# TV shows and films not available on VHS or DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813 "2006-10-01T05:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/21 "2006-10-01T20:23:18Z")
_The Young Riders_ ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/22 "2006-10-01T20:59:43Z")
Doctor, Doctor. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/23 "2006-10-01T21:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Beverly Hills 90210. Probably tied up because of all the music that was played on the show. [/QUOTE] I read they are going to release this on DVD. The producers of the show are going through each episode to replace some of the copyrighted music which they can’t get the rights to with acceptable soundalikes. [Quote=Johnny L.A.] Get Smart [/quote] The entire series will be released as a boxed set which can be ordered from Time-Life. After that, Time-Life will be doing individual mail-order seasons, which will eventually be able to be bought in stores. > [@Max Torque](#): > > And all the remaining seasons of The Muppet Show. Buena Vista is currently working on the second season, which should be released sometime in 2007. They’re currently doing a vote for what the cover should be on the Muppets’s official website (three different photographs of Miss Piggy). > [@Otto](#): > > The Tick animated, complete season 1, seasons 2-3. The DVD set features an inset in which the Tick tells his fans to be on the lookout for “season aye aye” (“Uh, Tick, I think that’s a Roman numeral two”), which appears to mean that there are plans. Buena Vista has stated they are looking into seeing whether they will able able to release Season 1’s missing episode on a future set. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/24 "2006-10-01T21:28:35Z")
The second and third season of **Seaquest**. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/25 "2006-10-01T21:31:31Z")
Nice Girls Don’t Explode L ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/26 "2006-10-01T21:39:21Z")
**Larry Sanders** , other than the first season. I have all the eps on DVD, but it’s a bootleg and not the best quality. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/27 "2006-10-01T22:04:35Z")
I’m still waiting (impatiently) for **China Beach** ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/28 "2006-10-01T22:23:53Z")
There are no acceptable substitutes for Beverly Hills 90210. Not for those who remember every episode. I hate the music industry for this garbage. We’re not stealing. We’re willing to pay rights to the artist. But, asking a fortune for music from 15 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/29 "2006-10-01T23:51:06Z")
**The Practice** , for reasons unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/30 "2006-10-03T00:11:35Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The entire series will be released as a boxed set which can be ordered from Time-Life. After that, Time-Life will be doing individual mail-order seasons, which will eventually be able to be bought in stores. [/QUOTE] Thanks for that. I also see that _The Man From U.N.C.L.E._ may be released eventually. 🆒 ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/31 "2006-10-03T00:22:48Z")
_When Things Were Rotten_, the **good** Robin Hood show by Mel Brooks. I have _WKRP_ on DVD (\*\*with \*\* all the original music!), and _The Man From U.N.C.L.E./Girl from U.N.C.L.E._ will be released eventually. If I could find DVDs of the various incarnations of \*Robin of Sherwood \* (BBC), I’d be very happy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/32 "2006-10-03T00:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] _When Things Were Rotten_, the **good** Robin Hood show by Mel Brooks. I have _WKRP_ on DVD (\*\*with \*\* all the original music!), and _The Man From U.N.C.L.E./Girl from U.N.C.L.E._ will be released eventually. If I could find DVDs of the various incarnations of \*Robin of Sherwood \* (BBC), I’d be very happy. [/QUOTE] Wait, what? What do you mean you have DVDs of WKRP with the original Music? Please link how to acquire these gems. Please! Jim {“As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly”} ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/33 "2006-10-03T00:35:10Z")
I’m a huge [Eek! the Cat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103408/) fan, so I keep waiting for the entire series to come out on DVD, but I’ve yet to run into someone other than my wife who’s even heard of this show, much less loved it, so I’m not holding my breath. Ditto [The State](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130421/). Once every year or so, there’ll be a rumor about how all the episodes will be released, but it never comes to anything. It’s a shame, because at the time, _The State_ had some of the best sketch comedy on the air. Monkey torture for everybody at MTV until I’m watching _all_ the episodes on my DVD player. But probably the biggest “Why isn’t this on DVD” gap in my life is the uncut version of [Masada](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081900/) . For the love of Jehovah, people, it’s only just about the best miniseries ever produced, next to **Shogun**! Just release the damn thing already!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/34 "2006-10-03T00:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] _When Things Were Rotten_ [/QUOTE] I thought I was the only one who knew of this. I remember watching it when it was a kid. I liked it at the time; but I suspect that having grown up, it would be too silly now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/35 "2006-10-03T00:44:06Z")
Another vote for **Daria** and **WKRP**. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/36 "2006-10-03T01:53:41Z")
_The Steven Banks Show Anything but Love_ Add another vote for _Daria_. Also _You Can’t Do That on Television_ and _It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/37 "2006-10-03T02:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Wait, what? What do you mean you have DVDs of WKRP with the original Music? Please link how to acquire these gems. Please! [/QUOTE] They’re bootlegs, I’m sure. And no offense, but I doubt that all of the music is truly from the original broadcasts. I could be wrong, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/38 "2006-10-03T02:43:17Z")
_Cupid_, the short-lived TV series starring Jeremy Piven. When I was a kid in the 80s, I was a big fan of _You Can’t Do That On Television!_, a Nickelodeon program imported from Canada. It’s long overdue for DVD release. ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/39 "2006-10-03T03:00:16Z")
**The Wonder Years** , also delayed for music liscensing I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813/40 "2006-10-03T03:11:07Z")
Season 2 and later of **Night Court**. They brought out season 1, and I’m waiting… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-films-not-available-on-vhs-or-dvd/374813.md?page=3)