www.tvshowsondvd.com has a news item on their site today (Oct. 9) saying that while a release date and other information has not been released, MPI did say that a second collection of the color shows will be released on DVD at an upcoming date. Maybe this time they will release more than 9 shows in the set, maybe the short skits that have not been shown, who knows! Just wanted to pass along what I saw!

This is great news. It's been a long time since the last set was released. Even though this isn't as good as the original episodes I'll still be picking up this set b/c I've never seen these episodes and I thought that the ones on Collection 1 were decent. Hopefully it will include about 15 or so episodes this time around.

Well, I'm happy with this news. I honestly thought they were abandoning the series as so many companies have done with classic shows if they don't reach sales expectations. IIRC, they'll be resuming with "Run, Santa, Run." I had suggested to MPI that they could have a stand alone Christmas release with this installment and the Poor Soul Christmas from 1966, though the music rights to that one could be tricky. If the second volume has the next nine shows, it would cover through "Sees All, Knows All" and the end of the 1966-67 season.

They're really taking their time with these releases though...if they continue with this one release a year routine, it'll be 2010 before they get all the color shows out there...and who knows what's happening with the Lost Episodes at this point...
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I Know it IS taking a long time. They have been very speedy with most of their other shows. Didn't MPI say that they were going to rerelease the lost episodes? It would be nice if they added more episodes per disc, put them in airdate order, gave them some nicer packaging, and lower the prices. I hope that they do decide to put them out again because the first versions are a bit sloppy in presentation and organization.