This is a long shot but does anybody know how to get in touch with
tvcollector101 on sell.com? is that seller/trader perhaps on this forum?

Said seller got 2 series on their list I want but for some reason, the seller doesn't see the message I sent them.

Help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

What series were they,someone here might have them.

I most likely have it =)

It's "Half Nelson" from a request thread I started a few weeks back + that Bill Murray Golf series on Comedy Central "The Sweet Spot". That seller seem to be the only person on Earth who has both. :)

Hi,
I've ordered from "tvcollector101" quite frequently in past over the years, from when
he was on Ioffer as "avant-garde 101" and he's proven quite reliable. The current
crisis we are all facing (pandemic) has affected everyone and I'm sure he's no
exception. I last ordered from him a month or two ago; he sent me episodes
of the 1977 World War II sitcom Operation Petticoat. He's still active in the
collectors market as far as I know. He's had health problems in past though.
If you sent him a message, he'll respond eventually. It just takes time.
I'm afraid we've all got our hands full with this present real-world situation.
As much as I hate to say it, TV shows and DVD's aren't considered a priority
at the moment under the circumstances. "Real-life" once again rears its ugly head.
Hope this helps you in some way. Black Sheep One :)

Hi,
I've ordered from "tvcollector101" quite frequently in past over the years, from when
he was on Ioffer as "avant-garde 101" and he's proven quite reliable. The current
crisis we are all facing (pandemic) has affected everyone and I'm sure he's no
exception. I last ordered from him a month or two ago; he sent me episodes
of the 1977 World War II sitcom Operation Petticoat. He's still active in the
collectors market as far as I know. He's had health problems in past though.
If you sent him a message, he'll respond eventually. It just takes time.
I'm afraid we've all got our hands full with this present real-world situation.
As much as I hate to say it, TV shows and DVD's aren't considered a priority
at the moment under the circumstances. "Real-life" once again rears its ugly head.
Hope this helps you in some way. Black Sheep One :)


I've had the "unread by seller" tag on the message i sent to him on sell since April 15th. If you say he's still active that's good to know.

I totally get this Pandemic business we're all in. While yes DVDs are not a priority (although look where we are right now ;)), it's still a business he's running (such as it is) and in these hard economic times, you would think he would be happy to make any kind of sales but hey! i'm no businessman what do i know. :happyface

Ahhhhh I was just psyched to find these 2 series he had on his list and would've been nice to get them and watch them to pass the time. Hopefully,
even though i see that his Last Login was today on Sell, he'll get to me eventually.

Thanks for the message Black Sheep One. Much appreciated. :)

P.S.: If you directly wanna get me in touch with him I wouldn't turn it down. :p

Hi,
I found tvcollector101's TV listings on sell.com and found some shows on his lists that I'm interested in ordering, so I have sent him a message there and by E-mail. Waiting to hear back from him.

I do have his E-mail address and his responses are occasional. Sometimes he takes a while to reply. Unfortunately, I can't give his personal E-mail address without his permission so please understand why in advance.

I'll tell you what I can do though....if I hear from him, I'll be sure and definitely let you know. The shows in question he has are extremely rare from the 70's and 80's (1 season each, all cancelled) and I can't find them anywhere else. It's the best I'll able to do at the moment. His last log in at sell.com says it was "today" and his latest listings were posted 2 weeks ago so that confirms he is still active there and in general.

Thanks. Just fyi.
Black Sheep One :)

Hi,
Unfortunately, I can't give his personal E-mail address without his permission so please understand why in advance.

I'll tell you what I can do though....if I hear from him, I'll be sure and definitely let you know. It's the best I'll able to do at the moment. His last log in at sell.com says it was "today" and his latest listings were posted 2 weeks ago so that confirms he is still active there and in general.
Black Sheep One :)

That would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I do advanced search here on TP which tells me who might have a series i am seeking. then i dig through posts and so forth. OP Pett from 77 i have complete with movie. i got a missing eps maybe 4 years back. TV101 i seem to remember for some reason. NOthing bad.

I do advanced search here on TP which tells me who might have a series i am seeking. then i dig through posts and so forth. OP Pett from 77 i have complete with movie. i got a missing eps maybe 4 years back. TV101 i seem to remember for some reason. NOthing bad.

Hi, thanks for your reply to my post. Actually I just got the episodes of Operation Petticoat I was missing (took several different sets to do it too)
most recently Part 2 of the 2-part episode Yeoman Hunkle, Yeoman Hunkle which none of the sets I acquired even had. Apparently those who recorded
the show were unaware there was a Part 2, even though at the end of Part 1
it said "To Be Continued". But at least now I have it; two collectors I got in
contact with did have it, but from TV Land airings (90's). So now I have all
32 episodes and the pilot movie Life In The Pink besides the original classic
1959 movie the series was loosely based on. I seem to recall that when the
show was on network TV in 1977, the original title of the pilot movie was
indeed Operation Petticoat. Then for syndication due to some unknown
reason it was changed to Life In The Pink, I guess so it wouldn't be confused with the original movie; and as someone previously pointed out, Life In The Pink was practically a remake of the original film (my favorite part in the latter was after the torpedo was inadvertently fired by Lt. Crandall and it
hit the truck instead of the ship Cary Grant was writing in his journal and
said, "Sighted tanker....Sank truck!" I think in the series John Astin after
the torpedo hit the truck said, "We sank a truck!" like Cary did in the film.
lol...) At any rate, since all the episodes in the sets were mixed up/out
of sequence, I am remastering them (Season 2 included, I have all 10;
I prefer Season 1 of the two) to put them back in their original broadcast
sequence.

On another subject, I am interested in numerous rare old classic TV shows
(1 to 3 seasons) many of which I have listed in previous posts on this forum
that I am looking for. If by chance you might have one or some of them,
please let me know by PM. I have recently been informed by another
member who I won't name that I've been flooding the forum with my
requests so I won't be posting any more of those since it appears to be
inconvenient. A lot of these shows most people have never even heard of, much less seen, but some do.

And on the topic of "tvcollector101" I have ordered DVD's from him many
times over the years including from when he was on ioffer under the user name "avant-garde101" and he has proven quite reliable, also having
shows that nobody else even remotely had. For instance, thanks to him
I found the pilot episode for The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1965-66)
"Shakedown" (from mid-80's CBN airing) and complete versions of
episodes 2-4; nobody else I know of had the former item at all.
I also got the Operation Petticoat pilot movie Life In The Pink from him.

Thanks again. Black Sheep One :)

Hi, thanks for your reply to my post. Actually I just got the episodes of Operation Petticoat I was missing (took several different sets to do it too)
most recently Part 2 of the 2-part episode Yeoman Hunkle, Yeoman Hunkle which none of the sets I acquired even had. Apparently those who recorded
the show were unaware there was a Part 2, even though at the end of Part 1
it said "To Be Continued". But at least now I have it; two collectors I got in
contact with did have it, but from TV Land airings (90's). So now I have all
32 episodes and the pilot movie Life In The Pink besides the original classic
1959 movie the series was loosely based on. I seem to recall that when the
show was on network TV in 1977, the original title of the pilot movie was
indeed Operation Petticoat. Then for syndication due to some unknown
reason it was changed to Life In The Pink, I guess so it wouldn't be confused with the original movie; and as someone previously pointed out, Life In The Pink was practically a remake of the original film (my favorite part in the latter was after the torpedo was inadvertently fired by Lt. Crandall and it
hit the truck instead of the ship Cary Grant was writing in his journal and
said, "Sighted tanker....Sank truck!" I think in the series John Astin after
the torpedo hit the truck said, "We sank a truck!" like Cary did in the film.
lol...) At any rate, since all the episodes in the sets were mixed up/out
of sequence, I am remastering them (Season 2 included, I have all 10;
I prefer Season 1 of the two) to put them back in their original broadcast
sequence.

On another subject, I am interested in numerous rare old classic TV shows
(1 to 3 seasons) many of which I have listed in previous posts on this forum
that I am looking for. If by chance you might have one or some of them,
please let me know by PM. I have recently been informed by another
member who I won't name that I've been flooding the forum with my
requests so I won't be posting any more of those since it appears to be
inconvenient. A lot of these shows most people have never even heard of, much less seen, but some do.

And on the topic of "tvcollector101" I have ordered DVD's from him many
times over the years including from when he was on ioffer under the user name "avant-garde101" and he has proven quite reliable, also having
shows that nobody else even remotely had. For instance, thanks to him
I found the pilot episode for The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1965-66)
"Shakedown" (from mid-80's CBN airing) and complete versions of
episodes 2-4; nobody else I know of had the former item at all.
I also got the Operation Petticoat pilot movie Life In The Pink from him.

Thanks again. Black Sheep One :)

TVCollector101 actually contacted me recently on here because posted a want ad that I was looking for original ABC broadcasts of Going Places with commercials and that all I had was a May 31, 1991 rerun airing of the first episode when the show was re-tooled.

You'll be happy to know I got in touch with him aswell and both series I wanted are mere days away from being in my hands.

So all is well in my world. :)

You'll be happy to know I got in touch with him aswell and both series I wanted are mere days away from being in my hands.

So all is well in my world. :)
Hi guys,
Glad to hear all is well with you and tvcollector101. I definitely have no complaints.
Thanks to him so far, he has found at least two rare shows that I had been looking for that were aired on network TV back in the early 80's, among many too numerous to mention. They were Small & Frye (1983) starring the late Darren McGavin (best known for Kolchak-The Night Stalker), a Disney sitcom that aired on CBS-TV briefly (a whole 6 episodes, he located episodes 1-3; still missing 4-6 though) and the 1983 Glen Larson produced medical drama series Trauma Center, which had a crossover episode with Lee Majors' The Fall Guy (Trauma, Season 3). On the set of Trauma Center, it included the Fall Guy episode (network TV airing surprisingly) and 11 of the 13 episodes (10 aired on the network, the last 3 were unaired) with episodes 2 and 3 from film prints besides the network TV airings (still missing episodes 11 and 12). Neither show had been available anywhere otherwise in the collectors market, but he sure had them when nobody else did. He's come through for me on more than one occasion. Highly recommended.... Just fyi.

Black Sheep One. :)