I loved looking at the back of the packaging to find out that I am getting the first and "Secon" season of the show. Come on Sony, get your shit in gear.
I am thrilled these finally made it out on DVD, and I cannot wait for Season 3 to be released. I was able to attend the taping of the episode "Arcade", and that experience cemented that series as an all time favorite for me. And it was a great episode, to boot.
In between scene set-ups, they held an audience talent show for fabulous prizes (T-Shirts, Mugs and the like). The cast members that were available judged, including Phil Hartman. My wife's (then girlfriend's) ear wiggling "talent" netted her a T-Shirt. The crew did a really good job of not letting the audience get bored, which can happen at tapings.
I've been enjoying the commentaries as well, almost done with the first disc. Enjoying the set over all. I've been waiting for this forever, it's here, and it's great. I really hope speedy releases of the next 3 seasons are on their way. Now that I've tasted it, I want it all. Seasons 3 & 4 were television at its absolute finest.
Stopped in at Best Buy (Roseville MN) today and just for kicks looked for NewsRadio. Couldn't find it; inquired and was told that they were sold out -- not only at that store but all Best Buy stores in the Twin Cities area. (And Best Buy is based here, so we have lots of Best Buys.) He didn't even have to go look it up, they'd had many people asking about it. Told me to check back next week.
Not sure if that means sales are off the charts or Best Buy just ordered way too few.
They had row upon row of "Chappelle's Show" on the shelves though. :rolleyes
^^I hope that is a nice trend. After I finally found the set, I saw that I was not the first to grab one. There were 2 gone already and the store had been open for 10 mins.
Hopefully the sales will greenlight season 3 & 4 in the next year.
I can't wait for the day Gord posts here with the next set info.
I know I picked up one of the last 2 copies at the local "Circuit City" yesterday. Not sure of how well that means they're selling, but everybody selling out has to be some kind of good sign.
Put me on the list for wanting season 5 as well. The first and last episodes alone are worth it, but there's other great stuff in the middle as well.
My set arrived today. I've only watched the pilot so far, but look forward to watching quite a few more in the next couple days. Great to be able to watch this great show again.
One thing I was thinking about the other day, though. On one of NBC's airings of the 3rd season episode "Our Fiftieth Episode" (episode 48, according to epguides.com) they aired it as a "Pop-Up" episode (using pop-up bubbles with tidbits, a la VH1's hit "Pop-Up Video"). AFAIK that episode only aired with the pop-ups on one occasion (4/1/98, according to epguides.com). Knowing Sony's track record with their non-Seinfeld TV-on-DVD releases, I doubt they'll include both versions of the episode on the S3 set. Plus, there could be some rights issues since "Pop-Up Video" is owned by another company other than Sony.
Hopefully they can at least print the pop-up comments as a subtitle track like on the Seinfeld DVDs. It would be cool to have it in its original form, though.
I really like the packaging - my shelves are already practically full to bursting point and anything that cuts down on space is welcome. In any case, if the show's as good as this, why do you want to look at the packaging?