1st & 10 (early HBO football sitcom) coming to DVD 8/23/05
04-14-05 | 02:31 PM
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1st & 10 (early HBO football sitcom) coming to DVD 8/23/05
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1st & Ten - HBO's Football Sitcom Starring Delta Burke & O.J. Simpson Comes To DVD
Posted by David Lambert
4/14/2005
The early '80s saw the rise of the cable giants, especially HBO, and also saw the dawn of made-for-cable original televison programming. One of the earlier series was HBO's 1st & Ten, a sitcom about a fictional football team called the California Bulls. The concept was that Diana Barrow, played by a young, sexy Delta Burke, was a divorcee who took ownership of the rundown football team and had to work with Coach Ernie Denardo (Reid Shelton) to whip the team into shape and win some games! "John Manzak" (John Matuszak), "Bubba Kincaid" (Prince Hughes), "Bob Dorsey" (Geoffrey Scott), "Tombstone Packer" (Lawrence Taylro), "Carl Witherspoon" (Sam Scarber), and "Jethro Snell" (Cliff Frazier) are some of the names of the Bulls football players that fans of the show will remember. The fly in the ointment was Diane's nephew, Roger (Clayton Landey), who wanted Diane out and was happy to use his mob connections to try to accomplish that.
By the time the second season rolled around, though, it was Roger who was out, and the new G.M. of the team was T.D. Parker, played by none other than O.J. Simpson! That happened almost a decade before Simpson's arrest and trial in regard to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole and her companion Ron Gold, and it was regarded as a very favorable move to include such a highly regarded star who had some film acting under his belt already (The Towering Inferno, Capricorn One). The show lasted until 1990-91, believe it or not, although Burke exited in 1988 after 32 episodes, and after she had already started appearing in a sitcom that went on to become a bigger hit: Designing Women. By the time that show debuted, 1st & Ten was no longer coming out regularly, but instead brought out new shows on an occassional basis.
Now online retailer DVDPlanet.com is listiing 1st & Ten - Season #1 and 1st & Ten - Season #2 for pre-order, both due to hit stores on August 23rd. Each season is sold separately for $29.95 SRP each (DVDPlanet's price is $20.97 each), for a 2-DVD set. The sets are coming to market via Goldhil. We don't have cover art yet, or any other details, but stay tuned and we'll bring them to you once they're available.
Posted by David Lambert
4/14/2005
The early '80s saw the rise of the cable giants, especially HBO, and also saw the dawn of made-for-cable original televison programming. One of the earlier series was HBO's 1st & Ten, a sitcom about a fictional football team called the California Bulls. The concept was that Diana Barrow, played by a young, sexy Delta Burke, was a divorcee who took ownership of the rundown football team and had to work with Coach Ernie Denardo (Reid Shelton) to whip the team into shape and win some games! "John Manzak" (John Matuszak), "Bubba Kincaid" (Prince Hughes), "Bob Dorsey" (Geoffrey Scott), "Tombstone Packer" (Lawrence Taylro), "Carl Witherspoon" (Sam Scarber), and "Jethro Snell" (Cliff Frazier) are some of the names of the Bulls football players that fans of the show will remember. The fly in the ointment was Diane's nephew, Roger (Clayton Landey), who wanted Diane out and was happy to use his mob connections to try to accomplish that.
By the time the second season rolled around, though, it was Roger who was out, and the new G.M. of the team was T.D. Parker, played by none other than O.J. Simpson! That happened almost a decade before Simpson's arrest and trial in regard to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole and her companion Ron Gold, and it was regarded as a very favorable move to include such a highly regarded star who had some film acting under his belt already (The Towering Inferno, Capricorn One). The show lasted until 1990-91, believe it or not, although Burke exited in 1988 after 32 episodes, and after she had already started appearing in a sitcom that went on to become a bigger hit: Designing Women. By the time that show debuted, 1st & Ten was no longer coming out regularly, but instead brought out new shows on an occassional basis.
Now online retailer DVDPlanet.com is listiing 1st & Ten - Season #1 and 1st & Ten - Season #2 for pre-order, both due to hit stores on August 23rd. Each season is sold separately for $29.95 SRP each (DVDPlanet's price is $20.97 each), for a 2-DVD set. The sets are coming to market via Goldhil. We don't have cover art yet, or any other details, but stay tuned and we'll bring them to you once they're available.
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04-14-05 | 08:45 PM
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i was actually going to ask about this series. this was a great series and yes it started with Delta and then she got fat and Shannon Tweed took over. the series also took on another name and got bad..."1st and 10: Do It Again". This was like one of the first HBO series that started HBO's success with series tv i believe. i look forward to reviews and hopefully rent, maybe buy.
04-14-05 | 10:19 PM
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I enjoyed this show. Still have 4 (I think, maybe six, I'll have to find them) of the VHS tapes they put out. I'll be getting this one.
** Although I liked this one, it's another obscure title and am still wondering why the hell Get Smart is not on DVD, grrr **
** Although I liked this one, it's another obscure title and am still wondering why the hell Get Smart is not on DVD, grrr **
09-07-05 | 06:30 AM
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Does anybody actually have this? Amazon shows it as a special order title: "This title usually ships within 3 to 6 weeks. Please note that special order titles occasionally go out of print, or studios run out of stock. We will notify you if we are unable to obtain this title."
Did they underestimate people would want this disc, or was it not released?
Did they underestimate people would want this disc, or was it not released?
09-07-05 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by lberkoski
Does anybody actually have this? Amazon shows it as a special order title: "This title usually ships within 3 to 6 weeks. Please note that special order titles occasionally go out of print, or studios run out of stock. We will notify you if we are unable to obtain this title."
Did they underestimate people would want this disc, or was it not released?
Did they underestimate people would want this disc, or was it not released?
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435213
09-07-05 | 10:52 AM
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Sorry about resurrecting an old thread, but "1st & 10" is unsearchable unless you have the exact character listing in parenthesis. I wish there was a special search option for numerical titles.
09-07-05 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by lberkoski
Sorry about resurrecting an old thread, but "1st & 10" is unsearchable unless you have the exact character listing in parenthesis. I wish there was a special search option for numerical titles.
Last edited by MovieExchange; 09-07-05 at 11:09 AM.
11-03-05 | 09:42 AM
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The latest news is that Wal-Mart will be releasing the complete 80-episode set of this on November 15th at a retail price of $20. 
Article and cover art:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4420
Article and cover art:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4420
11-03-05 | 12:46 PM
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I'd be worried.
A HBO series not being released by HBO and by an unknown DVD player (Tango)?
I'll be watching this one very closely. I would think that they have to add at LEAST one more DVD to the mix in order to get good picture quality.
A HBO series not being released by HBO and by an unknown DVD player (Tango)?
I'll be watching this one very closely. I would think that they have to add at LEAST one more DVD to the mix in order to get good picture quality.
11-03-05 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy1961
I'd be worried.
A HBO series not being released by HBO and by an unknown DVD player (Tango)?
I'll be watching this one very closely. I would think that they have to add at LEAST one more DVD to the mix in order to get good picture quality.
A HBO series not being released by HBO and by an unknown DVD player (Tango)?
I'll be watching this one very closely. I would think that they have to add at LEAST one more DVD to the mix in order to get good picture quality.
