Well, my Season Two DVD arrived in today's mail

[The J-Man]

First of all, kudos to DeepDiscountDVD for getting it to me 3 days before the official release date.

I've only watched "The 200 Mile-an-Hour Fastball" so far. On the positive side, the picture is of the same unbelieveably great quality as Season One. The color, clarity, and sharpness is second season GAH as we've never seen it before.

On the negative side, apparently no teasers. WTF? Now greenguy claimed there weren't in-house teasers for the first season even when they originally aired. Honestly, that's not the way I remember it; but we didn't get our first VCR until November 1981, so I can't prove it. To my (admittedly 24 year old) recollection, Season One was originally broadcast with the same in-house teasers as every other Cannell show of that era. Regardless, Season Two I still have on tape from the original network broadcasts. Not that anyone has said Season Two didn't have teasers to begin with...

I think this bothers me more than the changes in music. Cannell was the master of the in-house teaser back then. Compare his stuff to the Knight Rider Teasers, or Remington Steele, or any of the others.

October 29, 1982: the instrumental theme starts, with expertly edited cuts of the ship overhead and Culp's dialog, something to the effect of, "not that ship, with the buzzin' and the lights". Cut to the radio tuner, "out and...readyfor...transportation". Cut to Ralph and Bill being beamed up, "Tell them I was just kiddin' about callin' them little green creeps". Cut to, "We got the instruction book"! etc, etc, etc

I'm going from memory here, but those teasers were artfully crafted pep rallies. I was there to see the game anyway, but, damn, a kick-ass Cannell-teaser got me all the more stoked at the start. "Hog Wild" also comes to mind as being an exceptionally good teaser. I'm not saying they were all brilliant works of art.

[greenguy]

TheJMan said:

On the negative side, apparently no teasers. WTF? Now greenguy claimed there weren't in-house teasers for the first season even when they originally aired. Honestly, that's not the way I remember it; but we didn't get our first VCR until November 1981, so I can't prove it. To my (admittedly 24 year old) recollection, Season One was originally broadcast with the same in-house teasers as every other Cannell show of that era.

I'm so confused about the cutting of the teasers for the box set. Hunter's teasers are intact.

Yes, the teasers were ABC produced in season one, complete with the Anderson voiceover. Different from all the other in-house Cannell shows. I'm going to have to make all the teasers available to watch on the site. J, we at least have our old broadcasts (except you don't have the 1st season) we can watch with the teasers. Think of the many fans we've seen post who haven't seen the show at all in 20 + years. They won't get to see any of the cool editing done in these. Not to mention the few times something extra pops up, not seen in the finished show.

I agree, this bothers me more than the music changes. Except for maybe what's in store for me when I watch Operation: Spoilsport & Classical Gas.

[JustMe]

Yep, sorry to say but I WILL NOT be purchasing Season 2 or 3 (the official version anyway). I bought season one and didn't mind the music changes, but I ABSOLUTELY cannot forgive the removal of EoD from Operation: Spoilsport. That is my favorite and most memorable episode from the entire run and it just isn't the same without that song. If they ever release another version with all the songs intact, I will be the first to purchase those. However, I will have to look elsewhere for some decent quality copies. When will these companies learn that the majority of the people buying TV sets are the fans and they won't accept anything less than uncut and unedited (well, the diehard fans anyway).

[kriegersaurus]

I've actually got the teaser from "Plague" more or less memorized, even after all these years. Keep in mind that I saw the episode ONE time, in its original broadcast, and only had an audio tape of it (we didn't have a VCR in those days, so I put my cassette recorder up to the TV speaker every Wednesday night... I wonder where all those tapes ended up...)

(music starts, shots of helicopters)

Carlisle: He had small pox. Now the United States Health Department is all over this, but this is top security, because we could panic the whole country!

Bill: What's in that one?

Medic: Dengue Fever, Plague, Black Tongue.

Bill: Oh boy.

Bill: Did ya ever see ol' Harvey Locke round here?

Some dude at the firing range: Yeah, Harvey Locke.

Some other dude at the firing range: Harvey who?

Ralph: Who cares?

Bill: You don't have it!

Ralph: Look, we're dying over here!

Bill: You don't know what it feels like!

Ralph: I don't wanna die!

Guy in helicopter: Drop him!

(Bill gets thrown out of the helicopter)


...okay, I'm sure it's not exact. But pretty close.... ;D

[mom2jared]

OMG! I did the same thing with my tape recorder. I actually have an audio tape somewhere of the proposal and the wedding. I know, I was a hopelessly romantic in those days at 11 years of age. I thought I was the only one who recorded some of the episodes by tape recorder. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Your recollection of "Plaque" is pretty good. The following conversation of:

Ralph: Who cares?
Bill: You don't have it!
Ralph: Look, we're dying over here!
Bill: You don't know what it feels like!
Ralph: I don't wanna die!

Is when Ralph, Pam and Bill are driving in the car (I don't recall where they were going). I remember that scene because Pam was saying "Isn't Sixth Street coming up?" and then after Ralph says "I don't wanna die!" she says "Oh brother!"

Ilana

[BeastInTheBlack]

I used to set my tape recorder up to the television speaker every Wednesday night (and Friday night the following season) and tape the entire episode. I remember catching a lot of grief from my parents over this, but without a VCR what was a 7 year old die hard GAH fan to do?

[scenario]

DAMN!!!



I can't believe the teasers aren't there. That just blows. Guys this is worse then replacing some of the music. The 2nd and 3rd season teasers are A PART of the TV series. Hell, even those ABC made 1st season teasers are a part of the series, but I could live with them not including those. Not having the Cannell made 2nd and 3rd season teasers on the DVDs is criminal. It truly is unforgivable.



-scenario-

[Ms_Lilacs]

YAY!!! ;D

I just got my GAH Season 2 DVD today!!
Wow, I wasn't supposed to get it until tomorrow!
Ah, what a pleasant surprise!
Can't wait to get watching all them shows...hee hee...