New Muppet Show discs! (1 Viewer)

[Brandon Gantt]

I guess I'm just SOL. Just read on DVD Angle that not only will the Columbia disc be exactly the same as Time-Life's, they'll also be grossly overpriced at $24.95. Thanks Columbia

 

[Jeremy Conrad]

The Best of Set has my favorite episode of all time on it though! The Mark Hamill one is awesome!

 

[AmitS]

Do the "Best Of" discs contain full episodes or just select sketches?

 

[Jeff Kleist]

It's full episodes, just totally out of order from the original airing. Since there is absolutely no surrounding narrative, it's not TOO objectionable with Muppet Show.

 

[David Lambert]

Jeff's right, each disc takes three entirely complete episodes of The Muppet Show and puts them onto the disc. It is just that the shows are randomly selected, along the line of a general theme. It might be hard to guess at what the theme is sometimes, but sometimes it is not:

• Disc 1 is clearly "Singin' & Dancin'", with Elton John, Gene Kelly, and Julie Andrews.
• Disc 4 (only available direct from Time/Life right now, but expected later in stores from Columbia, as discs 1 & 2 are being made available shortly) is clearly "Comedy", since the episodes are the ones with guests Peter Sellers, John Cleese, and Dudly Moore.
• Disc 5 (also only from Time/Life right now) is clearly "Creepy", since we've got Vincent Price, spooky rock-star Alice Cooper (doesn't anyone still remember him?), and - fresh off of his role in Young Frankenstein - Marty Feldman.

For a complete list of the episodes/guest-stars on the 10 discs released by Time/Life (and presumably all to be rereleased by Columbia), check my post in Jeff's original "Muppets-on-DVD" thread http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?&postid=168182#post168182

And here's the reason every Star Wars fan will buy Volume 2!

To see LOTS of pics from the "Star Wars meets The Muppet Show" episode, see all of my screen shots that I posted at TVShowsOnDVD.com.
If you're interested in more info about the Time/Life releases of this set, so you can plan on the Columbia releases if nothing else, then check out the listings, also at TVShowsOnDVD.