Single-DVD release of The Brady Bunch - October 3r

[Sharon]

TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting that "Paramount/CBS has decided to provide an inexpensive single-DVD release of The Brady Bunch, for those retailers and consumers who prefer to avoid filling the shelves up with big season sets."

The 7 episode set will be released October 3rd.

Source:
www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6115

[Scott]

This is pretty usless to me, since I have all of the seasons on DVD, but for those who only want some specific episodes, its a great buy for that price!!

[Poor Jonathon]

So that's a quarter of the season for half the price of the entire season, doesn't seem like that great a deal. I'd be astounded if the first few sell enough to justify releasing the rest of the series. Now if it had been a 'Best Of' set for each character they might have been on to something.

[Scott]

poorjonathon said:

Now if it had been a 'Best Of' set for each character they might have been on to something.

Now, thats an intresting idea. What do you think are the best episodes that focus on each character?

[Poor Jonathon]

Okay I'll give it a shot. For each set seven episodes seems about right, after all you wouldn't want to short change the people that bought the season sets.


Greg

Vote for Brady
Where There's Smoke
Our Son, the Man
Greg's Triangle
Greg Gets Grounded
A Room at the Top
Adios, Johnny Bravo


Marcia: Volume One

The Subject Was Noses
Getting Davy Jones
The Liberation of Marcia Brady
Marcia Gets Creamed
Love and the Older Man
Today I am a Freshman
The Driver's Seat


Peter

The Hero
The Private Ear
The Personality Kid
Dough Re Mi
The Power of the Press
Two Petes in a Pod
Peter and the Wolf

Jan

The Not-So-Ugly Duckling
Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?
Her Sister's Shadow
The Not-So-Rose-Colored Glasses
Jan, the Only Child
Try, Try Again
Miss Popularity

Bobby

What Goes Up...
The Winner
Big Little Man
The Big Bet
Law and Disorder
Bobby's Hero
Mail Order Hero

I'll sidestep Cindy because you're far more qualified than I am to make such a selection.

Mike

Double Parked
Father of the Year
Sorry, Right Number
Mike's Horror-Scope
Career Fever
You're Never Too Old
The Hustler

Carol

The Honeymoon
Every Boy Does It Once
The Grass is Always Greener
The Voice of Christmas
Tell it Like It Is
The Fender Benders
The Show Must Go On??

Alice

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Big Sprain
Alice's September Song
Sergeant Emma
Goodbye, Alice, Hello
The Elopement
Top Secret

That was more difficult than I thought it would be, with the kids it was a case of which episodes can I leave out but for the adults it was a real challenge just finding seven for each of them. I'd admit that some of the links are tenuous at best and even the notion of including either Mike's Horror-Scope or You're Never Too Old on a 'Best Of' volume is frankly absurd. Ah well, would anyone really want a Best Of Mike DVD anyway?

[Scott]

Hats off to you! It's not easy having to select a "best of" for each character, but you seemed to do a great job of it. Ever consider working for Paramount?

Oh, and before I forget, I'll include the official best of for my dear Cindy:

Cindy

Eennie, Meennie, Mommy, Daddy (Poor Prince Victor!)
Kitty Karry All Is Missing (Rockabye baby...)
The Tattle Tale (You stop that Buddy Hinton!!)
Lights Out (Or lights on, as Cindy would like it)
Cindy Brady, Lady (Why did I have to be born so young?)
The Great Earring Caper (Cindy, the last thing you need is two more holes in your head!)
The Snooperstar (I HAVE to start being Shirley Temple right away!!)

And that's all folks!!!

[Sharon]

poorjonathon said:

So that's a quarter of the season for half the price of the entire season, doesn't seem like that great a deal. I'd be astounded if the first few sell enough to justify releasing the rest of the series. Now if it had been a 'Best Of' set for each character they might have been on to something.

That's a great idea! I think that would be more appealing to the casual fan than just a bunch of episodes from one season.