Fellow Hitchcock friends,
Yes, I know, it is almost unbelievable but it is the truth. I still cannot believe it.
Finally, Universal is doing the impossible. All 39 episodes of the first season for a bargain price. It will be a long weekend film festival in October.
Enjoy,
Philipp
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It's About Time, Universal!, September 6, 2005
Poor Hitchcock! His fans have stoically suffered the indignity of watching inane,fetid drivel like "Full House," "Survivor," and "Gilligan's Island" recieve the full DVD treatment, while Hitch's half-hour masterpieces have been cruelly relegated to early 1990s homemade Nick-at-Nite VHS tape recordings that sell on ebay for $60 an episode.
Syndicators stopped re-running black-and-white programs altogether in the early 1990s, because most viewers under age 50 will immediatly change the channel when a black-and-white show crosses the screen. Even novelty channels like TV Land eschew black and white shows, with rare exception (Andy Griffith and The Munsters).Thus Hitch's days in re-run are long gone. Despite an online petition, etc, TVLand has stubbornly refused to air Hitchcock; thus the show has been entirely absent from televison since the mid-1990s. It was always a "filler" show when it was on Nick at Nite; I remeber they used to air it from midnite to 12:30, without commercial interruption, though I think the episodes were still cut down from the original tapes. Hitch used to do ad spots at the beginning and end of each little monolouge, which is why these vignettes often seemed "chopped off" when the show played in re-runs. I have a Canadian bootleg of a few episodes that were transfered from the master tapes, and these have the full "Brought to You BY Bristol-Meyers Squibb" slides during the opening and closing credits, with promo spots for other Bristol Meyers shows like "Peter Gunn."
Hopefully Universal will release the subsequent seasons ASAP. I can't wait to watch "The Creeper," Man from the South," and "Beta Delta Gamma" again! Rumor has it that the film and sound have been treated to a top-notch restoration. Long overdue!
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Syndicators stopped re-running black-and-white programs altogether in the early 1990s, because most viewers under age 50 will immediatly change the channel when a black-and-white show crosses the screen. Even novelty channels like TV Land eschew black and white shows, with rare exception (Andy Griffith and The Munsters).Thus Hitch's days in re-run are long gone. Despite an online petition, etc, TVLand has stubbornly refused to air Hitchcock; thus the show has been entirely absent from televison since the mid-1990s. It was always a "filler" show when it was on Nick at Nite; I remeber they used to air it from midnite to 12:30, without commercial interruption, though I think the episodes were still cut down from the original tapes. Hitch used to do ad spots at the beginning and end of each little monolouge, which is why these vignettes often seemed "chopped off" when the show played in re-runs. I have a Canadian bootleg of a few episodes that were transfered from the master tapes, and these have the full "Brought to You BY Bristol-Meyers Squibb" slides during the opening and closing credits, with promo spots for other Bristol Meyers shows like "Peter Gunn."
Hopefully Universal will release the subsequent seasons ASAP. I can't wait to watch "The Creeper," Man from the South," and "Beta Delta Gamma" again! Rumor has it that the film and sound have been treated to a top-notch restoration. Long overdue!
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