The Ropers on DVD? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

ontheroof · 08-27-2004, 12:34 PM

Encouraging news about this can be found here. Just click on the link for Three's Company and scroll down a bit for info on The Ropers.

Hitman Brent · 02-17-2005, 02:04 AM

In regards to whether Three's A Crowd (or The Ropers for that matter) will ever be released on DVD, I have every episode of both series if anybody is interested in obtaining copies on either VHS or DVD. If so, I can be reached at hitman-brent@shaw.ca

Hitman Brent

Ron Ron · 10-25-2009, 06:27 PM

Three's Company has been completed on DVD so why didnt they start releasing The Ropers on DVD??

Big3sCompanyFan · 01-03-2010, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Ron

Three's Company has been completed on DVD so why didnt they start releasing The Ropers on DVD??

Yes they should. It's ridiculous they haven't yet. This show was hilarious and better than any show on today and Jeffery Tambor was the one who made it so funny.

Big3sCompanyFan · 01-03-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitman Brent

In regards to whether Three's A Crowd (or The Ropers for that matter) will ever be released on DVD, I have every episode of both series if anybody is interested in obtaining copies on either VHS or DVD. If so, I can be reached at hitman-brent@shaw.ca

Hitman Brent

Brent, that e-mail address doesn't work! Can you PLEASE post a working e-mail address?

TVFactFan · 01-03-2010, 02:49 PM

The Ropers is not a rare show amymore. You can easily go to the trading board and request it. I have 19 eps myself-lol

Big3sCompanyFan · 01-03-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilaEaglesHater

The Ropers is not a rare show amymore. You can easily go to the trading board and request it. I have 19 eps myself-lol

LOL....I don't even know what the trading board is. I assume it's a section here where you can trade for sitcoms but what if you don't have any to trade?

How much did it cost you and is it on DVD?

TVFactFan · 01-03-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

LOL....I don't even know what the trading board is. I assume it's a section here where you can trade for sitcoms but what if you don't have any to trade?

How much did it cost you and is it on DVD?

You can go to Google and do a search for the Ropers. So many people have that show. I traded for the Show and it' on DVD

Chrisothebigc · 03-07-2010, 01:03 AM

I don't know what success anyone else has had, but after several dissapointments, I have found wonderful quality episodes of "THE ROPER'S".
Go to buysellcommunity.com and search THE ROPER'S. The sellers name is Jess78, and I bought all of the episodes for $14.00...which included shipping. They came on 4 dvd-r's, no artwork, but VERY good video and audio.

BTW...the seller ALSO has THREE'S A CROWD!

I have to say, I have seen about half the episodes now, and DAMMIT...they are a hell of alot better than most have commented. I've laughed out loud several times.

ENJOY!
Chris O

Big3sCompanyFan · 03-07-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Chrisothebigc

I don't know what success anyone else has had, but after several dissapointments, I have found wonderful quality episodes of "THE ROPER'S".
Go to buyandsellcommunity.com and search THE ROPER'S. The sellers name is Jess78, and I bought all of the episodes for $14.00...which included shipping. They came on 4 dvd-r's, no artwork, but VERY good video and audio.

BTW...the seller ALSO has THREE'S A CROWD!

I have to say, I have seen about half the episodes now, and DAMMIT...they are a hell of alot better than most have commented. I've laughed out loud several times.

ENJOY!
Chris O

Thanks Chris!

FELLNORM · 04-09-2010, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Ron

Three's Company has been completed on DVD so why didnt they start releasing The Ropers on DVD??

They probably don´t believe it would sell. I would buy it. I see that somebody sells (pirated) copies on this site but I´ve uploaded several (and more to come) on YouTube - hope they´ll let them stay there. Channel name is FELLNORM.

Big3sCompanyFan · 04-09-2010, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisothebigc

I don't know what success anyone else has had, but after several dissapointments, I have found wonderful quality episodes of "THE ROPER'S".
Go to buysellcommunity.com and search THE ROPER'S. The sellers name is Jess78, and I bought all of the episodes for $14.00...which included shipping. They came on 4 dvd-r's, no artwork, but VERY good video and audio.

BTW...the seller ALSO has THREE'S A CROWD!

I have to say, I have seen about half the episodes now, and DAMMIT...they are a hell of alot better than most have commented. I've laughed out loud several times.

ENJOY!
Chris O

I ordered that too but I've not gotten it yet.

Colonel Hogan · 02-18-2014, 09:56 PM

I talked to someone from DLT recently and they said there are no plans at all for The Ropers or Three's a Crowd to be released on DVD. DLT is Don Taffner Entertainment, the owner of the three shows. They said it hasn't been discussed in a long time and that it doesn't look good because they feel the cost of a release would outweigh the demand.

I still think they should have taken a shot and released The Ropers back when they did Three's Company. Just unedited episodes on 4 discs would have been fine. I don't care much for Three's a Crowd and would only buy it for the sake of completeness.

Contact them if you want the show(s) released.

212-245-4680

http://www.dltentertainment.com/asp/contact.aspx

Also, try Anchor Bay or any other studio you'd like to convince to license it from DLT.

suggestions@anchorbayent.com

TVFactFan · 02-18-2014, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colonel Hogan

I talked to someone from DLT recently and they said there are no plans at all for The Ropers or Three's a Crowd to be released on DVD. DLT is Don Taffner Entertainment, the owner of the three shows. They said it hasn't been discussed in a long time and that it doesn't look good because they feel the cost of a release would outweigh the demand.

I still think they should have taken a shot and released The Ropers back when they did Three's Company. Just unedited episodes on 4 discs would have been fine. I don't care much for Three's a Crowd and would only buy it for the sake of completeness.

Contact them if you want the show(s) released.

212-245-4680

http://www.dltentertainment.com/asp/contact.aspx

Also, try Anchor Bay or any other studio you'd like to convince to license it from DLT.

suggestions@anchorbayent.com

The Ropers is available on DVD on the trading board. All 37 eps

Colonel Hogan · 02-26-2014, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

The Ropers is available on DVD on the trading board. All 37 eps

Thanks for the info. I was talking about an official set but I'll be getting them through someone here. I thought The Ropers only had 28 episodes?

I wonder how edited the Antenna TV airings will be starting in April?

Off topic:

I contacted DLT and got Seasons 5 and 6 of TC in the original packaging. $13 per set. I just need Season 4 and I'll have them all. They acted like a DVD release of The Ropers and TaC is just hopeless. What a shame. They should have gambled on a release of those back when TC first came out on DVD.

I sent them another email asking if any of those Season 1 episodes we talked about were in fact edited. I also asked about "Lee Ain't Heavy..." and mentioned the two episodes that we know are edited(RR and MM). The guy said he'll check into it and get back to me. That was yesterday. I have doubts I'll hear back on that question, but I figured, why not ask?

I know the Antenna TV airings of Three's Company will run much shorter than the episodes on DVD, but I'm going to record all the short Season 1 episodes, Lee Ain't Heavy, etc. just to do a scene comparison. If those Season 1 episodes are edited on DVD, maybe the syndicated versions will contain scenes not on the DVD? I've seen other DVDs with scenes missing due to music clearances and for no reason at all(Happy Days, Cheers), yet the missing scenes are actually intact on TV reruns. There's an old Happy Days episode where Richie and Fonzie meet Laverne and Shirley for the first time. On the DVD, the episode is missing over 3 minutes. Back in November, I recorded it off The Hub and over 2 minutes of missing scenes were included in the syndicated rerun. There was no music in the scenes either, so their absence on the DVD is just strange.

It might be worth a look for Three's Company to answer the question on Season 1 and Lee Ain't Heavy, not that Antenna TV will likely show the tag scenes though. Those short run times on 5 of 6 episodes would be near normal with tag scenes added on. However, the one Season 1 episode with a tag is still a minute shorter than Seasons 2 and 3 on average.

08-27-2004, 12:34 PM	#1
ontheroof Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 10, 2004 Posts: 61	The Ropers on DVD? Encouraging news about this can be found here. Just click on the link for Three's Company and scroll down a bit for info on The Ropers.

02-17-2005, 02:04 AM	#2
Hitman Brent Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 3	Three's A Crowd and The Ropers - Full Series In regards to whether Three's A Crowd (or The Ropers for that matter) will ever be released on DVD, I have every episode of both series if anybody is interested in obtaining copies on either VHS or DVD. If so, I can be reached at hitman-brent@shaw.ca Hitman Brent

03-07-2010, 01:03 AM	#9
Chrisothebigc Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 22, 2009 Location: Washington State Posts: 87	I don't know what success anyone else has had, but after several dissapointments, I have found wonderful quality episodes of "THE ROPER'S". Go to buysellcommunity.com and search THE ROPER'S. The sellers name is Jess78, and I bought all of the episodes for $14.00...which included shipping. They came on 4 dvd-r's, no artwork, but VERY good video and audio. BTW...the seller ALSO has THREE'S A CROWD! I have to say, I have seen about half the episodes now, and DAMMIT...they are a hell of alot better than most have commented. I've laughed out loud several times. ENJOY! Chris O
	Last edited by Chrisothebigc; 03-17-2010 at 05:28 PM.

10-25-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
Ron Ron Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 2,138	Three's Company has been completed on DVD so why didnt they start releasing The Ropers on DVD??

01-03-2010, 02:49 PM	#6
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,982	The Ropers is not a rare show amymore. You can easily go to the trading board and request it. I have 19 eps myself-lol

02-18-2014, 09:56 PM	#13
Colonel Hogan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2004 Posts: 100	I talked to someone from DLT recently and they said there are no plans at all for The Ropers or Three's a Crowd to be released on DVD. DLT is Don Taffner Entertainment, the owner of the three shows. They said it hasn't been discussed in a long time and that it doesn't look good because they feel the cost of a release would outweigh the demand. I still think they should have taken a shot and released The Ropers back when they did Three's Company. Just unedited episodes on 4 discs would have been fine. I don't care much for Three's a Crowd and would only buy it for the sake of completeness. Contact them if you want the show(s) released. 212-245-4680 http://www.dltentertainment.com/asp/contact.aspx Also, try Anchor Bay or any other studio you'd like to convince to license it from DLT. suggestions@anchorbayent.com