Timeless Media Group - New Releases (1 Viewer)

[Neil Brock]

Announcement for the complete series of "Cimarron City", March 6. This now makes "Riverboat" the only series Timeless has released before in a "Best of" set that hasn't gotten a full series release (or a season by season release).

Shotgun Slade?

 

[Neil Brock]

What about The Outlaws?

Well, are you referring to "Outlaws", the 1960 series (no "The") or the 80s Rod Taylor series? The early series, apparently there is an elements issue on that one for some reason, although you wouldn't think so since it ran on Fox Net in the early 90s. But a good tape or 16mm source has not been located.

 

[Neil Brock]

I think they just prefer doing Westerns more. And the deal with Universal has opened up many opportunities for them. But as Neil has stated, Universal isn't into remastering or cleaning up shows on their own and small companies like Timeless don't have the budget. So it comes down to finding one's that are in decent enough shape to run with. This doesn't ensure great looking releases but I imagine it is generally more successful then searching out prints from other sources.

Some series, such as the one Henry mentioned, either there is an elements issue, i.e., no usable set of 16mm prints or tape transfers, a music issue, which you would be amazed at how many shows have such issues. Or, its not a genre that will sell well. Unfortunately, the great drama shows, which tend to be either lawyer shows, doctor shows, newspaper shows or school/teacher shows, don't sell very well at all. I'm not a big western fan myself as I much prefer the genres I mentioned but those must do well, along with the cop/detective shows. But who knows what they will dig out eventually. If they want to keep putting out product, at some point they will run out of Universal westerns and so long as the other studios won't make deals or ask unreasonable fees, they may have to go for other genres. Personally, I'm hoping for The Outsider with Darren McGavin. Not only does he have many fans from Kolchak and Mike Hammer but also that show was the prototype for The Rockford Files.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Right now, I have one episode left of "The Oregon Trail" to watch, that being "Suffer The Little Children", with Robert Fuller in a guest-star role, after all, he played Cooper Smith in "Wagon Train" for its last two seasons. Now, let's see if Timeless can go for another long, forgotten western show, like "Sara" starring Brenda Vaccaro, also from Universal, and it was on CBS in 1975-76, of course, it flopped! She played a schoolteacher in 19th century Colorado, I Think, so don't count it out in the future. You might see it!

 

[Richard V]

Laramie, Season 2 now on the shelves at my local Sam's for $19.98. Have watched one episode, quality is good, not great, but good, and the original opening credits, at least I think the original, (drawing of cowboy on street, not the more familiar riding scene with Robert Fuller and John Smith) are intact.

 

[mmyers]

I 've watched several episides of Wide Country with Earl Holliman. It's a pretty good show. Does anyone know why Holliman's Hotel de Paree has never been issued? It seems like a perfect series for Timeless.

 

[Richard V]

I 've watched several episides of Wide Country with Earl Holliman. It's a pretty good show. Does anyone know why Holliman's Hotel de Paree has never been issued? It seems like a perfect series for Timeless.

Probably can't get it licensed. Timeless has had great success with licensing Universal/NBC, other studios, not so much.

 

[Professor Echo]

Sam's Club has a ton of the TImeless western sets on sale right now including the complete first season of THE VIRGINIAN for $19.99! M SQUAD for the same price!

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Probably can't get it licensed. Timeless has had great success with licensing Universal/NBC, other studios, not so much.

I've seen a couple of "Hotel DeParee" episodes on a bootleg tape, and I can tell you that it was a CBS Production, just like all their other westerns of that era, you know, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, and Rawhide.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Laramie, Season 2 now on the shelves at my local Sam's for $19.98. Have watched one episode, quality is good, not great, but good, and the original opening credits, at least I think the original, (drawing of cowboy on street, not the more familiar riding scene with Robert Fuller and John Smith) are intact.

I can tell you this, Laramie's season one had the whole cast appearing in the opening credits, John Smith as Slim Sherman on his horse with a rope looking to lasso his kid brother Andy, played by Bobby Crawford, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy feeding milk to a baby calf, and Robert Fuller as Jess Harper riding his horse onto the Sherman ranch property. Season Two had the drawing to begin with along with a different theme song, then at midseason went to the riding scene with Smith and Fuller and even brought back the original theme music!

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Wagon Train, The Complete Season Five is slated for a May release, and there are five episodes from that season that were actually filmed in color! these are as follows.
"The Kitty Albright Story'
"The Jenna Douglas Story"
"The Lizabeth Ann Clahoun Story"
"The Lonnie Fallon Story"
"The Amos Billings Story"
But I think they'll be seen in B&W instead!

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

I've got a hunch about a Wagon Train episode in the season 5 DVD set that Universal couldn't find "The Frank Carter Story" among their set of alternate prints in their vaults, so Timeless had to turn to a collector for a bootleg copy. Somebody on Amazon in his review of the set said that Frank Carter was giving him headcahes so he had to turn it off! Oh, by the way, has anybody seen those five episodes that were filmed in color? If they're in B&W, I'm buying the set anyway, because I ordered my copy from Amazon.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

I'm back again, and so far, I've seen 9 of 37 episodes of Wagon Train season five, and it's something I've come to expect, your typical quality of alternate prints from the Universal vaults which have seen rerun syndication years ago when film prints were shipped out to local stations before the studios began transferring their film elements to videotape. I'd say that Uni never got around to doing transfers of WT's late season four, all of seasons 5-6, and season eight. What they did were seasons 1-3, most of season 4, and season seven (in color).

 

[Ron Lee Green]

I just purchased a bunch of Timeless sets yesterday for $19.99 at Fry's Electronics store in Los Angeles, but they are also available on their website.
They contain 10 discs per season and come in collectible tin packaging.
The old price tags under the new price tags were $49.99, and most of the other online retailers are still selling them in the $40 range.
I don't know if they are clearance, closeouts, overstock, or just on sale for a limited time. Your Market may vary. Check their website for store availability.

http://www.frys.com/search?search_type=regular&sqxts=1&query_string=virginian&submit.x=18&submit.y=3&cat=0

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Originally Posted by Ron Lee Green /t/257022/timeless-media-group-new-releases/270#post_3928338
I just purchased a bunch of Timeless sets yesterday for $19.99 at Fry's Electronics store in Los Angeles, but they are also available on their website.

Thanks for the heads-up. I picked up seasons three and four of The Virginian for $19.99 apiece.

 

[WaveCrest]

Answering my own question (post #254 on page 9 of this thread), Timeless' Blu-ray release of the TV mini-series Aspen is region free.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Sam's Club has a ton of the TImeless western sets on sale right now including the complete first season of THE VIRGINIAN for $19.99! M SQUAD for the same price!
[/quote I still do see M-Squad priced at $12.99 at a Mills' Fleet Farm store in Oakdale, MN!

 

[Guy Foulard]

Just got an email about these upcoming Timeless releases:
9/18/2012 Whiplash - The Complete Series 4 DVD Quad $34.93 34 25 Min Eps
Set in the 1860's, Whiplash is a TV Western set in the outback of Australia, starring Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) as Christopher Cobb. * 1960-1961 * Approx. 850 Min. * B & W
9/25/2012 The Lawless Years - The Complete Series (three seasons) 6 dvd Versa $49.97 47 Episodes
The Lawless Years is Cadillac driving, booze fueled, tommy gun blazing stories of cops and gangsters in prohibition era New York. Based on the real life cases of New York City Police Detective Sergeant Barney Ruditsky (who was the technical adviser of the series) who headed up the famed "New York Gangster Squad" and made over 5,000 arrests, taking into custody virtually every prominent criminal operating in the city. - Approx. 1,410 MIn * B & W
10/16/12 Mr. Lucky  4 DVD Quad plus bonus cd (Soundtrack by Henry Mancini) $34.93 34 25 Min Eps
Blake Edwards again teams up with composer Henry Mancini in this stylish adventure-crime series, Mr. Lucky, starring the dashing John Vivyan as a suave professional gambler and Ross Martin as his good friend Andamo. Mr. Lucky and Andamo used to run a successful casino in Andamo’s homeland of Chobolbo, but after a brush with the country’s corrupt dictator, they lose everything when Andamo is discovered of running guns to the rebels in Mr. Lucky’s yacht, Fortuna. Approx. 840 Min. B & W
10/23/2012 Peter Gunn - Complete Series 12 DVD plus bonus CD (soundtrack by Henry Mancini) $99.99 115 25 Min Eps
(Created and Produced by Blake Edwards) Peter Gunn, played by Craig Stevens, Pete to his friends, is a handsome, suave detective working out of a smoke-filled jazz club. Actors featured: Lola Albright, Hope Emerson, Minerva Urecal, Herschel Bernardi. Complete Series including Soundtrack Approx. 2,850 Min. B&W
(plus the previous-announced Yancy Derringer)

 

[Gary OS]

Yes, yes, yes! The crystal ball comes through again! These will all be welcome additions in my household.


Gary "very good news" O.

 

[Jack P]

Gunn and Lawless Years I'll be getting to upgrade existing sets. Very glad the latter didn't stay neglected forever after it's S1 release.
Interesting thing in that in Lawless Years, you had James Gregory playing Barney Ruditsky and years later he was specifically cast for "Barney Miller" as Inspector Luger chiefly to in effect play a version of Ruditsky staying on past his time (remember all the references Luger would make on BM to "his days in the racket squad with Foster, Kleiner and old Brownie"?)
"Whiplash" doesn't sound like the kind of premise that would make me bite compared to other westerns I've given a chance. It would have to have an obscure guest shot by a favorite performer of mine to get me to nibble. Not sure about "Mr. Lucky".
UPDATE-Okay, checking the overall premise and reading the guest cast list, there are enough names of note to make me bite on that one too eventually so that's three of four titles I'll eventually have.