June 4: 50th Ann. Set w/ “The Brady Brides”!

[Bachu]

I bet the songs prevented that getting a release. Shame as I would love to have that on dvd. I hope they change the box art to this set as it is awful. I also hope Amazon sell it as I am not sure Target ship to Great Britain. $69.99 isn't a bad price though for what we get though for me I'll be paying $69.99 for just two shows that I do not have.

[MA]

I'm sure that you can watch it on YouTube or something.

[Svenfan1234]

Originally Posted by MA

They should’ve included The Brady Bunch Variety Hour though.

CBS/Paramount does not own the rights to The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Sid & Marty Krofft Productions does, but not CBS/Paramount. That's why they're not releasing it.

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by Svenfan1234

CBS/Paramount does not own the rights to The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Sid & Marty Krofft Productions does, but not CBS/Paramount. That's why they're not releasing it.

That doesn't really make sense, either. It was a joint production between Paramount and Krofft, since Paramount presumably owns the rights to the characters. Nobody else can make a show with Marcia, Greg, Jan, Peter, etc. without Paramount's permission. Krofft is also very open to releasing their programs on DVDs. I don't know of any Krofft Saturday morning shows that haven't been released, some even a couple of different ways, like in sampler compilations with episodes of other Krofft shows or second editions. Unlike Paramount, they know that just sitting on shows (like Love, American Style after season 1) isn't going to make them one red cent.

[Svenfan1234]

Originally Posted by Screwy Wabbit

That doesn't really make sense, either. It was a joint production between Paramount and Krofft, since Paramount presumably owns the rights to the characters. Nobody else can make a show with Marcia, Greg, Jan, Peter, etc. without Paramount's permission. Krofft is also very open to releasing their programs on DVDs. I don't know of any Krofft Saturday morning shows that haven't been released, some even a couple of different ways, like in sampler compilations with episodes of other Krofft shows or second editions. Unlike Paramount, they know that just sitting on shows (like Love, American Style after season 1) isn't going to make them one red cent.

CBS/Paramount owns the rights to The Brady Bunch and the characters, while Sid and Marty Krofft owns the rights to the show itself. That's why it's not included in the DVD package.

[Bachu]

Rhino released two random episodes that were uncut as far as I know though, ad bumpers were missing. Rhino strikes me as a small company yet somehow they managed to clear all the songs. Because the show was on tape it is cheaper to clear music though of course there is still an expense. Perhaps The Variety Hour did not sell well which is why they did not release more???

https://www.rhino.com/

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by Svenfan1234

CBS/Paramount owns the rights to The Brady Bunch and the characters, while Sid and Marty Krofft owns the rights to the show itself. That's why it's not included in the DVD package.

Again, the show was not wholly owned by Krofft. Both IMDb and Wikipedia can tell you it was a joint production. Says so right in the end credits, "Produced in association with Paramount Television." If Paramount could only include stuff they alone produced, then how are they including The Brady Kids, which was another co-production, that time with Filmation?

[Svenfan1234]

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com...357672/page-16

Here's some insight into The Brady Bunch Hour and explaining why Sid and Marty Krofft Productions and not CBS/Paramount. Hope this helps.

[Screwy Wabbit]

What reason can you think of for the Kroffts to deny Paramount permission to include it in the set since obviously Paramount wouldn't have to pay anybody else for rights to the characters? Don't you think they'd want to make some money off it before the few fans of the show die off? Heck, they even allowed Rhino to release the complete run of Pink Lady and Jeff, arguably an even worse and more obscure show.

[Bachu]

It could be that Paramount/CBS have no interest in releasing Variety Hour which is a shame. Someone should cash in on releasing it.

They could do worse than release those two episodes from mannix featuring the Brady house.

https://www.metv.com/stories/mannix-...dy-bunch-house

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by Bachu

It could be that Paramount/CBS have no interest in releasing Variety Hour which is a shame. Someone should cash in on releasing it.

I agree with you that music issues are likely the stumbling block. Paramount is notoriously cheap in that respect, most notably in the way they butchered the Odd Couple episodes for DVD to avoid paying songwriters' royalties.

[1960'sTVfan]

I'll probably stay with the original DVD season sets from Paramount, no plans at this time to buy this new release. I'm not interested in the movies or follow-up series, just interested in the original series. Too bad the original series has only 117 episodes, that really isn't very many episodes for a five season show.

[Bachu]

I bought the dvds when they first came out and they had the lenticular cover. Would would make this set great is if they used the lenticular cover again so you can see all the actors/cartoon characters that portrayed the characters.

[Bachu]

Originally Posted by Bachu

'The Brady-est Collection: THE BRADY BUNCH: 50TH ANNIVERSARY TV & MOVIE COLLECTION
Pre-Order thru April 23rd - (Release date June 4th)
https://www.target.com/p/brady-bunch...…/-/A-54480698

The collection breakdown and special features is as follows:
“The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series”
Special Features: Commentary by Sherwood Schwartz in “The Honeymoon”; Commentary by Barry Williams, Christopher Knight and Susan Olsen in “A Camping We Will Go” and “The Hero”

“The Brady Kids: The Complete Animated Series”: All 22 episodes. Special Features: Episodic Promos

"The Brady Brides”: All 10 episodes

"A Very Brady Christmas"

"The Bradys”: All 6 hours

“The Brady Bunch,” “The Brady Kids: The Complete Animated Series,” “The Bradys,” “The Brady
Brides” and A Very Brady Christmas are presented in full screen format with English Mono audio
(“The Bradys” in English Stereo) and English SDH subtitles (excluding “The Brady Bunch”)
-----------------------------------------------
The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
The Brady Bunch in the White House
Growing Up Brady

The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel arrive in widescreen format with English 5.1 Dolby
Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital and French 2.0 Dolby Digital audio with English subtitles.
Additional Brady movies, including The Brady Bunch in the White House and Growing Up Brady,
are presented in full screen format with Dolby Digital and English Stereo audio.'

Looks like a repackage job. No new extras. No deleted scenes for the movies. No missing commentary for season 2 episodes that i read on this board that were recorded. The show and the fans deserve better.

This is what the season two review had to say about the missing commentaries.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/thebrad...dvdreview.html

'According to Barry Williams Official Website, he did episode commentaries with Susan Olsen and Christopher Knight for seasons 1-3. I don't understand why Paramount chose not to include them here. '

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Screwy Wabbit

What reason can you think of for the Kroffts to deny Paramount permission to include it in the set since obviously Paramount wouldn't have to pay anybody else for rights to the characters? Don't you think they'd want to make some money off it before the few fans of the show die off? Heck, they even allowed Rhino to release the complete run of Pink Lady and Jeff, arguably an even worse and more obscure show.

You'd think any business would want to make money, but sometimes there's some stubbornness in people who make the decisions. An off topic example: ABKCO Records sat on the Cameo/Parkway catalog of recordings (Chuuby Checker, Bobby Rydell, the Dovells, the Orlons) in the neighborhood of thirty years, before finally releasing a CD set in 2005. (How much more money could they have made if they had released a CD set in the 90s, when so many more fans of 60s music were still alive?) A TV example where there was money to be made, and release was delayed, probably due to fighting over money: Batman.