Of the 3 commercial networks at the time, CBS had a fairly solid reputation for archiving a large amount of material produced by their News division (too bad they didn't feel that way about "Mama" or "The Goldbergs"). Anyway, I strongly suspect that all of the "In The News" segments are vaulted...
I agree that it was great to get this series released, even if it wasn't a "gem". Don Fedderson does "relevance" is my summation. As is typical of one-inch transfers from the 1980's the picture is rather soft, episodes are slightly time-sped to bring them in under 25 minutes, and I notice they...
Has anyone received a shipping notice from VEI on this show? I ordered it direct from VEI on May 1 (the supposed release date), and live about 90 minutes from their Toronto operation, yet all is silent.
As has been mentioned in other threads, the latter seasons of Petticoat Junction have the issue of music clearances. Almost every episode has at least one popular song in it, including a couple that also have Beatles songs. CBS/Paramount has not exactly had a stellar record in the past for music...
This link takes you to VEI's customer service page and you can either email or call them. I also have a couple of bad VEI discs that need replacement so I'll see what happens since there have been very mixed reviews about their customer service in this area...
Not to mention no chapter stops; no individual titles so you had a 6-hour continuous play disc with all the episodes running together; and of course the fact that most of these people had no clue how to connect a VCR to a DVD recorder and would produce a disc that only had audio on one channel...
Shatner was in the 2-part mini-series that acted as the pilot for the 1979 series, but he did not appear in the regular 1-hour episodes when it went to series.
Pipe Dreams:
Little Women (1979 TV-Series)...since Little Women seems to be all the rage yet again
Fay
Faraday And Company
Toma
McNaughton's Daughter
Rosetti And Ryan