I wanted to highlight a couple of TV series that have gotten released on DVD recently.
First, The Muppet Show. I mentioned this a while back, but today's the day for Hensonphiles to go pick up Season 1 at their local electronics emporium. Pretty cool, considering the best estimate we were hearing from the Muppet Holding Company were "end of the year" for a release.
..."Muppet Holding Company." It's anybody's guess as to when we'll hear Miss Piggy's version of "Piece of my Heart."
In nerdlier news, the first two seasons of Gatchaman were released about a month ago. American audiences might know the series by the name Battle of the Planets or G-Force, which is how it was labeled over here in the late '70s and '80s, respectively.
I have no idea how the show will hold up after 30 years, but Battle of the Planets was, literally, the first TV show I would actually hurry home from school to see. Whether it was for the funkalicious '70s theme song or Princess' (Jun's) criminally short skirt, I couldn't say.
I liked BotP, but it was no "Star Blazers" for catchy themesongs.
Like "Space Battleship Yamato" (and Ultraman), Gatchaman has lots of story that didn't make it over to the states in the 1970s or 1980s.
Given the number (and price) of "six disc series", I may be very glad for Netflix...
Brrrrrit! Stick em Tiny!
I got the set about 2 weeks back to review it and I'll double-check, but I don't believe "Piece of My Heart" is on there.
Wow, thanks for this! I loved G-Force when I was growing up and I didn't know its alternate names. Every once in a while I would do a half hearted look on the internet, believing the show was some obscure thing, almost from my imagination. This is going to be a major blast from the past.