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Originally Posted by Tory /t/321236/time-life-press-release-the-carol-burnett-show-the-ultimate-collection#post_3934363
For that price it should be the whole series, certainly more than just 50 best of's. I'm really disappointed.
Music rights are expensive. I wonder if the Garry Moore Shows will be complete or just feature Carol.Tory said:For that price it should be the whole series, certainly more than just 50 best of's. I'm really disappointed.
No idea if you're familiar with past Time-Life sets, but if you are, you'd know that all their big "gift" sets (like Six Million Dollar Man last year) have almost always been at the $200 price point, or higher, so it's not unexpected. As others said, I figured it'd be more (around $250 or so). You can bet there'll be plenty of TV advertising before Christmas on this one.Tory said:For that price it should be the whole series, certainly more than just 50 best of's. I'm really disappointed.
Well, the SM$M set is complete. And it's 100 episodes, plus the movies and lots of bonus material.AndyMcKinney said:No idea if you're familiar with past Time-Life sets, but if you are, you'd know that all their big "gift" sets (like Six Million Dollar Man last year) have almost always been at the $200 price point, or higher, so it's not unexpected. As others said, I figured it'd be more (around $250 or so)
This is how I feel too. I have the 31 Columbia House DVDs so I need to see a list of episodes for this new set before I buy it.AndyMcKinney said:As desirable as this set sounds, I certainly won't be looking at it seriously until I find out how many of the 50 episodes are overlapped with the previous 31-volume Columbia House collection. If there's only some overlap, I'll probably get it. If there's a lot of overlap (say, half the episodes or more), then I certainly won't be buying unless it ends up at the sort of clearance-level prices that some of T-L's sets get to once they've been out a long time.
For me personally, I still might not buy the 50 episode set not because of the price,Garysb said:If you want the complete shows you have to pay for it. On these boards it has come up many times would you pay more for shows without music replacements? People say yes I want it as originally broadcast until they see the cost.
Remember there are also going to be smaller sets of the Carol Burnett show sold at retail including Amazon. A single disc, a two disc, and a six disk set. The single disk will have 3 complete shows with a $12.99 list price. They were listed on Amazon but then taken down per TVshowonDVD. I don't think it has been said but I would guess the smaller sets will include material from the Ultimate set . Kind of the best of the best.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Carol-Burnett-DVD-Update/17002
Well, a complete set of Carol Burnett Shows would be far more than 100 episodes, though (278, to be exact). Add to that fact that complete episodes from seasons 1-5 cannot be cleared at the moment (or certainly, not as easily/cheaply as the later ones) and the already mentioned facts of music royalties/payments that have to be paid (which is not the case on shows like $6mil), then Time-Life are doing the best they can with the options before them.derosa said:Well, the SM$M set is complete. And it's 100 episodes, plus the movies and lots of bonus material.
I think $200 is in the high range, mostly because I think fans either want a less expensive set
(perhaps with 40 episodes for $100) or they'd pay more for everything. These high priced
incomplete sets seem to run counter to the logic expressed by fans on this site everyday.
No doubt that this will be successful, everyone loves Carol Burnett. With that said, Time Life would be a fool not to release more as well as taking over the rest of Mama's Family, maybe then we will finally see the show as it was meant to be seen, complete and uncut.AndyMcKinney said:Maybe there'll be a follow-up if this is successful enough. Even without the first five seasons, there's enough episodes for three big mega sets.
I agree. For $200, it doesn't seem like too much to ask to know which fifty episodes we're getting.JoeDoakes said:It would be great to have a detailed disk contents list.
I certainly hope so, although the marketing angle that this set has been assembled to include all of Carol's favorite material might make it a bit tricky. ("The Carol Burnett Show Ultimate Collection 2: Fifty Episodes Carol Liked Less Than the Last Fifty"?)AndyMcKinney said:Maybe there'll be a follow-up if this is successful enough.
Hopefully, they'll put those details out closer to release. If not, I guess we'll have to wait for the reviews.Ben Phillips said:I agree. For $200, it doesn't seem like too much to ask to know which fifty episodes we're getting.
If it's very successful, I could see them releasing something. If not another "mega" set, perhaps some smaller-sized "themed" sets, like what's being released at retail?I certainly hope so, although the marketing angle that this set has been assembled to include all of Carol's favorite material might make it a bit tricky. ("The Carol Burnett Show Ultimate Collection 2: Fifty Episodes Carol Liked Less Than the Last Fifty"?)
Don't get me wrong, I would love to see a second "ultimate" release, I hope there is one, and there will certainly be enough excellent material left to make one happen. It just doesn't seem like it's something they're necessarily planning on.