From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   Chris "Sampo" Cornell wrote:   
   >   
   >>"Derek Janssen"  wrote in message   
   >>news:xfWvl.778$SU3.730@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...   
   >>>   
   >>>Well, that too, but was referring to Shout's anal-retentiveness for making   
   >>>sure they didn't begrudge the audience a Cody chapter...   
   >>>Which might also leave hopes for Robot Monster, Slime People, Project   
   >>>Moonbase, and...Corpse Vanishes.  -_-   
   >>>   
   >>>(well, Robot Monster, anyway)   
   >>   
   >>Don't get me wrong.  I'd love to see the entire Season One library released.   
   >>My comment was in reference to Turkey Week back in (was it 1994?) when CC   
   >>negotiated with BBI to run more episodes of Season One.  I can still hear   
   >>Penn's voiceover for the episodes describing Josh (J. Elvis) as a "fake   
   >>Frank".  The excuse given for no more than four being run was that they   
   >>didn't want people to see their first season because it wasn't their best   
   >>work.  I think that was a crock, then.   
   >   
   > Well, IMO the quality level *is* lower, generally, in season 1, though   
   > it's still quite good and fun. But the "real" reason, which they talked   
   > about later, was that the show in season 1 was just too different from   
   > the then-current show, and at that time they were still trying establish   
   > their then-current look and feel and they felt casual audiences would be   
   > "confused." I think they worried too much about it, but I think their   
   > concern was genuine.   
      
   Although that was also back when Rhino had to sell "The Crawling Hand"   
   as a solo title, and had to worry about it being taken in or out of   
   context with the bigger-selling Joel titles--   
   Years after Turkey Week, Shouting Rhino can now give us a whole   
   historical cross-section of various incarnations of the series--And slip   
   a S1 into the mix as a C-feature, and only portray it as just *part* of   
   the Elvis-era/CC-era/Mike-era/Subplot-era/Corbett-era confusion of   
   styles, for variety's sake.   
      
   ...Which, to answer one poster, is one good REASON for boxsets.  :)   
      
   Derek Janssen (who never got around to buying "Red Zone Cuba" as a solo   
   disk, but might've watched it in a box)   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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