GOMER PYLE, USMC - The Complete Series (Coming to Blu-Ray on February 13, 2024) (3 Viewers)

[Robert13]

Looks like CBS Paramount is releasing yet another complete series on bluray early next year. I would jump at this but I fear that the edited episodes will still be edited, particularly when Gomer visits the White House. Could they possibly surprise us with releasing it complete in this set? I am doubtful since they released the same edited episode in TAGS set that they released on the DVD set. So it doesn't bode well... but I guess, we'll see.

 

[BobO'Link]

It's CBS - I expect the same transfers as was used on the DVD sets. I just watched S5 on DVD and it looks pretty good. I won't upgrade unless they have a full new transfer of the unedited episodes.

 

[Robert13]

It's CBS - I expect the same transfers as was used on the DVD sets. I just watched S5 on DVD and it looks pretty good. I won't upgrade unless they have a full new transfer of the unedited episodes.

I'm with you on this one. If that were to happen, it would be incredible! :-D

 

[John*Wells]

When will we know if they are unedited or not?

 

[BobO'Link]

Likely after the set comes out. CBS tends to not say anything about these releases other than they are coming.

 

[HonkyTonkMan]

It looks like the title of this thread needs to be changed to
"GOMER PYLE, USMC - The Complete Series (Coming to Blu-Ray on February 13, 2024)".

As of today, Friday, December 15, 2023,
February 13, 2023 is already ten months and two days ago.

The only way that I would ever buy this upcoming CBS/Paramount Blu-Ray box set
is if all 150 episodes from this five seasons in length
CBS 1964-1969 situation comedy television series would finally get presented in uncut form.

 

[John*Wells]

I hope for the 99.99 msrp the release will be fully uncut

 

[Randy Korstick]

This is a nice release and happy for the fans But I Sure wish we would get a I Love Lucy and a Beverly Hillbillies Blu Ray set. Perfect way for them to finish Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[smithbrad]

I agree the likelihood is that CBS will use the same master as the DVDs, which means the same edited episodes and only a minor uptick in video quality (unless watching from a large screen). This isn't a high priority show for me, but it becomes tricky in that how will sales of this release impact other potential CBS releases down the road.

 

[Robert13]

It looks like the title of this thread needs to be changed to
"GOMER PYLE, USMC - The Complete Series (Coming to Blu-Ray on February 13, 2024)".

As of today, Friday, December 15, 2023,
February 13, 2023 is already ten months and two days ago.

The only way that I would ever buy this upcoming CBS/Paramount Blu-Ray box set
is if all 150 episodes from this five seasons in length
CBS 1964-1969 situation comedy television series would finally get presented in uncut form.

Doh! My mistake. It's the annual error of not realizing it will be a New Year. Sorry about that. Can a moderator make the edit? It will not allow me to change the title.

 

[Robert13]

I agree the likelihood is that CBS will use the same master as the DVDs, which means the same edited episodes and only a minor uptick in video quality (unless watching from a large screen). This isn't a high priority show for me, but it becomes tricky in that how will sales of this release impact other potential CBS releases down the road.

Agreed! It's a disservice that CBS is doing to themselves because it will hurt sales. What's the use of wasting the cost of materials if they are just going to sit in dead stock. I'm sure SOMEONE will buy one, but it would sell much better if they were new transfers and in unedited form. But, hey, I know it's like talking to the air. These requests rarely, if ever, get noticed by anyone involved in a studio release.

 

[Robbie^Blackmon]

Will wait to see if these are truly uncut. I might even cave in if they're "mostly" uncut, like 90% or more and port over the Jim Nabors episode intros from the dvd sets.

 

[Robert13]

Will wait to see if these are truly uncut. I might even cave in if they're "mostly" uncut, like 90% or more and port over the Jim Nabors episode intros from the dvd sets.

The major cuts were evident in the following episodes:

Gomer Untrains a Dog
Lou-Ann Poovie Sings Again
Gomer Says “Hey” to the President (several minutes seem to have been cut)

There may be minor edits to other episodes as well. If someone in the episode even sang a line or two of a song, it may have been removed due to licensing rights of whatever song.

This happened with Laverne & Shirley too. In an episode where Richard Moll makes an appearance, you see him walk into the scene and but the scene fades to black pretty quickly. So they removed an entire chunk from that scene (dialogue and all) because of a song (I believe it was "Ebb Tide"). It destroyed the continuity of the episode on dvd because they had set up a joke earlier involving the electrical sunroof. It ends up cutting to the house all cleaned up. Very badly edited.

 

[timk1041]

Would be nice if these were unedited, especially the music parts, but probably not. We'll see. Could a blu ray set of My Three Sons ever happen? Not sure since only the first 5 seasons got released on DVD MOD. But you never know.

 

[smithbrad]

Would be nice if these were unedited, especially the music parts, but probably not. We'll see. Could a blu ray set of My Three Sons ever happen? Not sure since only the first 5 seasons got released on DVD MOD. But you never know.

Not only were only 5 seasons of MTS released on DVD, but they were also old SD masters. There is no evidence they ever revisited the film elements to create HD masters for MTS, which makes it not impossible, but less likely.

 

[Museum Pieces]

If they were uncut, if CBS had gone back and put everything in, you better believe they would be crowing about it. The tragedy is, 95% of the songs cut didn't need to be cut. They just did it as an overreaction for legal reasons. I won't buy this if they are still cut, but what an "impossible dream" if they turn out to be complete.

 

[jdee28]

Do music rights ever have a date of expiration? These shows are 60 years old.

 

[The 1960's]

Do music rights ever have a date of expiration? These shows are 60 years old.

Greed has no expiration.

 

[BobO'Link]

Do music rights ever have a date of expiration? These shows are 60 years old.

Yes. Standard US copyright length. In general, works published in the United States before 1924 are in the public domain. Works published after 1923, but before 1978 are protected for 95 years from the date of publication. If the work was created, but not published, before 1978, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. There are some fine points and minor exceptions.

CBS has tended to overreact on music copyright, often removing works *from their own library* for which *they* own the copyright. They seem to follow a "just remove it and there's no problem" approach to music copyright matters rather than performing due diligence and/or seeking a use/license agreement. The need for relicensing is typically caused due to TV series often using different licensing terms than movies, seeking to lower production fees and generally only worrying about original transmission, completely ignoring any future use (syndication, etc.). It doesn't help that many who own music publishing rights see huge dollar signs for relicensing their music in old TV series and often hold them for ransom (WKRP, for example), demanding high fees to relicense any music used.

 

[Museum Pieces]

Where's the source for this information? I haven't been able to confirm this release. Thanks.

Now I'm thinking I'm going to get it for season one. I can only imagine how gorgeous those B&W episodes are going to be--and that first season is stellar.