Sessioner

...ever been released in a complete series box set?

I can't seem to find it anywhere.

SkullOrchard

Nope. No season sets either.

Sessioner

Thanks for the info. That's one boxset I'd grab right away, if it were available.

Damn shame...

Darkbloom

There could be good news though as it is being released in a sort of "best of" series of discs from CBShow.com. Unfortunately from the commercial/infomercial I have seen regarding this release it does not appear to be chronological or, possibly, even full shows. However this is very similar to the way some large media company released "I Love Lucy" a year or two before the actual 'season' sets were released so perhaps there is hope.

I would definitely prefer to have the chronological series of truly complete shows (including rehearsal footage and outtakes) than a best of series.

Lecithin

Weird, as I was going to Buy.com to get WKRP for $9.50, I saw this ad at the bottom of the screen:

http://www.superbdvdentertainment.co...roducts_id=364

Luther Heggs

From 2002-2004 Columbia House released 31 volumes of The Carol Burnett Show on DVD, two complete episodes per disc, mostly episodes from Seasons 7-10. The first ten volumes had brief interview segments with Burnett, Korman, and Conway before and after each episode; all the discs have brief textras. These are the 62 episodes that were released by Columbia House:

1. Dinah Shore (Nov. 13, 1976), Roddy McDowall & Jackson 5 (Mar. 16, 1974)
2. Ken Berry & Jack Weston (Oct. 20,1973), Rock Hudson & Steve Lawrence (Jan. 29, 1977)
3. Carl Reiner (Jan. 19, 1974), Steve Lawrence (Jan. 10, 1970)
4. Rock Hudson & Nancy Walker (Feb. 15, 1975), Roddy McDowall (Nov. 1, 1975)
5. Jim Nabors (Sep. 25, 1976), Ken Berry & Carl Reiner (Dec. 14, 1974)
6. Ken Berry (Mar. 26, 1977), Bernadette Peters (Feb. 16, 1974)
7. Roddy McDowall & Bernadette Peters (Mar. 17, 1975), Betty White (Nov. 22, 1975)
8. Sammy Davis Jr. (Sep. 20, 1975), Shirley Maclaine (Oct. 4, 1975)
9. Steve Lawrence (Feb. 5, 1974 is listed on the case, but it's probably wrong), Steve Lawrence (Feb. 2, 1974)
10. Lily Tomlin & Steve Lawrence (Nov. 8, 1972), Alan Alda (Dec. 21, 1974)
11. Gloria Swanson (Sep. 29, 1973), Steve Lawrence & Paul Sand (Nov. 3, 1973)
12. Dick Van Dyke & Tony Randall (Feb. 21, 1976), Roddy McDowall (Oct. 30, 1976)
13. Roddy McDowall & Ken Berry (Jan. 8, 1978), The Regulars (Jan. 22, 1977)
14. Hal Linden (Mar. 5, 1977), Eydie Gorme (Feb. 4, 1977)
15. Steve Martin & Betty White (Mar. 5, 1978), James Garner & George Carlin & Ken Berry (Mar. 12, 1978)
16. Pearl Bailey (Oct. 25, 1972), Eydie Gorme & Paul Sand (Oct. 13, 1973)
17. Joel Grey & Vincent Price (Feb. 9, 1974), The Jackson 5 (Jan. 24, 1976)
18. Eydie Gorme (Feb. 23, 1974), Joanne Woodward (Feb. 14, 1976)
19. Madeline Kahn (Oct. 16, 1976), Ben Vereen (Feb. 26, 1977)
20. Vincent Price & Joan Rivers (Jan. 4, 1975), Kay Cole (Nov. 6, 1976)
21. Jim Nabors (Sep. 14, 1974), Telly Savalas & Smothers Brothers (Oct. 12, 1974)
22. Tim Conway (Feb. 22, 1975), Family Show (Mar. 13, 1976)
23. Maggie Smith (Nov. 15, 1975), Betty White (Nov. 22, 1975)
24. Cher (Sep. 27, 1975), Dick Van Dyke & Ken Berry (Oct. 29, 1977)
25. Jack Klugman (Mar. 6, 1976), The Pointer Sisters (Nov. 29, 1975)
26. Alan King (Dec. 4, 1976), Dick Van Dyke (Nov. 11, 1977)
27. Maggie Smith (Nov. 24, 1974), Rita Moreno (Jan. 3, 1976)
28. Petula Clark & Tim Conway (Nov. 10, 1976), Dick Van Dyke & Steve Lawrence (Oct. 1, 1977)
29. Richard Crenna & Ruth Buzzi (Dec. 15, 1973), The Pointer Sisters (Oct. 25, 1975)
30. Phil Silvers & Jean Stapleton (Mar. 29, 1975), Dick Van Dyke (Dec. 18, 1976)
31. John Byner & Francine Beers (Mar. 23, 1974), William Conrad & the Jackson 5 (Jan. 25, 1975)

Sessioner

This is obviously home grown, but if it's decent quality, I would still purchase it. No studio bells and whistles, but I'd be able to sit down and watch the show whenever I want.

Is there a big risk involved in buying stuff like this? I mean, I won't pay for the complete series and get blank discs, will I?

Thanks, everyone, for your input and research.

mdnitoil

Well, it's guaranteed that you won't be getting the complete series as it advertises about 150 episodes and the show actually went for almost 300. Beyond that though, I wouldn't expect blank discs.

Albert71292

About a year or so ago, I remember reading in a forum somewhere that someone had ordered that. They were on DVD-R's, and taped from television episodes of the syndicated half-hour "Carol Burnett & Friends" series,which were just compilations of sketches.

fuzzbox

at what should average to 18 episodes per disc, you're NOT going to get decent quality, I promise. Even if it was on dual-layer discs, that's too much to pack onto a DVD.

I'd say more, But I know we shouldn't be discussing bootlegs here.

-jason

mickey65

I just sold one of these DVDs on Amazon for $27 - bought it at a book sale for $1!

BuckNaked2k

She's probably too busy suing Seth McFarlane for a 10 second clip on Family Guy.