https://www.wbshop.com/products/step-by-step-the-complete-first-season-mod

I just got an email from Warner Archive about their June releases. This should please a lot of people.

Yes! Yes! Am I dreaming?!?!

This is one show that can now be checked off my grail list!

How exciting! Has anyone preordered yet?

This is awesome! Hoping for the completion of Alice and Perfect Strangers also!

Wow, I never thought it would happen! Did anyone ever explain the massive delay?

(And they were too cheap to give Brendan and Mark their own boxes on the DVD cover! Even the Bradys got one box to themselves! And where are Rhea and Patrika?!)

Wow, I never thought it would happen! Did anyone ever explain the massive delay?

(And they were too cheap to give Brendan and Mark their own boxes on the DVD cover! Even the Bradys got one box to themselves! And where are Rhea and Patrika?!)
The cover is almost identical to the "Television Favorites" 6-episode set that was released in 2006.

https://s31.postimg.cc/3pioy9tnf/IMG_3188.jpg

Hoping for the completion of Alice and Perfect Strangers also!

Me too! I just wish some of these could've been released earlier and not all at one time when I'm strapped for money.

Warner Archive is EXPENSIVE....but worth it.

Also still hoping for seasons 2-5 of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper".

Here's a list of the music used in season 1. Maybe it'll all make it onto the DVD. Warner Archive is pretty good about acquiring rights.

Episode #2 - "The Dance"
"The Urkel Dance" performed by Jaleel White

Episode #4 - "First Anniversary"
"Hot Hot Hot" (lyrics) performed by Carol

Episode #7 - "Yo-Yo's Wedding"
"Wedding March"

Episode #8 - "Just for Kicks"
"The Name Game" (lyrics) performed by Carol

Episode #10 - "Mixed Messages"
"Midnight Man" by (I can't identify the artist)

Episode #13 - "Getting Organized"
"Marines' Hymn" (lyrics) performed by Frank

Episode #14 - "Home Alone"
"(I Got You) I Feel Good" (lyrics) performed by Frank

Episode #15 - "Drive, He Said"
(3 country songs are played in Frank's truck that I can't identify)
"When a Man Loves a Woman" (lyrics) performed by Dana

Episode #17 - "The Boys in the Band"
(A song performed by Al's band that I can't identify)
"Sugar, Sugar" (lyrics) performed by Carol
(A song performed by Cody that I can't identify)
"Good Lovin'" performed by Carol

Episode #19 - "Country Club"
"Twist and Shout" (lyrics) performed by Cody

Episode #22 - "Beauty Contest"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" performed by Carol & Karen

Preordered my copy!

This is great news! On my way to order this and Season 4 of Perfect Strangers.

Even though I own a pretty decent complete set recorded from The Hub, I'm still really looking forward to this release. One of my grail shows!

Hi all.

Do Warners MOD ship overseas?

Do the first pressings get actual proper disks or are they all dvdrs?

Sure I read that some places release the first so many units on proper disks.

Would be great to see this out on disk. Shame that someone like Shout are not releasing a complete series set the way they did with Maude or the way VCI did with Sister Sister.

Hi all.

Do Warners MOD ship overseas?

Do the first pressings get actual proper disks or are they all dvdrs?

Sure I read that some places release the first so many units on proper disks.

Would be great to see this out on disk. Shame that someone like Shout are not releasing a complete series set the way they did with Maude or the way VCI did with Sister Sister.

Not sure about your other questions but previous sets I've ordered (within the first few weeks of release date) from them have been on pressed DVDs.

Not sure about your other questions but previous sets I've ordered (within the first few weeks of release date) from them have been on pressed DVDs.

Thank you for your reply.

Wow, I've been waiting for this announcement for some time. It was my favorite TGIF show. Definitely will be picking this up. I'm worried that Hulu is gonna pull it off anytime now.

Yes! Yes! Am I dreaming?!?!

This is one show that can now be checked off my grail list!
Yes, you are. This isn't real. And I bet this isn't the first time you've dreamt that. Wake up and face reality. LOL!

One question. When will season 2 come out to DVD? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

I hope the rest of the show doesn't take forever to be released. It being on DVD is long over due.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

I hope the rest of the show doesn't take forever to be released. It being on DVD is long over due.

God bless you always!!!

Holly
I hope it doesn't take too long, also.

But I am glad that Warner Archive is the one releasing this show. They are really good with getting ALL music cleared for DVDs. I wish they had been the one to release "Mama's Family" instead of Time Life.

Who's preordered this?

Got shipment confirmation today from Warner Archive!!!

Who's preordered this?

I did! Mine hasn't shipped out yet.

Hope someone posts a pic of DVD menu, I'm curious to see it.

Hope someone posts a pic of DVD menu, I'm curious to see it.
I will once I get my copy if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Did anybody get theirs yet?

So far I've watched the first 2 discs and my only complaint is the sound seems low on a few episodes...no big deal. Picture is really good!

So thankful to finally own season 1!!

https://s8.postimg.cc/vblkrroo5/IMG_3294.jpg
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Looks to me that this set is unedited. All the original music is intact and the runtimes are pretty accurate.

So far I've watched the first 2 discs and my only complaint is the sound seems low on a few episodes...no big deal. Picture is really good!

So thankful to finally own season 1!!

https://s8.postimg.cc/vblkrroo5/IMG_3294.jpg
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https://s8.postimg.cc/4qj1wd6x1/IMG_3297.jpg
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Thanks for posting Trent! Can't wait to get my copy!

Awesome! I'm guessing the menus are silent like most MOD sets?

Awesome! I'm guessing the menus are silent like most MOD sets?

Yes. Silent. I actually prefer silent menus.

Noticed that the pilot episode seems to be washed out but the following episode is better in picture quality and color. Also it has the boxes on the side while Perfect Strangers didn't get that treatment but yet has a great picture quality.

Anyone notice the extreme zoom in on "Pulling Together" between 9:40-10:04? It's the scene with Frank & JT.

Here are screenshots taken at about the same time to compare. The Hub airing looks normal but the DVD is zoomed in so much it's really pixelated.

https://s22.postimg.cc/4w2pqdxq9/IMG_3484.jpg
https://s22.postimg.cc/kubfgjf3l/IMG_3485.jpg

So, has there been any talk yet about the second season being put out there? I finished up the first one yesterday and so I am ready for the next one.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

So, has there been any talk yet about the second season being put out there? I finished up the first one yesterday and so I am ready for the next one.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

I'm also ready for season 2! I'm really strapped for money right now but I'd try to be able to buy this series.

The other day i compared the first episode of season one on the Fan Favorites disk to the first episode on the season set. Despite being pillarboxed the picture quality is a lot sharper. An odd thing I noticed though is that when taking a couple of screengrabs of the opening credits to compare the quality side by side I noticed that the lettering was in slightly places. Strange.

Started season one last night. Watching in production order as per the numbers given on Wikipedia. A little more forced than I remember it to be but it is early days yet.

Considering there were 10 characters in the cast, why did they decide to add Cody?

^^^ Why so many characters are written in at all for any show is anyone's guess. Of course, when anyone is written out, its because of either money issues or not enough popularity compared to the rest of the cast.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

And for a show that would be conmpared to The Brady Bunch, why call the mother Carol? ;)

Something else I have always wondered is why the opening credits were about 2 minutes long. I wonder if it was so when the show went into syndication that they could trim the credits down rather than take scenes out?

And you know what I have just noticed; in the opening credits where the cast walk towards the camera as the logo appears on screen, the sister is not in that shot though the mother is.

^^^ Some people for whatever reason just happen to be missing I guess. I recently pointed out in another chat here that Al is missing from the birthday cake scene when the family gathers for Carol's special day in season six.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Some random observations.

The kitchen cabinets were a darker blue in the pilot but are liighter from the next episode.
The lobby area at the front door has gone.

Blooper - in the Urkle episode, watch at 11m15s as Mark and Urckle go upstairs on the top left of the screen and you will see Urkle fall over half way up the stairs.

The picture quality is mostly quite good but in some shots it is very soft and fuzzy. It reminded me of The Brady Bunch dvds were they have used poor quality shots and scenes for bits that were cut for syndication. Part of me truely wonders if these episodes are remastered and as I believe the show was recorded on film and edited on tape that they had to find the original negatives to piece the episodes back together to scan them in HD. Perhaps all the negatives could not be found. With that said, it also seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a show like this. I mean, is it still a big enough show to go to that kind of trouble for as that process is expensive. That is what they did for the Star Trek The Next Generation episodes though with that they had the added expense of new effects.

I am about 5 episodes into this now.

Dana, J.T. and All get the most screentime of the kids. Almost everything Karen says and does relates to her appearance.

The mother and sister hardly get anything to do.

I have now finished the first disk. Though the characters lack depth, I am enjoying the show. So much so that after watching one episode I find myself draw to watching another.

The camping episode was fun enough. The Brady Bunch did the same episode. The girls didn't want go there and here the Fosters don't want to go. There was a gag in The Brady Bunch where Alice stuck her foot in a bucket of water. Here Carol does it. And I wonder what movie that car sinking in the water came from?

The episode with the fight at Jacks was good even if a little OTT but then this is a sitcom and not one based on natural performances on the whole. There was a quite sweet with Dana and Frank at the end.

The kid playing Brendan is quite good. He is generally very natural in his performance and doesn't just come across as spouting lines from a script. All on the other hand is a little more forced and playing more to the audience as is Karen.

Finding it hard to take a break from this show. It is just fun.

Bully for Mark finally gives Mark something to do. He must be the most underused kid on the show so far. In terms of getting stuff to do I would say Dana and JT are tied for first place followed by Al, then Karen and Brendan and finally Mark. The mother and sister place last with the sister getting more to do.

Cody isn't in it as much as I thought he would be.

The school in the Bully episode is Dixie Canyon Avenue School which was also used in The Brady Bunch.

https://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2010/03/brady-bunch_02.html

http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2009/08/11/the-step-by-step-house/

https://moviemaps.org/locations/1yb

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@34.100913,-118.142452,289.83h,-6.39p,1z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2GF_L4kBlo

I have now finished season one. I am shocked that I have watched it in just about a week!

Overall, an enjoyable show with likeable characters. I hope over the following 6 seasons they expand on the lesser used characters. It would be nice for Karen to get some laughs that do not come almost entirely based on fashion and the way people look. At least the Beauty Contest gave her a bit more to do.

In He Wanted Wings we learned that Franks first wife left him a couple of years before he met Carol when she went to Vegas to become a lounge singer.

^^^ That may be the only time that we really hear about Frank's first wife.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. The only other time, if she is mentioned, is when Frank learns about Carol having herself a separate bank account still. Carol learns in that same episode that Frank never did get rid of his little black book. Because I myself am no stranger to divorce, my heart most definitely goes out to them during that episode.

I have now finished season one. I am shocked that I have watched it in just about a week!

Overall, an enjoyable show with likeable characters. I hope over the following 6 seasons they expand on the lesser used characters. It would be nice for Karen to get some laughs that do not come almost entirely based on fashion and the way people look. At least the Beauty Contest gave her a bit more to do.

In He Wanted Wings we learned that Franks first wife left him a couple of years before he met Carol when she went to Vegas to become a lounge singer.

Karen and Mark definitely get used more as the show goes on (til the final season for Mark)

The cover is almost identical to the "Television Favorites" 6-episode set that was released in 2006.

https://s31.postimg.cc/3pioy9tnf/IMG_3188.jpg

I have that Television Favorites release. Was kind of happy to finally have it somewhat on DVD, but the later episodes they chose was sort of a mixed bag.

I have been watching Grace Under Fire over the last few months. An excellent and underrated show IMO. Carols mother was played by Peggy Rea in the first season of SbS. It is a shame they gave her so little to do as she is a great actress and great in GUF.