# TV show DVD wish list **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019 "2005-06-12T23:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [June 13, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/41 "2005-06-13T15:26:11Z")
_Stingray_ - even though I have every episode, including the pilot, on tape. And what kind of world do we live in when _Quincy_ and _Starsky and Hutch_ are available on DVD and _The Rockford Files_ isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/42 "2005-06-13T15:42:37Z")
Most of the shows I want to see have at least one or two seasons out. I just wish they’d hurry up with the subsequent seasons… And I really want actual full seasons runs of the Justice League cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/43 "2005-06-13T15:50:59Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > “_Spoon!_” Seconded…What I wouldn’t give to see Chairface Chippendale firing his laser at the moon in dvd quality. “Gravity is a harsh mistress.” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/44 "2005-06-13T15:52:08Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > **Pee-Wee’s Playhouse** is already out on DVD. > > My pick: “Sifl…and…Ol…ly! **Sifl & Olly Show**!” THAT was the one I couldn’t remember yesterday!How about anything from Gerry Anderson (Capt. Scarlet, Supercar, etc.)? Tales from the Darkside ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/45 "2005-06-13T17:38:48Z")
Where’s the rest of _The Larry Sanders Show_? ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/46 "2005-06-13T18:06:08Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > _Stingray_ - even though I have every episode, including the pilot, on tape. It’s been out for [quite a while](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000077VOY/qid=1118686510/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5289231-8984765?v=glance&s=dvd), I have it myself and have been enjoying them. I think that all of the Gerry Anderson SuperMarionation shows are now on available on DVD; Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL-5, Supercar, Joe 90. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/47 "2005-06-13T20:12:59Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Rat Patroll (In Color) Drat, I thought I’d be the first to mention The Rat Patrol. On the other hand, it’s good to see that there’s at least one other person around here who’d like to see it on DVD! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/48 "2005-06-13T20:46:27Z")
The pilot of _Twin Peaks_ and everything that hasn’t already been released (well, not everything, just the good episodes. You know what I mean). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Freakazoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mr\_Freakazoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Freakazoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/49 "2005-06-13T20:55:19Z")
[James at 15](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075519/) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/50 "2005-06-13T21:01:40Z")
_Freakazoid_, all 24 episodes of it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/51 "2005-06-13T21:23:58Z")
_Firefly_. Seasons 2-7 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/52 "2005-06-14T02:56:11Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > Connections Already out. All 3 series of it. (But expensive.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/53 "2005-06-14T03:10:00Z")
> [@MacSpon](#): > > Already out. All 3 series of it. (But expensive.) [“Only” $149.99!](http://www.documentary-video.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=854) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/54 "2005-06-14T03:29:22Z")
The Ernie Kovaks specials. - I’d like to see if they’re as funny as I remember them being. Soap - same reason. Peter Gunn - 'Cause Peter was cool. Laugh-in Have Gun Will Travel Spencer Maybe i’ll think of some more later. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/55 "2005-06-14T04:29:29Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I wouldn’t object to some **Tiny Toon Adventures** If you wanna good tease, two of the music videos on They Might Be Giants’ [Direct From Brooklyn](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008AOT0/qid=1118723942/sr=8-13/ref=pd_ka_6/102-7209620-7708128?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) DVD are from Tiny Toons (Particle Man and Istanbul(Not Constantinople)). ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/56 "2005-06-14T04:52:39Z")
Jack and Mike (from the 80s – anyone else but me rememebr this?) The Goodies (Brit comedy) The Duchess of Duke Street (I know, but I refuse to buy a region-free player) ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/57 "2005-06-14T07:25:23Z")
That would be [Frank’s Place](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092354/) , a 1987 show starring Tim Reid after he was Venus Flytrap on WKRP and before he was Downtown Brown on Simon & Simon. Literate, thoughtful, complex television. > [@](#): > > This series was the story of Frank Parrish, a Boston-based professor, who, upon his father’s death, inherits a restaurant in New Orleans, the Chez Louisianne (called “The Chez” (pronounced shez) by the employees and patrons). He relocates to Louisiana and learns the restaurant business through fits and starts. > > Other characters were Hanna Griffin, the object of Parrish’s affections and the assistant to Bertha Griffin-Lamour, her mother and the owner of a prominent funeral home; Reverend Deal, a part-time entrepeneur and part-time preacher; Tiger Shepin and Cool Charles, bartenders of the Chez; Big Arthur, the Cook (NOT the Chef, he insisted) and Shorty his assistant; Anna-May, who was the waitress and Miss Marie, the senior waitress who only waited on customers of the Chez that were customers for 20 years or more; Bubba was a lawyer who was a regular customerThere was much talent to be had in front of and behind the camera; playwright Samm-Art Williams wrote an episode, Hugh Wilson not only helped write the show, but even made a cameo; guest stars included Conchata Ferrell, the late Rosalind Cash and boxer Joe Frazier. How many other scripted shows could get Dizzy Gillespie to be a guest as well? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/58 "2005-06-14T08:32:56Z")
I’m going to have to second **Mission: Impossible** and third **Animaniacs.** Going to have to check if Gargoyles or Batman (the animated TV series) has been released… _wanders off to Amazon_ ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/59 "2005-06-14T10:23:24Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > [“Only” $149.99!](http://www.documentary-video.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=854) > > :eek: Holy Cow! And that’s just for Season 1. All three seasons would cost me $449.97. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019/60 "2005-06-14T11:08:07Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Soap - same reason. Seasons 1-3 are on DVD now. I bought and they are still as funny as they were when I first saw them in the 70s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-dvd-wish-list/308019.md?page=4)