# TV shows we MUST have on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162 "2004-09-20T18:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/101 "2004-09-23T21:00:41Z")
_Saturday Night Live._ I want all 29 seasons of _SNL._ Every single episode, in order of broadcast. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/102 "2004-09-23T21:27:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > _Saturday Night Live._ I want all 29 seasons of _SNL._ Every single episode, in order of broadcast. Let’s see: 566 episodes (according to TV Tome, not including specials) @ 70 mins (more or less w/o commercials) = 660hr 20min. Even using a dual layer disc and putting 5 eps per disc, you’re talking 114 discs! ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/103 "2004-09-23T23:37:19Z")
The Seinfeld release is certainly good news. I’d really like to see _James Burke’s_ **The Day the Universe Changed** _James Michener’s_ **Centennial** **Bosom Buddies** **WKRP** > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Too Close for Comfort. A lame show, but I want to freeze frame on Lydia Cornell. > . Awful show, and Lydia Cornell really couldn’t act, but she was the only reason to watch the show. mmmmm-Lydia Cornell ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/104 "2004-09-24T01:05:31Z")
Paul Feig said in the most recent F&G newsletter that **"things are looking good for Undeclared to come out in 2005!"** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/105 "2004-09-24T20:05:27Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Let’s see: 566 episodes (according to TV Tome, not including specials) @ 70 mins (more or less w/o commercials) = 660hr 20min. Even using a dual layer disc and putting 5 eps per disc, you’re talking 114 discs! What is your point? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/106 "2004-09-24T20:53:57Z")
The 8-Part PBS series “ **Television** ” - Hosted by _Edwin Newman_ Any and all of the “ **The Fred Friendly Seminars** ” on PBS that were moderated by _Charles Nesson, Charles Ogletree and Arthur Miller_. The pilot (and any other taped shows that kept in the can) of “ **What’s Alan Watching** ” porduced by _Eddie Murphy_. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/107 "2004-09-24T21:15:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What is your point? Reinforced shelf? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/108 "2004-09-24T22:16:53Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > _The Misfits of Science_, dangit. I have a complete run on CD-R, if you’re really desperate and don’t have it yourself. We also need a full set of Jake 2.0, preferably in time for Medical Investigation to tank so that UPN can pick it up again when they realise that _they axed the replacement for Buffy_. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/109 "2004-10-22T01:25:49Z")
I’ll add **Northern Exposure** to the list. I’ve never seen the episode where Grant Goodeve gets hit by a satellite. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/110 "2004-10-22T01:37:36Z")
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