WKRP, Season 1 out on DVD....
 

I just noticed that they have released it.....it's in the Best Buy circular in today's paper.

Sorry if this is a repost...

mmaddog
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Gary Portney

Yeah, supposedly though they've replaced a lot of the music in the actual episodes to avoid copyright problems, which was the reason it had never been released on DVD in the first place.

Jan Smithers. :drool:

Never heard of it.

A classic, clean comedy, I have many of the episodes on VHS along with 20 year old commercials; that really confuses people who come over and watch and see a commercial for 1987 vehicle. :)

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly: - Arthur Carlson

You'd better edit that out of your post before Bob Dole sees it.

Its a classic show..

im a youngin but i enjoyed it on the re run circuit

uh...Mr Carlson?

It was a great show. The local paper gave it a bad review because they said the deleted scenes because of the music copyright issue.

WKRP IN CINCINNATI — THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

One of the most requested DVDs ever has been “WKRP in Cincinnati,” the classic TV sitcom set in a radio station that changes formats on the arrival of a new program director.

While it’s good that the series finally made it to DVD, it’s bad that the show is a shell of its former self because it’s been cut to shreds due to music copyrights. When you have a show about the radio industry, and can’t play the songs originally in the show, there is a problem; cutting the affected scenes from the show entirely makes the situation even worse.

This is a terrible DVD release of a great show and a tremendous disappointment to fans.

Price: $39.98.


http://www.examiner.com/a-686969~Dig...__Museum_.html

Since i was young I labeled the actors by stereotype not by name

Do I hear an echo?

Wow, thats too bad...cutting the original music out of WKRP would be like cutting the surgery scenes out of ER.

I know it's pretty cut up due to royalty issues, but I will take what I can get. I liked this show more for it character interaction rather than the music behind it.

mmaddog
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Did Dane write that article?

mmaddog
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WKRP without the music?

Oy. :shake:

Yea, they probably really had no choice but to release it that way. Fans have been clamoring for it, so they knew there was some money to be made on it no matter how badly the music or scenes had been cut up.

I'd gladly pay $75 per season if they were to license the original music. It's worth it, easily.

The Turkey episode is the funniest one

"Oh the humanity.....". ROFL

God, I love her.

With the "Phone Cops" a close second.

I don't know.....I like the episode where Andy's old buddy came to assess the station for Mrs. Carlson and was trying to sell his programming services. Andy came up with the idea of the staff acting completely opposite of their normal personalities.....

mmaddog
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One of the best moments in sitcom history.

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Great stuff. REP for the post

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absolutely!!!