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Wildchats · 02-14-2006, 03:29 PM

I am on episode 3! GREAT DVD!

Only I knew they would use season 2 theme for the background music for the main menu. THEY NEEDED TO USE SEASON 1 INTRO.

Um....I am sure these are full episodes! Great! Long! Good video. Good audio. And great, full ending theme, without that annoying dung-da-da-da-da-da (Reeves/whatever it was with the universal logo) THIS WAS REALLY GOOD!

So far the set is 10/10!

An 80s Guy · 02-14-2006, 04:06 PM

agree with you on everything except I'm on episode 7

ClassicTV4Ever · 02-14-2006, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildchats

Um....I am sure these are full episodes! Great! Long! Good video. Good audio. And great, full ending theme, without that annoying dung-da-da-da-da-da (Reeves/whatever it was with the universal logo) THIS WAS REALLY GOOD!

I bet that it will be popping up either in the 4th or 5th season set (assuming that the sets will continue). I read that the two companies merged in 1985 and that's when that closing logo came about, but then just slapped it on all of the syndicated prints of the series.

Anyway, I just completed disc 1 and boy was it great. I'm going to watch the other two discs later tonight.

Wildchats · 02-15-2006, 02:47 AM

I actually don't think it will. THEY REALLY DID A GOOD JOB.

I think they added a little more to the closing credits. You know how on reruns they have voice overs, and when you get to the end of the theme, it cuts, right to that da-da-da-da. IT DIDNT! They added like another repeat scene during the closing credits to fill in that da-da-da-da-da (Univeral Logo) and THE LOGO JUST FLASHED. IT WAS COOL. IT WAS LIKE NEW! I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ON RERUNS!

AND SEASON 2 ENDING THEME IS FULL!!!!!!! I cant wait to hear the season 3-6 full ending themes! I really can't wait! I bet they have the entire theme too, stored in the vaults somewhere (((On reruns we get the cut ones with those universal logos)))) I am sure that they will add like 2 or 3 repeat scenes during the closings to fill in for the season 3-6, since there are like 8-10 seconds left till the end of the theme if it continued on reruns. You hear "Gimme a Break" backup singers say it like 3 times, maybe 4 the most. The second half of the backup you NEVER EVER hear. I am sure they will have that on season 3-6, which will ROCK!

TODD WILL HAVE TO DO A NEW MUSIC REVAMP!

I hope he puts the full closing to GAB season 2, and the openings to season 1 and 2, or if he knows someone who can make files of them. They came so good, and CLEAR!

Oh, and I am a bit mad. There were no chapters! They needed one, at least, right after the fade out between the two segments! There was only like 1 fade out to commerical I noticed on all of the episodes. I think? Maybe there were one or 2 other episodes that had 2? But I could see a chapter for the first scene, a chapter after the fade out, and a chapter just before the closing credits.

FredScuttle · 02-19-2006, 02:41 AM

I'm really happy with the set....have already watched all the episodes...bring on season 2!

I was also glad they included the season 2 opener "Nell Goes to Jail"...man is that one a funny episode. Has lots of good jokes and banter in it.

ahafan02 · 02-19-2006, 05:54 PM

Overall I'm very happy with the DVD set. I haven't seen some of these episodes since my early childhood (when the original series was on). Let's hope they release other seasons and hope this isn't a one off. Also, if they do let's hope they don't wait a year before bringing out Season 2 (like what happened with the Jeffersons DVD's).

LostTribesman · 03-04-2006, 01:32 PM

Gimme A Break was a show I watched growing up in Harlem,NY on the 11th floor of the Johnson Housing Projects (I swear my house could have been mistaken for the set of Good Times). I mean no disrespect to anyone on this forum however now that I have a daughter in 1st grade and one on the way I wonder about how they will see African-Americans portrayed. The one thing anyone can say that watched all six seasons was that Nell's character was never shown in a negative light. Doesnt matter what color the family was she came off very classy. Growing up in Harlem in the 80's when crack was given to our neighborhoods causing homes to be destroyed by our african-american men hauled off to jail for crack sales, killed for crack sales, and leaving our women to raise young black boys into men. Though this was happening we were still in a time when many african-americans who were fortunate enough to make it out of the ghettos and inner cities were giving back in WHATEVER way they could. I could go on for days thanking certain individuals who gave to their culture through Music,Film,Arts,Literature etc....because that's all African-Americans ever really had to REALLY..TRULY make a way out of the hell which was their life. I recall as I got older hearing about Nell Carter growin up in the south and her awful rape (probably by a black man) and that I recall made me a bit sad because as black men we need to do more to protect our women. Many African-Americans have drowned their sorrows in alcohol and drug abuse and the storms she fought through in life caused her to cope with it through cocaine. My mother who has since passed on would smoke a marijuana and drink when she had to figure out how to raise my little sister and I in the Projects. My father thank God was around and he was from the Island of Jamaica and was a mechanic who was very stern with us.My mother was a nurse who was born and raised in Virginia. I eventually went on to the University of Virginia for College then to Villanova University for Law School. Now I am work at a law firm that works for businessmen.....the same businessmen that thought Reaganomcis would stop us from coming out of the inner city. thought crack and cocaine would destroy all homes.....however someone has gotten a hold of the television and strong proud African-American figures are being almost totally erased. In 2006 no network would air a show about a heavy set black woman with so much wit...they would have made her lazy as hell. Television has made us hate the real image of us. None of these African-American women I see on TV remind me so much of my mother,grandmother,aunts, and almost every black woman that told me I was a King the way women like Nell Carter, Phylicia Rashad.....even Weezie. That electric lady with so much caring and so much compassion through all her troubles. That is the image I see disappearing. When my daughter gets back from her classmates' birthday party I will show her an episode or two now that I have the DVD so she can learn step by step that you do not have to be slender to be sexy because many of our black women are not slender.you do not have to be tall to stand up to oppression and you can be anything in the world you want because women like Nell Carter made a path for us....maybe she never knew....her soul is at home now....at rest.....she has peace now.....so while we still are here on this Earth we must pay respect to the architects of our culture.

God Bless
PEACE

MikeLutton · 03-05-2006, 06:55 AM

i love the episode Nell goes to jail my favorite episode.!! i got it for 25$ bucks today great price

signed Mike

gidgetgrape · 03-05-2006, 08:45 PM

Thanks for sharing your story with us LostTribesman!

LostTribesman · 03-07-2006, 12:29 PM

Thanks for reading. Just paying respects to the TRUE Architects of this culture. For those on this forum that live in middle America that wonder about "hip-hop" culture...african-american culture in general....I was just giving an image of a young black child drinking sugar water and eating syrup sandwhichs seeing my people on TV not embarassing themselves and us all. We may not have been angels.....we may have hung out late while our mothers prayed for our safety and went shoplifting for school clothes just so we didn't get cracked on, however Nell like many other African-Americans on TV some time ago made us proud. We have always lived that life of servitude and still do in some ways just to survive. I told my mother when I was young we will never live in a the projects again. Not out of hatred...out of realizing how hard our parents worked and wanting to make them proud the same way I was made proud to see my people strong and not looking for scapegoats.

PEACE

Buffyboy323 · 04-30-2006, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeL

i love the episode Nell goes to jail my favorite episode.!! i got it for 25$ bucks today great price

signed Mike

Mee Too! I was laughing so hard I started tearing when she yanked the phone out of the wall at the phone company. OMG that was hysterical.

Eric777 · 04-30-2006, 03:39 PM

02-14-2006, 03:29 PM	#1
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03-04-2006, 01:32 PM	#7
LostTribesman Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 23, 2006 Location: New York New York Big city of dreams but everything in NY isnt always what it seems Posts: 7	Very happy with the Release for one good reason. Gimme A Break was a show I watched growing up in Harlem,NY on the 11th floor of the Johnson Housing Projects (I swear my house could have been mistaken for the set of Good Times). I mean no disrespect to anyone on this forum however now that I have a daughter in 1st grade and one on the way I wonder about how they will see African-Americans portrayed. The one thing anyone can say that watched all six seasons was that Nell's character was never shown in a negative light. Doesnt matter what color the family was she came off very classy. Growing up in Harlem in the 80's when crack was given to our neighborhoods causing homes to be destroyed by our african-american men hauled off to jail for crack sales, killed for crack sales, and leaving our women to raise young black boys into men. Though this was happening we were still in a time when many african-americans who were fortunate enough to make it out of the ghettos and inner cities were giving back in WHATEVER way they could. I could go on for days thanking certain individuals who gave to their culture through Music,Film,Arts,Literature etc....because that's all African-Americans ever really had to REALLY..TRULY make a way out of the hell which was their life. I recall as I got older hearing about Nell Carter growin up in the south and her awful rape (probably by a black man) and that I recall made me a bit sad because as black men we need to do more to protect our women. Many African-Americans have drowned their sorrows in alcohol and drug abuse and the storms she fought through in life caused her to cope with it through cocaine. My mother who has since passed on would smoke a marijuana and drink when she had to figure out how to raise my little sister and I in the Projects. My father thank God was around and he was from the Island of Jamaica and was a mechanic who was very stern with us.My mother was a nurse who was born and raised in Virginia. I eventually went on to the University of Virginia for College then to Villanova University for Law School. Now I am work at a law firm that works for businessmen.....the same businessmen that thought Reaganomcis would stop us from coming out of the inner city. thought crack and cocaine would destroy all homes.....however someone has gotten a hold of the television and strong proud African-American figures are being almost totally erased. In 2006 no network would air a show about a heavy set black woman with so much wit...they would have made her lazy as hell. Television has made us hate the real image of us. None of these African-American women I see on TV remind me so much of my mother,grandmother,aunts, and almost every black woman that told me I was a King the way women like Nell Carter, Phylicia Rashad.....even Weezie. That electric lady with so much caring and so much compassion through all her troubles. That is the image I see disappearing. When my daughter gets back from her classmates' birthday party I will show her an episode or two now that I have the DVD so she can learn step by step that you do not have to be slender to be sexy because many of our black women are not slender.you do not have to be tall to stand up to oppression and you can be anything in the world you want because women like Nell Carter made a path for us....maybe she never knew....her soul is at home now....at rest.....she has peace now.....so while we still are here on this Earth we must pay respect to the architects of our culture. God Bless PEACE
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03-05-2006, 06:55 AM	#8
MikeLutton Mike Lutton DVD Legend! Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 05, 2005 Location: usa pennsyvania Posts: 6,885	reply i love the episode Nell goes to jail my favorite episode.!! i got it for 25$ bucks today great price signed Mike

02-14-2006, 04:06 PM	#2
An 80s Guy legen-wait for it-dary! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 03, 2005 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 1,870	agree with you on everything except I'm on episode 7

02-15-2006, 02:47 AM	#4
Wildchats Me Senior Member Join Date: Jul 15, 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,076	I actually don't think it will. THEY REALLY DID A GOOD JOB. I think they added a little more to the closing credits. You know how on reruns they have voice overs, and when you get to the end of the theme, it cuts, right to that da-da-da-da. IT DIDNT! They added like another repeat scene during the closing credits to fill in that da-da-da-da-da (Univeral Logo) and THE LOGO JUST FLASHED. IT WAS COOL. IT WAS LIKE NEW! I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ON RERUNS! AND SEASON 2 ENDING THEME IS FULL!!!!!!! I cant wait to hear the season 3-6 full ending themes! I really can't wait! I bet they have the entire theme too, stored in the vaults somewhere (((On reruns we get the cut ones with those universal logos)))) I am sure that they will add like 2 or 3 repeat scenes during the closings to fill in for the season 3-6, since there are like 8-10 seconds left till the end of the theme if it continued on reruns. You hear "Gimme a Break" backup singers say it like 3 times, maybe 4 the most. The second half of the backup you NEVER EVER hear. I am sure they will have that on season 3-6, which will ROCK! TODD WILL HAVE TO DO A NEW MUSIC REVAMP! I hope he puts the full closing to GAB season 2, and the openings to season 1 and 2, or if he knows someone who can make files of them. They came so good, and CLEAR! Oh, and I am a bit mad. There were no chapters! They needed one, at least, right after the fade out between the two segments! There was only like 1 fade out to commerical I noticed on all of the episodes. I think? Maybe there were one or 2 other episodes that had 2? But I could see a chapter for the first scene, a chapter after the fade out, and a chapter just before the closing credits.

02-19-2006, 02:41 AM	#5
FredScuttle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 31, 2005 Posts: 477	I'm really happy with the set....have already watched all the episodes...bring on season 2! I was also glad they included the season 2 opener "Nell Goes to Jail"...man is that one a funny episode. Has lots of good jokes and banter in it.

02-19-2006, 05:54 PM	#6
ahafan02 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 18, 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 108	Overall I'm very happy with the DVD set. I haven't seen some of these episodes since my early childhood (when the original series was on). Let's hope they release other seasons and hope this isn't a one off. Also, if they do let's hope they don't wait a year before bringing out Season 2 (like what happened with the Jeffersons DVD's).

03-05-2006, 08:45 PM	#9
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	Thanks for sharing your story with us LostTribesman!

03-07-2006, 12:29 PM	#10
LostTribesman Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 23, 2006 Location: New York New York Big city of dreams but everything in NY isnt always what it seems Posts: 7	Thanks for reading. Just paying respects to the TRUE Architects of this culture. For those on this forum that live in middle America that wonder about "hip-hop" culture...african-american culture in general....I was just giving an image of a young black child drinking sugar water and eating syrup sandwhichs seeing my people on TV not embarassing themselves and us all. We may not have been angels.....we may have hung out late while our mothers prayed for our safety and went shoplifting for school clothes just so we didn't get cracked on, however Nell like many other African-Americans on TV some time ago made us proud. We have always lived that life of servitude and still do in some ways just to survive. I told my mother when I was young we will never live in a the projects again. Not out of hatred...out of realizing how hard our parents worked and wanting to make them proud the same way I was made proud to see my people strong and not looking for scapegoats. PEACE

04-30-2006, 03:39 PM	#12
Eric777 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 20, 2002 Posts: 569