movie as well.  Hard to argue with that.  Even if someone only liked the "Barney" years and wouldn't be watching the last 3 seasons of the show, you still be getting a fantastic deal at that price.

 

 

Gary "a wonderful show that holds up very well" O.

I enjoyed those first three color seasons myself. It was those last three color seasons with the absences of Andy Griffith and Ron Howard (and eventually Frances Bavier in the final season) that I didn't care too much. It just felt wierd not having the original cast on the show.

 

Technically, that's a separate series called MAYBERRY R.F.D., which I'm sure you know.  I've never seen them referred to as the "last 3 seasons" of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.

I have all the original season sets and was tempted to buy it because I want the corrected laugh tracks in season four and this seems to be the only way to get them. I realize I am probably the only person who missed the laugh tracks, but watching OPIE THE BIRDMAN is next to impossible for me. Without the laugh tracks, Andy's comments to Barney seem downright mean. But I just can't spend even this much just for those.

 

Sigh. Paramount disappoints once again.

Alan, can you tell me if all the Season Sets have the original cast commercials as extras? I was under the impression that these sets had NO extras at all, but I was watching some at a friend's house and they had the commercials on there, though not the sponsor's tags (some of which can be seen on the 50th Anniversary set).

My recollection is that some do and some don't. It's been a while since I watched the entire set, but if my memory is right, their occurrence lessens as the seasons progress.

 

I just wish I could get the episodes with the laugh tracks in season four without buying the whole series twice. The fans that support the single season sets of a series, making the complete season set viable with extras, are always the ones who get the shaft.

 

 

Seasons 2 and 3 have cast/sponsor commercials.