The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Series - Image Nov 13

[iv3rdawG]

Not sure if its been covered but, seeing that the episode order on the Blu-ray is in production code order and not by airdate, which is the best viewing method?

[raven007]

More desilu shows should be on blu ray. See desilu filmed shows on film first for a tv studio at the time dick van dyke was one of the desilu shows. And if this looks good on blu ray imagine what I love Lucy, the Andy griffin show and the untoucheables will look like on blu ray all were made at desilu and shot on film. Also I think I saw the original star trek show on blu ray l, that's another desilu show.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by iv3rdawG

Not sure if its been covered but, seeing that the episode order on the Blu-ray is in production code order and not by airdate, which is the best viewing method?

I'm no expert, but I would think going by production order is usually the best way to go.

[hardtosayx]

Previously only available in “The Complete Series” box set, “The Dick Van Dyke Show Season: The Complete First Season” is coming INDIVIDUALLY to Blu-ray Disc on April 9th, 2013 via Image Entertainment. Tech specs for the release include full 1080p Hi-Def video in the (4×3) 1.33:1 aspect ratio with DTS-HD Mono Master Audio sound on all 30 episodes across a 3-disc set. This is not yet available for pre-order over at Amazon but stay tuned. The release of this season will include the following bonus materials listed below.


Audio Commentaries with Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke (for Selected Episodes)
Head of the Family – Original Series Pilot Episode
Interviews with Cast and Directers
Emmy Award Telecast Clips Honoring The Dick Van Dyke Show
Original Commercials with the Cast and Network Promos
Photo Galleries for Selected Episodes

http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/

[mzupeman]

This will be great news for many!

[LD1808]

Originally Posted by bluskies

To those who were wondering about the color test for the "It May Look Like A Walnut" episode, it is nothing but Legend films doing their colorization thing again.

Are you able to post screencaps/video of it?

[Whirlygig]

What game is Amazon playing at, constantly reducing the complete set price by amounts of mere pocket change over the past couple of days?

If the current rate holds, maybe in a month or two it will be $100?

[metsfan1545d]

probably will pick up the first season out of curiosity

[bluskies]

There have been sitcoms from the very beginning of television, and the very best was one that debuted in 1961. The top comedy series contain not only physical comedy, but are superbly written, and they can probably be counted on the fingers of two hands. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, and a few more. But the king of them all is The Dick Van Dyke Show. I don't think here was ever a funnier show on the air.

Everyone connected with the show, in front of and behind the cameras, was a terrific talent:

Carl Reiner created it, originally casting himself as a head writer of a TV variety show, but when the pilot failed, it was reworked to star Dick Van Dyke, who was at that moment enjoying great success on Broadway in "Bye Bye Birdie."

Van Dyke was an nimble actor who easily combined slapstick tumbles with a charm and abilty to play a situation straight, and still get laughs.

Others in the cast included Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie, both show biz veterans, as the other writers of The Alan Brady Show. Richard Deacon was the put-upon producer of the show within the show...and until this viewing of the entire series, I never realized how very much he added to the series as Mel Cooley.

Carl Reiner even got himself into the series...first as an occasional eccentric character, but then appearing in the last two seasons full onscreen as egotistical, tyrannical Alan Brady.

There were a few other regulars, but the most surprising find was a very young woman named Mary Tyler Moore. There is no need for me to go into a resume of her later work, but I feel it is important to emphasize that before this program she was a relative unknown. And what she brought to The Dick Van Dyke Show was the perfect wife for Rob Petrie and the perfect acting partner for Dick Van Dyke. She could dance, sing, and her comic timing was even greater than anyone expected. She was youthful, very pretty, and while we see that Rob and Laura loved each other enormously, you also felt there was a lot of hot foolin-around going on behind that bedroom door.

The Blu-ray set has all 158 half-hour episodes from the five seasons. And you will likely never laugh as much or as hard. Every episode had something, but in each season there were comic masterpieces that are still held in high esteem today: "Coast to Coast Big Mouth," "It May Look Like A Walnut!", "Where Did I Come From?", and "Oh, How We Met the Night We Danced" are just a few of them. And it comes to a nice conclusion with a tale that neatly wraps up the series, "The Last Chapter."

The picture quality is fabulous. I watch every episode of the five seasons and I am eager to tell you that NEVER have these shows looked this wonderful! (There are some early episodes in the first season that have Dick wearing jackets that cause some jagged moments, but that is very minor.)

The DTS-HD Master Audio is in the original mono but it is excellent.

The extras that were on DVD are carried over, and there are quite a few of them (mostly in the form of commentaries). There are also Blu exclusives on each of the 15 Blu-ray discs, but these are mostly clips from old TV programs or awards shows, and so they show varying quality, never anything like today's HD.

The Blu-ray set of The Dick Van Dyke Show contains over 60 hours of the best comedy you will ever see. It comes VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

[oildude]

Originally Posted by bluskies

[Show spoiler]There have been sitcoms from the very beginning of television, and the very best was one that debuted in 1961. The top comedy series contain not only physical comedy, but are superbly written, and they can probably be counted on the fingers of two hands. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, and a few more. But the king of them all is The Dick Van Dyke Show. I don't think here was ever a funnier show on the air.

Everyone connected with the show, in front of and behind the cameras, was a terrific talent:

Carl Reiner created it, originally casting himself as a head writer of a TV variety show, but when the pilot failed, it was reworked to star Dick Van Dyke, who was at that moment enjoying great success on Broadway in "Bye Bye Birdie."

Van Dyke was an nimble actor who easily combined slapstick tumbles with a charm and abilty to play a situation straight, and still get laughs.

Others in the cast included Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie, both show biz veterans, as the other writers of The Alan Brady Show. Richard Deacon was the put-upon producer of the show within the show...and until this viewing of the entire series, I never realized how very much he added to the series as Mel Cooley.

Carl Reiner even got himself into the series...first as an occasional eccentric character, but then appearing in the last two seasons full onscreen as egotistical, tyrannical Alan Brady.

There were a few other regulars, but the most surprising find was a very young woman named Mary Tyler Moore. There is no need for me to go into a resume of her later work, but I feel it is important to emphasize that before this program she was a relative unknown. And what she brought to The Dick Van Dyke Show was the perfect wife for Rob Petrie and the perfect acting partner for Dick Van Dyke. She could dance, sing, and her comic timing was even greater than anyone expected. She was youthful, very pretty, and while we see that Rob and Laura loved each other enormously, you also felt there was a lot of hot foolin-around going on behind that bedroom door.

The Blu-ray set has all 158 half-hour episodes from the five seasons. And you will likely never laugh as much or as hard. Every episode had something, but in each season there were comic masterpieces that are still held in high esteem today: "Coast to Coast Big Mouth," "It May Look Like A Walnut!", "Where Did I Come From?", and "Oh, How We Met the Night We Danced" are just a few of them. And it comes to a nice conclusion with a tale that neatly wraps up the series, "The Last Chapter."

The picture quality is fabulous. I watch every episode of the five seasons and I am eager to tell you that NEVER have these shows looked this wonderful! (There are some early episodes in the first season that have Dick wearing jackets that cause some jagged moments, but that is very minor.)

The DTS-HD Master Audio is in the original mono but it is excellent.

The extras that were on DVD are carried over, and there are quite a few of them (mostly in the form of commentaries). There are also Blu exclusives on each of the 15 Blu-ray discs, but these are mostly clips from old TV programs or awards shows, and so they show varying quality, never anything like today's HD.

The Blu-ray set of The Dick Van Dyke Show contains over 60 hours of the best comedy you will ever see. It comes VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Well said and I could not agree more. As I posted a few months ago, watching this show makes me sad for the state of television comedies today. The Dick Van Dyke Show is timelessly funny and very well done; looking back at it and a batch of other shows from this era up into the 1990s, there really was a time when great comedy, writing, acting, all came together to make television something special.

[KilloWertz]

Already available since last November as apart of a high-def "Complete Series" set, Image Entertainment has now announced an individual release of The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Complete 2nd Season on Blu-ray Disc. Scheduled to be available on May 7th (just a month after the individual release of the first season on Blu), this 3-disc set will cost $59.98 SRP. Besides the 33 episodes, you'll probably also get these extras that are found on these discs in the big Complete Series set:

• Audio Commentaries with Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Larry Matthews, and Ann Morgan Guilbert
• The Making of "It May Look Like a Walnut!" (Behind-the-Scenes Featurette)
• Interviews with Cast and Producers
• Emmy Award Telecast Clips Honoring the Show
• Original Commercials with the Cast
• Original Promo Spots
• And More!

Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dic...#ixzz2KVbUdA8g

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

What game is Amazon playing at, constantly reducing the complete set price by amounts of mere pocket change over the past couple of days?

If the current rate holds, maybe in a month or two it will be $100?

Yeah, and the new individual sets are like $50 a pop. Your better off just getting the complete series.