I Found Out - Columbia House IS relesing "FOL"! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

nick10 · 01-19-2001, 06:25 PM

Everybody,

I got the information! I just spoke to Columbia House, and they said "The Only Thing We Need Yet, Is The Copyrights to the Facts Of Life, then after that we'll get started on making the videos, then very soon after that, they're avaible to the public!" So Everybody, Columbia House IS relesing The Facts of Life ina few monthes! So keep flooding in those e-mails & calls for The Facts of Life, IF they get enought demand not only will they relese the series, THEY WILL RELESE EVERY EPISODE MADE, if they get enought calls & emails for all the episodes! So keep calling them and remember CH is relesing FOL in a few months, by spring they'll be avaible!!!

01-19-2001, 08:18 PM

hey - where in michigan do you live ? i'm from there too ! small world !

KerriBerri687 · 01-19-2001, 08:37 PM

where are they gonna be selling them? online or in stores?

jayman75 · 01-19-2001, 09:07 PM

OK, that's cool and all about Columbia House, but I'm curious. Has anyone ever purchased a video/videos from them? How expensive are we talking about? Do they normally put several episodes on a tape, or just a couple. It would be great for them to have all the episodes on tape, original and uncut... But, if a tape is $20.00, and there are only 4 on a tape, that makes the total... well, too much for my brain on a Friday night.

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80's Sitcoms Rock!!

Miller15 · 01-19-2001, 09:12 PM

jayman75,
I was doing the same thing! I figured, if they can squeeze 5 episodes on one tape, at $15 a pop (if we're lucky) the grand total comes to $630! see, i think our best bet is to tape as many as we can off of N@N and only buy the episodes we didn't tape, you know?
~~Oh, I forgot to mention...I emailed Columbia House with all the neccessary questions. I'll post a message if I get a reply!~~

[This message has been edited by Miller15 (edited 01-19-2001).]

Abbey22 · 01-19-2001, 11:36 PM

Well if it is anything like the way it works with the rest of the tapes, I believe it will be $4.95 for the first tape, $19.95 for each tape after that. Also you get four episodes on a tape.

Abbey

iluvfacts14 · 01-19-2001, 11:41 PM

Woah!! You'd have to be Blair just to be able to afford 'em@

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Mr. Bradley: .....and that girls is the thrill of victory!

Tootie: Or the agony of DA FEET!

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(Tootie starts rambling)

Natalie (thinking): I am going to nail her mouth to the floor. I can picture it now there'd be a spike through her tongue, but the lips would still be moving. She'd just keep whining on and on about how she'd never do that to me because she's my best friend. And if it made me feel guilty about nailing her mouth to the floor than she's glad I did it and......
(stops and realizes everyone's looking at her)

Miller15 · 01-19-2001, 11:46 PM

That brings our grand total to $1042.35!!! I can't afford that! I'm a college student for God's sake!

iluvfacts14 · 01-19-2001, 11:47 PM

I know! I'm only 14! Where am I gonna get that kinda money!?!?!?

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Mr. Bradley: .....and that girls is the thrill of victory!

Tootie: Or the agony of DA FEET!

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

(Tootie starts rambling)

Natalie (thinking): I am going to nail her mouth to the floor. I can picture it now there'd be a spike through her tongue, but the lips would still be moving. She'd just keep whining on and on about how she'd never do that to me because she's my best friend. And if it made me feel guilty about nailing her mouth to the floor than she's glad I did it and......
(stops and realizes everyone's looking at her)

Abbey22 · 01-20-2001, 12:01 AM

Well if I remember correctly (I have never bought one of their series, I am just going by what I remember reading) you don't pay it all at once... I think you get billed for it monthly... don't get me wrong, I am not at all saying that this makes it cheap! It will definitely be awhile before I buy them. I just graduated college...

Abbey

Abbey22 · 01-20-2001, 12:06 AM

One more thing. I believe I remember reading that you can't pick and choose which episodes you want, I think when you join the club to get that series, you start at the beginning of the series and collect them in order. You are also able to cancel whenever you want and still keep the tapes you have. Somebody please feel free to correct me if I am wrong about this... I am only going by what I think I remember reading.

Abbey

nick10 · 01-23-2001, 12:34 AM

(I am the original poster):

My Mother buys them, she's great isn't she? She just puts them on her charge. I have Laverne and Shirley and All In The Family video collections from CH. They're great and easy! Trust me, you will be pleased with their videos!!!

Abbey22 · 01-23-2001, 01:07 AM

Thats awesome that your mom gets the tapes. I love classic television so there is definitely going to be some series that I plan on buying from columbia video... starting with FOL!;-)

Abbey

ThomasE · 01-24-2001, 01:39 AM

Well I but videos from columbia house:Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Good Times and Knots Landing. I will order Different Strokes once my account is current.LOL.Hey don't laugh I only owe $10 left on 3 of the 4 accounts and paid 1 one off.

01-19-2001, 06:25 PM	#1
nick10 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 06, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 22	I Found Out - Columbia House IS relesing "FOL"! Everybody, I got the information! I just spoke to Columbia House, and they said "The Only Thing We Need Yet, Is The Copyrights to the Facts Of Life, then after that we'll get started on making the videos, then very soon after that, they're avaible to the public!" So Everybody, Columbia House IS relesing The Facts of Life ina few monthes! So keep flooding in those e-mails & calls for The Facts of Life, IF they get enought demand not only will they relese the series, THEY WILL RELESE EVERY EPISODE MADE, if they get enought calls & emails for all the episodes! So keep calling them and remember CH is relesing FOL in a few months, by spring they'll be avaible!!!

01-19-2001, 08:18 PM	#2
lovethefacts Guest Posts: n/a	hey - where in michigan do you live ? i'm from there too ! small world !
lovethefacts Guest Posts: n/a

01-19-2001, 08:37 PM	#3
KerriBerri687 defying gravity Senior Member Join Date: Jan 13, 2001 Location: you'll find me in Emerald City...I'm the green one with the flying monkeys Posts: 2,869	where are they gonna be selling them? online or in stores?

01-19-2001, 09:07 PM	#4
jayman75 I Love the 80s! Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 27, 2000 Location: THE GREAT UNITED STATES Posts: 3,809	OK, that's cool and all about Columbia House, but I'm curious. Has anyone ever purchased a video/videos from them? How expensive are we talking about? Do they normally put several episodes on a tape, or just a couple. It would be great for them to have all the episodes on tape, original and uncut... But, if a tape is $20.00, and there are only 4 on a tape, that makes the total... well, too much for my brain on a Friday night. ------------------ 80's Sitcoms Rock!!

01-19-2001, 09:12 PM	#5
Miller15 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2001 Posts: 141	jayman75, I was doing the same thing! I figured, if they can squeeze 5 episodes on one tape, at $15 a pop (if we're lucky) the grand total comes to $630! see, i think our best bet is to tape as many as we can off of N@N and only buy the episodes we didn't tape, you know? ~~Oh, I forgot to mention...I emailed Columbia House with all the neccessary questions. I'll post a message if I get a reply!~~ [This message has been edited by Miller15 (edited 01-19-2001).]

01-19-2001, 11:36 PM	#6
Abbey22 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 24, 2000 Posts: 108	Well if it is anything like the way it works with the rest of the tapes, I believe it will be $4.95 for the first tape, $19.95 for each tape after that. Also you get four episodes on a tape. Abbey

01-19-2001, 11:41 PM	#7
iluvfacts14 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 23, 2000 Location: Eastland School for Girls, Peekskill, NY, U.S.A. Posts: 256	Woah!! You'd have to be Blair just to be able to afford 'em@ ------------------ Mr. Bradley: .....and that girls is the thrill of victory! Tootie: Or the agony of DA FEET! ------------* (Tootie starts rambling) Natalie (thinking): I am going to nail her mouth to the floor. I can picture it now there'd be a spike through her tongue, but the lips would still be moving. She'd just keep whining on and on about how she'd never do that to me because she's my best friend. And if it made me feel guilty about nailing her mouth to the floor than she's glad I did it and...... (stops and realizes everyone's looking at her)

01-19-2001, 11:46 PM	#8
Miller15 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2001 Posts: 141	That brings our grand total to $1042.35!!! I can't afford that! I'm a college student for God's sake!

01-19-2001, 11:47 PM	#9
iluvfacts14 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 23, 2000 Location: Eastland School for Girls, Peekskill, NY, U.S.A. Posts: 256	I know! I'm only 14! Where am I gonna get that kinda money!?!?!? ------------------ Mr. Bradley: .....and that girls is the thrill of victory! Tootie: Or the agony of DA FEET! ------------* (Tootie starts rambling) Natalie (thinking): I am going to nail her mouth to the floor. I can picture it now there'd be a spike through her tongue, but the lips would still be moving. She'd just keep whining on and on about how she'd never do that to me because she's my best friend. And if it made me feel guilty about nailing her mouth to the floor than she's glad I did it and...... (stops and realizes everyone's looking at her)

01-20-2001, 12:01 AM	#10
Abbey22 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 24, 2000 Posts: 108	Well if I remember correctly (I have never bought one of their series, I am just going by what I remember reading) you don't pay it all at once... I think you get billed for it monthly... don't get me wrong, I am not at all saying that this makes it cheap! It will definitely be awhile before I buy them. I just graduated college... Abbey

01-20-2001, 12:06 AM	#11
Abbey22 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 24, 2000 Posts: 108	One more thing. I believe I remember reading that you can't pick and choose which episodes you want, I think when you join the club to get that series, you start at the beginning of the series and collect them in order. You are also able to cancel whenever you want and still keep the tapes you have. Somebody please feel free to correct me if I am wrong about this... I am only going by what I think I remember reading. Abbey

01-23-2001, 12:34 AM	#12
nick10 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 06, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 22	(I am the original poster): My Mother buys them, she's great isn't she? She just puts them on her charge. I have Laverne and Shirley and All In The Family video collections from CH. They're great and easy! Trust me, you will be pleased with their videos!!!

01-23-2001, 01:07 AM	#13
Abbey22 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 24, 2000 Posts: 108	Thats awesome that your mom gets the tapes. I love classic television so there is definitely going to be some series that I plan on buying from columbia video... starting with FOL!;-) Abbey

01-24-2001, 01:39 AM	#14
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	Well I but videos from columbia house:Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Good Times and Knots Landing. I will order Different Strokes once my account is current.LOL.Hey don't laugh I only owe $10 left on 3 of the 4 accounts and paid 1 one off.