Since the Mole Men episode is considered by most to be the weakest episode, maybe it was the creators of the show that didn't like it and wanted it off the set?

If the legal rights to something like Blade Runner can get worked out, I'm sure something like this can too. In that case, I would prefer they hold it until they can do it right. Hell, we've waited this long.

And if it truly is a matter of the creators holding back an episode because it is below par it would be a scary precedent to set and not something I would look forward to if I were a fan of TV on DVD.

Mike Judge is doing just that with his Bevis & Butthead - and he's not just holding back episodes, but also editing out chunks from episodes on the new dvds.

I'm getting this release, and I can live without the Mole-men episode for now.

But I *do* have to wonder what exactly it is about the episode that makes it a problem, though? Because it's not the idea of Mole-men itself. There have been so many Moleman-style concepts over time that it's ridiculous. Has anyone see the final scenes in The Incredibles? "The Underminer" (seen below on a videogame cover) is clearly a character based on the Mole-man concept, and doesn't look all that different from the Mole-men in The Tick!

TVshowsondvd.com is reporting that it's The Tick vs. the Mole Men is the missing episode:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5764

The original, unedited versions are available from Time Life. Although they don't contain the music video segments.

That should be "were" available, right?

New kick ass art. Thanks to davisdvd

OMG, that cover is perfect!

I'm not really a Tick fan but "The Tick vs. Season One" gets a from me.

i guess the tick won and knocked out part of season one

big fan of the cover, tho hopefully they'll be some good % off sales, as the MSRP is a bit high for 13 half-hour episodes...

12 episodes, unless they managed to get 'Mole Men' on at the last minute.

It's here!

Looks good so far except there is a serious case of edge enhancement. Still better than my vhs copies from the original airings - worth it to get rid of the horrible "Fox Kids" bits in every commercial break.

couldn't find it...that's nothing new...sigh

Got mine yesterday. Nice to get a Litho with it. Haven't popped it in yet but I have the weekend off so I might watch them then.

I got mine yesterday. The video looks pretty bad, even on my 9 year old tv, but it's The Tick so whatever.

Whatever is right, my fine chum!

Bad Tick > no Tick.

How bad? I'm watching Animaniacs S1 and Xena S1, and they both show their age as well [Xena more so].
I watched the live-action show on DVD and enjoyed it--is the cartoon better, worse, the same?

At least they mention on the package that they couldn't get episode 11.

I've watched the first few, and noticed that the running time is only like 18 minutes. And I thought I read somewhere that someone noticed a cut bit from the first episode. Does anyone know if they are indeed cut?

(Plus, I saw a site that has the rest for download, and all the running times for the rest are listed at 20-21+ minutes... Of course, the first season shows are no longer available...)

Here's an odd question for you guys: did anyone notice a brief video blackout during the last episode (The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account), right around the 10:25 mark? I thought I blinked for a second, but I back-tracked and saw it again! Not a big deal, of course (it literally is the speed of a blink), but I wanted to make sure it was on all copies and not just mine.

As for the running time, most of the episodes I've seen so far have been 21-22 minutes, but I'll check them all before I write the review tomorrow. They all include opening/closing credits, as well as the black-background "interview" prologues during several episodes. The only content I remember being cut in the past is the "Bi-Polar Bear" scene from Episode 1, but that's been left intact on the DVD. If anyone spots any legitimate cuts, please let me know!

Wow, interesting. Most recent 'half hour' cartoons are actually 21-22 minutes in actual play time. Does it have opening/closing credits on each episode? Was there a 'Previously on...." bit when they first aired?

I've only watched the first two and both were under 20 minutes with full credits and everything. The second episode (according to my player) actually came in at under 19 minutes!

However, they won't play on my old Toshiba dvd player, and I have to play them on my Philips 642 -- perhaps that player is giving me a wonky time reading.

Can anyone post all the running times for all the shows on the set? You can just chapter forward (there's no chapter stops, unfortunately) and watch whay your time coutner says really fast before spitting you back out to the menu.

Thanks! Looking forward to hearing back!

As aired, yes, there would be.

I am hesitant to swear to it, but I don't think there ever was one.

The strange thing is, other than "Bi-Polar bear", I've never heard of any syndication cuts for this show, so why would there even be shortened versions? Here's hoping it's a glitch on bloom's player.