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Robert 13 · 02-01-2017, 05:11 PM

Since they have remastered the series now for Antenna TV, is there a possibility that the rest of the series will see the light of day on DVD?

1960'sTVfan · 02-01-2017, 06:28 PM

Anything is possible, but at this moment I would say that more DVD's of this show is unlikely. Now if Antenna TV would report that their airings of the episodes are getting great ratings, that might motivate a studio to take a chance and issue more DVD's.

And I don't know if the episodes were remastered for Antenna TV, the color episodes sure don't look remastered, maybe the black and white episodes have been remastered but I don't know.

Robert 13 · 03-07-2017, 02:36 PM

I hope so. I haven't seen them on Antenna TV yet. I like to watch commercial free on dvd. LOL! I'm so old-school in that way.

1960'sTVfan · 05-21-2017, 10:04 AM

From Antenna TV I have recorded and transferred to DVD all the episodes from seasons 1, 3 and 4. Audio and video quality is outstanding, 10 out of 10 quality. Didn't need to record season 2 because I have the retail DVD set.

These Antenna TV airings are far from perfect because the episodes are edited and they have that lousy split screen nonsense with the end credits, but these are better to have than nothing unless the rest of the series gets issued on retail DVD, which I don't expect will happen anytime soon.

1960'sTVfan · 07-22-2017, 03:58 PM

I did find a problem with one episode on the season 2 DVD set released by Questar. One episode is edited, it's episode #23, titled Joey's House Guest. What's missing on the DVD is the first minute or so of the episode, funny banter between Joey Bishop and Joe Besser. I don't know why Questar cut that part out. But fortunately, when Antenna TV airs this episode they show the beginning scene complete in it's entirety, including the part that's missing on the DVD. So I recorded it and now have the full episode.

Svenfan1234 · 03-13-2018, 03:44 PM

Now available:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFFYW52...omplete+series

BigManMike · 03-13-2018, 06:53 PM

You beat me to it

Adamantium · 03-14-2018, 07:15 AM

It's already currently unavailable. I intend to buy this series as it's one of my favorites from the '60s. I used to watch it every morning on TV Land before going to school. I still haven't seen the first season (despite Antenna showing it), so it'll be good to see but I'm more excited for the seasons I know of, which have Joe Besser.

I also hope this doesn't have the same problem the Questar release did. They used the theme song ONCE at the beginning of each disc, so basically the episodes didn't include the opening credits. That always ticked me off and was the reason I couldn't enjoy that release.

Robert 13 · 03-14-2018, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Adamantium

I also hope this doesn't have the same problem the Questar release did. They used the theme song ONCE at the beginning of each disc, so basically the episodes didn't include the opening credits. That always ticked me off and was the reason I couldn't enjoy that release.

I agree, Adamantium! Hopefully, it was just the way Questar authored the dvd and since they are not involved this time, it should be done properly. I ordered my set already. Hoping to receive confirmation that it has shipped soon. I bought it directly from ClassicFlix.com. Amazon's "currently unavailable" crap I have seen several times with other releases and it takes a while before they are actually "in stock". It happened with "It's About Time" and "Angie".

Hoping this is done right this time since this is probably the last attempt at seeing this series on dvd.

1960'sTVfan · 03-14-2018, 11:40 AM

Wow, this news just made my day

, thanks Svenfan for the heads up. I ordered it too direct from ClassicFlix. Would be great if the missing episode from season 3 is included, the one with Vaughn Meader, but as far as I know that episode is gone for good.

Not knowing anything in advance about this release, but I'm assuming the episodes are all uncut, hopefully there are no disappointments. Season 3 has several episodes with music, the Bobby Rydell episode, the Vic Damone episode, the Jack Jones episode, the Andy Williams episode, the Andrews Sisters episode, so I'm keeping fingers crossed that all the episodes are complete and uncut.

Since Antenna TV has been airing the show, I had been wondering if the complete series DVD might be released at some point. With the Antenna TV airings, I've noticed that some of the color episodes from seasons 2 and 3 seem to have been restored/re-furbished, colors appear brighter and more vivid. So I wonder if these restored versions ended up on the DVD set.

For me, the only downer about this is that all the work I put in to record all the episodes from Antenna and transfer them to DVD's won't be needed anymore, as long as this retail DVD set has been done properly. Looking forward to the DVD set, I'll post comments after I receive it and check out some episodes.

Hazel Anyday · 03-14-2018, 06:56 PM

Speaking of color, today was my day to watch the J.B.S. and I saw episode 12 from 2nd season, "Honeymoon Is Over", I recorded this from Antenna TVs first broadcast of Joey on their New Years Marathon, anyway here's the problem. In this one Joey's wife, Mildred, or whatever her name is, is she played by Juliet Prowse? I always get her and the other actress mixed up they look alike. Anyway the wife puts this, what looks like, shaving cream all over her face but in this Antenna broadcast it was colored green, even though she describes it as being made with lemons. Even the juice on the table, I assume it's orange juice, they're eating breakfast, even the juice is green!

Now I have not re-recorded the color shows since someone said they were re-done, maybe I should, at any rate I wonder in the supposed re-done/re-mastered color version is this green shaving cream and green orange juice problem fixed? Is it now yellow and orange respectively as they should be?? This is the "Honeymoon Is Over" 2.12 episode.

1960'sTVfan · 03-14-2018, 08:12 PM

From what I have seen, some of the season 2 and 3 episodes look to have had color restoration work, but not all of them. The 2nd season episode "Honeymoon Is Over", the only version I've seen is the one where the cream on Joey's wife's face has the green color. I don't know if this episode has since had color restoration work done to it or not. Will be interesting to see what the episodes look like on this new complete series DVD set. I just hope that all the episodes will be uncut. My fear is that some episodes might be edited because of music. Hopefully all episodes are complete with no cuts or edits. Keeping fingers crossed.

Joey's wife Ellie was played by Abby Dalton.

Hazel Anyday · 03-14-2018, 09:03 PM

Thanks for that, that's right, for some reason Abby Dalton and Juliet Prowse always get confused with me. I guess cause I think they look so much alike. If you re-recorded the color shows and the cream is still green in the "new" version (if there is a new version) that's bad news.

Yes, I guess the only hope now is that the commercial release will have been Restored and remastered color. I started watching this show about 4 months ago, I'm still in the middle of the New Years marathon showings. So far, I have to tell you, this is not the best show I've ever seen. In fact Joey is the worst part of the whole show, that stupid hang-dog face of his never changes, might as well have a stone statue as the star. There are things I do like for instance Joe Besser and Madge Blake are always great and even the young (though not that hot, in this series) Marlo Thomas are features to tune in for. Seems Marlo and Madge are gone now at least in this 2nd season. So now all I see each week is Hang-dog.

(I watch this show once a week like all the rest of the sitcoms I watch each week.

1960'sTVfan · 03-14-2018, 09:41 PM

Everyone has their opinion, I've become a big Joey Bishop Show fan since Antenna TV started running the episodes. I will admit that Joey's deadpan style can take some getting used to, but he is very funny sometimes. A great example of this is the 3rd season episode "Joey The Comedian vs. Larry The Writer". In the episode, Joey's comedy writer Larry wins an award for best comedy writer, but poor Joey only placed 12th as best comedian. This starts to irritate Joey and he gradually starts doing a slow burn, then blows his top at the mid part of the episode where he fires Larry, then he also fires his housekeeper Hilda and even fires his wife Ellie!

LOL it is hysterical, I love it

.

Joe Besser is great in this show, his zany ways are the perfect counter-balance to Joey Bishop's serious deadpan style.

If the complete series DVD is everything that I hope it is with all uncut episodes, for me it will be the DVD release of the year, hands down no doubt about it.

Robert 13 · 03-15-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Wow, this news just made my day

, thanks Svenfan for the heads up. I ordered it too direct from ClassicFlix. Would be great if the missing episode from season 3 is included, the one with Vaughn Meader, but as far as I know that episode is gone for good.

Regarding the Vaughn Meader episode, I was wondering the same thing. Up until now, we never thought we would ever see Season 1. Then, surprisingly, it resurfaced for the Antenna TV schedule and ultimately this dvd release. I am doubtful that the Vaughn Meader episode will be included though as, technically, it was not a part of the original airing of the series. If it was, in fact, destroyed, it's a shame because it is historically significant to television as well as the political tragedy at the time it was pulled from the schedule. Even Vaughn Meader's JFK comedy albums have been re-issued on cd since then.

It would make sense that they would release the series on dvd following efforts and funds for restoration. It may have propelled their decision in making it available commercially for sale. But who knows? We'll know for sure when we have it in our hands. Hoping for a wonderful restoration job!

02-01-2017, 05:11 PM	#1
Robert 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,521	Will they release more on dvd? Since they have remastered the series now for Antenna TV, is there a possibility that the rest of the series will see the light of day on DVD?
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03-13-2018, 03:44 PM	#6
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03-14-2018, 11:40 AM	#10
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	Wow, this news just made my day , thanks Svenfan for the heads up. I ordered it too direct from ClassicFlix. Would be great if the missing episode from season 3 is included, the one with Vaughn Meader, but as far as I know that episode is gone for good. Not knowing anything in advance about this release, but I'm assuming the episodes are all uncut, hopefully there are no disappointments. Season 3 has several episodes with music, the Bobby Rydell episode, the Vic Damone episode, the Jack Jones episode, the Andy Williams episode, the Andrews Sisters episode, so I'm keeping fingers crossed that all the episodes are complete and uncut. Since Antenna TV has been airing the show, I had been wondering if the complete series DVD might be released at some point. With the Antenna TV airings, I've noticed that some of the color episodes from seasons 2 and 3 seem to have been restored/re-furbished, colors appear brighter and more vivid. So I wonder if these restored versions ended up on the DVD set. For me, the only downer about this is that all the work I put in to record all the episodes from Antenna and transfer them to DVD's won't be needed anymore, as long as this retail DVD set has been done properly. Looking forward to the DVD set, I'll post comments after I receive it and check out some episodes.
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03-14-2018, 06:56 PM	#11
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	I'm Seeing Green Speaking of color, today was my day to watch the J.B.S. and I saw episode 12 from 2nd season, "Honeymoon Is Over", I recorded this from Antenna TVs first broadcast of Joey on their New Years Marathon, anyway here's the problem. In this one Joey's wife, Mildred, or whatever her name is, is she played by Juliet Prowse? I always get her and the other actress mixed up they look alike. Anyway the wife puts this, what looks like, shaving cream all over her face but in this Antenna broadcast it was colored green, even though she describes it as being made with lemons. Even the juice on the table, I assume it's orange juice, they're eating breakfast, even the juice is green! Now I have not re-recorded the color shows since someone said they were re-done, maybe I should, at any rate I wonder in the supposed re-done/re-mastered color version is this green shaving cream and green orange juice problem fixed? Is it now yellow and orange respectively as they should be?? This is the "Honeymoon Is Over" 2.12 episode.
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03-14-2018, 09:03 PM	#13
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	Where There's Hope There's No Green Thanks for that, that's right, for some reason Abby Dalton and Juliet Prowse always get confused with me. I guess cause I think they look so much alike. If you re-recorded the color shows and the cream is still green in the "new" version (if there is a new version) that's bad news. Yes, I guess the only hope now is that the commercial release will have been Restored and remastered color. I started watching this show about 4 months ago, I'm still in the middle of the New Years marathon showings. So far, I have to tell you, this is not the best show I've ever seen. In fact Joey is the worst part of the whole show, that stupid hang-dog face of his never changes, might as well have a stone statue as the star. There are things I do like for instance Joe Besser and Madge Blake are always great and even the young (though not that hot, in this series) Marlo Thomas are features to tune in for. Seems Marlo and Madge are gone now at least in this 2nd season. So now all I see each week is Hang-dog. (I watch this show once a week like all the rest of the sitcoms I watch each week.

02-01-2017, 06:28 PM	#2
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	Anything is possible, but at this moment I would say that more DVD's of this show is unlikely. Now if Antenna TV would report that their airings of the episodes are getting great ratings, that might motivate a studio to take a chance and issue more DVD's. And I don't know if the episodes were remastered for Antenna TV, the color episodes sure don't look remastered, maybe the black and white episodes have been remastered but I don't know.

03-07-2017, 02:36 PM	#3
Robert 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,521	I hope so. I haven't seen them on Antenna TV yet. I like to watch commercial free on dvd. LOL! I'm so old-school in that way.

05-21-2017, 10:04 AM	#4
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	From Antenna TV I have recorded and transferred to DVD all the episodes from seasons 1, 3 and 4. Audio and video quality is outstanding, 10 out of 10 quality. Didn't need to record season 2 because I have the retail DVD set. These Antenna TV airings are far from perfect because the episodes are edited and they have that lousy split screen nonsense with the end credits, but these are better to have than nothing unless the rest of the series gets issued on retail DVD, which I don't expect will happen anytime soon.

07-22-2017, 03:58 PM	#5
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	I did find a problem with one episode on the season 2 DVD set released by Questar. One episode is edited, it's episode #23, titled Joey's House Guest. What's missing on the DVD is the first minute or so of the episode, funny banter between Joey Bishop and Joe Besser. I don't know why Questar cut that part out. But fortunately, when Antenna TV airs this episode they show the beginning scene complete in it's entirety, including the part that's missing on the DVD. So I recorded it and now have the full episode.

03-13-2018, 06:53 PM	#7
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,021	You beat me to it

03-14-2018, 07:15 AM	#8
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,820	It's already currently unavailable. I intend to buy this series as it's one of my favorites from the '60s. I used to watch it every morning on TV Land before going to school. I still haven't seen the first season (despite Antenna showing it), so it'll be good to see but I'm more excited for the seasons I know of, which have Joe Besser. I also hope this doesn't have the same problem the Questar release did. They used the theme song ONCE at the beginning of each disc, so basically the episodes didn't include the opening credits. That always ticked me off and was the reason I couldn't enjoy that release.

03-14-2018, 08:12 PM	#12
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	From what I have seen, some of the season 2 and 3 episodes look to have had color restoration work, but not all of them. The 2nd season episode "Honeymoon Is Over", the only version I've seen is the one where the cream on Joey's wife's face has the green color. I don't know if this episode has since had color restoration work done to it or not. Will be interesting to see what the episodes look like on this new complete series DVD set. I just hope that all the episodes will be uncut. My fear is that some episodes might be edited because of music. Hopefully all episodes are complete with no cuts or edits. Keeping fingers crossed. Joey's wife Ellie was played by Abby Dalton.

03-14-2018, 09:41 PM	#14
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,067	Everyone has their opinion, I've become a big Joey Bishop Show fan since Antenna TV started running the episodes. I will admit that Joey's deadpan style can take some getting used to, but he is very funny sometimes. A great example of this is the 3rd season episode "Joey The Comedian vs. Larry The Writer". In the episode, Joey's comedy writer Larry wins an award for best comedy writer, but poor Joey only placed 12th as best comedian. This starts to irritate Joey and he gradually starts doing a slow burn, then blows his top at the mid part of the episode where he fires Larry, then he also fires his housekeeper Hilda and even fires his wife Ellie! LOL it is hysterical, I love it . Joe Besser is great in this show, his zany ways are the perfect counter-balance to Joey Bishop's serious deadpan style. If the complete series DVD is everything that I hope it is with all uncut episodes, for me it will be the DVD release of the year, hands down no doubt about it.