Muppet Show DVD season box sets announced

[McFraggle]

Cool, I'll have to call the Disney DVD folks again to see what they say now. But let's hope we don't get the same mix-up we had with HIT and the Fraggle sets.

Let's hope not. I'm looking forward to them.

 

[christyb]

If everyone knows this then ignore this post. My dad was looking for some of those Time-Life releases of The Muppet Show for my birthday. He called every store in town looking for them and they have been discontinued! What's weird is that the stores aren't even selling the extras they have. The store sent them back to well where ever. In my logic this has to mean Box Sets are coming soon. Like I said if this is already widely known and I'm just slow ignore me .

 

[GelflingWaldo]

What's weird is that the stores aren't even selling the extras they have. The store sent them back to well where ever.

That's because when TimeLife had a licence with Henson, when Henson sold the Muppets to Disney, Disney chose not to renew the rights and the deal was up. Timelife had to stop producing and selling all the Muppets DVDs - although some stores continued to "sell out" the left over stock of TMS dvds from TimeLife, many sold them back to TimeLife (who "recalled" them when the lincense ran up). This probally has nothing to do with the prospect of season sets - just the fact that Disney didn't want Timelife making profit off their property - it took place a long time before the conception of season sets hit Disney's mind; even before Disney fully established The Muppet Holding Co.

 

[christyb]

Oops I forgot what the guy at Best Buy said. Which is by no means an authorative source. They're expecting a replacement "soon". Whatever that means. Just a curious thing I thought I would share. But I'll be quiet now. I obviously don't know what I'm talking about .

 

[GelflingWaldo]

Oops I forgot what the guy at Best Buy said. Which is by no means an authorative source. They're expecting a replacement "soon". Whatever that means. Just a curious thing I thought I would share. But I'll be quiet now. I obviously don't know what I'm talking about .

They may mean they're expecting a replacement the same way we all are. Sometimes the people at Best Buy (and other places) say things based on speculation, sales patterns/history, rumors, or hopes. But I hope that Disney will clear up all this wondering and come out and tell us about something soon.

 

[christyb]

Hear, Hear! Oops there I go talking again. LoL .

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Actually, I think it would have been a better idea if Timelife kept making them. I mean I am anxious for the season by season box sets, but I'm still wondering what to do with the one's I have once the DVDs come out. After all, there is one tape with three season 2 eps. I wouldn't need that one once season 2 comes out. I really don't want to get rid of the ones I have, because it was only about a year or two since I got them and they're in very good condition. That's why I feel, it might have been better if Timelife would have just kept making more episodes and completed the set that way. Just my opinion.

 

[Muppetlord]

I was working for Suncoast when Disney bought the Power Rangers and we ended up sending back every copy of the Power Rangers we had and about 2-3 months later, we had the Disney packaged version sent us as they re-released them.

It is probably the same here. There was probably a sell off period and now all copies are pulled to help create the demand, by making them scarace and then they will make the release of the set.

 

[GelflingWaldo]

The fact that a DVD is pulled from the shelves has nothing to do with the fact that another version of the product is coming. It has to do with contracts, legal agreements, terms of usage/sales, ect. The fact that the TimeLife DVDs were pulled is not in anyway related to the fact that Disney is going to release the same content in another form.

When one company (like TimeLife) looses the rights to a property (like The Muppet Sho) and a new company gets them (like Disney) the reason the products may get called back is because of the terms of the original agreement with the first company (in this case TimeLife). It's not because it's the "all mighty disney"; if TimeLife's contract expired, the DVD would have been called back even if Henson still owned the Muppets. Even if Disney has no plans to ever release the Muppet Show on DVD ever, the DVDs would have still been called back. It is a legal thing, not a marketing thing.

Although usally when a product get's called back like this there is a re-release later on; the two are not connected.

 

[christyb]

Finally got a reply back from Disney (been trying to get something from them in months). Their answer is still the same old. "A release date has not been decided on yet." So no luck here guys. Anyone else find anything??