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I am – Hercules!!
“Pushing Daisies,”
the hilarious and complicated tale of a pieman who can raise the dead and the dead girl who loves – but must never touch – him, is a romantic comedy for the ages and last season’s best new series. It boasts Bryan Fuller’s wit and Kristen Chenoweth’s breasts and Paul Reubens as a ratty man with supersmell. Private detective Emerson Cod is one of the most inspired comic creations in TV history.
The first season comes in both DVD and, since you want to see director Barry Sonnenfeld’s crazy visuals pop in HD, Blu-ray.
Star Trek: Alternate Realities contains a Geordi LaForge action figure and 20 episodes culled from “Star Trek,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Star Trek: Enterprise.”
Six of the 20 episodes deal with the Mirror Universe made famous by Bearded Spock:
Mirror, Mirror (TOS)
Crossover (DS9)
Through The Looking Glass (DS9)
Shattered Mirror (DS9)
In A Mirror Darkly Part I (Enterprise)
In A Mirror Darkly Part II (Enterprise)
Foolishly, CBS Home Entertainment elected to leave off the final two DS9 Mirror Universe episodes, “Resurrection” and “The Emperor’s New Cloak.” Were I King of DVD, I would have included both, as well as “The Tholian Web,” which turned out to be a prequel to “In A Mirror Darkly.”
(And I maybe would have figured out a way to bundle the set with Simon & Shuster’s 2007 Mirror Universe novels.)
The 14 non-Mirror episodes on the set are:
The Alternative Factor (TOS)
Parallels (TNG)
The Enemy Within (TOS)
Turnabout Intruder (TOS)
Frame of Mind (TNG)
Shattered (Voyager)
Yesterday’s Enterprise (TNG)
The Inner Light (TNG)
The Visitor (DS9)
Before and After (Voyager)
Timeless (Voyager)
Course: Oblivion (Voyager)
E2 (Enterprise)
Twilight (Enterprise)
Quite a range here. “The Alternative Factor” is likely the worst POS TOS episode produced. “The Inner Light” is my favorite TNG episode ever.
Note that the Kirk-Spock episodes on this set are “remastered” versions with all the fancy new 21st century special effects – which means the remastered version of season three’s “Turnabout Intruder” makes its DVD debut here.
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best Of Season Three contains uncensored versions of 11 of the 26 Vietnam-era episodes (one of which CBS never aired) produced for the show’s last and most controversial season.
Steve Martin and Bob “Super Dave” Einstein were writing partners and performers on the series. Guests on the 11 episodes, produced during the 1968-69 season, include The Doors, George Harrison, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Donovan, Ray Charles, Ike & Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Jackie Mason, Jonathan Winters, David Steinberg and the cast of the stage musical “Hair.”
The set offers new introductions to each episode by the Smothers Bros., the Smothers-produced “Pat Paulsen For President” TV special (featuring restored footage of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, never aired due to his subsequent assassination), bonus footage of Paulsen visiting the White House, censored sketches, a censored segment featuring anti-war activist Benjamin Spock, rehearsal footage, and the press conference held subsequent to the series’ abrupt cancellation (just after the brothers had signed their 4th-season contract).
To anticipate the question, “best of” sets for seasons two and one are already in the works.
Though a pronounced drop off in quality (and budget) followed “Chuck’s” Josh Schwartz-scripted barn-burner of a pilot, I still endorse the abbreviated first season, if only for Adam Baldwin’s turn as angry and menacing government goon John Casey. The season, which tells the tale of how and why the slacker title character had a zillion government secrets implanted in his brain, also features lots of distractingly dreamy girls, including Schwartz’ fellow “OC” vets Rachel Bilson and Julia Ling, as well as Sarah Lancaster (“Everwood”) and comely Australian Yvonne Strahovski.
The reason I’m sticking with “Dirty Sexy Money” as it ramps up its second season is sexy 33-year-old Natalie Zea (“Eyes”) and her portrayal of hilariously distracted heiress Karen Darling. It’s like a magic trick how the actress gets us to care about such a relentlessly selfish character. The first season, streeting today, gets extra points because it’s apparently the last to feature as a regular Samaire Armstrong, who plays Karen’s bratty kid sister Juliet. The series is about a civic-minded family-man and lawyer (Peter Krause) who finds himself paid vast sums of cash to solve the many problems generated by Manhattan’s entire superrich Darling clan.
Why is the Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary included in my horny TV-on-DVD column? Because it contains the DVD and Blu-ray debuts of "A-ha," "Skeletons in the Closet," and "Spooky Boo-Tique," three episodes of the animated TV series. Also? The movie is hilarious, and the best thing Michael Keaton ever did, and I’m guessing those Tim Burton visuals look rad in HD.
Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry
The 10th season of “Cheers” went on sale this month, so the good folks at CBS Home Entertainment have lowered seasons one through eight to record-low season prices of $16.99!!
Don Knotts’ Emmy-winning turn as Barney Fife during the first five seasons of “The Andy Griffith Show” made the series arguably the funniest of the 1960s. The whole series has just dropped to $16.99 per season. Particularly impressive pricing when one realizes each season ran 30 to 32 episodes.
The pricing on the “Cheers” and “Andy Griffith” sets turns out to be part of a much bigger CBS DVD sale. To save readers the trouble of paging through all those sale pages on Amazon, we've compiled most of the sale sets here, ranked by pricing:
$11.49
Police Squad: The Complete Series
$13.49
American Gangster 1.x
$14.99
CSI 1.x
Happy Days 1.x
The Hills 1.x
Jericho 2.x
Laverne & Shirley 1.x
Mork & Mindy 1.x
$15.49
Laguna Beach 1.x-2.x
Sleeper Cell 2.x
$16.49
Brotherhood 1.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.x-2.x
$16.99
American Gangster 2.x
The Andy Griffith Show 1.x-8.x
The Brady Bunch 1.x-5.x
Bullshit! 3.x-5.x
Charmed 1.x-2.x
Cheers 1.x-8.x
Everybody Hates Chris 1.x-2.x
Frasier 1.x-8.x, 11.x
Gomer Pyle USMC 1.x-2.x
Happy Days 2.x
Hogan’s Heroes 1.x-6.x
I Love Lucy 1.x-2.x
JAG 1.x-2.x
Laverne & Shirley 2.x
Mork & Mindy 2.x
Sleeper Cell 1.x
War of the Worlds 1.x
$18.99
Bosom Buddies 1.x
Keen Eddie: The Complete Series
Taxi 1.x
$19.49
Bosom Buddies 2.x
$19.99
The Hills 2.x
$20.99
Californication 1.x
Charmed 8.x
Criminal Minds 1.x-2.x
Dexter 1.x
The 4400 4.x
Girlfriends 1.x-3.x
The Honeymooners: Classic 39
The Tudors 1.x
$21.99
Early Edition 1.x
Family Ties 1.x, 3.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3.x
$22.49
Charmed 4.x
Family Ties 2.x
The 4400 3.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 4.x
$22.99
Charmed 5.x-7.x
Cheers 9.x
Diagnosis Murder 1.x
Frasier 10.x
Gome Pyle USMC 3.x-4.x
Happy Days 3.x
Hawaii Five-0 1.x-2.x
I Love Lucy 3.x-6.x
JAG 3.x-4.x
Laverne & Shirley 3.x
Medium 1.x
Mission: Impossible 1.x
Mork & Mindy 3.x
Numb3rs 1.x
Tazi 3.x
Walker Texas Ranger 1.x-3.x, 9.x
The Wild Wild West 1.x-2.x
$25.99
CSI 2.x
CSI NY 1.x
$26.49
CSI 3.x-5.x
CSI Miami 1.x, 3.x-4.x
CSI NY 2.x
$27.49
Jericho 1.x
$27.99
CSI Mimai 2.x
Hawaii Five-0 3.x-4.x
Mannix 1.x
Matlock 1.x
Mission: Impossible 3.x
Walker Texas Ranger 4.x
The Wild Wild West 3.x-4.x
$28.49
Diagnosis Murder 2.x-3.x
Mission: Impossible 2.x
$29.99
CSI Miami 5.x
Threshold: The Complete Series
$30.99
NCIS 2.x-4.x
$32.99
Ghost Whisperer 1.x-2.x
$33.49
JAG 5.x-6.x
$36.99
CSI 6.x
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.x
$39.49
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.x-3.x
Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.x-3.x
Star Trek: Voyager 1.x-3.x
$47.99
CSI 7.x
$69.99
The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series
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All five seasons of the 1959-1964 “Twilight Zone” just fell to $34.99. These are the “definitive” sets that were selling for north of $100 last year. They are packed silly with extras and were designed for fans (like me) who have already seen every episode 10 to 20 times.
Timed perhaps to coincide with the premiere of Stephen Bochco’s “Raising The Bar” this week, the price of Bochco’s mesmerizing, highly serialized (and O.J.-inspired) “Murder One” has just been cut to $21.99 per season.
“From The Earth To The Moon” was $51.99 last week; it’s now $23.99.
TV-on-DVD Calendar
Last Week
Alvin & The Chipmonks: Daytona Jones
CSI Miami 6.x
CSI Miami: Six-Season Pack
Danny Phantom 1.x
Danny Phantom 2.x
DIC's Animated Christmas Blast
Edgar & Ellen 1.x Vol. 1
Grey's Anatomy 4.x
Grey's Anatomy 4.x (Blu-ray)
Gulliver's Travels: The Complete Miniseries
A Haunting 4.x
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 3.x
Jimmy Neutron: Best Of 1.x
Jimmy Neutron: Best Of 2.x
Jimmy Neutron: Best Of 3.x
Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht 1.x/2.x
Judge Judy: Second To None
Keeping Up Appearances: The Full Bouquet
Keeping Up Appearances: Life Lessons From Onslow
Last of the Summer Wine 4.x
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3
Masters of Horror Bundle 1.x (Blu-ray)
Medium 4.x
Medium: 4-Season Pack
Newsroom 1.x
Newsroom 2.x
Newsroom 3.x
Not Only ... But Also: Best Of ... What's Left
Raccoons 1.x
Raccoons 2.x
Rocko's Modern Life Vol. 1
Rocko's Modern Life Vol. 2
Smallville 7.x
Smallville 7.x (Blu-ray)
South of Nowhere 1.x
South of Nowhere 2.x
The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Vol. 2
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries 1.x
To The Manor Born: The Complete Series
To The Manor Born: Silver Wedding Anniversary
Ugly Betty 2.x
Unfabulous 1.x
Unfabulous 2.x
Wings 7.x
Wings: 7-Season Set
This Week
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Alvinnn!!! Edition
Avatar: The Last Airbender 3.x
Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary
Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary (Blu-ray)
Chuck 1.x
Criminal Minds 3.x
Criminal Minds: Three-Season Pack
Cybill: Best Of Vol. 1
Dirty Sexy Money 1.x
Duckman 1.x/2.x
Father Knows Best Vol. 1
First Among Equals: The Complete Miniseries
Goosebumps: Assorted Episodes
Inside The Actors Studio: Robin Williams
Meerkat Manor: Best of 3.x
Ned's Declassified: Best Of 1.x
Ned's Declassified: Best Of 2.x
Ozzie & Harriet: Christmas With The Nelsons
Private Practice 1.x
Pushing Daisies 1.x
Pushing Daisies 1.x (Blu-ray)
The Red Green Show: 2000 Season
Seinfeld 1.x
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: Best Of 3.x
Star Trek: Alternate Realities
Torchwood 2.x
Torchwood 1.x (Blu-ray)
Will & Grace 8.x
Will & Grace: The Complete Series
Next Week
Alvin & The Chipmonks: Holiday Gift Set
America's Greatest Monuments: Washington, D.C.
America's Greatest Monuments: Washington, D.C. (Blu-ray)
Animalia: Welcome to the Kingdom
Animalia: Welcome to the Kingdom (Blu-ray)
Ax Men
Boston Legal 4.x
Brothers & Sisters 2.x
Cashmere Mafia: The Complete Series
CSI New York 4.x
CSI New York: Four Season Pack
Friday The 13th 1.x
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas
iCarly 1.x Vol. 1
Killinaskully 1.x
Peanuts Holiday Collection
Rob & Big 3.x
Samantha Who 1.x
Police Squad: The Complete Series
$13.49
American Gangster 1.x
$14.99
CSI 1.x
Happy Days 1.x
The Hills 1.x
Jericho 2.x
Laverne & Shirley 1.x
Mork & Mindy 1.x
$15.49
Laguna Beach 1.x-2.x
Sleeper Cell 2.x
$16.49
Brotherhood 1.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.x-2.x
$16.99
American Gangster 2.x
The Andy Griffith Show 1.x-8.x
The Brady Bunch 1.x-5.x
Bullshit! 3.x-5.x
Charmed 1.x-2.x
Cheers 1.x-8.x
Everybody Hates Chris 1.x-2.x
Frasier 1.x-8.x, 11.x
Gomer Pyle USMC 1.x-2.x
Happy Days 2.x
Hogan’s Heroes 1.x-6.x
I Love Lucy 1.x-2.x
JAG 1.x-2.x
Laverne & Shirley 2.x
Mork & Mindy 2.x
Sleeper Cell 1.x
War of the Worlds 1.x
$18.99
Bosom Buddies 1.x
Keen Eddie: The Complete Series
Taxi 1.x
$19.49
Bosom Buddies 2.x
$19.99
The Hills 2.x
$20.99
Californication 1.x
Charmed 8.x
Criminal Minds 1.x-2.x
Dexter 1.x
The 4400 4.x
Girlfriends 1.x-3.x
The Honeymooners: Classic 39
The Tudors 1.x
$21.99
Early Edition 1.x
Family Ties 1.x, 3.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3.x
$22.49
Charmed 4.x
Family Ties 2.x
The 4400 3.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 4.x
$22.99
Charmed 5.x-7.x
Cheers 9.x
Diagnosis Murder 1.x
Frasier 10.x
Gome Pyle USMC 3.x-4.x
Happy Days 3.x
Hawaii Five-0 1.x-2.x
I Love Lucy 3.x-6.x
JAG 3.x-4.x
Laverne & Shirley 3.x
Medium 1.x
Mission: Impossible 1.x
Mork & Mindy 3.x
Numb3rs 1.x
Tazi 3.x
Walker Texas Ranger 1.x-3.x, 9.x
The Wild Wild West 1.x-2.x
$25.99
CSI 2.x
CSI NY 1.x
$26.49
CSI 3.x-5.x
CSI Miami 1.x, 3.x-4.x
CSI NY 2.x
$27.49
Jericho 1.x
$27.99
CSI Mimai 2.x
Hawaii Five-0 3.x-4.x
Mannix 1.x
Matlock 1.x
Mission: Impossible 3.x
Walker Texas Ranger 4.x
The Wild Wild West 3.x-4.x
$28.49
Diagnosis Murder 2.x-3.x
Mission: Impossible 2.x
$29.99
CSI Miami 5.x
Threshold: The Complete Series
$30.99
NCIS 2.x-4.x
$32.99
Ghost Whisperer 1.x-2.x
$33.49
JAG 5.x-6.x
$36.99
CSI 6.x
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.x
$39.49
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.x-3.x
Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.x-3.x
Star Trek: Voyager 1.x-3.x
$47.99
CSI 7.x
$69.99
The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series
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...posters suck.
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But I mean, so much of TNG was awesome. DS9 too. But fuck Enterprise. What garbage.
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you mean the one where Picard wakes up among the pan people and learns to play the flute?
Gay, gay, gay.
I kid. But everyone knows the best TNG episode in that list is 'Parallals':
"We won't go back! You don't know what it's like in our universe - the Federation's gone, the Borg are everywhere! We're one of the last ships left!" -
There were many really good episodes on TNG however " Inner Light " showed a depth of moving chracterization seldom seen on TNG. Not " Gay " intelligent.
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You make it seem like the entire collection is that cheap! Look at the pic!
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That show was WAY ahead of its time. Every goofy animated show that pokes fun at its own genre that wasn't The Simpsons back in the day, owes Everett Peck.
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Are actually some of the best of the series. E2 is ok (although very out of place without the rest of the Xindi plotline), but Twilight is phenomenal (pretty much considered the best ENT episode). The two mirror universe episodes of ENT were also very good, with a lot of fun throwbacks to TOS.
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Can't pick one, but both of those were some of the absolute best Star Trek episodes (across all series) ever created. This set would be good if I didn't already own them all on DVD. >:)
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so freaking expensive??? And Dec. 16th is a long time to wait for Gen Kill *Sad face*.
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Was absolutely great. Top to bottom excellence. Unification, Ensign Ro, Inner Light, and I Borg were all great. Plus "The Game" featured Ashley Judd in a tight jumpsuit, which was absolutely inspired casting.
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I wouldn't buy it if it was $16 for the whole series, and they paid me $10,000 to watch it, and Alexis Bledl showed up at my house in her Sin City outfit to blow me while I watched that crap. Well, throw in that last part and maybe I'll watch it. With the sound turned down.
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Amazon.com has dropped the price of "Heroes Season 2" to $24.95. That's much better than the previous price of $38.95, and is low enough that I placed an order for the set a few minutes ago.
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So is Doctor Who. I would buy those, if they were around $30 a season. The Doctor Who season three DVD's are on a "very long wait" list from Blockbuster online, what does that tell you?
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Sure, he was no Wesley Crusher, but when I think TNG and action, I think of Geordi LaForge. I can spend hours playing with him pretending he is calibrating the warp drive or running a diagnostic. My weekend is made!
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Sep 16, 2008 10:22:21 PM CDT
Beetlejuice: worst "anniversary edition" since Poltergeist
by nasty in the pasty
Wow, three episodes of the mediocre cartoon series? That's fucking IT? Even the old snapper-case version had the same isolated score track.
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Damn good science fiction.
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Give me a replica that looks like his visor. I can wear it to work, in the shower, and when I make sweet love to my girlfriends.
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