# TV series that should be released on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826 "2012-07-20T08:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/1 "2012-07-20T08:11:56Z")
Arli$$ (the whole series not just the “best” episodes) China Beach Karen Sisco Liquid Television (another series only released as a “best of”) Minoriteam (released in Australia but not the US) When Things Were Rotten The Wonder Years (yet another “best of”) Add your own suggestions ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/2 "2012-07-20T08:14:51Z")
Music rights are gonna make _Wonder Years_ tough. (Though I’d buy it in like 10 seconds) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/3 "2012-07-20T08:50:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When Things Were Rotten The Nutt House Wizards and Warriors ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/4 "2012-07-20T12:01:18Z")
Dave Allen At Large (US release, please) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/5 "2012-07-20T12:18:11Z")
Liquid Television is going to be difficult, as well. It was a compilation series with every segment done by a different animator or animation studio, each of whom would need to be negotiated with separately. (It’s a common problem for “animation festival” compilations. The DVD releases often differ significantly from theatrical/television versions.) There are two MTV series I’d like to see: The Idiot Box (Alex Winters sketch comedy) and The Sifl & Olly Show (surreal puppet show). Both showed music videos, but unlike Beavis and Butthead, the music videos weren’t integrated into important parts of the show, and I’d be willing to give up the music rights to get access to the sketches. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/6 "2012-07-20T12:29:44Z")
For ages, I’ve been hoping that “You Can’t Do That on Television” would come out on DVD, but I don’t think it ever will. But I’ve been able to get a fix by watching some episodes on YouTube. Growing up in the 80s, I of course watched a lot of Nickelodeon and this was one of my favorite shows (along with Danger Mouse, which I do have on DVD). Compared to today’s live-action kids’ shows (at least, the little I’ve seen) the humor was more sarcastic and less slapstick. Well, I guess the green slime could be considered slapstick, but a lot of the skits were really very clever. I don’t think the show was quite the same after Christine left, and I never warmed up to the “all new” cast of 1989-90. But still, a great show! ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/7 "2012-07-20T15:37:25Z")
I’ll second Karen Sisco. I’ve never been much of a fan of Carla Gugino either before or after, but she was freaking awesome in that show. I’d really like to see [Whiz Kids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(TV_series)) again, which I remember loving when I was 13. Although I suspect it may not have aged well. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/8 "2012-07-20T15:44:11Z")
I’ve got a two-disc “Best of _Whose Line_.” I don’t know that they need to release every episode ever aired, but I’d definitely buy “The Second-Best of _Whose Line_.” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/9 "2012-07-20T15:56:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Music rights are gonna make _Wonder Years_ tough. (Though I’d buy it in like 10 seconds) It’s available to stream on Amazon and Netflix if you need a Wonder Years fix. I think I’ll be forever waiting for “Ed” to be released on DVD. Same issue as Wonder Years w/ the music rights holding things up. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/10 "2012-07-20T15:57:04Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > The Sifl & Olly Show (surreal puppet show) **Sifl & Olly** , a thousand times yes. I remember some video specials, but I don’t recall videos during the shows themselves; there was singing, but mostly they did original songs. They did occasionally perform well-known songs, like “Heart of Glass” and “Just What I Needed”. And of course Chester sang “Seasons In The Sun” that one time. They did put out an “official” DVD of Season Three, stuff they’d recorded that had never aired. So far, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/11 "2012-07-20T15:58:19Z")
The Drew Carey Show The rest of King of the Hill Mad About You The Jack Benny Program ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/12 "2012-07-20T16:15:54Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > **Sifl & Olly** , a thousand times yes. I remember some video specials, but I don’t recall videos during the shows themselves; there was singing, but mostly they did original songs. They did occasionally perform well-known songs, like “Heart of Glass” and “Just What I Needed”. And of course Chester sang “Seasons In The Sun” that one time. > > They did put out an “official” DVD of Season Three, stuff they’d recorded that had never aired. So far, that’s all. During the original airing of season one, music videos (often truncated) were used as commercial bumpers for the show; in later airings, they just used the sketches IIRC. There are purists who would want the originals for completeness’ sake, but I just want the sketches. I missed out on the season 3 DVD (which I think was done in a small batch by the creators), but I have seen it. It’s relatively… _dark_ compared to seasons 1 and 2. I kind of wasn’t surprised that MTV pulled the plug when they did. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/13 "2012-07-20T17:39:53Z")
“Head of the Class” ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/14 "2012-07-20T17:42:35Z")
“Unnatural History” It was only on for one year, but I thought it was a very smart show and enjoyable. Don’t know if it was ever popular enough to put to DVD though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/15 "2012-07-20T17:53:08Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > The rest of King of the Hill Concur. Also, the rest of _Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends_ and the rest of _Good Eats_. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/16 "2012-07-20T18:01:29Z")
_Passions_. Yes, the soap opera. I started watching it late in the game, when I went to grad school and I’d like to see the earlier episodes. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/17 "2012-07-20T18:06:45Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Concur. > > Also, the rest of _Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends_ and the rest of _Good Eats_. Foster’s was a great show. The episode “The Big Cheese” from Season Four, where everyone gets locked out of the house, is an absolute classic. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/18 "2012-07-20T19:33:26Z")
Agree with _Who’s Line…_(the whole series, please) and the rest of _King of the Hill_. My favorite TV series in all of history and probably the entire future is _Northern Exposure_. I would pay seriously big bucks to have the complete, as-aired version of that series on DVD, not the ersatz one that’s out now. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/19 "2012-07-20T20:35:43Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > Foster’s was a great show. The episode “The Big Cheese” from Season Four, where everyone gets locked out of the house, is an absolute classic. Yes. _I HAVE GINGIVITIS!_ Also, to add what I omitted from my earlier list, the rest of _WKRP_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826/20 "2012-07-20T20:44:47Z")
_Wiseguy_ is another show that’s had a never complete release. They released the complete first season but then only released a “best of” version of the series. The final three seasons were never fully released in the US. All four complete seasons have been released in Australia however. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-should-be-released-on-dvd/628826.md?page=2)