Kids in the Hall season one available for preorder
 

http://store.kidsinthehallondvd.com/seasonone.html

Apparently it's not going to be availiable in stores for another six months.

Definitely getting this.

Sounds very cool. Any confirmation that these won't end up like My so Called Fiasco?

What scares me is the region 0 at the bottom of the page.

Tenaciousdave,

Why are you scared by the Region 0? I suggested to Broadway Video that they make it Region 0 so that people around the world could enjoy the set. When a company owns the rights worldwide and plans a release I don't think it makes sense to make it Region 1 when you know the set won't be released in other regions.

Keep in mind that Broadway Video Enterprises is more than a few steps up from AnotherUniverse.com. This is the company that owns the rights to KiTH as well As Saturday Night Live and a couple of others. They also have their own production arm which is authoring the DVDs (they've done many of the SNL discs as well). I've met with everyone else working on the set and everyone wants it to be as good as possible.

Gord

OK, maybe I'm being a bit paranoid, but...

The official Kids in the Hall site (http://www.kidsinthehall.com/kith/) makes no mention of the set being up for sale (even the merchandising link says not yet available). The link back to the KiTH site from the link in the original post is not working. For an official website, there seems to be an unreasonably large number of glitches. I think I'll wait until the set is on the official page before ordering.

I had planned on updating the site on Monday when the email is sent out, but since you brought it up I've updated the official site with the link to the store. I was a bit busy today and didn't get the info up everywhere it should be.

Feel free to order the set now :)

Gord

Order will be placed shortly... do you know if Yahoo charges you when the order is placed or when the item is shipped?

Thanks

Hmm....good question...unfortunately I don't have an answer to that. I wasn't involved in setting the store up, just working on the DVD set. I'll try and find out, but that probably won't happen until Monday.

Gord

Thanks Gord... I appreciate your help.

Well....looks like some of the Broadway Video people are working late....on a Friday night!

The cards won't be charged until the product ships. You'll receive 1 email when you place the order and a second email when the card is charged.

Gord

Gord, do you know if the price will reduce when it hits mainstream? $60USD is exorbitant to ask for one season boxset.

Well, I'd have to disagree with your "exorbitant" statement. This wasn't a cheap set to produce, trust me.

The $60 USD price is the SRP price for the set. That's what it will be when it hits retail, but many e-tailers and stores will discount the set from that price. You'll just have to wait awhile longer (probably 5 months), and you won't get the bonus item (magnetic poetry). If neither of that matters to you then feel free to wait.

Working on the set was a very educational experience for me. I've heard that people have their hands open, looking for money, but now I know how many people are looking for bucks for a DVD set. I had always assumed that something like scripts would be free to put on a DVD set....not so. Literally _everything_ for a DVD set costs money. So while the price is high when compared to some large sets which will sell hundreds of thousands of units, it's far from being exorbitant.

Gord

If it were anything other than KiTH, I might question the price. However, I have no problems paying $60 to not have to wait several more months to get it. (and besides, since the Disney treasures that I was going to buy that week have been delayed, I have some extra funds laying around).

My order is placed... I can't hardly wait. (can you tell I'm a huge KiTH fan?)

Well, I'm a huge fan myself. Infact I remembered them filming an episode around my school and me, along with my friends accidentally went into the shots. Quite hilarious how we heckled them because they were not well known as yet.

$60 compared to $40 for Frasier or Cheers, but I guess being a small production, they're making it as affordable as possible. Didn't Lorne Michaels have a hand in creating this? If anything, he should put up some funding for the DVD.

I actually had no idea people who worked on this set posted on the forums. Also, I don't keep up with studios/distributers/publishers. Sorry about the doubts.

I too could care less about the price of the set...it's the shipping cost that amazed me. But I still went ahead and ordered my set. I'm sure for the remaining sets I'll wait and get them at a large retail chain. I just want this one ASAP.

Special time and care was taken to get this released so I can't really complain too much about the cost. I'm just happy to see them coming out

No problem, I just found it odd that you'd be worried because it was a region free set.

Gord

Shipping is $7, isn't it? Doesn't seem too out of whack for a 4 disc set, does it? I know shipping overseas is a lot more. I wasn't really involved in setting the store up, or the shipping charges, but when they mentioned them to me I thought it sounded reasonable.

Gord

The SRP of Cheers is actually $49.99, not $40.

Lorne Michaels was the executive producer of the show and was interviewed for the DVD set, but he didn't personally have anything to do with the production of the DVDs. I guess you could argue that because his company did the DVDs and he owns the company that he has actually funded the set. Of course the set has to pay for itself, and if it doesn't then there won't be a season 2 set produced, and I'm sure we all want to see season 2 on DVD. I know I'd like to work on another set.

Gord

Oooh. This is cruel. I'm poor, but the Kids was the biggest TV show I wanted to see show up on DVD. I don't know if I'll be able to wait the several months to get this cheaper in a store. And the magnetic poetry set. Aggggh...

Decisions, decisions...

I've been a huge fan of Kids in the Hall since it was first shown in the U.S., and I will definitely get this DVD set. But I'll wait until it hits the regular stores and is much less expensive. The $20 or more that I'll save (especially when you add in the exhorbinant shipping fee) is worth the wait.

And I don't need or want magnetic poetry.

Is there a page I could go to that lists what KITH skits are in what season? I've seen 'em all, but I have no idea what appeared when.

http://barbkith.net/episode.htm

Are these the original Canadian version or the edited HBO/American versions?

Well, samples of the magnets showed up at my place tonight and they are great! Nice, laminated magnets (postcard sized) with the KiTH logo in the center, surrounded by the words.

Cusm, these are the unedited HBO versions. These are different than the episodes currently airing on Comedy Central. It's written into the Kids contracts what can be released on DVD, so these are the episodes the Kids want their fans to see. There are minor differences between the HBO and CBC versions.

Gord

Here are the official titles of the sketches. These names are taken from the scripts. Please note: episodes 21 and 22 are "best of episodes." These episodes have commentary on the DVDs.

Episode 1
Call Girls
The Eradicator
Ballet
Crushing Your Head Part 2
Cause of Cancer
Pear
Kathie and the Blues Guy
Crushing Your Head Part 3


Episode 2
Thirty Helens #1
Sketch Comedy
Thirty Helens #2
Cabbage Head - Restaurant
Tractor
Sarcastic Guy
Buddy's Better
Thirty Helens #3
Womyn


Episode 3
Gunslinger II
Gorilla
Hey Man
Citizen Kane
Contact Lenses
Hey Man #2
Salty Ham
Hey Man #3


Episode 4
Deja Vu
*******
The Daves I Know
Menstruation
House Rules
The Dinner
Sick of the Swiss
Country Doctor


Episode 5
Indian Drum
Geralds
Crushing Disco #1
Good Grampa
Explore Scott
Are Extraterrestrials Dull?
Elvis
Crushing Disco 2


Episode 6
Thirty Helens #1
Bored Robbers
Running Faggot
Thirty Helens #2
Flogging
The Trucker
Can I Keep Him?


Episode 7
Hotel La Rut
Plummet
Hotel La Rut #2
First Poem
Fletcher Christian
Hotel La Rut #3
Joymakers


Episode 8
Ping Pong
The Vacation
Ping Pong 2
Chain Gang
The Banker Doesn't Like Us
Dinosaurs
Ping Pong 3
Tony Comes to Dinner
The Banker Doesn't Like Us #2


Episode 9
A Place to Die
Secretaries
A Place to Die #2
Preacher
Weston
A Place to Die #3
Teddy Bears' Picnic


Episode 10
Hoopla
McGuillicutty and Green
Wake Up!
MacIntyre Name
One Step at a Time
Nobody Likes Us
McGuillicutty and Kurosawa
Three for the Moon


Episode 11
Night of the Living Dead
Can Never Go Home
Thirty Helens Coleslaw
Under Control
Gunslinger I
Star-Crossed Lovers
Thirty Helens Hawaii
Barbershop


Episode 12
Turning Over
Mood Swing
Billy Dreamer 1
Folk Music
Who's Gay in Hollywood?
Billy Dreamer 2
Skoora!


Episode 13
Signs of Loneliness
Networking
Lopez #1
Fat Hitch-Hiker
Lopez #2
No Regrets
The Lamp
Lopez #3
Indian Woman
Lopez #4


Episode 14
Editors Intro
Editors (Film)
Break Up
I Lied
Dull Death
I'm a Cat
My Routine
Schoolroom
Editors Finale


Episode 15
Death Row
White Guy
Crazy Love
Buddy's Island
Captain Alan
Mechanic
Baby


Episode 16
The Floater
Is He?
Thirty Helens: Pens
Manny Coon
Thirty Helens: Minds
Bass Player
Compensation
Thirty Helens: Disagree
Power of My Cock


Episode 17
BOO!
Dracula
The Middle
Crushing Girlfriend
Mass Murderer
B & K
Beautiful Women


Episode 18
Love Me
Stinky Pink
Premise Beach
Crouton
Olympics
Premise Beach 2
Shitty Soup
She's Gone


Episode 19
Hey Baby
Island Boys
Can't Kill Rock
Tarantula
Cat's Away
Mutilated
Car Ride
Owww


Episode 20
Fat Man
Opening
How We Met
Thirty Helens: Photos
Bank People
Double Date
Buddy is Canadian
Buddy Holly
Thirty Helens: Helens
Dr. Seuss Bible


Episode 21
Death Row
The Banker Doesn't Like Us
Buddy's Better
Crushing Your Head Part 2
Citizen Kane
Car Ride
Womyn
Crushing Your Head Part 3
The Banker Doesn't Like Us #2


Episode 22
Hey You Millionaire
Crying Guy
Crush Your Head Part 1
Cabbage Head
Romeo
Crush Your Head Part 2
Buddy Cole
Reg
Crush Your Head Part 3