MCCLOUD
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Sam's Club has Season 2 of The Virginian. The cost is around $20.00 for Season 2 Part 1 and around $20.00 for Season 2 Part 2.
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I was toying with the idea of ordering the Season One tin from Amazon, but instead I picked up both seasons at Sam's Club today. I prefer the slimcase packaging, anyway. My local Sam's has several copies of both seasons in stock.Originally Posted by MCCLOUD
Sam's Club has Season 2 of The Virginian. The cost is around $20.00 for Season 2 Part 1 and around $20.00 for Season 2 Part 2.
Don't know the answers myself, but...there is a whole book--quite good--about the show that I've just started reading. And there's a lively discussion group at yahoo with lots of die-hard fans who know everything.Originally Posted by Executive
Great to see that the Season 2 tin is going to be released! I have yet to buy the first season. The only reason other than the budget is because
I've been recording The Virginian off of Encore Westerns .....a channel I didn't realize I even had until early March when they began airing the 3rd Season with the episode "Ryker", which introduced Sheriff Abbott's deputy Emmett Ryker.
Does anyone know why Clu Gulager left the show in the 5th Season and came back.....only to leave again midway through Season 6? I haven't been able to find any information or articles on that. Lee J. Cobb had previously done the same thing -- twice, but at least in his case it was well publicized back then that he felt the show was "beneath" him.
I know Roberta Shore and Sara Lane both retired from show business. Not sure about 4th Season cutie Diane Roter (who played Judge Garth's niece Jennifer Summers).
Then there is Don Quine (who played Stacey Grainger for 2 years) -- what led him to leave the show?
You guys have some great info! I wasn't even aware the 2nd Season half-year sets were also released at the beginning of 2010 until I ran across this topic this morning. I'm in southern California and there is a Costco nearby but no Sam's Club around here.
The first time I ever saw this series was in 1980s cable reruns on the USA Network, so I've seen most of the first 2 seasons before.
By the way, The Virginian uncut on Encore Westerns is about 77 minutes, not 75.
Someone asked how they could deliver such a high quality production for a near-feature length TV show at 30 episodes a year.
The # of episodes per season went down by the 5th Season to 26 episodes a year. Then in the 8th Season and the 9th (when it became The Men from Shiloh) both had 24 episodes each. Although it was before our time, TV production costs had to be kept under control back then too.
JEFF
Yes, this very interesting book (A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962 - 1971) has a lot of info on several of the actors, producers, etc. of The Virginian.JEFF said:/forum/thread/284109/the-virginian/120#post_3738703
Don't know the answers myself, but...there is a whole book--quite good--about the show that I've just started reading. And there's a lively discussion group at yahoo with lots of die-hard fans who know everything.