What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) - Blu-ray Forum

BijouMan · 05-23-2021, 02:30 AM

Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of George Seaton's What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), starring George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Don Stroud, Susan Saint James, and Dom DeLuise. The release will be available for purchase on August 24.

albabe · 08-25-2021, 04:45 AM

Amazon just told me today that this was on an indefinite hold. Strangely, there's already a review posted August 1 that says the quality is crap... anyone know anything?

BluBonnet · 08-25-2021, 04:46 AM

That movie has one hell of a catchy theme song.

whiteberry · 08-25-2021, 07:10 AM

Original Trailer:

Geode · 08-25-2021, 07:41 AM

I don't remember much about this one, which I watched in its first US network TV showing. What I do remember is that I thought it was insipid.

GroovyGus · 08-29-2021, 11:24 PM

I finally got this movie in the mail today (had to cancel
my Amazon order and get it directly from Kino) and popped it in. The image is very grainy (similar to El Mariachi) but sharp and colorful. Probably the best the film is going to look unless someone denoises the image.

bashfulstool · 09-01-2021, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by albabe

Amazon just told me today that this was on an indefinite hold. Strangely, there's already a review posted August 1 that says the quality is crap... anyone know anything?

That Australian review was most likely for the earlier Australian DVD (visible if you check the DVD options). From a company called "Shock Records" with the cover saying "Hollywood Gold Series."

whiteberry · 09-01-2021, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bashfulstool

That Australian review was most likely for the earlier Australian DVD (visible if you check the DVD options). From a company called "Shock Records" with the cover saying "Hollywood Gold Series."

The review is definitely for the bootleg DVD. Amazon sells a bunch of these Australian bootleg DVDs of movies never released on video. I don't know why the studios don't get Amazon to pull the listings. Even the bootleg Little Darlings DVD is being openly sold on Amazon.

Go ahead and buy the Kino blu-ray. It's the first official video release of the movie and, if enough people buy it, maybe Kino will license the other Mary Tyler Moore Universal movie that has never been released on video (Don't Just Stand There).

albabe · 09-02-2021, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bashfulstool

That Australian review was most likely for the earlier Australian DVD (visible if you check the DVD options). From a company called "Shock Records" with the cover saying "Hollywood Gold Series."

Thanx whiteberry & bashfulstool!

I can usually figure these things out on my own... but other times... sigh. I should know better.

I ordered it from Kino a few minutes before I canceled my Amazon order of "it" and "The Last Man on Earth..." and it shipped this morning. Kino, as usual, is On Top of It!

albabe · 09-02-2021, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by whiteberry

Go ahead and buy the Kino blu-ray. It's the first official video release of the movie and, if enough people buy it, maybe Kino will license the other Mary Tyler Moore Universal movie that has never been released on video (Don't Just Stand There).

Don't Just Stand There (1968) Radio Spot - YouTube

I've never even heard of this Film. Has it ever been released in any form? Played on TMC?

I have a really good buddy who used to find me cool things on TMC. He would Tape them for me and they were usually in really nice shape. I got "Beach Ball" and "Tribes" (Great film), among others from him.

I need to get a nice A to D Converter to Digitize these for friends. Anyone have any suggestions?

whiteberry · 09-02-2021, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by albabe

I've never even heard of this Film. Has it ever been released in any form? Played on TMC?

It hasn't been released on video and I'm not sure if it has ever been shown on television after the introduction of the VCR. The copy of the movie floating around is supposedly from a 16mm print.

I always found it strange that Universal never released these two movies on video during Mary Tyler Moore's lifetime. They aren't top tier movies but it's not like she was some unknown actress that was never heard of again after these movies were released.

HaroldnMaude · 09-10-2021, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whiteberry

It hasn't been released on video and I'm not sure if it has ever been shown on television after the introduction of the VCR. The copy of the movie floating around is supposedly from a 16mm print.

I always found it strange that Universal never released these two movies on video during Mary Tyler Moore's lifetime. They aren't top tier movies but it's not like she was some unknown actress that was never heard of again after these movies were released.

I read somewhere a long time ago (I don't know where) that it was a rights issue with a writer that kept this film from being issued on home media up until now.
Edit: I think it had something to do with the author of the original novel that was adapted, "I Am Thinking of My Darling" by Vincent McHugh from 1943. He wasn't happy that they used the idea of the virus in his book but turned it into a comedy, or something along those lines.

albabe · 09-11-2021, 08:24 PM

Got my "What's so bad..." yesterday. Ordered from Kino with 11 other titles... and it took just over a week. Nice.

metzmma · 09-20-2021, 01:20 AM

Sadly, this movie appears to be somewhat edited. The sequence where everyone wakes up with the infection is not correct. There is supposed to be a song and dance by all the hippies, with each having their own vocal part. That is not there, instead some clips of them with a small portion of the song heard as background. Very disappointing, as that song was one of the best parts.

bashfulstool · 09-20-2021, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by metzmma

Sadly, this movie appears to be somewhat edited. The sequence where everyone wakes up with the infection is not correct. There is supposed to be a song and dance by all the hippies, with each having their own vocal part. That is not there, instead some clips of them with a small portion of the song heard as background. Very disappointing, as that song was one of the best parts.

So the movie didn't live up to its title for you.

albabe · 09-20-2021, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by metzmma

Sadly, this movie appears to be somewhat edited. The sequence where everyone wakes up with the infection is not correct. There is supposed to be a song and dance by all the hippies, with each having their own vocal part. That is not there, instead some clips of them with a small portion of the song heard as background. Very disappointing, as that song was one of the best parts.

That's a shame. Have you seen this Scene on YT or anywhere?

metzmma · 09-20-2021, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by albabe

That's a shame. Have you seen this Scene on YT or anywhere?

It used to be, I think it got taken down due to copyright. I did do an audio recording of the scene, so I have that at least.

Gosszilla · 10-24-2021, 01:06 PM

A comedy about a pandemic? What could possibly go wrong?
I'm up for seeing this!

CMG · 09-25-2023, 07:36 AM

Let me say I bought WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING GOOD? on Kino-Lorber quite a while ago, but I kept an over-the-air broadcast I had on a VHS tape which was recorded from the Comedy Central channel ages ago. (I can plainly see -- even with the very grainy recording -- the 'Comedy Central' logo on the corner of the screen on the bottom right).

I'll have to fish out that tape and see about the 'music scene' that's been mentioned by 'metzmma'. I've not watched the videocassette in quite some time (at least 10 yrs) and so I don't have a clear memory of all the sequences in the movie in regards to any differences between the over-the-air CC recording and the Kino disc.

I shall have to bring that old tape down and play it in the near future to see if the 'Happy Musical Hippies' are included.

albabe · 09-28-2023, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CMG

Let me say I bought WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING GOOD? on Kino-Lorber quite a while ago, but I kept an over-the-air broadcast I had on a VHS tape which was recorded from the Comedy Central channel ages ago. (I can plainly see -- even with the very grainy recording -- the 'Comedy Central' logo on the corner of the screen on the bottom right).

I'll have to fish out that tape and see about the 'music scene' that's been mentioned by 'metzmma'. I've not watched the videocassette in quite some time (at least 10 yrs) and so I don't have a clear memory of all the sequences in the movie in regards to any differences between the over-the-air CC recording and the Kino disc.

I shall have to bring that old tape down and play it in the near future to see if the 'Happy Musical Hippies' are included.

Definitely... please let us know.

05-23-2021, 02:30 AM	#1
BijouMan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2020 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of George Seaton's What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), starring George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Don Stroud, Susan Saint James, and Dom DeLuise. The release will be available for purchase on August 24.

08-25-2021, 04:45 AM	#2
albabe Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2012 Location:San Francisco, Ca Blu-ray reviews:2	Amazon just told me today that this was on an indefinite hold. Strangely, there's already a review posted August 1 that says the quality is crap... anyone know anything?

08-25-2021, 04:46 AM	#3
BluBonnet Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Trading Score:1	That movie has one hell of a catchy theme song.

08-25-2021, 07:41 AM	#5
Geode Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Bangkok, Thailand 4K collection:138 Blu-ray collection:2341 DVD collection:428 Blu-ray reviews:3	I don't remember much about this one, which I watched in its first US network TV showing. What I do remember is that I thought it was insipid.

08-29-2021, 11:24 PM	#6
GroovyGus Junior Member Member since:Jan 2019	I finally got this movie in the mail today (had to cancel my Amazon order and get it directly from Kino) and popped it in. The image is very grainy (similar to El Mariachi) but sharp and colorful. Probably the best the film is going to look unless someone denoises the image.

09-11-2021, 08:24 PM	#13
albabe Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2012 Location:San Francisco, Ca Blu-ray reviews:2	Got my "What's so bad..." yesterday. Ordered from Kino with 11 other titles... and it took just over a week. Nice.

09-20-2021, 01:20 AM	#14
metzmma Junior Member Member since:Sep 2021	Sadly, this movie appears to be somewhat edited. The sequence where everyone wakes up with the infection is not correct. There is supposed to be a song and dance by all the hippies, with each having their own vocal part. That is not there, instead some clips of them with a small portion of the song heard as background. Very disappointing, as that song was one of the best parts.

10-24-2021, 01:06 PM	#18
Gosszilla Senior Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Pacific Northwest 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 36	A comedy about a pandemic? What could possibly go wrong? I'm up for seeing this!

09-25-2023, 07:36 AM	#19
CMG Special Member Member since:Jul 2023 Location:state of GA, USA Blu-ray collection:50 DVD collection:261	Let me say I bought WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING GOOD? on Kino-Lorber quite a while ago, but I kept an over-the-air broadcast I had on a VHS tape which was recorded from the Comedy Central channel ages ago. (I can plainly see -- even with the very grainy recording -- the 'Comedy Central' logo on the corner of the screen on the bottom right). I'll have to fish out that tape and see about the 'music scene' that's been mentioned by 'metzmma'. I've not watched the videocassette in quite some time (at least 10 yrs) and so I don't have a clear memory of all the sequences in the movie in regards to any differences between the over-the-air CC recording and the Kino disc. I shall have to bring that old tape down and play it in the near future to see if the 'Happy Musical Hippies' are included.

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