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looks like it could be expensive due to the fact they charge $4.99 and then an additional $2.99 per discs in a boxset

Re: What's next for BCI?

I just picked up the 80s version of He-man. I was wondering if the latter He-man series are in danger of going OOP as well? I ask because amazon.com has them listed as Navarre only and not BCI or BCI/Navarre as others are. I'm hoping to delay purchasing the newer series. It would be great to not have to worry about getting it yet....

EDIT: I went ahead and nabbed them. Still interested if they are going to keep pressing them under the Navarre name....

So I just found a copy of The Price Is Right at the local used record shop for 14 bucks. For that kind of bread, how could I pass it up (even tho it wasnt my favorite gameshow of the lot). It's a damn shame that BCI didnt mix up the series a bit more. It was cool to see the early 70's and 50's, but why were the 80's totally ignored? Ah well, the 70's stuff was still good fun.

So aside from the one set of Match Game, the one Family Feud and the one Price is Right - did BCI ever release any other game shows?

Probably because time has not healed the wounds between Bob Barker and the former models. IIRC, he had some influence over the content: therefore no furs and no Barker's Beauties.

Yes, they released a set of Password just before they shut down.  And didn't they release an anthology of game shows as well?

The Password set alas was screwed up in one key way.   They didn't transfer the material right and as a consequence the episodes they spotlighted have more of a kinescopey/film look to them rather than the pristine videotape look they're supposed to have.     So unfortunately while I bought it, I may never watch it beacuse my recordings from GSN look so much better.

I can understand with the fur (not that I agree with it, but there you go), but it's a shame about the rest of it. I'd have loved to seen some of the ones run in my youth. It was also dissappointing that after such a good job delivering on the Match Game extras that Price got nothing.

Password. . . geeze, I'm drawing a blank on that one. I don't even vaguely remember it. Still, I'll have to keep my eye out and see if a copy ever turns up. I'm really liking these old game shows!

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Ah, yes - I remember password now. Youtube is your friend! (:

And this is exactly the reason why I loathe Bob Barker so much. He likes to cover up everything that he's guilty of. He likes to cover up the fact that he got Mark Breslow fired, he likes to cover up the fact that he became executive producer in 1986, he likes to cover up the fact that he mistrated Dian Parkinson, he likes to cover up the fact that he mistreated Holly Hallstrom, he likes to cover up the fact that he mistreated Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley, and finally, he likes to cover up the fact that he mistreated Rod Roddy.

 

His final episode was quite possibly the worst game show finale of all time. There was NOT ONE single human being that he made an apology towards in the last segment. He made sure that it was all about him. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if BCI actually didn't want to include the final week, but was forced by Bob Barker at the last minute to do so.

 

He is such a huge drama queen. He is also the biggest crybaby in the game show world. The fact that he threatened to sue Betty White over an Elephant in the L.A. Zoo really demonstrates his lack of maturity.

 

But fear not because one day, his cover will be blown by Chris Mann (the man who wrote a tell-all book on "Three's Company"), and people will get to know everything there is to know about the true nature and history of Bob Barker that Barker himself (pathetically) tried to cover up.

Barker's pettiness regarding fur coats given away is also incidentally the reason why GSN was not able to air any of the TPIR nighttime shows hosted by Dennis James on GSN back in the days when TPIR was part of their lineup.       His obnoxious behavior as the years went by made me tune out watching the show altogether (I always say that the moment Bob stopped dying his hair was when his personality changed).

We tried everything we could to get him to OK the use of episodes with fur. We offered to put an intro on the discs where Bob could explain his views. We offered to donate a portion of the sales to a charity of Bob's choice (and let him use that in the opening as a way of making amends for past transgressions), etc.

But in the end, we were only allowed a window of certain episodes, and only ones without fur. So Cliff had to watch every episode we wanted to use to make sure no furs snuck through.

 There are rumors that his retirement was not exactly voluntary...

There's also the possibility that he was fired because Fremantle was disgusted with his backstage behavior.

 Bob Barker was a prince to me when he did the introduction to a documentary about a rural animal control officer that won the Student Academy Award.

I'm flabbergasted that there is gossip (pro or con) about Bob Barker.

Woo! The used bookstore I've been selling off my unread material at had a BUNCH of the Match Game and Family Feud sets, so I managed to snap up The Feud. Now I only need the Password (defective tho it may be) and I'll be set.

If anyone is looking for them and is in Seattle, it's the Half Price Books on the Ave (or if someone has a Password they dont want and is looking for the others, let me know and perhaps we can work something out)

Well, Bob's, like, 86 now.

I don't think any restrictions on episodes would survive him, especially if Freemantle figured they could make money off of releasing those episodes. Unless there's some other legal wrangling going on, of course.

Morbid thought, but realistic.

And speaking of Game Shows on DVD, Do the upcoming Mill Creek rereleases of some of the old BCI Best of discs give a glimmer of hope for future Goodson/Todman game shows on DVD, or is this just a one off situation?

I think it might just be a sub-licence situation. 

Found the Gameshow Sets in Big Lots for $5.  Only problem, they are Mill Creek and seem to be limited editions with less episodes. 

 

Example, Match Game has only 16.  I guess these aren't worth having in addition to the larger sets put out by BCI and Mill Creek?  Anybody know?  I'm just having problems getting detailed listings from most of this stuff.  :(   I read a review for the Family Feud set on amazon that says the Mill Creek version has different episodes from the original BCI.  I suspect they may just be ordered differently.  I do know the Password one from Mill Creek has maybe 1 less episode.  But...such confusion....

 

I bought The Price is Right and Password sets from Mill Creek. I already own BCI's Match Game set so I don't know what's missing on the Mill Creek set. Its too much to type out the episode list, and I can't find one online.

 

I believe the Price is Right set is the same because its 4 discs.

 

The Password set is 3 discs. I was curious to see what's missing from my Password set, so I did a search and I found out that the Mill Creek set is two episodes shorter than the original BCI release. The episodes missing are Barbara Bain/Brian Keith, and Georgia Brown/Laurence Harvey. I don't care much about the latter, but I do like Barbara Bain and Brian Keith.

 

I found this episode list at http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com:

The BCI Password Set has 4 discs. The Mill Creek Set has 3 discs.

Below is an episode list for the BCI Set. The Mill Creek contains the same episodes except the 2 titles in red.

 

DVD 1

 

Carol Burnett (a riot here)/Gary Moore

Betsy Palmer/Dick Van Dyke (just before his hit show)

Pat Carroll/Johnny Carson (when he still had a show on CBS)

James Mason/Jane Fonda (very young and still-unknown here)

Joan Benny/Jack Benny

Anne Bancroft/Robert Goulet (without a mustache)

Joan Crawford (enjoying Baby Jane success)/Barry Nelson (the first James Bond!)

Olivia de Havilland/Anthony Perkins (post-Psycho, plugging Welles’ The Trial)

 

 

DVD 2

 

Betty White (Ludden’s wife)/Jack Parr

Janet Leigh/Polly Bergen/Peter Lawford/Sammy Davis Jr.

Carol Burnett/Robert Preston

Lucille Ball/Gary Morton/Lucy Arnaz/Desi Arnaz Jr.

Betty White/Paul Anka (still as a teen heartthrob and funny here)

Georgia Brown/Laurence Harvey

Edie Gorme/Bob Newhart (just before huge stardom, very funny here)

Marty Allen/Steve Rossi

 

 

DVD 3

 

Lucille Ball/Gary Morton/Peter Lawford/Vivian Vance

James Stewart/Gloria Stewart/Judy Stewart/Kelly Stewart

Angie Dickenson/Pat Carroll/Peter Lawford/Otto Preminger

Jayne Meadows/Steve Allen

Barbara Rush/Gene Kelly

Lauren Bacall/Jack Palance

Betty White/Arlene Francis

Nancy Sinatra/Woody Allen (a real classic show!)

 

 

DVD 4

 

Barbara Bain (plugging Mission: Impossible’s debut)/Brian Keith

Bea Benedaret/Eddie Albert (plugging Petticoat Junction & Green Acres)

Nancy Kulp/Frank Sutton (another all time classic show!)

Carol Welles/Bob Denver

Irene Ryan/Bob Crane/Donna Douglas (a must see riot of a show!)

Audrey Meadows/Jerry Lewis

Betty White/Frank Gifford

Elizabeth Montgomery/Martin Landau (plugging Bewitched & M: I)

Awesome Ron, thanks.  I broke down and bought all the BCI sets from the amazon marketplace.  Glad those are still avail.  Also picked up Mill Creeks Classic Game Shows & More set, even though folks are having trouble with it.  Not sure what I'll do with the smaller sets of the others...probably return all to Big Lots since they are most likely repeaters.

 

Here's some links I found in my research, in case anybody is interested.

 

http://www.crazyape.com/mv50857.html

- lists the Mill Creek family feud completely, along with the cover

 

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/01/mini-dvd-review-all-star-family-feud.html

- review of BCI family feud, with listing

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Mill-Creek-Gets-Game-Show-Rights/12995

- incorrectly (perhaps) states that the Mill Creek releases are the same

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9539/Mill+Creek+Game+Show+DVD+Wave+(All-Star+Family+Feud+++Best+Of+Match+Game+(1973),+Password+&+Price+Is+Right+++Game+Show+Moments+Gone+Bananas!)

- details all the BCI sets

 

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37283/classic-game-shows-more/

- a great review of that Mill Creek Classic Game shows & more set, details the problem

Noticed there is a Price is Right set with 14 episodes (I bought and will prob return to big lots), 20 episodes (saw in a review complete with cover stating "20 Priceless Episodes) and finally the one with 26 I just ordered.  Does anybody know if the 26 is all you need?  I'm just assuming it is....  Same with the other game show sets...like Password? 

If you have one in your area, you might try Half Price Books. I've found several of the BCI sets there unopened, including She-Ra and the Sci Fi Box Set with Ark 2, Space Academy, and Jason. Not sure how much the She-Ra was, but the Sci Fi  Box was running for around $10 last time I checked, which is a great deal.