Paul Drake
Stunt Coordinator
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- Jan 5, 2003
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Thank you Gord for your thoughtful reply.
To clarify my original post, my rationale for saying "huge potential market" is that I was referring to those shows that have been syndicated endlessly since their original runs and have thus built up multi-generational fan support. You mentioned some and others such as "Get Smart" or "Batman" have been requested by many fans on these boards.
No, I don't think we're going to see season sets of "The Defenders" or "Burke's Law" anytime soon. But if it's a show with consistently high exposure I'm sure the sales will be there if the sets are marketed right.
What may hinder some classic shows more than anything will be their longetivity. Will consumers really want to fill up their house with 20 seasonal box sets of "Gunsmoke"? Even my own personal #1 want for DVD, "Perry Mason", ran 271 hour long episodes which would run close to 70 single sided DVD's (assuming 4 episodes per disc).
Your point:
To clarify my original post, my rationale for saying "huge potential market" is that I was referring to those shows that have been syndicated endlessly since their original runs and have thus built up multi-generational fan support. You mentioned some and others such as "Get Smart" or "Batman" have been requested by many fans on these boards.
No, I don't think we're going to see season sets of "The Defenders" or "Burke's Law" anytime soon. But if it's a show with consistently high exposure I'm sure the sales will be there if the sets are marketed right.
What may hinder some classic shows more than anything will be their longetivity. Will consumers really want to fill up their house with 20 seasonal box sets of "Gunsmoke"? Even my own personal #1 want for DVD, "Perry Mason", ran 271 hour long episodes which would run close to 70 single sided DVD's (assuming 4 episodes per disc).
Your point:
If you see an older show you want, buy it. If these old shows don't sell well then the releases will stop.can't be overstated.