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It appears the first season of The Munsters is coming to DVD. It is scheduled to be released on August 24th. The article and cover art are right here.
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Wasn't Grandpa Munster a candidate for congress or something? It's amazing he's still alive.
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Yeah, he ran for public office, but I can't remember if it was congress or something more local.


Mostly, I remember his cameo in Gremlins 2.

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I'd rather not remember Gremlins 2, period.
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I just checked the IMDB...he ran as the Green Party candidate in the NY gubernatorial race in 1998 (he was born in 1910, so he would have been 88 at the time).
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Al Lewis was running for Governor? I would've thought he'd be too honest to be a politician.
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Actors love getting invloved in politics: Grandpa Munster, Arnold Schwazenneger, Ronald Reagan, Gary Coleman...

Wouldn't it be cool if he won, and he dressed up as a vampire while in office?
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Yep, knew about Reagan. RIP.

As for TV on DVD, DigitalBits had a rumor that they might be working on season set releases of The Greatest American Hero for 2005. That show was a classic.

I will be buying (very gleefully) my season 1 set of Quantum Leap tomorrow. HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!!
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Has anybody heard what happened with CSI yesterday? George Eads (Nick Stokes) and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) were fired by CBS in a pay dispute. Officially titled "breach of contract" by CBS. First day of taping, to boot. That show's gonna be hurting now. Wouldn't it be funny to see CSI: Miami outlive the original?
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I love the Munsters but its on Television so often that I feel no need to buy the DVD. It is a very funny show.
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Originally posted by: jimbo
I love the Munsters but its on Television so often that I feel no need to buy the DVD. It is a very funny show.


Yeah I know. It's a great show, but it's on twice a day every day on TV land anyway.

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Has anybody heard what happened with CSI yesterday? George Eads (Nick Stokes) and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) were fired by CBS in a pay dispute. Officially titled "breach of contract" by CBS. First day of taping, to boot. That show's gonna be hurting now. Wouldn't it be funny to see CSI: Miami outlive the original?


They were actually fired? All I'd heard is that they didn't show up for work because of a contract dispute.

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My parents have the complete collection of the Dick van Dyke Show on DVD (DVD on DVD, you could say).

I'm holding out for Hogan's Heroes.
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the series I wish they would put on DVD is the live action 1960's Batman and Robin (with Adam West and Burt Ward) I loved that show when I was kid. I would buy that the day it came out.
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Finally picked up Season 1 of The Simpsons. The price has dropped to $15.99 up here, so I couldn't resist.

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Originally posted by: Warbler
the series I wish they would put on DVD is the live action 1960's Batman and Robin (with Adam West and Burt Ward) I loved that show when I was kid. I would buy that the day it came out.
Got the movie yet??
My parents do. Nice disk, if I remember right.
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Finally picked up Season 1 of The Simpsons. The price has dropped to $15.99 up here, so I couldn't resist.


damn! thats a nice price its still 30.00 here
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Got the movie yet??
My parents do. Nice disk, if I remember right.


I have it on vhs.

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They were actually fired? All I'd heard is that they didn't show up for work because of a contract dispute.


They be searchin' the want ads as we speak.
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I guess it's a good thing that George Eads has his, albeit, brief gig as Evel Knievel.
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Buy the Season sets of Futurama. The more sales of the show on DVD the more likely the show will come back. I want that show to come back bad. Its such a funny show. In my opinion Futurama is the funniest cartoon ever. Funnier then the Flinstones, Simpsons, Family Guy, none can compare with the geneous of Futurama. The DVDs also have great picture quality and a good set of extras.

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I don't think it will come back regardless of sales. I know that Family Guy is coming back. However, Matt Groening has pretty much given up on Futurama the last I heard. He was disgusted by the lack of respect for his show so he's given up on it. Putting all his energy into The Simpsons.
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