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THE WONDER YEARS is, on YOR's humble opinion, the best TV show of all times.
Yes, even better than STAR TREK or THE HERCULOIDS!
YOR cannot say how many times he cried watching the show!
Amazing how a show for USA citizens can touch people from other countries too!
There are so many good episodes, but the highlights to YOR are:
1) The first one, of course
2) The one Kevin get in love with his gorgeous teacher
3) And the last episode - YOR cried like a baby at the end speach!
YOR wonders why the show was never released on DVD or Blu Ray.
Maybe something to do with the rights for all the songs they used?
Or another reason?
Anyone knows?
And who elses love it too?
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It is, as far as I'm aware, entirely related to music clearance issues.
And yes, I wish the series was available, too - it was such a charming, delightful show, with a very strong emotional core at its center.
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I'm glad I videotaped most of my favorite WONDER YEARS eps back in the 1990s during its syndication run.
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But how they managed to use those songs on the show?
What is the diference between showing on TV and releasing it on DVD?
YOR does not know that...
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Puny green-haired man with girly necklace does not know!
muwahahaha ;-)
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That's also the reason why sometimes a episodes of TV shows on DVD may replace the original song heard in syndication, with another song, or new underscore.
Imagine how unhappy fans of b[]"Quantum Leap" where when the song Al and his wife dance to in the episode "MIA", was replaced.
I also recall some "Miami Vice" music replaced.
But another bad thing to watch out for is when somebody doesn't care what they put out and it's shoddy in more than one day. For example:
"ALF" on DVD featured the edited syndication runs.
And the quality of "Due South" looks better on Youtube than the Canadian DVD release.
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Jul 12, 2013 - 6:11 PM
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SchiffyM
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Mr. Jack has it. The songs were cleared for broadcast only, because at the time, nobody could have anticipated that a television show would have any life other than broadcast. It was a big hit show, and they could afford the music. And any song that wound up being too expensive, they wouldn't use.
To put them on DVD as they were originally broadcast, every single one of those songs would have to be cleared again, and for a much smaller (less profitable) market. And of course the publishers of those songs would have extra leverage, because they know the fans demand the episodes as they originally aired. The studio was tied to them now, and could not jettison an expensive one.
Music rights are, of course, a negotiation, and depending on what you're willing to spend, and what the publisher can demand, you can buy rights for a limited (say, two-year) window, rights in perpetuity, rights in a specific region (say, North America), rights for a specific medium (say, broadcast), or a combination platter of any of these.
Several years ago, a composer friend of mine got the gig to replace all of the songs in "21 Jump Street" with his own compositions. And they gave him about a week to do it!
It is often painful when you have to replace a song for home video, but it's a necessary evil. In an episode of television I once did, the song "My Girl" at the emotional climax of the show was replaced by a generic song we owned called "There Goes My Baby." A poor substitute, but the economics made it necessary.
In other cases, a popular song is dictated by the network, and the producers are just as happy to lose it, because it was never what they wanted in the first place. Still, the fans are never happy about it.
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Jul 12, 2013 - 6:34 PM
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Mr. Jack
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I remember an episode of Cheers where Sam kept playing the song "I Fought The Law, And The Law Won" on a boombox (hey, it was the late 80's) as a musical punchline to Rebecca's rich boyfriend, Robin Colcord[sp?], getting in tax trouble with the government, but the DVD replaces it with a generic substitute, essentially ruining the intended joke. Also later DVD seasons of Married...With Children had to replace the "Love And Marriage" song over the opening credits because they couldn't cough up the money to pay the rights anymore. And not even underscores are exempt (witness the Fugitive DVD brouhaha). Certain short-lived shows, like Freaks & Geeks, have paid through the nose to secure rights to ALL of the period music included in the original broadcasts, and that's why the complete series set is so expensive.
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It wouldn't matter to me if they used new music (from the same time period, at least) if it meant getting this out on DVD. It's been so long since I've seen The Wonder Years, I wouldn't remember a single song from any of the episodes anyways (except the song in the opening credits). It's a crime this hasn't been released on DVD
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Jul 13, 2013 - 12:13 AM
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Michael24
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I watched the show as a kid and I liked it, but watching it again now than I'm older, I can see just how fantastic it really is.
Most of the time, music replacement doesn't bother me. With The Wonder Years, however, the music was such an important part, practically another character itself within the show, that having it all would be of vital importance to me.
On a related note, I recently drove by the house used as Kevin's home, and I swear it has not changed one bit over the years.
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Great insights, people!
YOR is happy!
And, hey, no Hmazimmer bashing here, yes?
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