# What TV Series Would You Buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368 "2002-12-13T00:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/41 "2002-12-14T00:48:19Z")
I’m already $150 into my Buffy investment. ---
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/42 "2002-12-14T01:05:29Z")
Live action: Soap Get Smart WKRP in Cincinatti The Muppet Show Sledgehammer! Star Trek (just the original) Mork & Mindy (well really just the first season. It sooo went downhill after that) Already have Python Anime: The one I am waffling on ordering but do want is Kimagure Orange Road Already have way too many - the three I grabbed the second they were available were: Magic Knight Rayearth Neon Genesis Evangelion Irresponsible Captain Tylor The one I’d like to see released (and I am not making this title up) All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/43 "2002-12-14T03:15:32Z")
I _really_ want Daria on DVD. If it’s ever released, I will grab it up. But the titles I would eventually like to own that are or soon will be released (all anime, actually) are: Cowboy Bebop Yami no Matsuei (in January! I’m happy) Card Captor Sakura Of course, I wouldn’t turn down Blackadder or Monty Python either. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/44 "2002-12-14T03:21:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mblackwell \* > \*\*How did he get Speed Racer? Is there any way to get it other than hunting down individual episodes on Ebay and paying way too much? \*\* I have SpeedRacer. Bought them as a series a long time ago. If you want copies let me know. Cost ya the postage. I’d charge ya for the tape, but I just couldn’t do it to a fellow Buckeye (you ARE a Buckeye, aren’t you?). email [jamesdcarroll@hotmail.com](mailto:jamesdcarroll@hotmail.com) with a subject line that doesn’t include “hot”, “wet”, “young”, etc and I’ll be more than happy to help out a fellow Buckeye (you ARE a Buckeye, aren’t you?). ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/45 "2002-12-14T03:25:07Z")
Cupid Farscape Simpsons Monty Python’s Flying Circus Blackadder Picket Fences (no, seriously) ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/46 "2002-12-14T06:18:22Z")
I am not the kind of person who watches TV episodes too many times but I would ,at least, consider the following if the price was right: Seinfeld Yes Minister/Prime Minister Cowboy Bebop Crest of the Stars (the last two are anime) ---
**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/47 "2002-12-14T07:32:53Z")
Already own: **The Prisoner** (taped some of them from PBS; bought VHS copies of the rest) **The Simpsons** (taped them all myself) **Futurama** (ditto) **Larry Sanders** (ditto) **MST3K** (about half of them) \*\*Freaks & Geeks \*\* (bought the uncut masters on EBay. Worth every penny.) Would Love to Own: **Homicide: Life On the Street** (oh please someone put this out) **MST3K** (the half I don’t have) **Upstairs Downstairs** (If I had $300 laying around - ha! - I’d buy the DVD set) **Daria** **St. Elsewhere** **Popular** ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/48 "2002-12-14T08:14:16Z")
I’ve got all the **Buffy** seasons that are out commercially, and I’ve got every episode on tape. I’d also buy **Pete & Pete** and **Invader ZIM** , given the chance, but we’ve taped all the ones that have aired (except I’m missing the Christmas P&P, the one with the garbageman - I have high hopes for this month’s shows on Noggin). ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/49 "2002-12-14T08:40:22Z")
The Avengers (Young Diana Riggs in leather cat suits!!!) The Muppet Show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Bugs Bunny Show (AKA The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Show) ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/50 "2002-12-14T13:33:04Z")
Anybody remember ‘Millienium’? I’d take a dvd of that series in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/51 "2002-12-14T13:34:00Z")
I’ve already started Star Trek: The Next Generation (have up to season 3). Don’t know if I’ll get other ST series if they come out. It gets kind of expensive. Speaking of expensive, I want to get Law & Order, but with some 15 seasons or so, that’ll really take a bite out of my wallet! I already have all the Monty Python episodes on VHS (dammit – bought 'em before DVD came out!). I’d like to get full seasons of Doctor Who, but only one full season is out (the “Key to Time” one) – all the rest are individual stories, which brings us back to rather expensive… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/52 "2002-12-17T07:31:40Z")
To those few (amongst which I would count myself) who mentioned the Muppet Show, I just saw last night that TimeLife is putting out 30 episodes on vhs/dvd in a 10 volume set. [Get yours for $100.](http://www.timelife.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=Rno9Dy16H9YtaBCElKN9Awu_vbvxFn2ntSM=?ProductSKU=15837) ---
**Author:** ![serenitynow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@serenitynow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serenitynow)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/53 "2002-12-18T00:38:24Z")
Did I miss something, or has no one said the Sopranos? I not only would, but have bought three seasons of that. I am going to buy Coupling, which was alluded to earlier. That has to be one of the funniest shows ever. It comes out next month on DVD. I am also anxiously awaiting Twin Peaks, Seaon Two, but I wish they would get over themselves and release a decent Pilot edition for the show instead of that raunchy bootleg (I assume) edition that is floating around. As for a show that is not on DVD (I don’t think), I would like to see Magnum P.I. I just love that show! ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/54 "2002-12-18T02:32:12Z")
I’d buy: [ul] [li]Adventures of Pete and Pete[/li][li]Rocko’s Modern Life[/li][li]Aeon Flux[/li][li]Absolutely Fabulous[/li][li]Alexei Sayle’s Stuff[/li][li]'Allo 'Allo[/li][li]All of the original Monty Python episodes[/li][li]On The Air (very short-lived David Lynch TV series; 3 episodes aired, 7 were made)[/li][li]Millenium[/li][li]Space: Above and Beyond[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/55 "2002-12-18T09:01:06Z")
Let’s see. [ul]_[li]Cupid[/li][li]Sports Night[/li][li]Buffy[/li][li]West Wing[/li][li]B5[/li][li]The Muppet Show[/li][li]Fawlty Towers[/li][li]Firefly[/li][li]Highlander[/li][_]Barney Miller\*[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/56 "2002-12-18T09:16:03Z")
The Larry Sanders Show The X-Files IF THERE IS COMMENTARY, (I never got my hands on those DVD’s, any good) The Twilight Zone Ren & Stimpy Daria Beavis and Butt-head Maybe Rocko’s Modern Life Maybe Married: With Children ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/57 "2002-12-18T15:20:14Z")
Buffy Angel The Bob Newhart Show The Rockford Files Animaniacs Pinky & the Brain Northern Exposure Homicide: Life on the Street Home Improvement The Muppet Show ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/58 "2002-12-18T16:08:12Z")
[Space: 1999](http://www.animus-web.demon.co.uk/eagle/1999.htm) is the only TV series I have. I think I might like to have Star Trek TOS, but it’s not very high on my list of things to spend hundreds of dollars on. Everything else that’s on TV, or ever has been on TV isn’t good enough for me to have hard copies of at my fingertips. Maybe the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/59 "2002-12-19T01:59:40Z")
**Quantum Leap**. I didn’t watch it when it was in production –discovered it later on. Unfortunately, as far as I know, it is not available as a whole boxed set. I’ve found only a few episodes on VHS floating around. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368/60 "2002-12-20T06:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Mapp \* > **I’ve bought the first season of B5 on DVD, and will get the rest as they come out. I’m also planning to get DS9 when it is available next year.** Is that for certain? The last time I looked into Trek’s DVD deals, there weren’t any specific plans for any series other than TNG coming out… not even TOS, which I found rather odd. If it’s true, then I **MUST** own DS9 at my earliest convenience. Best. Trek. Ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-buy/142368.md?page=4)