Maude Season 1 will be released on DVD-3/20/07

[TVFactFan]

Just letting the Fans know, Not sure if I will buy this season unless it has some extras like Bloopers or something. Info from TvshowsonDVD.com

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Not sure if I will buy this season unless it has some extras like Bloopers or something.

It's being released by Sony. Of course it won't have extras!!!

[Pavan]

"Beatrice Arthur's Maude, liberal, libertarian and libber, is superb."
- Cleveland Amory, TV Guide, December 9, 1972
"Miss Arthur is right up there as a candidate for an Emmy in a role she realizes so naturally that it hardly seems to tax talents." -- Variety, September 30, 1972

MAUDE:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Iconic and Controversial TV Series Starring Emmy®-Winner Bea Arthur, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain, Rue McClanahan and Esther Rolle

DVD Debuts March 20 with All 22 Episodes on Three Discs

Culver City, CA (January 8, 2007) -- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 35th anniversary of Maude, the iconic and controversial TV series, with the March 20 DVD debut of Maude: The Complete First Season. Created by producing genius Norman Lear and starring the legendary Bea Arthur (who received five Emmy® nominations for her performance, winning once), the three disc collection features all 22 episodes from the critically acclaimed comedy series'™ top-rated first season. Also starring Golden Globe®-nominee Adrienne Barbeau (TV’s “Carnivaleâ€�), Bill Macy (Analyze This), Conrad Bain (TV’s “Diff’rent Strokesâ€�), Rue McClanahan (TV’s “The Golden Girlsâ€�), and Esther Rolle (TV’s “Good Timesâ€�), the DVD will be available for $29.95 SRP.

Bea Arthur (TV’s “The Golden Girls�) in the character of Maude was originally introduced as Edith’s (Jean Stapleton) cousin in two episodes of All in the Family, generating such positive viewer feedback that the network spun her off into her own series. Excluding the common denominator of outspokenness, Maude was the complete opposite of prejudiced, narrow-minded Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor). She was an upper middle class liberal feminist on her fourth husband and willing to speak her mind on any issue. Maude usually got the last word in her many arguments, in the form of her trademark catchphrase, “God'll get you for that.�

Lear's penchant for mingling realism and provocative social issues with humor resulted in the series broaching several highly controversial topics, including women's liberation, pornography, political campaigning, race relations, and marijuana laws. By far, the biggest controversy was raised by the two-part episode “Maude's Dilemma,� which featured the 47-year-old Maude discovering she’s pregnant, and, after much debate, deciding to have an abortion (the first show to ever have the lead character make that decision). While some viewers picketed or protested by phone calls and letters, only two affiliates refused to carry the episodes. By the time the viewer mail was tallied, the network found audience reaction was six to one in favor of the subject matter and the way the topic was resolved.

In addition to Maude, the other characters included her fourth husband, appliance salesman Walter (Bill Macy), her divorced daughter from her first marriage, Carol (Adrienne Barbeau), Carol’s son Phillip (Brian Morrison), Walter’s best friend and next-door neighbor Arthur (Conrad Bain), and Maude’s best friend Vivian (Rue McClanahan). Esther Rolle appeared as Florida, Maude’s maid, a character that obtained such popularity with viewers that, like Maude itself, was spun off into its own series, the long-running “Good Times.�

Maude premiered as a series on September 12, 1972, and over the course of its six-season, 141-episode run, was nominated for a total of 12 Emmy Awards, as well as eight Golden Globe nominations. By the end of the series’ first season, the show was number 4 in the overall ratings and remained a fixture in the top 10 for most of its subsequent run. As its famous theme song pointed out, “And then there was … Maude.�



Maude: The Complete First Season episodes include:

Maude's Problem

Doctor, Doctor

Maude Meets Florida

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Maude and the Radical

The Ticket

Love and Marriage

Flashback

Maude's Dilemma (Part1)

Maude's Dilemma (Part2)

Maude's Reunion

The Grass Story

The Slum Lord

The Convention

Walter's 50th Birthday

The Medical Profession

Arthur Moves In

Florida's Problem

Walter's Secret

Maude's Good Deed

The Perfect Marriage

Maude's Night Out


DVD Special Features Include:

* Digitally Remastered Audio and Video
* Full Screen Presentations
* Audio: English
* Bonus Previews
* Closed Captioned

BROADCAST YEAR: 1972 - 1973

Maude: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 528 minutes and is not rated.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

It's being released by Sony. Of course it won't have extras!!!

Oh yeah I forgot-lol

[An 80s Guy]

This is great news!!!

[Scoobiedoo30]

I know I will be getting Maude when it comes out on DVD

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I will be getting it too. I highly doubt it will have extras. Bea dosen't seem she likes to do that kind of suff.

[Already Gone]

That is great! I can't wait to get it.

[RJinCA]

FINALLY! I am buying this the day it's released.

[TVJunkie101]

Originally Posted by GoldenGirlsFan92

I will be getting it too. I highly doubt it will have extras. Bea dosen't seem she likes to do that kind of suff.

Well, she DID do one episode of commentary on The Golden Girls, from Season 5. And of course, it's Sony, so no extras. Ugh.

Funny how it's coming out a month after Golden Girls ends. Coincidence, or not?

[Scoobiedoo30]

can someone please post The Cover Art for Maude on DVD

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

Originally Posted by agmfox8@yahoo.com

can someone please post The Cover Art for Maude on DVD

You can find it at www.tvshowsondvd.com

TVJunkie101
Well, she DID do one episode of commentary on The Golden Girls, from Season 5. And of course, it's Sony, so no extras. Ugh.

Funny how it's coming out a month after Golden Girls ends. Coincidence, or not?
01-08-2007 06:56 PM

Ya she did do commentaries for Season 5, but I had heard that she dosen't like to do that kind of stuff. It is kind of a coincidence that Maude will be coing out a month later. Hopefully we will soon see Empty & The Golden Palace be released on dvd.

[storrs19]

Finally!!! It's about blasted time for this show to be released on dvd. Seems like I have been waiting years and years.

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by GoldenGirlsFan92

You can find it at www.tshowsondvd.com

Bad link, you left out the 'v'.

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

Bad link, you left out the 'v'.

Sorry about that.