It seems like every week there's an announcement that some old TV show is getting released on DVD. But it's never the ones you want. Granted, there must be some audience for the 'Golden Girls Season 4' and 'The Best of Dr. Katz' or they wouldn't release them, but it seems like the best shows are always out of print. Until now. This holiday season, Shout! Factory is releasing 3 TV-on-DVD box sets that had me updating my Amazon wishlist for the first time in a long time.
First up, the 'Freaks and Geeks Yearbook Edition'. The show that launched the career of Judd Apatow and pretty much everyone he knows has a rabid cult following and has been out of print for years. And now, not only do you get 6 DVDs of a great show, you get 2 discs of extra stuff and a completely superfluous 80-page yearbook of photos and stuff. It's pretty much your dream come true.
'Sports Night: The Complete Series 10th Anniversary'. I can't believe it's been 10 years since Aaron Sorkin affected his way into the hearts of American TV watchers with his signature snappy dialogue and steadicam hallway walk-n-talks. Those became standards of his later, more well-known series 'The West Wing' (which ruled) and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' (which blew). If you liked either of those, you owe it to yourself to check out 'Sports Night'.
And of course, MST3K. There's certainly no shortage of available DVDs for this one, but it's all just so good I can't help but plug it when new stuff comes out. This 20th Anniversary Edition features 4 DVDs of the series' most requested shows, 4 lobby cards and a figurine of Crow. It also happens to come in a tin box, which I think is meant to be a selling point.--------
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