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Hope I'm still around to get this one when it comes out. Volume 1 was a treasure trove, easily one of my favorite DVD compilations. I'll frequently pull it out just to hear the lengthy audio interviews that were conducted with Bob Clampett, from what appear to have been multiple sources.

That was Captain Nice. The character was the father of Carter Nash (aka "Captain Nice.") His lines typically consisted of little more than "yes, dear."

I found a dollar store variety of "Rescue From Gilligan's Island" on DVD a few years back, from Digiview. Quality was bad, even for a dollar release. I gave up trying to watch it after a few minutes.

Newhart...the show truly doesn't take off until Peter Scolari and Julia Duffy join the cast.

Even odder...the final scene, in the final black and white episode, is what I would call a Friday cliffhanger...Maggie showing up at the Blue Whale, in a daze, and collapsing when she gets a glimpse of Barnabas. The final moments of the first color episode are absolutely boring in...

Releasing TV onto home video was nothing new...it had been done with VHS, Beta, and even the LD and RCA CED videodisc formats. I have four episodes of the "Mary Tyler Moore" show, released by RCA around 1981 or 1982, on a single CED videodisc. The pilot was included, the third season "Put on...

I also have good memories of "Arnie." The second and final season, sadly, was totally forgettable wacky sitcom fare. The first season, though, was quite good, and I'd love to see some of the episodes again.

The first Eberson produced program wasn't that great, for the most part...though I did enjoy the first segment featuring Chevy Chase and Mr. Bill, of all characters. Another highlight was a commentary by Al Franken during Weekend Update, in which he urged viewers to send in "Put SNL to Sleep"...

Have you tried the "closed caption" option on your television set? Sometimes that's the only type of caption available on a DVD title.

I had this same problem, several years ago, when season one of "Lost in Space" was first released onto DVD. Wal-Mart didn't carry it at the time...Target didn't either...couldn't find it anywhere locally, for many months. Same thing with a deluxe reissue of "The Wizard of Oz" a couple of...

Ken Pohlman predicted something similar to what you're describing, some years back, either in an article in Sound and Vision Magazine or possibly its predecessor, Video Magazine. He felt that individual copies of movies and TV shows would fall by the wayside, and that eventually we would instead...

Shows were edited for syndication, on local channels, when I was a kid in the early 60s. Standard length for a typical network primetime commercial break was 60 seconds at the time. Once a show moved into syndication, each spot would normally consist of at least two minutes of ads, and shows...

Please accept my apology for this ridiculously delayed response. I got away from the forum for awhile, and totally lost track of the thread upon returning. Still watching the series on a nightly basis, five days a week, so I'm well past the marvelous story featuring Matthew Morgan, and am in...

There was an AFTRA strike in the spring of 1967, and it did shut down taping of Dark Shadows for awhile. This could be what you're noticing. I don't remember the exact timeframe, but I remember being very irritated with CBS when the strike ended. It ended on an evening when they were...

The first season was also a bit on the expensive side...for DVD releases of television shows, anyway. The pricetag actually did keep me from making the purchase initially. A local Suncoast, around 4 years ago, had season one on sale for under $30. I quickly made the purchase, but my own...

Mary Tyler Moore is one of those rare shows that actually got better during the latter part of its run. If anything, I would have expected sales of the final seasons to be higher, had Fox chosen to offer them.

During a recent trip to Target, they had a bundle pack for $19.95, too good to pass up...season one of "The Outer Limits" and season two, volume one of "Lost in Space."

I'd rather have no "My Three Sons" at all...and that's exactly what I'm going to have, along with many other CBS/Paramount releases that I've refused to buy.

I'd rather have no "My Three Sons" at all...and that's exactly what I'm going to have, along with many other CBS/Paramount releases that I've refused to buy.

I'm still waiting and hoping for season four of Green Acres...and season 3 of Leave it to Beaver. I watched the final episode of Dark Shadows (the final few months, actually) in a very odd fashion. Our ABC affiliate, WVEC in Norfolk VA, dropped the show in favor of Timmy and Lassie reruns in...

"Dark Shadows: The First Year" is one that I unfortunately don't have. I went to Scribner's Bookstore in Williamsburg, VA to search for "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows" when it first came out, and was fortunate enough to find a couple of copies there. Later, I purchased "The Dark Shadows...

I'll bet you were! I'm so disappointed with Paramount, and what they've done with so many of their TV releases during the past couple of years. The only recent CBS/Paramount release that I have is the complete series of "I Love Lucy." There are other titles that I would love to buy, but I don't...

Before finally beginning to watch the discs that I had been collecting since 2002, I decided that I wanted to experience the show on a once a day basis, just one more time. "The Beginning" episodes are new to me, for the most part. Even though I know some of the plotlines, and resolution of some...

I would love to own one of the kinescopes as well! I grew up watching Dark Shadows during its ABC run, but the series at the time truly didn't grab/hold my attention until I began watching the 1795 storyline during Christmas vacation in 1967. I've been collecting the DVD series since 2002...

Not really, judging from the postings in this thread. MPI responded very quickly once the issue was brought to their attention, and mailed a corrected DVD out to everyone who had bought the set...fairly simple, since it was on a subscription only basis at the time. BTW...I didn't get The...

The problem with endings being cut off in the first set was quickly remedied by MPI Home Video...and since they chose to offer "The Beginning" set by subscription only for the first year or so, only those who purchased these by subscription would have been affected.

On an episode viewed a few days ago, the announcer reminded me to be sure to watch Batman, tonight, in color! I love this time capsule that MPI is treating us to.

Television audio and image quality were mediocre at best in the 60s for most of us, with the possible exception of network control rooms. Six to eight inch speakers were the norm, high overscan had to be part of television design to compensate for the image shrinking as the set aged...

We're also treated to the opening slates in "The Beginning" series, some of which are unusual and quite charming. Alexandra Moltke is seen peeping out from behind the chalkboard and smiling during the opening slating of one episode. 60 seconds later she's crying out in terror as Victoria...

During its final season, when Red jumped from CBS to NBC, the show went to a half hour format.