Larry Sanders on DVD - Feb 26 - Press Release info (1 Viewer)

[Kyle Milligan]

COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE SEASON ONE

OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED "THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW" ON DVD

FEBRUARY 26, 2002

THREE-DISC SET CONTAINS ALL THIRTEEN EPISODES

WINNER OF MULTIPLE EMMY AWARDS, CABLE ACE AWARDS AND

AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS

GARRY SHANDLING HEADLINES AN ALL STAR CAST OF REGULARS

INCLUDING RIP TORN, JEFFREY TAMBOR, PENNY JOHNSON, WALLACE

LANGHAM, JANEANE GARAFOLO, MEGAN GALLAGHER, KATHRYN

HARROLD AND JEREMY PIVEN

DVD ADDED VALUE ELEMENTS

* Digitally Mastered Audio and Anamorphic Video

* Featurette: Garry Shandling Talks.No Flipping

* Summary - Garry Shandling and Tom Shayles (Washington Post TV Critic

and

Pulitzer Prize Winner

* Fullscreen

* Audio: English (Dolby Surround)

* Subtitles: English and Spanish

* Scene Selections

On February 26, 2002 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will release a three-disc DVD set of the first season of

the critically acclaimed THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW.

EPISODE 1 "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY"

Guest Star - Robert Hays

Larry finds himself in opposition to a network executive who wants him

to do live

commercials for "The Garden Weasel."

EPISODE 2 "PROMISE"

Guest Stars Dana Delany, David Spade and William Shatner

Larry can't decide what he should do when a comic scheduled for the show

appears first on a rival talk show.

EPISODE 3 "SPIDERS"

Guest Stars Carol Burnett, Jon Lovitz, Steve Duchesne and Steve Kutcher

Larry battles his reluctance when real live spiders are scheduled for

the show,

and he tries to find a sketch to do with guest Carol Burnett.

EPISODE 4 "THE GUEST HOST"

Guest Star Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey's success as a guest host on the show makes Larry very, very

nervous.

EPISODE 5 "THE NEW PRODUCER"

Guest Stars Robert Morton and Jeff Cesario

A friend of Larry's replaces Artie temporarily as producer, but schemes

to make

the job permanent.

EPISODE 6 "THE FLIRT"

Guest Stars Mimi Rogers and Michael Richards

Jeannie becomes very jealous and accuses Larry of flirting with a

playful Mimi

Rogers on the show.

EPISODE 7 "HANK'S CONTRACT"

Guest Stars Robin Williams and George Foreman

It's contract negotiation time for Hank and he's going for a raise, and

a golf cart.

EPISODE 8 "OUT OF THE LOOP"

Guest Star Peter Falk

Larry feels out of touch when he's the last to know that his head writer

is having a

torrid office affair.

EPISODE 9 "THE TALK SHOW"

Guest Stars Billy Crystal and Catherine O'Hara

An argument at Jeannie's home causes Larry to lose his concentration

during the

show that night.

EPISODE 10 "THE PARTY"

Guest Star Martin Mull

Larry's little dinner at home with Arthur, initiated by Jeannie,

escalates into a full-

blown party and causes Larry to become extremely paranoid.

EPISODE 11 "WARMTH"

Guest Star Richard Simmons

Worried about his ratings, Larry hires a focus group to help tighten up

the show.

EPISODE 12 "A BRUSH WITH THE ELBOW OF GREATNESS"

Guest Star Bela Shaw

Larry makes the tabloids when a woman claims he knocked her into a

magazine

rack and neglected to apologize.

EPISODE 13 "HEY NOW"

Guest Stars Bob Saget, Ray Combs and Earl Holliman

Hank falls asleep during the show, which is just the last straw for a

fed up Larry.

Not Rated

Color

Closed-Captioned

Disc 1: 96 Minutes

Disc 2: 92 Minutes

Disc 3: 131 Minutes

DVD #04759

DVD SLP: $50.95

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Excellent news. The fact that Columbia was going to release The Larry Sanders Show on DVD was announced in Doug Pratt's DVD/Laserdisc Newsletter more than a year ago, and I was beginning to think that it must have been a figment of his imagination.

 

[Emery B]

Wait a minute...

"* Digitally Mastered Audio and Anamorphic Video"

"* Fullscreen "

WTF?? Anamorphic 4:3??

 

[Gabe D]

WTF?? Anamorphic 4:3??

That has become a common feature on Columbia Tristar releases. At least, according to the packages...