It was broadcast from 1995 to 1999 and has never been released on DVD, but luckily it's still being shown on UK comedy channels. Who do we have to write to to get a proper DVD release of this classic sitcom?
Sunday, 10 October 2010
TV Series: Unhappily Ever After
It was broadcast from 1995 to 1999 and has never been released on DVD, but luckily it's still being shown on UK comedy channels. Who do we have to write to to get a proper DVD release of this classic sitcom?
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I loved Unhappily Ever After. Some folks thought it was just a Married With Children rip-off, not realizing it was from the same creators. There were obvious similarities, but it was definitely unique. And Mr. Floppy was a stuffed god. (I always somehow suspected the show got cancelled and has never gotten a disk release because he predicted the USA going on a massive killing spree.)
ReplyDeletePlus we got to see Nikki Cox grow up. And marry Mr. Floppy! (I told you he was a god)
Okay - only half of Mr. Floppy. Allan Trautman got left out of the deal.
References to the show still run around a thousand years later in T3C. I'll have to send you a Mr. Floppy's Tunnel Of Love card.
I discovered "Unhappily Ever After" when I was living in America in the late 1990's. I was happy to see sporadic reruns on UK television, but that was a long time ago. It's probably been 15 years since I last saw the series, but I still have it in fond memory. I even bought an illegal box set that someone had recorded from the television, but the picture was so fuzzy that I threw it in the trash after a few episodes.
DeleteSo will it ever get a Blu-ray release? I'd even be happy with DVD. I miss the family, I miss Mr. Floppy.
There are petitions, but i've never heard any real talk of putting the series out. It sure would make me happy if they did.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the petitions? I'll sign.
DeleteA small comparison: in 1973 Cliff Richard made a film called "Take me high" which flopped at the box office and critics deemed awful. I disagree. When I saw it in the cinema I loved it, and I waited in vain to see it again. It was never released on videotape or DVD. The Birmingham historian Carl Chinn lobbied for years that it should be released on disc, because it contained valuable images of the Birmingham city centre. Finally it was released on Blu-ray in 2019, 46 years later. I still love it, and I'll argue for hours with anyone who doesn't.
Another example of a neglected film is "The Wall" by Pink Floyd. One of my favourite films. But both Alan Parker (director) and Roger Waters (screenwriter) are opposed to a new release. They even tried to stop the DVD! Roger Waters is still sour because he wanted to play the main role, but Alan Parker turned him down because he couldn't act. Alan Parker says that he never had as much trouble with any other film, but I don't understand him. That's no reason not to like the finished product.
And then there's "The Paperboy" (1994). A brilliant film that was released on videotape in the USA, then forgotten. I discovered that it was released on DVD in Greece. Hooray! I first saw it presented by Joe Bob Briggs, and he called it the most underrated horror film ever. That was 25 years ago. Does he still have that opinion? It should make people sit up and listen.
I probably should have said "there have been petitions"
DeleteI don't know that there are any active ones currently.
You're biased on Take Me High. I won't argue that one with you.
I miss Joe Bob. (And his ratings, too.)
Have you seen "Take me high"? It's been called a career killer. Cliff Richard had a successful film career, until "Take me high". Several other actors in the film never appeared again.
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