Finally it's coming!!!! I can't wait!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mary-Hartman-Mary-Hartman-The-Complete-Series/18907

Who would have ever thought??!! :cool:

Cover art has been posted on amazon for the complete series!

I'm surprised more people haven't flocked to the boards to discuss this getting released.

Cover art has been posted on amazon for the complete series!

I'm surprised more people haven't flocked to the boards to discuss this getting released.
Well it hasn't aired anywhere in over a decade and most people tend to forget. I have already dug out my old 2007 Vol1 DVDs to get 'reacquainted' with MHMH. This was a real surprise! After the Mama, Dobie, Mod Squad complete series sets this year, MHMH is the topper!

This is good news, but I'll wait to get a little more information first before I dive in and place an order. My main concern is whether or not the episodes are the complete, uncut versions. When Sony put out the first 25 episodes a few years back, I believe edited episodes were put on the DVD's. It would be great if this package contained both Mary Hartman and Forever Fernwood totally complete and uncut, but that's probably not what it's going to be. It doesn't sound like Forever Fernwood is included in this release. If this release will include all 325 Mary Hartman episodes complete and uncut, I'll purchase it.

The run time listed for this release is 8100 minutes, that would be about right for a total of 325 episodes. But I'll just wait until after this gets released, read a few reviews and consumer comments first before I place an order.

Just wondering how many people plan on picking this up. I've had my copy preordered since day one.

I might get it eventually. I can't afford to buy another box set right now, . I still haven't got Dobie Gillis. I did buy Mama's Family:The Complete Series, plus recently The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction and Alice. But MHMH is going to have to wait.

I'm interested in getting the dvd's loved the show.

Early comments I have read about this set have been favorable, sounds like the episodes are uncut, so I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering this. Shout Factory is sending this out now to people who order it from their website, but I'm not ordering it from them, I'll purchase from another source that offers it at a lower price. I'll probably order mine the day before the release date, it's only about a month away now, something to look forward to in December.

Early comments I have read about this set have been favorable, sounds like the episodes are uncut, so I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering this. Shout Factory is sending this out now to people who order it from their website, but I'm not ordering it from them, I'll purchase from another source that offers it at a lower price. I'll probably order mine the day before the release date, it's only about a month away now, something to look forward to in December.
I preordered mine from amazon when it was $174.97. That's pretty low considering what the price is now.

I preordered mine from amazon when it was $174.97. That's pretty low considering what the price is now.

Deep Discount has it for $126.87. The sale is supposed to end on Nov. 18, so I decided to just go ahead and order it now, couldn't pass up that great price.

Deep Discount has it for $126.87. The sale is supposed to end on Nov. 18, so I decided to just go ahead and order it now, couldn't pass up that great price.
Thanks for the heads up! I just canceled my Amazon preorder and placed an order with Deep Discount. I just saved $40---that's enough to buy another season set....hmmm which one do I get...so many to choose from?!?!

Thanks for the heads up! I just canceled my Amazon preorder and placed an order with Deep Discount. I just saved $40---that's enough to buy another season set....hmmm which one do I get...so many to choose from?!?!

You're welcome, glad to be of assistance. There aren't many TV show DVD's I want to buy anymore, most of the shows I want have already been released on DVD. Other than the Mary Hartman set, I plan to order the 5th season of Hazel when it comes out, but that's it for now. I would buy the 3rd season of Flying Nun if it ever gets released. If the last 3 seasons of Green Acres were released, I'd probably buy those too.

The absolute holy grail of holy grails for me, would be if the 1968-69 TV show "That's Life" would come out on DVD. That was the series with Robert Morse and EJ Peaker, a TV series about a young newlywed couple starting life together. It was a musical/comedy series, several musical numbers were performed in each episode, it was sort of like seeing a broadway play acted out live on TV. A really excellent show, classy and well done. I doubt it will get released on DVD, but I have fingers crossed and keep hoping.

You're welcome, glad to be of assistance. There aren't many TV show DVD's I want to buy anymore, most of the shows I want have already been released on DVD. Other than the Mary Hartman set, I plan to order the 5th season of Hazel when it comes out, but that's it for now. I would buy the 3rd season of Flying Nun if it ever gets released. If the last 3 seasons of Green Acres were released, I'd probably buy those too.

In addition to season 5 of "Hazel", season 3 of "The Flying Nun", and the last 3 seasons of "Green Acres" there are a LOT more TV shows on DVD that I want. Look at my signature for my top 10 wants...and that's not all.

In addition to season 5 of "Hazel", season 3 of "The Flying Nun", and the last 3 seasons of "Green Acres" there are a LOT more TV shows on DVD that I want. Look at my signature for my top 10 wants...and that's not all.

Now that Mary Hartman complete series is being released on DVD, I hope Forever Fernwood complete series will be released as well. I'm not interested in Fernwood 2 Nite or America 2 Nite, but definitely would like to have Forever Fernwood. It would be a great companion series to go along with Mary Hartman.

Oh, WOW! This is amazing news!!!

I just may pick it up.

Why does the episode guide at www.epguides.com/maryhartmanmaryhartman only list 307 episodes but every other guide lists 325?

Well, it is now known that at least two episodes on this Mary Hartman set are edited with scenes cut or missing. I'm waiting to find out if more episodes are cut. I figured it was too good to be true to have all these episodes uncut, this editing with TV show episodes on DVD needs to stop, it is usually because of music rights which is absolutely ridiculous and a bunch of legal nonsense. I'm glad I ordered this from Deep Discount when they had the low price of $126.87. A flawed DVD set like this is not worth any more than that. I should have my DVD's soon after the 1st of December, at which time I'll start watching the episodes. At least I know now ahead of time that the set is imperfect with some edited episodes.

How do you know two episodes are edited?

How do you know two episodes are edited?

Someone posted the information on Amazon. The poster said that the 1st season seems uncut, but so far has found two edited episodes in season 2.

Another thing about Mary Hartman, although the show originally aired in syndication, I still thought the episodes ran about 25 minutes in length. But this doesn't seem to be the case, uncut episodes are said to be about 22 1/2 minutes in length. I'm skeptical about this, I watched this show on TV when it originally aired, and unless I'm mistaken, I recall the episodes were about 25 minutes in length. After I get the DVD's and start watching, I should be able to tell if there are edits in these 22 1/2 minute versions. If that turns out to be the case, then all the episodes are edited versions.

UPDATE: Until I receive the DVD's, I've been watching a few episodes on you tube, episodes 1 to 25 are posted there. The episodes are pretty much like I remember them, nothing seems to be missing, so maybe the 22 1/2 minute run time for uncut episodes is correct. Out of 325 episodes, if it turns out that just 2 are edited, I suppose that isn't too bad. Of course, perfection would be preferred, no edited episodes at all, but that seems too much to expect in this modern age of TV shows on DVD.

I ordered my set from Deep Discount, I hope they're as quick with shipping as amazon. I preordered it on 11/15 and so far they haven't taken it out of my account.

I ordered my set from Deep Discount, I hope they're as quick with shipping as amazon. I preordered it on 11/15 and so far they haven't taken it out of my account.

My order from Deep Discount has been shipped. According to current tracking info, I should probably have the package in a day or two. This is a large DVD set with 38 discs. I hope everything will be good with the discs when I receive them. There is a chance some discs will be loose and sliding around inside the case, a chance some discs will be scratched and damaged, a chance some discs will be faulty and won't play, also a chance a disc or two could be missing. That's what I don't like about ordering big DVD sets like this. But hopefully everything will be OK.

My order still says "processing" like it has said since I placed the order. I hope it ships soon, I can't wait to watch this!

UPDATE: I just received a shipment confirmation email! I should get it in a few days!

Received my DVD set today. Everything is good with it, no missing discs, no loose discs sliding around inside the cases. So I'm glad for that. The set is packaged exactly like the Leave It To Beaver complete series that came out a few years ago. Nicely put together.

The series itself is on 36 DVD's, 9 episodes each disc except the 1st disc which has 10 episodes. Discs 37 and 38 are the bonus discs with the extra features and episodes of Fernwood 2 Nite. There is also a nice booklet with episode descriptions and information about the series. I will have to take time this weekend and start watching some episodes.

I'm not interested in Fernwood 2 Nite/America 2 Nite, but I sure hope they will follow up this Mary Hartman release with the complete series release of Forever Fernwood. That series needs to be released as well.

How many cases are there? Are they broken down by season?

How many cases are there? Are they broken down by season?

As with the Leave It To Beaver set, there are 6 cases, 6 discs per case for a total of 36 discs. The two bonus discs are stored seperately inside a slim case. No breakdown by season as far as I can tell, the episodes are simply numbered consecutively from 1 to 325.

1st case: Episodes 1-55
2nd case: Episodes 56-109
3rd case: Episodes 110-163
4th case: Episodes 164-217
5th case: Episodes 218-271
6th case: Episodes 272-325

As with the Leave It To Beaver set, there are 6 cases, 6 discs per case for a total of 36 discs. The two bonus discs are stored seperately inside a slim case. No breakdown by season as far as I can tell, the episodes are simply numbered consecutively from 1 to 325.

1st case: Episodes 1-55
2nd case: Episodes 56-109
3rd case: Episodes 110-163
4th case: Episodes 164-217
5th case: Episodes 218-271
6th case: Episodes 272-325
Thanks for the info!!

MHMH is listed as 2 seasons. So I guess it doesn't matter how the episodes are split.

Just wanted to add some info on this series and DVD release-- I've not found much info on the internet so far, so it's nice to other folks excited over this release. I'm new to the forums here, but I ordered my set direct from Shout! Factory early, which meant I got mine a month ago and have already devoured the entire series.

To clarify on the episode count, there are truly two seasons of MH2. Season 1 ran 26 weeks (1/5/76 to 7/2/76, 130 episodes), then there was a summer of reruns. These reruns were not the original shows, but newly edited versions condensing the original 26 weeks down to 13. I'm thinking it's some of these reedited episodes which erroneously made their way onto the 2007 Sony DVDs of the first 25 shows.

The second season ran 39 weeks (10/4/76 to 6/24/77, 195 episodes). When the show returned, it was without Lasser, and was retitled "Forever Fernwood". It ran 26 weeks before being cancelled. I would like to see these be released as well, but I can understand why there weren't included in this already gigantic set.

I did notice a couple of significantly shorter episodes in the second season, but I don't know if we can automatically conclude these are rerun versions. It's possible-- though I'm really just speculating-- that there were preview clips at the end of these shows which got lost somehow. Many, many episodes have previews at the end to pad out the running time, and they're pretty useless to a modern viewer watching on DVD. Personally, I always skipped the previews because, though it's a 40 year old show, I've never seen the series beyond the first 25 episodes and didn't want the spoilers. So if that's all that was missing (again, speculation), it's not a big deal. It's also only 2 episodes out of 325.

So I'd say this set is as close to perfect as any reasonable person could expect. Shout! Factory did an amazing job, on a series I never thought would be released in full. The booklet has a nice essay by Norman Lear, and a complete episode guide that avoids spoilers. Despite the volume of discs, it's a very compact set that stores the discs very safely. And the two bonus documentaries are excellent-- one is a general overview of the show with Lasser, Mary Kay Place and Norman Lear interviews. But the one that focuses on the "nervous breakdown" episode has a moment in the interview with Louise Lasser that's so touching, I teared up.

I'm in love with this show now.

My order from Deep Discount has been shipped. According to current tracking info, I should probably have the package in a day or two. This is a large DVD set with 38 discs. I hope everything will be good with the discs when I receive them. There is a chance some discs will be loose and sliding around inside the case, a chance some discs will be scratched and damaged, a chance some discs will be faulty and won't play, also a chance a disc or two could be missing. That's what I don't like about ordering big DVD sets like this. But hopefully everything will be OK.
I don't think you need to worry about the packaging-- separate jewel cases with 6 discs each, totally safe storage and very compact. I ordered mine direct from Shout! Factory, so I've had it a month already and have watched every show on every disc, with no problems at all.

(and yes, I clearly have no life to have gone through 325 episodes in a month!)

If this Mary Hartman set ends up being a big seller, then I see no reason why Shout Factory wouldn't want to release Forever Fernwood. There are 130 episodes, they could release it as a 13 disc set, 10 episodes each disc.

I started watching the Mary Hartman DVD's, I'm just a few episodes in but enjoying everything so far. Much of it looks familiar as I watched the series in 1976-77 when it originally aired. It was on Monday thru Friday at 10 PM in my area. Just too bad about the two edited episodes, but nothing we can do about that. Some episodes contain teasers for the next episode, some episodes don't have the teasers. The closing credits on some episodes are very brief, I don't remember if the closing credits were this brief during the original telecasts, perhaps the closing credits have been tampered with, I don't know for sure.

Some episodes contain teasers for the next episode, some episodes don't have the teasers. The closing credits on some episodes are very brief, I don't remember if the closing credits were this brief during the original telecasts, perhaps the closing credits have been tampered with, I don't know for sure.

I've noticed that the length of the closing credits varies considerably from episode to episode-- sometimes as short as 15 seconds, sometimes a couple of minutes. I don't think they were tampered with-- I'm sure that like the previews, this was just a way for the original producers them to standardize the episode length. Other than the two shorter episodes already noted (#174 and 204), all episodes in the DVD set are close to 22:30, which is the correct running time.

The closing credits are a bit frustrating for me because I'm trying to document the cast members for my blog and I can't use the imdb (it has only very partial info, and only on the first 30 episodes or so). Sometimes guest actors are credited at the end of episodes they're in, often not. But if you look at the credits of enough episodes with a particular actor in it, eventually you'll see the name pop up in the credits.