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I would advise anyone who is selling their Criterion Hitchcocks to be patient and wait until you get the price that will make you happy. I sold my five Criterion Hitch titles on Amazon Marketplace and made about $500 total. REBECCA took a year to sell at $200, but it finally found a buyer. I...

I think the future for TV shows on DVD will probably eventually go the boutique route along the lines of Time-Life, with complete series being released at once and in gift packaging. One could argue this should have been the pattern from the beginning, with studios showing more confidence in...

Far be it from me to sound like one of those people who are never satisfied, you know, the people you rarely see on forums such as these:laugh: , but I still believe that the Time-Life price for this set was a bit out of line. And I got the set as a Christmas gift! I think including the...

I second this about Mill Creek's excellent customer service. As I posted on a thread about SHOUT FACTORY, my gf, who is a buyer for a very large and prestigious museum store, needed an item from SHOUT and couldn't even get her phone calls returned from them! On the other hand, when she wanted a...

Thanks for your recommendation, Bob! I'm going to pick this up at DD, but I'll wait and see if anyone has any ideas for a Mill Creek western set I can get along with it. Thanks too for the warning about the A/V quality of Mill Creek. I'm a collector/trader for all sorts of vintage TV on DVD...

There's a few Mill Creek Western and Detective compilations out there. Which ones would you recommend to someone who doesn't have any of them?

Great information, Mark. Ah yes, how I remember those great nights of Yoga twisting the rabbit ears to try to pick up out of town stations or going on vacation and eagerly checking out the TV in the motel room just to see if they were showing something different than the channels in your town...

Thanks for the clarification, Mark. It's more or less what I meant to say, but I didn't have the expertise you have with regards to exactly how the show fit together back in the day compared to the DVD reconstruction. I think it's a shame that all the original elements may be lost, yet another...

On the WHAT'S YOUR BEST BLIND BUY OF TV ON DVD? thread, I posted the following: BEST Blind Buy: Has to be DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT, which was an incredible value considering what you get, a complete series in two volumes with beautiful transfers of uncut episodes. I managed to get both volumes...

Gary, I believe both sets of opening credits are included on the great Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection DVD of THE HUCKLEBERRY HOUND SHOW. There is an option to watch the individual cartoons within the framework of the original 30 minute syndicated show, complete with credits, bumpers...

Yes, the building blocks were actually an official FLINTSTONES toy sold at retail. The packaging featured the characters from the show on the box, though it's a plain box on the credits as it would have seemed weird to reproduce the exact box and have Pebbles playing with toys that had her face...

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Love that DR. WHO opening, Tony. I had never seen that before, but very minimalist and atmospheric. As for THE PRISONER, did you know many sources claim the theme came from Patrick McGoohan himself? Apparently he hummed it for the producers and the composer and it took root. If true, one must...

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Well, no one has suggested this yet, so I thought I would chime in. My local Public Library has got the most incredible selection of DVDs in their collection. Film titles from all eras, complete TV series from all eras, and often if there's something they don't have, they will order it based...

Absolutely love these themes and opening credits. Check them out: THE NAME OF THE GAME YouTube - The Name Of The Game - Opening THEN CAME BRONSON YouTube - Then Came Bronson -OPENING CREDITS-

CUE TV THEME AS IT FADES INTO SUNSET Original music that has helped define shows is becoming a product for nostalgia. By Paul Farhi, Washington Post May 31, 2008 Earle Hagen and Alexander Courage, who died days apart this month, were maestros of a musical genre that faded some...

I can still see the smoke as I write this, a terrible fire. Thankfully no one was hurt and according to the Uni spokesperson on the local news nothing that was lost in the video vault was "irreplaceable."

Hey Ron, I was just thinking about you last night with regards to THRILLER since I am the one who is more or less responsible for you getting it in the first place.;) I was wondering if you had watched any episodes yet and what your impression was thus far, so your posting from today was...

Excellent post on every level, Matthew. You make some very perceptive and salient points and did so with both intelligence and eloquence, two things that are not always so apparent in forums such as these. For what it's worth I agree with everything you say in this post and it has given me a new...

DIVER DAN!!!! *hmmm, wonders if this is why he has his gf dress up as a mermaid on occasion???:eek: *

The question of subtitle placement reminds me of when this film was shown on ABC in the 70's and was framed so badly the second line of a subtitle could not be seen on the TV screen. This led to one of my favorite newspaper headlines from a TV critic the next day: "Subtitles In The Carpet!"

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I am close to having ALL of the eps that didn't make it to syndication. Only five titles away and they should be here by the end of the month.

Nick, I know you probably want to start at the beginning, but the first season of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW is nowhere near as good as Seasons 2-5. It gets better toward the end of the first season, but if you wind up not enjoying it and judging the entire series from it, that would be a...

This is very perceptive, Jeff, something I have also contended for many years, though it mostly applies to dramas and not sitcoms. There is something very exciting in the first season of a drama where they are still experimenting with form and character. For as many times as they may stumble...

I got this set brand new, still sealed, for $12 postage paid at Amazon Marketplace last week. I just checked and you can still get it for that price, even less if you want it used, only $8.00 including postage! ;) I agree that the episodes are slow and padded, but that's relatively typical...

Thanks for the information, Lee. It's nigh impossible for me to think of SONY ever doing the right thing, but apparently you are right about these releases and they did secure permission for all of Fred's interpretations of all those songs. I'm glad to hear the sets are near complete as the...

And the "G" stands for, "Get your copyright infringement out of my face!" I'm not sure about the songs being in the public domain. They are all indeed standards and probably date from the 20's-60's, but most of them would not be so old as to have expired copyrights. The song "It's So Nice...

I haven't found this posted anywhere, but I also did not do a comprehensive search, so forgive me if it's already been addressed. I've been watching SANFORD AND SON on broadcast TV and I am amazed at how often Redd Foxx, i.e. Fred, is singing a popular song as he putters around the house...