The Wonder Years is in the works!
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Originally Posted by astrochimp
After all this time it better be with every single song in tact and if not im willing to wait longer.
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I doubt the UK release will hold up, its 1 month before its due to be released and no official word.
I think when they have to change some music (its gonna happen) they should try get the Producers to choose - and then throw a Special Feature on about them selecting and such. I know one set did something simmilar.
I think when they have to change some music (its gonna happen) they should try get the Producers to choose - and then throw a Special Feature on about them selecting and such. I know one set did something simmilar.
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UPDATE 2/11/06: I spoke to Gord of TVShowsonDVD.com and his sources tell him that there are no new updates on this set. So, now we have no idea if the set is really in the works or not. The source I spoke to at Fox said it was in the works, but his source says it isn't. So we are now just confused. We'll try to get more details if it is indeed in the works at all now. Sorry about this!
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Well...I didn't buy em...I downloaded them all off the net. As far as quality...season 1 is solid...then season 2-4 aren't so great but watchable. Then the last two seasons are great quality.
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I guess this isn't happening?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...235820-1557260
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You don't have to take my word for it but since the theme song is a Beatles song there is no way in hell it would be on the dvds if released. If anyone has old tapes of Wonder Years, WKRP, and Quantum Leap and a lot of spare time on their hands it would be interesting to see lists of the songs that appeared on the shows. Maybe it's on the web somewhere.
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Originally Posted by rw2516
You don't have to take my word for it but since the theme song is a Beatles song there is no way in hell it would be on the dvds if released. If anyone has old tapes of Wonder Years, WKRP, and Quantum Leap and a lot of spare time on their hands it would be interesting to see lists of the songs that appeared on the shows. Maybe it's on the web somewhere.
I've gotten R2 versions of Seasons 2 and 3 of QL and Season 4 will be released on Monday.
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Originally Posted by rw2516
You don't have to take my word for it but since the theme song is a Beatles song there is no way in hell it would be on the dvds if released. If anyone has old tapes of Wonder Years, WKRP, and Quantum Leap and a lot of spare time on their hands it would be interesting to see lists of the songs that appeared on the shows. Maybe it's on the web somewhere.
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Originally Posted by movielib
Quantum Leap has been released in the U.K. with every bit of the original music intact. The explanation I've read is that U.K. copyright laws are less stringent than in the U.S. Don't know any further details. I'm not sure why the same thing couldn't be true of Wonder Years.
I've gotten R2 versions of Seasons 2 and 3 of QL and Season 4 will be released on Monday.
I've gotten R2 versions of Seasons 2 and 3 of QL and Season 4 will be released on Monday.
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Originally Posted by avrilfan
I belive it was joe cocker who performs the opening theme song" with a little help from my friends" on the wonder years, when aired on tv/ and re-runs..
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Originally Posted by rw2516
You don't have to take my word for it but since the theme song is a Beatles song there is no way in hell it would be on the dvds if released. If anyone has old tapes of Wonder Years, WKRP, and Quantum Leap and a lot of spare time on their hands it would be interesting to see lists of the songs that appeared on the shows. Maybe it's on the web somewhere.
http://home.tiscalinet.ch/mpuppis/ep...sicguide.shtml
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Originally Posted by Colleen
It's going to take a tremendous effort and money to clear all of the songs for a DVD release. As much as I love this show, I think I have given up all hope that this show will be released on DVD with the music intact.
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Did some searching on WKRP. Couldn't find a list of songs but evidently the music was changed even at the first syndication to local channels in the '80s due to cost of the rights. When resyndicated in the 90s by 20th Century Fox even more of the original music was replaced. When the show was made they were forced to use videotape rather than film because of the high cost of the music rights. Did find references to four songs that have been replaced:
Foreigner-Hot Blooded
Elton John- Tiny Dancer
Bob Seegar- Old Time Rock n Roll
The very first song from the very first episode that Johnny Fever played was a Ted Nugent song which has been replaced.
I personally remember:
Springsteen-Born to Run
Rolling Stones- Beast of Burden
Fleetwood Mac-Dreams
John Lennon-Woman
Did more searching. The replaced Ted Nugent song is "Queen of the Forest".
Other repaced songs
Eagles-The Long Run
A Pretenders song
The Star Wars theme
Police-De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Doors-Light My Fire
The Who-Had Enough
Toto-Hold the Line
James Taylor-Smiling Face
Gone With the Wind theme
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Thank Heaven for Little Girls from Gigi
Supertramp-Goodbye Stranger
The trumpets from Patton was a running gag in one episode(replaced)
References to songs by Bachman Turner Overdrive, KISS and ELO
In the Thanksgiving turkey episode Johnny is playing "Dogs" from the Pink Floyd Animals album. Carlson is looking around because he thinks he's hearing real dogs(replaced).
A lot of different numbers were thrown around about the cost of these rights. The most common was $100,000 per episode x 90 episodes = $9 milliion for the entire series.
Foreigner-Hot Blooded
Elton John- Tiny Dancer
Bob Seegar- Old Time Rock n Roll
The very first song from the very first episode that Johnny Fever played was a Ted Nugent song which has been replaced.
I personally remember:
Springsteen-Born to Run
Rolling Stones- Beast of Burden
Fleetwood Mac-Dreams
John Lennon-Woman
Did more searching. The replaced Ted Nugent song is "Queen of the Forest".
Other repaced songs
Eagles-The Long Run
A Pretenders song
The Star Wars theme
Police-De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Doors-Light My Fire
The Who-Had Enough
Toto-Hold the Line
James Taylor-Smiling Face
Gone With the Wind theme
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Thank Heaven for Little Girls from Gigi
Supertramp-Goodbye Stranger
The trumpets from Patton was a running gag in one episode(replaced)
References to songs by Bachman Turner Overdrive, KISS and ELO
In the Thanksgiving turkey episode Johnny is playing "Dogs" from the Pink Floyd Animals album. Carlson is looking around because he thinks he's hearing real dogs(replaced).
A lot of different numbers were thrown around about the cost of these rights. The most common was $100,000 per episode x 90 episodes = $9 milliion for the entire series.
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Originally Posted by teamwinfan
I hope this series holds up. I used to watch it when I was a kid, but I have no idea what it was about anymore.
And I'd love for this to be on DVD more than anything. Especially since the downloads are the pretty chopped syndication versions. But only if ALL the original music would be used like Freaks & Geeks, which I don't ever see happening.
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Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't Michael Jackson own the rights to the Beatles songs? And aren't those songs used in everything from Nike commercials to car ads? If that's the case, it may not be too difficult to get the rights to the title song.
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Originally Posted by rennervision
Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't Michael Jackson own the rights to the Beatles songs? And aren't those songs used in everything from Nike commercials to car ads? If that's the case, it may not be too difficult to get the rights to the title song.