Along similar lines, my concern is that a year from now we may be battling a sea of endless pop-ups only then to have to weed through celebrity fashion tips, recipes, lovemaking secrets, etc. just to get to the info we seek.
I'll add my congratualtions and I'm sure the offer was too tempting to resist, but I'm not very confident that the integrity of the site will remain given TV Guide's corporate track record.
This is the most important point. My argument with the younger crowd is that they tend to make definitive statements about the current crop of shows being "classics" or "the greatest" without ever having seen 90% of what broadcasting has had to offer. There's simply just not enough frame of...
Total amateur hour. As much as these studios loathe the concept, consultation with a knowledgeable fan/reviewer at the quality control stage might help to avoid the raft of problems many of these studios encounter. It's clear that the internal "experts" miss some of the most obvious issues.
I picked up about 30 episodes of the show when it made the rounds on various small cable networks (AIN, WHT) in the late 90's. They were supplied by Pacific Family Entertainment (low-end 16mm transfers to 3/4" tape). I'm not sure what the copyright status was of these episodes, but I have a...
Yes, the audio has been overly compressed on those episodes. Also: 3 consecutives episodes (starting with "Julie Smokes") have sound levels which are noticeably lower than the other episodes on the disc.
I was just checking the Season 2 Canadian release of Gimme A Break and was a little disappointed. While it's great to see the show released, VEI dropped the ball in a few areas: 1. No episode synopsis (as they had on season 1) 2. No time display during episode playback 3. All 3 discs...
Warner Bros. was so busy making sure that they didn't miss the window of opportunity to release 7 seasons of The Dukes Of Hazzard that the window for their 50's classics sailed right past them.
I found that the R2 RMPM (Book 1) transfers were fairly clean. I was just thinking about some of the other Universal miniseries that were being ground out during that period: Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II) (although not technically a miniseries) Centennial Black Beauty Loose Change Once An...
The main problem with the release of the miniseries from this era is that the majority of them were produced by Universal, who have proven that they are fairly clueless about exploiting their back libraries. The fact that Universal has finally agreed to license material at least leaves some hope...
Michael is actually referring to a long-forgotten 1977 series on NBC, not to be confused with "Roald Dahl's Tales Of The Unexpected" which is the 100+ episode series listed on TV.com
Other than a few "Best Of Bandstand" compliations, Clark did nothing with his media archives in the home video world. His main concentration was clip licensing. To my knowledge, Clark sold off his media archives some years ago. The "Reunion With The Partridge Family And My Three Sons" was...
I agree, and it's ironic that we currently live in a "TV Universe". Not to mention that many of the above-listed shows had at least 26 episodes per season, without the heavy repeat cycle seen these days. It was back in the days when the networks still actually programmed Saturday night instead...
You might be referring to a combined My Three Sons/Partridge Family reunion show that aired 11/25/77 on ABC. It was a Dick Clark production, so fat chance of ever having that see the light of day.
One item of trivia about this show: the b/w episodes of My Three Sons were in limbo until the mid-1980's because they were actually owned by Universal and the color episodes were owned by Viacom. Let's hope that if Paramount starts releasing it, they will stick with it since it's a very big run...
Paramount inherited an incredible volume of TV product via mergers and acquisitions. As good as they have been to date, they really have the potential to stay far ahead of the pack if they want to exploit their incredible back library. Let's hope they take advantage of the opportunities that are...
I've seen this happen a few times on Amazon.ca. It's their somewhat misleading way of indicating that they completely depleted their existing stock, including the floater stock they order above and beyond the known amount needed to fill pre-orders. This set is obviously selling much better than...
Good to see that they are including the 90-minute pilot movie in this set. Let's hope that this doesn't wind up being another one on Universal's ever-growing list of "one and done".
That's a fairly rosy outlook coming from someone who has polluted this board with countless negative posts about a lot of shows that don't appeal to you personally. Since you defend the "forum" format, then you should have nothing to say about posters who express their opinions about...
You must have missed this earlier post the explains exactly what it means: "The Desilu/Westinghouse presentation mentioned in the box is indeed the promotional Westinghouse advertising film. I'm told it will be included in its entirety."
Others not mentioned so far: Ryan's Four Julie Farr, M.D. (aka Having Babies) Stat 13 East Birdland Cutter To Houston Doctor Doctor L.A. Doctors The Lazarus Syndrome Nurse
1. The syndicated versions were not cut by 3 minutes. They were highly time-sped and in many cases the opening teasers were removed.
2. I caught another music change: In the final scene of "Graveyard", a vocal version of "Unchained Melody" has been dumped and substituted with a generic...
Rumor has it from inside the industry that "Ironside" was on the list of shows that Universal was shopping around in an attempt to offload to an independent. Unfortunately (as is Universal's way), they were asking for outrageous licensing fees that were not attracting any takers. Universal...
It was an attempt by content owners to have the ability to control the world market, especially in the area of rights clearances (e.g. rights cleared for sales to Region 2 only). Of course this "control" vanished once you could walk into Walmart and buy one of their "made in China" junkers that...
Although a "best of" isn't my favorite method of release, you've got to give Shout Factory credit for putting together top-notch releases and taking chances on less-than-mainstream material.