Originally Posted by slop101

What a horrible way to go through life though - never appreciating anything, because it could always be better - relationships, food, homes, etc. Does owning a 2,500 square-foot home bum you out because it's not 5,000 square-feet? Same principle.

Originally Posted by Bill Needle

Is $30 a reduction? I never thought much about it previously because I heard the quality was quite poor and the fact that there wasn't much chance of subsequent seasons.

Originally Posted by Bobou2

Yes the quality of the 1st release is horrible...no real extras.
I think every review from back then pointed this out and it was overpriced just like most HBO DVD's. This must have killed the sales..I waited 2 years before getting it cheap, Ebay I think.
I just finished watching it again and I hope they worked to clean up season 1 with the re-release. I'll buy the new set and re-buy season 1 if they improved it.

Originally Posted by dolphinboy

Yeah, I can see how my feelings towards The Gary Shandling show's dvd release relates towards my feeling on relationships, food, homes, or life in general.

Originally Posted by Mike Adams

I've been over this before, but it really tickles me how people complain about getting a "best-of" and claim they won't buy anything if it's not the complete series. Unless you're sitting on a full set of high-quality bootlegs, if you don't buy what's offered, you get absolutely zero, which in this case is 23 episodes and 8 hours of bonus content LESS than what you'd have if you actually bought that "part of a TV show" you're all complaining about.

I know a lot of people think they're "voting with their money", but what they don't realize is that the only way you can vote "YES" on future season sets with your money is to actually BUY what is offered. When you refuse to buy something, for whatever reason, you're casting the same vote as the people who don't buy it because they don't like the show. In other words, you are casting yet another vote for "no interest", whether that's your intention or not.

Yes, I'm sure a lot of you are thinking that the "one-two punch" of refusing to buy anything less than full season sets and then e-mailing the studio or posting on blogs, forums, or anywhere else that the "real" fans demand season sets will actually work, but no matter how much internet "buzz" there is about a show, if it doesn't show up in the sales numbers, it won't make a damn bit of difference. Studios are very used to being told over and over again how "hot" a particular title is, and hearing from fans how much they absolutely MUST have that title on DVD, and then when they actually release something, many of those fans don't buy it, either because they can't afford it, they simply rent it and realize it's not as wonderful as they'd remembered, or they simply download DVD rips or rent 'n' burn themselves.

So, my advice to anyone who claims to be such a big fan of this or any other show is to buy everything the studio releases, because even if they've already released a couple of "best of" compilations, if they sell well enough, you can bet the studio will want to take more of your money, and no season set is too expensive to make if you've already got the material and you've got sales figures to back up any claim as to the level of interest. The only thing you'll achieve by refusing to buy something because it isn't exactly what you wanted is that not only will you never get what you DO want, you'll have to do without what you are being offered. In other words, if you really want pizza, eat your meatloaf -- it may get you pizza tomorrow night, but simply refusing to eat anything but pizza will not only mean you WON'T get pizza tomorrow, but you'll also go to bed hungry tonight.

Originally Posted by Michael Allred

Your argument reminds me of the Bush administration. "If you attack the Iraq war then you don't support the troops and give hope to the terrorists."

Buy the crap you don't really want now and MAYBE, just maybe you'll give us your money all over again for some of the same stuff.

There is no logic there my friend.

I wonder how much money was spent on producing the supplements for this "best of" set and how that money could have been used towards simply making a "complete second season?"

I've always thought that "The Larry Sanders Show" was ahead of its time and the DVD release of the first season, the same. Obviously there are similarities between this show and "The Office," "Extras," etc and I believe, if given a chance, America could re-discover "Sanders." As some have pointed out, the original release of the first season was grossly overpriced for a product that very little was put into by the studio and with the show being ahead of its time, it's no wonder it didn't sell like hot cakes. Now with similar shows doing very well, the studio should capitalize.

HBO can start (as someone else suggested) by putting the show "On Demand" so it can gain some exposure and interest and let it build from there. Market it towards the folks who watch "The Office" and so on. Build from that and put out a second season (and wisely re-price the first season.)

The "demand" for best of TV sets is minimal to say the least. The majority of consumers now demand (and are used to) complete season sets not bits from here and there. I do not see how this package for "Larry Sanders" will do any good.

Originally Posted by MrE

Then again, Gary Shandling has never gotten by on his looks.

Originally Posted by slop101

hmm...
So if they're re-releasing the complete first season on the same day as the best-of collection, is it possible that they'll release subsequent seasons later if it sells well?