The Norman Lear Collection DVD Review

[TJ]

Norman Lear is one of the most legendary and well-known producers of all-time, and now you can see how 7 of his most famous comedies got their starts. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has put together a collectible box set featuring these seven shows with the first seasons of each. We get the first seasons each of All in the Family (13 episodes), Maude (22 episodes), The Jeffersons (13 episodes), Good Times (13 episodes), Sanford & Son (14 episodes), One Day at a Time (15 episodes), and Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (first 25 episodes). If you noticed, besides Maude and Mary Hartman, all of the first seasons were between 13-15 episodes, as they started off during midseason. Maude started in the fall and Mary Hartman was a first-run syndicated series and didn’t air on network television.

These first seasons have already came out on their own, but in addition to that we get new packaging and 6-hours worth of new interviews featuring Norman Lear and many stars from these shows and also lost pilots and bonus episodes.

Read our review by Pavan here:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/thenorm...dvdreview.html

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[FrankCostanza]

I am sure this is a nice set to have if you are just beginning to watch or collect Norman Lear's shows, but I still think Sony is being dumb. They need to release the remaining seasons of all of these shows (especially our dear old Jeffersons) on DVD instead of releasing all of the Season 1 sets again because almost everyone who wants them already owns them.

I am looking forward to seeing quite a few Season 7 thru 11 eps I have not seen yet on VHS that I just taped off of TVLand, but the picture quality and the organization is nothing compared to a DVD set. DVD sets don't skip around either.

Seasons 3 thru 6 of The Jeffersons were churned out quickly in just two years from Spring 2005 to Spring 2007. I want to know what happened. Did the sales drop again? Get on it, Sony! If they want to save money and are worried about poor sales why don't they just produce a small amount of each set for a limited time on sale? If they do that then the small group of hardcore fans like us will buy them quickly and then they can quit making them if its not cost effective.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by FrankCostanza

I am sure this is a nice set to have if you are just beginning to watch or collect Norman Lear's shows, but I still think Sony is being dumb. They need to release the remaining seasons of all of these shows (especially our dear old Jeffersons) on DVD instead of releasing all of the Season 1 sets again because almost everyone who wants them already owns them.

I am looking forward to seeing quite a few Season 7 thru 11 eps I have not seen yet on VHS that I just taped off of TVLand, but the picture quality and the organization is nothing compared to a DVD set. DVD sets don't skip around either.

Seasons 3 thru 6 of The Jeffersons were churned out quickly in just two years from Spring 2005 to Spring 2007. I want to know what happened. Did the sales drop again? Get on it, Sony! If they want to save money and are worried about poor sales why don't they just produce a small amount of each set for a limited time on sale? If they do that then the small group of hardcore fans like us will buy them quickly and then they can quit making them if its not cost effective.

Sony thinks we are STUPID and forgot that the seasons on this piece of SH*T a$$ Set were already released individually.