Your dream TV collection... What would you like to see released? (1 Viewer)

[jessenr88]

Hi all, I'm curious as to what fellow TV show fans and collectors think about this: If you could build your dream collection, what would you include that isn't already on the market? I am a classic TV freak myself, but I welcome opinions no matter what you watch. I would also include some sets that have been released badly for whatever reason, because hey, I can dream right? So here's my list:


-The Jeffersons Seasons 7 through 11

-The Odd Couple Complete Series Uncut

-Alf Complete Series Uncut

-The Cosby Show Season 1 Uncut (seasons 2-8 were done right)

-Roseanne Season 1 Uncut (the other seasons are okay)

-Boy Meets World Seasons 5 through 7

-Archie Bunker's Place (As of now only season 1 is out but I'd love to see the rest of it)

-Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Rolling Stones (they did it for the Beatles, now let's see if they can do it for other groups)


One thing that really irritates me, and I'm sure others will agree, is when studios release a few seasons of a show and then stop. C'mon, I want the rest of the Jeffersons so badly (I bought seasons 1-6 at the time of release)!


It also seems to me that classic TV gets the worst possible DVD treatment. The Odd Couple is my favorite TV show EVER and proper versions of the episodes will probably never be made available. It's a shame.


Any additions you guys can think of, or comments?

 

[Theodore J. Mooney]

My list...


Uncut, restored seasons of the following:

ALF, 1 through 4

All in the Family, 8-9 & 11 through 13 (aka Archie Bunker's Place)

Andy Griffith Show, 9 through 11 (aka Mayberry R.F.D.)

Batman (60s), 1 through 3

Beverly Hillbillies, 4 through 9

Brady Brides, 1

Dennis the Menace, 1 through 4

Dragnet, 1 through 4

Golden Girls, 8 (aka Golden Palace)

Green Acres, 1 through 6

Happy Days, 2 & 5 through 7

Here's Lucy, 4 through 6

Jeffersons, 7 through 11

Laverne & Shirley, 5 through 7 & 8 (aka Laverne)

Life with Lucy, 1

Lucy Show, 4 through 6

Mama's Family, 1 through 6

Mister Ed, 1 & 4 through 6

Mork and Mindy, 4

Perfect Strangers, 3 through 7

Rhoda, 1 & 5

Ropers, 1 & 2

Three's Company, 9 (aka Three's a Crowd)

Wonder Years, 1 through 6

 

[Malcolm R]

Completed series/uncut episodes of:


Green Acres

Petticoat Junction

Madame's Place

Maude

Picket Fences

Boston Public

Benson

Night Court

Alf

The Golden Girls Season 8: The Golden Palace

Newhart

227

The Jeffersons

Mama's Family

Too Close for Comfort

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Anything from the pre-VCR years which presents a show EXACTLY as it was aired the first time, with commercials and show promos (a branching option to watch the show with no commercial interruptions should be included.) My dream disc would include an entire night's prime-time programming if it existed in this condition (from videotape, not kinescopes.)

 

[paul_r]

Lots of the same posted above


Batman seasons 1-3

Beverly Hillbillies 4-9

Green Acres

Mayberry RFD 1-3

Petticoat Junction

Mister Ed 1 & 4-6


and also

Dobie Gillis seasons 1-4

77 Sunset Strip 1-6

Hawaiian Eye 1-4

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 4-10

Cain's Hundred season 1

Girl From U.N.C.L.E. season 1


and probably many more that I can't think of right now

 

[jessenr88]

Originally Posted by Jesse Skeen

Anything from the pre-VCR years which presents a show EXACTLY as it was aired the first time, with commercials and show promos (a branching option to watch the show with no commercial interruptions should be included.) My dream disc would include an entire night's prime-time programming if it existed in this condition (from videotape, not kinescopes.)

That's a very interesting concept. Mostly the reason I buy DVDs is to see the shows commercial-free, but a DVD containing original commercials from the original broadcast would be very interesting indeed!

 

[Joseph Bolus]

I really, really need:


1. [SIZE= 14px]Maverick [/SIZE]-- Seasons 1-5. Yes; I'm aware that the series is currently airing on the "Westerns Channel"; but I really need this outstanding series up on the shelf. All that exists on DVD from this incredible series is a three episode sampler (which doesn't even include the Clint Eastwood episode) and the pilot for "Young Maverick". That's it!! (To be totally fair, I think the Eastwood ep is included on the "Unforgiven" Blu.) With the combined star power of James Garner, Roger Moore, and Jack Kelly this is all we get??

2. [SIZE= 14px]Batman -[/SIZE]- Seasons 1-3. It should be easier to clear this series now than five years ago; and with the impending "Green Hornet" movie there is actually some incentive for the release.

 

[Kasey]

Most all my shows have seen at least one release. Only a handful are not available commercially yet.


It's a Living

Phyllis

Dobie Gillis

Eight is Enough

Angie

Julia


I'd love to complete:
Maude

Mama's Family

One Day at a Time

Donna Reed Show

Hazel

Charlie's Angels

Police Woman

Laverne & Shirley

Petticoat Junction

Green Acres

Alice

Murphy Brown

 

[Doug Wallen]

I would like to have the rest of:


Hill Street Blues

St. Elsewhere

NYPD Blue


Doug

 

[Randy*S]

I would like to see seasons 5 and 6 of The Bob Newhart Show released!

And the rest of:

Barnaby Jones

McCloud (And a re-issue of season 1 with no bonus episode would be nice.)

The Fall Guy

Charlie's Angels

Mr.Ed.

King Kong/Tom of T.H.U.M.B



Most wanted unreleased shows wishlist:

Spider-man animated and live action shows (R1 release)

Batman 60's

Green Hornet

The Incredible Hulk (1982) (R1 Release)

Marvel Superheroes (R1 release)

Tarzan

Daktari

The Master (full season NOT DVD-R!)

Deputy Dawg/Astronut

Girl From U.N.C.L.E

Dobie Gillis


Shows I'd like to see released:

Captain America 1 & 2 and Dr. Strange TV-movies

The Fantastic Four (H-B)

Star Wars Animated Series (Season sets)

Project ufo

That's Incredible!

Real People

Angie

B.J. and the Bear

Fish

The Magician

The Spirit TV-movie

Phoenix

Automan

Manimal

Gemini Man

Starman

Powers of Matthew Starr

Mr. Merlin

The New Gidget

Private Benjamin

Battle of the planets (Complete! not volumes or best of's!)

More complete Krofft shows

More filmation shows

You can't do that on television

The Old Curiosity Shop (Pam Ferdin)

Kids Are People Too


I'd buy almost anything from 60's up to the early 80's!!

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Unreleased:


T.H.E. CAT

SUSPICION

THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR

WAY OUT

CORONET BLUE

BUS STOP

PANIC!

BATMAN

THE IMMORTAL (1970)

THE WESTERNER

STONEY BURKE

AMOS & ANDY

ULTRA Q (1960's Japanese series)

JOHNNY SOKKO & HIS FLYING ROBOT

SPACE GIANTS

SPACE PATROL ORION (1960's German series)

HARRY O

77 SUNSET STRIP

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Hanna-Barbera)

WORLD OF GIANTS

JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN

DARKROOM (R1 release)

THE KOPYKATS

BLUE LIGHT

Q.E.D. (a.k.a. MASTERMIND)

NO SOAP, RADIO

THE F.B.I.

LONGSTREET

N.Y.P.D.

HAWK

THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS

GREAT GHOST TALES

THE GREEN HORNET

SCIENCE FICTION THEATER

KLONDIKE/ACAPULCO

CUTEY HONEY (the original 1973 anime series)

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION (PBS series hosted by Jean Marsh)

HOPPITY HOOPER

PIXIE & DIXIE

IN SEARCH OF...

RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT (1980's version, with your host, Jack Palance)

THE DAVE THOMAS COMEDY SHOW

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: SEASON 10 (Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, etc)

Steve Martin's NBC Primetime Specials

Stan Freberg's TV Commercials

Jim Henson's SAM & FRIENDS (including all the Wilkins Coffee ads)

More full ED SULLIVAN SHOW episodes, w/commercials

B.C. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING (animated TV special)

B.C. A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (animated TV special)

LOOKWELL (unsold pilot)

FEAR NO EVIL (TV-Movie)

RITUAL OF EVIL (TV-Movie)

KILLDOZER (TV-Movie)

THE SAVAGE BEES (TV-Movie)

THE LAST DINOSAUR (TV-Movie, R1 release)


Fix:


WKRP IN CINCINNATI: SEASON 1

THE FUGITIVE, SEASONS 2 & 3


Proper release:


M SQUAD (resmastered)

WKRP IN CINCINNATI

MAVERICK

DRAGNET (1950's version)

GET A LIFE

THE RIFLEMAN

THE ALVIN SHOW

SHOTGUN SLADE

PETER GUNN

DECOY

BIRDS OF PREY (1973 TV-Movie, the old OOP VCI disc was of lousy quality)


Continue/Finish:


RAWHIDE

THE FUGITIVE --likely

ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

DRAGNET (Color Season 4) --likely

SCTV (the rest of the Early Years, and the Cinemax season)

THE BOB NEWHART SHOW

ONE STEP BEYOND (CBS remastered versions)

THE UNTOUCHABLES

ROUTE 66

NIGHT GALLERY

ZATOICHI

SHADOW WARRIORS

LUPIN THE THIRD

BEANY & CECIL

THE BELL SCIENCE HOUR Specials (Gateway To The Mind, The Alphabet Conspiracy, About Time, Thread Of Life)

PLAYBOY AFTER DARK/PLAYBOY'S PENTHOUSE

Another THIS IS YOUR LIFE collection (with Buster Keaton, Ann-Margret, etc)

 

[cadavra]

[COLOR= #0000cd]77 SUNSET STRIP and its brethren are at the top of my list. I'd also like to have MR. LUCKY and the remaining PETER GUNNs, as well as the rest of the HITCHCOCKS. Among more recent shows, subsequent seasons of HILL STREET BLUES, MURPHY BROWN and PICKET FENCES would be nice, but the number of obscure and unworthy short-run shows is too lengthy to warrant mention. Finally, I wish BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS, which was announced and then cancelled, would come out, especially as much of its cast has gone on to bigger stardom (e.g., Christina Hendricks, Tuc Watkins, Charlotte Ross, etc.).[/COLOR]


[COLOR= #0000cd]Mike S.[/COLOR]

 

[Wvtvguy]

[SIZE= 16px]I'd love to see the rest of Kojak released.[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 16px]Room 222 remastered if at all possible!![/SIZE]


[SIZE= 16px]Police Story[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 16px]Medical Center[/SIZE]

 

[LCD22]

[COLOR= black]Danger [/COLOR][COLOR= black]Bay[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980 TV-movie adaptation starring Jeff Goldblum)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]A&E's Live by Request (Phil Collins' 1998 TV special)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (complete series set with the original broadcast music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Mysterious Ways[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Time Trax[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Promised Land (including the final crossover with "Touched by an Angel" and concluding episode on "Diagnosis: Murder")[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Father Dowling Mysteries (including the 1987 telefilm "Fatal Confession")[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Valerie/Valerie's Family/The Hogan Family[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Homefront (with the music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]China [/COLOR][COLOR= black]Beach [/COLOR][COLOR= black](with the music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Wonder Years (with the music intact)
Ed (with the music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Student Bodies[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Working[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Beyond 2000 (including the Harry Tenenbaum-presented American version that aired on the Discovery Channel in the '90s)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Next Step (Richard Hart-hosted episodes)[/COLOR]


[COLOR= black]Continued or re-released:[/COLOR]


[COLOR= black]Early Edition (Seasons 3-4 with the music intact and the Rod Serling ending to "Hot Time in the Old Town" included)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Fall Guy (Seasons 2-4 with Markie Post and Season 5 with all of the music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Quincy[/COLOR][COLOR= black], M.E. [/COLOR][COLOR= black](Seasons 4-8 unedited, Seasons 1 & 2 re-issued on single sided discs with the music restored)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Due South (Canadian re-release with non-syndicated and remastered episodes)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Roswell [/COLOR][COLOR= black](re-release with the original broadcast music restored)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Quantum Leap (music restored to Seasons 2-4 and Season 5 episodes "Trilogy" and "Mirror Image" properly presented as originally broadcast)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Friday Night Lights (music restored to Seasons 1-4 with Seasons 3-4 properly presented as originally broadcast on DirecTV)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Jericho (music restored to Season 1 and "Return to Jericho" recap included)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Beyond Reality (Season 2 with a proper and less compressed Season 1)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Rhoda (full-length episodes restored to Season 1)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Newhart[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Sliders (reissue of Seasons 1 & 2 with unedited episodes and music restored to "In Dino Veritas")[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Spellbinder (R1 with the Disney Channel opening and closing credits)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Travels in Europe with Rick Steves (entire five-season predecessor to Rick Steves' Europe)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Oliver's Twist (30 episodes remain unreleased from Jamie Oliver's Food Network series)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Naked Chef (R1)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Jamie at Home (R1 including Christmas special and Blu-ray preferably)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Burn Notice: Season Three (BD)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Flashpoint: The Complete Second Season (BD)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]The Unit (Seasons 1-3 reissued on Blu-ray)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Life on Mars (U.S. version reissued on Blu-ray)[/COLOR]


[COLOR= black]One season wonders:[/COLOR]


[COLOR= black]Legend (with the Crash Test Dummies song intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Jake 2.0 (with the music intact)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Flash Forward (mid-'90s ABC/The Disney Channel/Canadian Family Channel series starring Jewel Staite and Ben Foster)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Peacemakers[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]John Doe[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]3 lbs.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Jamie's Great Italian Escape (R1)[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Jamie's School Dinners (including the follow-up special Jamie's Return to School Dinners) (R1)[/COLOR]

 

[MattPeriolat]

Oh boy... my choice of TV shows that I wouldn't have to pay for?


- Finish Diff'rent Strokes

- Finish Amazing Stories

- Re-issue Battle of the Planets

- Batman (1966)

- M*A*S*K*

- Finish Silver Spoons

- Midnight Caller

- Go-Bots

- Any Disney Anthology Series shows

- Classic Nickelodeon shows (You Can't Do That on Television, Hey Dude, Spartakus and The Sun Beneath the Sea, Belle and Sebastian, David the Gnome)

- More best-of game shows


Those are just the things that I remember really loving when I was a kid. Honestly, take that list plus just about anything that was on Nick at Nite and TV Land in the old days that isn't out yet and I'll snap it up.

 

[Lobo316]

77 Sunset Strip (including season 6)

WKRP (with the original music)

Surfside 6

Hawaiian Eye

Bourbon Street

Roaring 20's (a very under-rated show)

 

[Walsh61]

I'll second fixing seasons two and three of "The Fugitive". More than likely season four will be pretty good......but I'll wait for the reviews to come in before I buy.


I'd like to see "Harry O" get released.


The complete "Johnny Cash Show" uncut and unedited.


Season four of "Route 66".


"Brotherhood Of The Bell", TV movie from 1970 starring Glenn Ford.


And so many others, but those are some that come to mind.

 

[bretmaverick2]

Odd stuff I would like to see to compliment stuff I already have:


Sanford

Grady

Sanford Arms

704 Hauser Street

Gloria

AfterMASH

The Tortellis


Stuff I would like to see completed:


All In The Family (coming!!!)

Law & Order

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Superboy


Stuff I just want released:


Maverick

Young Maverick

Bret Maverick

Green Hornet

Batman


This would all make me a very happy man!!

 

[Gary OS]

I'm going to try and keep my list down to just some really, really important shows that I'd like to see either released or finished. Here goes.


1) A Complete Ozzie & Harriet Mega Set. This show ran for 14 seasons and I believe the final episode count is 435. So it would be a ridiculously huge set and, of course, I'll never see it happen.


2) The Wonder Years complete and remastered, with no music substitutions (duh).


3) Rawhide completed.


4) Tarzan (Ron Ely series). I haven't seen this in a long, long time but I think I'd still enjoy it thoroughly.


5) Petticoat Junction completed.


6) Lassie complete.


7) The Fugitive done correctly (heck, add My Three Sons to this one as well).


8) Quincy completed.


9) Rifleman complete, and hopefully looking better than the MPI prints.


10) In the Heat of the Night complete (at least up through Season 6 - everything after that was below par).


11) Dr. Kildare (at least the 1st Season so I can get perhaps the greatest Christmas episode of all time uncut and looking good).


12) The Lone Ranger complete (at least all the Clayton Moore episodes).


13) The Harlem Globetrotters complete.


14) More Disney Treasurers (like finishing up Elfego Baca and Swamp Fox).


15) My personal, super-stupendous Greatest Ever Christmas Episodes DVD boxed set. Would include what seems like lost causes, such as the Christmas episodes from the following shows: The Millionaire, Armstrong Circle Theater (4 episodes), many Bell Telephone Hour episodes, Chips, Danger (4 eps), Climax (2 eps), Ethel and Albert (3 eps), Federal Men (2 eps), Fireside Theatre (3 eps), Lux Video Theater (3 eps), Medic, Mr. Peepers (2 eps), Robert Montgomery Presents (5 eps), Studio 57 (3 eps), numerous Disney Christmas episodes from their different incarnations down through the years.



Gary "there's tons more I want, but those are all the highest of the high on my lists" O.

 

[RobinO]

I don't think I am asking for too much with the following requests:


Complete series of:


St. Elsewhere

Homefront

Dobie Gillis


I am trying not to complain about Rich Man Poor Man since I am thrilled it finally came out on DVD but a better transfer and the cut scene restored would be nice.


Robin