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1) "Amos 'n Andy" 2) "Our Miss Brooks" 3) "Ben Casey" 4) "Marcus Welby, M.D." 5) "Room 222"

Looks like their "20" is that ever-expanding graveyard for "TV Series That Are Announced and Introduced to the Market With Great Fanfare, And Are Quickly Abandoned and Discarded After One Season, Thereby Spitting Squarely in The Eye of the Fans and Customers."

To understand all this, you have to crawl inside the convoluted catacombs that make up the contents of a CEO's head and thought process. How painful it must be to have a vintage (CEO cringes) product like PERRY MASON outsell a recent or current production! This would imply that current output...

Thought I'd toss this one out to any of the resident "Perry Mason" experts/fans that might be present in the courtroom: Once I got past being duly impressed with the sparkling transfers on the new DVD boxed set, I couldn't help but wonder if the opening of each episode is being presented in...

Got a kick out of reading the press release, which mentions the inclusion of "commentary on selected episodes." Wonder which episodes, out of all >6

I'd truly like to believe your hopeful theory, but tend to think that the discount price on currently abandoned shows represents an attempt to unload dead media more than anything else. :frowning: Jeff

Thanks Dave & Matt for fixing my admittedly sloppy chronology. It's been so many years that it's all a blur --- albeit a pleasant one. Truth be told, I'd prefer the two Fernwood shows over MH,MH but one just wouldn't seem right without the other. Wouldn't mind seeing Mary Kay Place as...

It's part of the "Mary Hartman" syndication package, since "Fernwood" kicked in when "Hartman" abruptly ended owing to Louise Lassser's various problems. Initially, "Fernwood" picked up the story-line's threads but it sooned moved off into its own territory. Seeing as how unlikely it is that...

All in all, compared to much of the bare-bones vintage TV that's hastily released with no thought in mind other than making a quick profit from the least expense, I can easily live with two frames overlapping in one episode! ;) Jeff

You've got it. Most (if not all) of the restored footage and the animated opening material originates from rather battered 16mm reference prints or kinescopes, and considering the probelms involved, I think they did a masterful job. I can't think of ANY vintage television series (except...

A few months back I recall reading --- somewhere --- that this title was on a studio's release schedule (without any confirmed date.) Has anyone heard anything a bit more concrete? Given the show's format (five half hour episodes a week,) this one would be a mighty undertaking indeed for...

STARSKY & HUTCH is one of the few shows of its type that I find actually improves upon repeated viewing. Once you unravel the threadbare "plot" in the first viewing, subsequent plays allow you to enjoy all the side nonsense that pads out nearly every episode, the repeated use of the same...

Just one opinion, but compared to the initial "Best Of" release, a quick scan indicates that all of the episodes on the Season One set simply don't look anywhere as good. Extremely soft, high-grain, muted colors. For lack of any other way to explain it, it's as though the earlier set was...

Granted --- It was vastly less horrible than, say, "The Honeymooners" or "Bewitched." I did see it, and somewhat enjoy it, but the final impression was that all it had in common with the television show was its title. Jeff

Worth mentioning too, that sometimes the CC transcriber seems to go a bit overboard in the other direction. On the latest release (Season 3) of "Charlie's Angels," there's a continual barrage of CC's I've never seen used much anywhere else, such as: (sniffs) (smacks lips) (sighs) (sucks...

Thanks for the info/background on how CC is actually done (and frequently mangled.) Interestingly, while I almost never notice errors in CC for theatrical films, the standards seem to be lowered considerably for television product. Almost a "just get it over and done with" ethic. Sad! Jeff

True, true, true --- I hadn't thought of that. Then too, we may as well face up to the fact that those of us who pine for BILKO or OUR MISS BROOKS are well in the minority --- and in terms of being thought of as "active buyers," we're already embalmed in the eyes of the Execs. No, we're...

You've a valid point here, Joe. I >used< to think there was some basic level of commitment to customers that could be called into play, but obviously that's become an absurd expectation nowadays. But, there IS a difference between releasing vintage TV product and, to use your comparison, to...

A big-screen prequel in the works? Yup, that's usually an ironclad guarantee that the TV version will be rushed out onto the shelves just as media bombardment of the (soon to crash and burn) movie incarnation reaches a peak. I loathe these TV-to-Movie monstrosities, but without them (and...

Your comment about subtitles reminded me that there was something I wanted to mention for a long time: Who writes or transcribes closed-captions? Or, are they done via a computerized "ear?" I often switch on CC when viewing late at night, and I'm invariably surprised by the many, many...

Perhaps either out of sheer perversity or spite, I'd love to see complete season releases of: SMALL WONDER and MR. BELVEDERE After all, in a world that gives us the complete output of SAVED BY THE BELL, how'd they overlook these two prime examples of 80's TV mediocrity? On a more...

I had a lock-up/freeze problem with one side of an ADAM-12 disc, but after writing them and explaining the problem, they offered to replace it free of charge --- which they did, although it took nearly five weeks for the (problem-free) replacement to arrive. I think we've seen the last of...

Not that this post will make a bit of difference, but here's hoping that Universal hasn't already given up on releasing "Adam-12" and "Dragnet" beyond the first season. The fact that "Emergency!" has already seen a second season release -- leaving the others to languish --- is suggestive of bad...

Wasn't sure where exactly to post this observation, so forgive me if it's out of place. Hopefully, it'll be entered in whatever database exists. In the Season Two boxed set of "The Rockford Files," an otherwise pristine presentation of episodes is marred by a bit of mucking about on the...

COLUMBO is ahead of the game, with (I believe) three seasons available at this point. What Universal (and others) are not taking into consideration is the fact that even the most loyal fans of a particular show might not be enthusiastic about a show's first season, since (usually) a long...

"One and done" syndrome more or less sums it up. It's not impossible to imagine that first season sets are used as sales indicators, and if sales fall short of expectation, well... it's over and done with. Safe to assume that "Baretta" is a dead issue by now, along with the two remaining...

Encouraging as the news is that Universal will actually be letting the second season of EMERGENCY! out of the vaults and onto DVD, it's mildly alarming to note that no mention has been made of second seasons for either DRAGNET or ADAM-12, both of which were released at the same time the first...

Was wondering if anyone out there has heard any news (good or otherwise) regarding additional seasons of GREEN ACRES on DVD? I hate to think the series has joined the growing ranks of the abandoned! Jeff

Sure hope THE ODD COUPLE is a possibility... it's absence from any DVD schedule has long struck me as odd. Maybe they're waiting until contracts run out for using the theme from the show on (by last count) 238 different TV commercials? Jeff [email protected]

Of all the most DVD-eligable,beautifully logical and widely acknowledged as worthy TV material out there, surely "Saturday Night Live" ranks mighty high on that list. Therefore, it's disheartening to see that it exists on DVD only as a thing of fragments, tatters and "Best Of" compilations...