I am – Hercules!!

In 1980, ABC had “Taxi” and “Soap” back to back on Wednesday nights, but most of its schedule was driven by tits, ass and Aaron Spelling. “Three’s Company,” “Hart To Hart,” “Vega$,” “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” and Charlie’s Angels.” That was ABC. “Bosom Buddies” arrived on ABC the same year as the completely horrible Ted Knight vehicle “Too Close For Comfort.” Because "Bosom's" title was a tit joke and because it aired on ABC, it was too easy to dismiss it as another turd float in ABC’s T&A garbage parade. But “Bosom Buddies,” the tale of a pair of fledgling ad men who wore dresses so they could live in a dirt-cheap women-only hotel, was funny stuff. The cross-dressing business got tired in a hurry, of course, but the writers came to de-emphasize it fairly early on and pretty much eliminated it by the start of season two. The series was created by a young writer named Chris Thompson. He came out of “Laverne & Shirley,” but later spent years on “The Larry Sanders Show” (still arguably the best live-action American sitcom of all time) before he created the acclaimed (if short-lived) Jay Mohr movie-industry comedy “Action.” And of course "Bosom" starred the amazing Tom Hanks. It put Hanks on many of our pre-"Splash" radars, and I remember thinking then that he was destined for stardom. He was so great, in fact, that his greatness kind of spilled over onto co-star Peter Scolari; at the time I thought they were both due for hugeish things. (And Scolari - while never making an impact on the big screen - did spend the next two decades working nonstop in television, notably scoring Emmy nominations for three of his five seasons on “Newhart.”) I also thought the great Holland Taylor was hilarious as their ad agency boss. All 19 first-season episodes (including the pilot, shot on 35mm) are on the new set, which Amazon is retailing at the moment for $24.49

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50% Off Twilight Zone!! This time last week the excellent, extra-crammed “Twilight Zone” sets were selling for as much as $87.99 per season. Here’s what they run this week: $59.99 Twilight Zone Season One $49.99 Twilight Zone Season Two $49.99 Twilight Zone Season Three $49.99 Twilight Zone Season Four $49.99 Twilight Zone Season Five

50% Off The Prisoner!! Probably one of the three best series ever made, it carries a SRP of $139.96 and it normally sells for around $100. But at the moment: $69.99 The Complete Prisoner

1960s Outer Limits: Less than $33/Season!! $32.99 The Outer Limits Season One $30.99 The Outer Limits Season Two

It’s all apparently part of a new “classic TV sale,” which features big discounts on 138 titles including: The Avengers: The Complete Emma Peel Megaset Combat Danger Man The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Van Dyke Show Fireball XL-5: The Complete Series Lost In Space Naked City The Saint Secret Agent (2007 Megaset) Supercar: The Complete Series Thunderbirds: Megaset Time Tunnel Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea

Separately, there’s just been added a Battlstar Galactica 2.x Value Pack , which combines the $35.49 episodes 2.1-2.10 set and the $33.99 episodes 2.11-2.20 set for just $52.49!

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Last Week Doctor Who: The Invasion Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends 1.x Hawaii Five-0 1.x The Loop 1.x Moonlighting 5.x Northern Exposure 6.x Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.x SNL: The Best of Steve Martin South Park 9.x Stargate Atlantis 2.x
This Week

Baby Looney Tunes Vol. 3

Bosom Buddies 1.x

Cool McCool: The Complete Series (Created by Bob Kane!!!)

I Love Lucy 7.x-9.x

Loonatics Unleashed 1.x Match Game '73: Dumb Dora Edition

Mile High 1.x

The Pretender: The Movies

Robin of Sherwood Vol. 1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.x

Without A Trace 2.x
Next Week Batman Beyond 3.x Christy: The Complete Series Deadliest Catch 1.x Garfield: Ode To Odie JAG 3.x JAG 1.x-3.x The Jeffersons 6.x Justice League Unlimited 2.x Maude 1.x

Masters of Horror: Pro-Life <--- NEW!! McHale's Navy 1.x Miami Vice 3.x Miami Vice 4.x Milton The Monster: The Complete Series NewsRadio 5.x Run's House 1.x/2.x Sleeper Cell 2.x The Wild Wild West 2.x
March 27 The Addams Family 1.x Vol. 2 Family Affair 3.x Fantastic Four Vol. 1 Full House 6.x The Jeffersons 6.x Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Vol. 1 New Adventures of He-Man Vol. 2 One Foot in the Grave 1.x One Foot in the Grave 2.x The Shield 5.x 7th Heaven 4.x Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series Touched By An Angel 4.x Vol. 1 Whose Line Is It Anyway U.K. 1.x-2.x
April 3 Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series Defenders of the Earth Vol. 2 Entourage 3.1-3.12 Galapagos: The Complete Series Happy Tree Friends Vol. 2 Law & Order 5.x

The Lost Room: The Complete Miniseries Mind of Mencia 2.x Roseanne 7.x She-Ra 1.x Vol. 2 Tom Goes To The Mayor: The Complete Series

Twin Peaks 2.x
April 10 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2.x Vol. 2 The Batman 3.x Scooby-Doo Where Are You 3.x The Streets of San Francisco 1.x Vol. 1

Teen Titans 3.x The Untouchables 1.x Vol. 1
April 17 The Ghost Busters: The Complete Series The George Lopez Show 1.x/2.x Happy Days 2.x Highlander: Best Of Larry King Live: Greatest Interviews

The Larry Sanders Show: Not Just the Best Of Laverne & Shirley 2.x Mork & Mindy 2.x Murder She Wrote 6.x MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge 2.x

Shadow Warriors 1.x Starring Sonny Chiba SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend Or Foe?

The Venture Bros. 2.x
April 24 Columbo 1989 Daniel Boone 3.x The Drew Carey Show 1.x Ed, Edd & Eddy 2.x Flipper 1.x Ironside 1.x Ironside 1.x Vol. 1 <--- NEW!!

Kidnapped: The Complete Series Moral Orel: Vol. 1 NCIS 3.x NCIS 1.x-3.x The Odd Couple 1.x One Day At A Time 1.x Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (HD-DVD) Rob & Big 1.x Shameless 1.x Tsunami: The Aftermath

WKRP in Cincinnati 1.x
May 1 Beverly Hills 90210 2.x Dinosaurs 3.x/4.x The Girls Next Door 2.x Inside The Actors Studio: Johnny Depp The King of Queens 8.x Melrose Place 2.x

Michael Palin: Around The World In 80 Days Ozzie & Harriet: Best Of What I Like About You 1.x Will & Grace 6.x
May 8 Battlstar Galactica 2.x Value Pack <--- NEW!! Follow hercaicn